Katie “Ongoing Grief”

Jen – “Breathing and grief”

December 10, 2018

Jen talks about how breathing and yoga can help cope.

Susan – “Strength vs support”

December 16, 2018

Susan discusses being strong and the support she receives.

Kristal – Activism To Ease Anger and Grief

April 23, 2023

Kristal discusses using activism to help ease or channel her anger from the loss of those in her community to drug poisoning. She talks about her grief being very quiet and inward before, but that taking action helps her to move through it. She discusses how there may not be peace from these losses, but the goal should rather be feeling safe in the emotions.

Kate – Stigma

March 11, 2023

Kate discusses how difficult the stigma is to deal with

Russell – “Questions people ask”

December 16, 2018

Russell discusses how he answers the hardest questions people ask. Russell continues to grieve the perinatal death of his son.

Rev. Sky – “Youth alert”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky talks about youth and when it’s time to reach out for support.

Karyn and Aidan – Going forward

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan talk about Aidan’s wedding after John died and how they continue to cope

Logan – My story

February 11, 2021

Logan talks about the death of his father and bone cancer and how writing music helped

Adam – Story 1

December 21, 2022

Adam shares about losing his Mom and the many wonderful things he remembers

Janice – “Go into feelings”

December 10, 2018

Janice explains how important it is to pay attention to your feelings.

Cara – The real issues for grieving people with intellectual disabilities

November 6, 2022

Cara provides some context for the real issue of grief in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and those supporting them, including that we consider that there’s not a lot of education or information out there about how best to support someone with an intellectual disability who is grieving.