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Marija – Permission to mourn

Marija discusses the value of being allowing yourself to mourn

Susan – “Control”

Susan talks about controlling our death.

Kate – Trust and listening

Kate – explains how having someone you trust is super important so that you can have a space space to go to

Lynda – “Old age home and guilt”

Lynda discusses how hard it is during the pandemic to have a loved on in an old age home

Maureen – Music as a tribute

Maureen talks about how music can connect and comfort

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Jenn – Your art completely belongs to you

Jenn explains the wonderful thing about art is that piece belongs completely to you and you have the power to do whatever you wish with it . She makes some suggestions as to what you may want to do.

Marija – Types of Loss in a Pandemic

Marija explains how all of the losses we experience during a pandemic are compounded

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.

Krista – “Exercise to get it out”

Krista tells how she releases stress through kickboxing. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Carrie – Thanatology

Carrie explains how thanatolgy is the study of death dying grief and loss.

Keith – “Grief at any age”

Keith discusses grief and age.