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Chantal – Physical symptoms and grieving

Chantal talks about panic attacks and thinking she was having a heart attack

Jenn – Barriers to art

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.

Russell – “My Story”

Russell discusses learning how to deal with the loss of his son.

Maureen – “Trust yourself”

Maureen talks about finding your own way in your healing process.

Michele – Covid and support

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in griefMIchele talks about COVID restrictions, technology and ways to support

Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

Rev. Sky explains triggers, identifying them and what you need.

Lyss – Seasonal Reminders

Lyss seasonal reminders and her mother dying at New Years

Maureen – Music at the end of life

Maureen discusses how music can help during end of life

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.

Marija – Acknowledging feelings

Marija talks about our tools for coping

Carrie – Thanatology

Carrie explains how thanatolgy is the study of death dying grief and loss.

Janice – “Not feeling grief when someone dies”

Janice talks about why some people don’t feel grief and what it may mean.