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Maureen – Grief and Holidays

Maureen talks about feelings duing holidays

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.

Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.

Michele – Covid and virtual support

MIchele discuss support and how COVID has affected our grief in so many waysort

Kate – Getting support

Kate talks about how difficult it is to ask for support

Amanda – “Listening”

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

Jaylene Delorme-Buggins – “We Matter Campaign”

Jaylene talks about addiction, abuse, loss and how she turned her life around.

John Martin – Understanding Grief part 2

John talks about permission to grieve

Cameron Halkett – “We Matter Campaign”

Cameron talks about her loss and reads her poem about not being alone.

Matt – Music helped my grief

Matt discusses how creativity and music help his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Adrianna – Finding out my brother had died by suicide

Adrianna relates how she heard about her brother’s suicide

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.