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Joyce – Mothers supporting mothers in grief

Joyce talks about the value of a support network of other mothers who have lost

Rebecca – Humour and grief

Rebecca talks about how she and her father used humour as a strategy during his illness and after he died

Janice – “Go into feelings”

Janice explains how important it is to pay attention to your feelings.

Susan – “What I think about”

Susan explains how she is living and dying at the same time.

Lynda – “It’s complicated during a pandemic”

Lynda talks about how things are so much more complicated in these times

Donna B – “Grieving Over Time”

Donna about time, how grief changes and moving on. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Claudia – Defining an art therapist

Claudia talks about art therapy as a form of psycho therapy

Caileigh – Grief and child behaviour

Caileigh explains when a child experiences grief or a traumatic grief experience, there’s often behaviour that comes from that. Grief impacts behaviour. And sometimes it can be outward behaviour and sometimes it can be internalized behaviour. The good news about grief and behaviour is that it can be managed and supported through effective communication, through therapy and through coping strategies.

Teresa – Moving forward with support for people with intellectual disabilities and grief

Teresa talks about the history of palliative care in how people with intellectual disabilities were supported and how it should be now

Janice – “Being triggered”

Janice discusses triggering, overreacting, under-reacting, and taking responsibility for the size of our feelings.

Janice – “Own our feelings”

Janice discusses the goals of emotional work and arriving at a peaceful place.

Bryan – This Is Why

Bryan shares about his new website “This is why”a creative form, for blog stories for grievers to express themselves and for readers to connect