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Rev. Sky – “It gets easier”

Rev. Sky talks about time and allowing emotion.

Maureen – Preparing for holidays

Maureen gives some ideas to help during holidays like connecting and taking time out

Russell – “Need to talk”

Russell talks about both mothers and fathers having needs. Russell continues to grieve the perinatal death of his son.

Cale – Celebrate the life

Cale talks about sacred fire, grief and celebrating the life

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Antoinetta – Story

Antoinetta tells her story of grief and her father getting lung cancer

Jim – Grief and policing

Jim – ” I believe that policing is a profession that is constantly filled with loss. Whether it is losing a partner, a friend, or a loved one, police officers are always dealing with the pain of loss. I also talk about my own personal experience with grief, and how I have learned to cope with it. I hope that this video will help other police officers who are struggling with grief.”

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

Chantal – The benefits of the physical part of art making

Chantal talks about how art can release energy in a healthy cathartic way

Cheryl – “What is grief”

Cheryl defines grief and talks about how we all grieve differently.

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Cara – Defining Intellectual disabilities and grief

Cara discusses how grief literacy needs to be improved across the board for people with intellectual disabilities to learn more about grief, death and dying. There is a great need to include them in this natural, normal part of life that we’ll all experience.