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Janice – “Pay attention to our feelings”

Janice discuss the importance of being aware of your feelings.

Janice – “Feelings”

Janice talks about the importance of allowing our feelings as that’s the only way to get through them.

Bryan – Trauma

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

Jean – My Story

Jean talks about isolation and grieving during a pandemic

Jim – Police culture and grief

Jim talks about how grief is a natural part of life, but it can be especially difficult to deal with when you’re in the police culture. There’s a lot of pressure to bottle up your emotions and not show weakness, but that’s not healthy. It’s important to find healthy ways to cope with your grief, whether it’s talking to a therapist, joining a support group, or simply spending time with loved ones. You’re not alone, and there are people who care about you and want to help.

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Scott – Music that can transport you somewhere else

Scott explains his thoughts about the emotional connection of music and how it can transport you

Margaux – “It never really hit me at one moment”

Margaux describes the experience of gradually processing her grief through individual and group therapy. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

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.

Mary S – My story (long)

Mary tells the story of her life with her husband, his death and then the loss of both of her parents

Kate – My story

Kate tells her story of being away when her brother died of an opioid overdose