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Jen – “Breathing and grief”

Jen talks about how breathing and yoga can help cope.

Holly – Gifts in moments at the end of life

Lynda discusses how to deal with guilt.Holly talks about singing at the end of life

Cheryl and Mike – “Getting help”

Mike and Cheryl talk about their surviving daughter and getting help. They continue to grieve the death their daughter in a car accident.

Jordin Tootoo – “We Matter Campaign”

Jordin talks about the death of his brother and how he deals with it.

Cheryl and Mike – “Trying to figure it out”

Cheryl and Mike discuss the things they did to help them understand the death of their daughter in a car accident.

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.

Sara – Creating music

Sara explains how creating music can be a part of the grieving process

Cara – Defining Intellectual disabilities and grief

Cara discusses how grief literacy needs to be improved across the board for people with intellectual disabilities to learn more about grief, death and dying. There is a great need to include them in this natural, normal part of life that we’ll all experience.

John Martin – Loss and Grief- Not Much Help

John talks about the importance of helping people in grief

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic

Jacqueline – Humour

Jacqueline talks about how huour has a place in grieving

Joyce – My Story

Joyce shares her story about the sudden death of her son in an accident and how she has coped by helping others in need