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Maureen – Funeral music

Maureen talks explains how music can bring back positive memories

Adrianna – Finding out my brother had died by suicide

Adrianna relates how she heard about her brother’s suicide

Joyce – Using my grief experience to help people

Joyce talks about the positive experiences she has in helping other people in grief

Susan – “Death and Grief Phobia”

Susan discusses dealing with the process of dying and grieving.

Krista – “Dealing with it”

Krista tells about the differences people have in dealing with it. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Valmy – My story of loss

Valmy talks but the death of her uncle

Donna B – “Support from the military”

Donna explains how great the military support has been. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Brenda and Dale – “David’s Room”

Brenda and Dale discuss their process of dealing with their son’s room. They continue to grieve the death of their son by suicide.

Caitlin – “My Story”

Caitlin shares about the loss of her sister and how she copes with missing her. Caitlin continues to grieve the death of her sister in a car accident

Maureen – Compounded grief during a pandemic

Maureen discusses how grief can be compounded during a pandemic

Claudia – Taking your art home after art therapy

Claudia talks about why sometimes not to take your art home after therapy

Cara – Intellectual disabilities and advance planning

Cara explains that people living with intellectual disabilities are growing to older ages, much like the rest of the population. And as folks are aging what we’re seeing is the need for families more so than ever, to do some advanced planning for who will take over any caregiving decision making or where that person may live, what sort of support they may need and what that’s going to look like after the parents or the guardians die so that this doesn’t become a crisis situation.