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Marija – Acknowledging feelings

Marija talks about our tools for coping

Claudia – Waterlillies

Claudia talks about how she painted on panels big enough to hug to help her with her grief

Laura- Loss to Covid & Disconnection

Angie – Cumulative grief, cumulative trauma

Angie discusses the challenges of policing and how trauma and grief can accumulate

Ellen – “Grieving her grandmother”

Ellen talks about her grief and the loss of her grandmother.

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Justin – My story with music and grief

Justin how he came to find music as grief therapy and how it helps him express his grief

Krista – “Mental illness and self medicating”

Krista talks about mental health and self medicating. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Adrianna – My Story

Adrianna talks about the journey she has been on since her brother’s suicide

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

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.

Adam – Crying and singing

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Adam talks about how crying and singing helps him cope even at the cemetary

Rev. Sky – “Grief is a journey”

Rev. Sky talks about her personal loss and the positive changes that happen as we journey through grief.