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Amanda – “Listening”

Amanda shares the importance of listening and being comfortable with silence.

Professional Insights Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of professionals helping people and families to cope with grief.

Justin – My story with music and grief

Justin how he came to find music as grief therapy and how it helps him express his grief

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Janice – “Let the feelings come up”

Janice talks about how it can help to let the feelings come up.

Krista – “Mental illness and self medicating”

Krista talks about mental health and self medicating. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Sam – Prostate Cancer

Sam talks about prostate cancer and losing his father and uncle to it

John Martin – Help with Grief

John talks about how each grief is unique

Rev. Sky – “Youth alert”

Rev. Sky talks about youth and when it’s time to reach out for support.

Adam – Advice

Adam shares his advice about losing and remembering a loved one

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving self

Karyn and Aidan – Hospital and the COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan talk about the challenges of the restrictions and the impact of COVID patients on John’s care