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Lynda – “It’s complicated during a pandemic”

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

Andrea – Loneliness and support

Andrea talks about how tough it is to be alone and how her friends and family have come through for her

Rev. Sky – “Feeling stuck”

Rev. Sky describes being stuck and shifting.

Christian – “Stigma of opioid death”

Christian talks about the social acceptance of an opioid overdose.

Maureen – “If someone you know has experienced pregnancy & infant loss”

Maureen explains practical tools to help someone who is grieving.

Cara – The real issues for grieving people with intellectual disabilities

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.

Katie – Intellectual disabilities and grief

Katie discusses how many people don’t realize people with disabilities grieve too.

Susan – “Control”

Susan talks about controlling our death.

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.

Rev. Sky – “Feeling numb”

Rev. Sky discusses how feeling numb is a normal emotion and what you need to move forward.

Joyce -The pandemics impact on drug poisonings

Joyce talks about drug poisonings during the pandemic

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is