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Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.

Christian – Grieving spaces

Christian talks grieving spaces and people coming together when grieving

Lynda – “Old age home and guilt”

Lynda discusses how hard it is during the pandemic to have a loved on in an old age home

Amber – Talking about death

Amber explains why it’s so important to talk about grief and her kids

Lisa – Music helped after losing her Dad

Lisa shares how music has helped in her grieveing process.

John Martin – Coping with grief part 2

John talks gives some pointers to help cope with loss

Antoinetta – Grieving in community with others

Antoinetta discusses how grief camp made her feel so much more happy and how she found support and that she did not feel so alone

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Christian – “Remembering together in a meaningful way”

Christian discusses the power of memories.

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

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

Jane – Remembering loved ones

Jane talks about some ways she remembers her grandparents since her passing and the comfort that brings her as she grieves for them.

Rev. Sky – “Retraumatization”

Rev. Sky discusses trauma and re-experiencing the initial emotion had at the beginning of a loss.