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Rebecca – Humour and grief

Rebecca talks about how she and her father used humour as a strategy during his illness and after he died

Rev. Sky – “What is grief?”

Rev. Sky talks about the universality of grief and how people grieve differently.

Christian – “Overdose Death”

Christian talks about an overdose death not defining who that person was.

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

Jean shares about being a counselor and going through her own grief

Keith – “We need one another”

Keith talks about the importance of story, understanding our journey and how we are connected.

Brenda and Dale – “Returning to Work”

Brenda and Dale discuss their experiences going back to work. They continue to grieve the death of their son by suicide.

Sarah K – Finding my people

Sarah talks about how finding other people that are going through the same grief experience has been very helpful to her.

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.

Christian – “When people say dumb things”

Christian explains how he deals with people who say dumb things.

Rev. Sky – “What is trauma?”

Rev. Sky discusses how trauma affects us on many levels.

Karyn and Cathy – “Suicide”

Karyn and Cathy discuss how the stigma of suicide impacted the lack of acknowledgement of their grief and loss. Karyn and Cathy continues to grieve the death of their father by suicide.

Kristal – Anger with Grief

Kristal discusses finding ways to channel her anger due to poor policy leading to deaths from drug poisoning and those individuals not having the support they needed. She discusses how human beings have the right to be flawed and should have the ability to grow, heal, and change.