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Amanda – “Ministry of Presence”

Amanda discusses how being present with someone can be helpful.

Lyss – Support, Family, and Friends

Lyss discusses the long process of her mother dying, miscarriages and support from family and friends

Jenn – Art can give voice

Jenn talks about the barriers that may prevent someone from including art as part of their grief or emotional process including judgment of your art skills and more.

Adrienne – Gloria’s story

Adrienne tells the story of Gloria writing a song based on her husband’s whistling

Janice – “Grief is a response to loss”

Janice discusses waves of grief and how important it is to go with it.

Shawn – “Loss of a Sister”

Shawn talks about his guilt and the loss of his sister.

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

Jeff – “Change”

Jeff reflects on the ebb and flow of grief during the healing process. Jeff continues to grieve the death of his mother.

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

Amber talks about how her grief has helped her learn how support other people in grief.

Angie – Grief and Policing

Angie talks about policing and priorities and the importance of self care

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

Holly discusses doing art, the symbolic nature of urns and the denial of death

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.