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Joyce- Learning to live with grief

April 23, 2023

Joyce shares a story of support from a friend and how she managed in her early grief

Death of a Child / Death of A Loved One / I Am A Griever / I Am A Supporter / Supporting Others / Video

Kristal – Harm Reduction

April 23, 2023

Kristal speaks to the importance of harm reduction and how it can save lives. She discusses how accessing harm reduction leads to the creation of connections with community support. It allows community outreach members to connect with community members and get to know them, and to know to look for them if they don’t see them when they usually do.

Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Professional / Video

Jacqueline – Art therapy and grieving women

August 26, 2022

Jacqueline explains how helping connect to the heart and reslience with art therapy can be very helpful

Art / Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Joyce – Beliefs

April 23, 2023

Joyce talks about her belief system after her son died

Death of a Child / Death of A Loved One / I Am A Griever / Video

Doug M – “Waiting before making major changes”

September 19, 2019

Doug discusses the importance of waiting to make decisions after you have developed your new life. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

Death of a Partner / Video

Janice – “Grieving as long as you need to grieve”

December 10, 2018

Janice talks about her personal grief experiences and understanding the need for grieving as long as you need to.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Claudia – Art therapy and costs

August 2, 2022

Claudia talks about how people may shy away from art therapy because of costs and how training schools can be an option

Art / Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Logan – My story

February 11, 2021

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

Death of a Parent / Music / Video

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

November 6, 2022

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.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Krista – “It’s ok to be uncomfortable”

November 11, 2019

Krista discusses ways to move forward.

Death By Overdose / Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Video

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.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Supporting Others / Video

Adrianna – Guilt and death by suicide

April 16, 2021

Adrianna gives insights she has found about guilt

Death of a Sibling / Suicide / Video