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Sarah K – Therapy helps

Sarah talks about how grief and trauma therapy has helped her in grief for her husbands death and how much trauma she was experiencing from his substance use disorders and entail health challenges

Chantal – Giving space

Chantal discusses how it is good and honouring to the one you’ve lost to give space and feel everything

Maureen – “Anger”

Maureen talks about the power of anger and how to deal with it.

Sarah K – Story

Sarah tells the story of her husbands death to a heroin overdose.

Craig – Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Craig how he overcame a series of challenges, including the loss of his marriage, his job, and his home. He talks about how he found the strength to keep going and how he learned to be more resilient.

Maureen – “Our first miscarriage”

Maureen shares insights about her miscarriages.

Sara – My Story

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

Janice – “Own our feelings”

Janice discusses the goals of emotional work and arriving at a peaceful place.

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.

Amanda – “Hospice”

Amanda talks about the comfort zone in palliative care.

Christian – “Jeff’s Story”

Christian tells Jeff”s story… the good and his struggles.

Jessica M – A Parking Lot Memorial

Jessica shares how her family gathered after her uncle died during COVID and how her family came up with a creative way of getting together in a parking lot.