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Jackie – What expressive arts are about

Jackie talks about being self conscious about her art skills and how coming back to what feels good works

Katie – Reminders in nature

Katie talks about crying privately and how nature can help. Cardinals remind her of her father

Teresa – Main issues with intellectual disabilities and grief

Teresa shares some of the main issues that people with intellectual disabilities in grief such as communication and size of their circles

Logan – My story

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

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they use humour as a connection and a coping tool

Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

Caileigh discussed how children learn so much about their grief through play. There’s less confusion, there’s less anxiety, there’s more awareness. For the child and the parent, there is more acceptance of grief.

Lynda – ‘Pandemic and triggers”

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

Rev. Sky – “Helping a friend”

Rev. Sky discusses the grief motto 80% listening, 20% talking and how to help someone in grief.

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

Rev. Sky talks about going forward and growing in the grief process.

Doug – “Find a purpose”

Doug talks about hope, purpose and putting things into perspective. Doug continues to grieve the death of bis daughter in a car accident.

Corrie – Getting comfortable with discomfort

Corrie talks about being comfortable and uncomfortable with grief

Christian – “Grief in the opioid crisis”

Christian talks about looking for answers in great sadness.