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Jenn – Art can give a break from grieving

January 24, 2022

Jenn talks about one of the most overlooked benefits of making art during bereavement. It can provide and escape from your grief.

Art / Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Maureen – “Grief doesn’t stop, even when the outside world is in crisis”

April 17, 2020

Maureen gives suggestions about how you can help people in grief

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Video

Janice – “Grief is a response to loss”

December 10, 2018

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

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Holly – Gifts in moments at the end of life

March 7, 2021

Lynda discusses how to deal with guilt.Holly talks about singing at the end of life

Death of a Partner / Music / Video

Cara – The real issues for grieving people with intellectual disabilities

November 6, 2022

Cara provides some context for the real issue of grief in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and those supporting them, including that we consider that there’s not a lot of education or information out there about how best to support someone with an intellectual disability who is grieving.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Supporting Others / Video

Cara – People with intellectual disabilities need to be recognized and honoured in their grief

November 6, 2022

Cara talks about grievers living with intellectual disabilities and that it’s not about those of us who are neuro-typical, giving them a voice or providing them or saying things for them. Rather, it’s that they already have a voice. They already have these experiences and they want them to be recognized, acknowledged and honoured.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Rev. Sky – “Feeling stuck”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky describes being stuck and shifting.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Grief and Trauma / Video

Katie – Getting stronger

December 1, 2022

Katie talks losing her mother when she was young and how the experience helped her when she lost her Dad

Death of a Parent / Video

Janice – “Pay attention to our feelings”

December 10, 2018

Janice discuss the importance of being aware of your feelings.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Kristal – Drug Poisoning During Pandemic Stigma

April 23, 2023

Kristal discusses how the pandemic has created additional stigma surrounding those who use drugs. She dissuses how it seems like some losses are treated as more deserving of being mourned than others. Many people have had to grieve privately instead of publically within a community. She touches on the state of the public health system during the pandemic.

Collective/Community Grief / Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Professional / Video

Valmy – Checking in on someone is good

February 27, 2021

Valmy explains how helpful it is to check in on someone who is grieving

Music / Supporting Others / Video

Maria – “Body Relaxation”

December 16, 2018

Maria guides a body relaxation meditation.

Meditations / Video