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Chantal – Anticipatory grief

Chantal defines antipatory grief and the grief before the physical loss

Donna – “Helping a grieving friend”

Donna shares some practical ways to help someone in grief.

Janice – “It’s never too late to grieve”

Janice talks about the importance of noticing feelings.

Corrie – Talking to children about death and dying

Corrie explains how to discuss death and dying with children

Russell – “Need to talk”

Russell talks about both mothers and fathers having needs. Russell continues to grieve the perinatal death of his son.

Sara – Music and grief

Sara discusses how music can connect and help by acknowledging grief and bringing comfort

Kristal – Drug Poisoning During Pandemic Stigma

Kristal discusses how the pandemic has created additional stigma surrounding those who use drugs. She dissuses how it seems like some losses are treated as more deserving of being mourned than others. Many people have had to grieve privately instead of publically within a community. She touches on the state of the public health system during the pandemic.

Lynda – ‘Pandemic and triggers”

Lynda discusses how hard it is during the pandemic to avoid triggers

Hope – Not wanting to burden my Mom and school

Hope talks about her fathers death, burdens and the importance of sharing emotions

Amber – Talking to your kids about death

Amber talks about how important it is to talk about grief, especially with kids

Jenn – Barriers to art

Jenn talks about the barriers that may prevent someone from including art as part of their grief or emotional process including judgment of your art skills and more.

Mary S – The value of writing

Mary talks about how much writing has helped inlcuding writing what her partner would have said