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Keith – “We need one another”

Keith talks about the importance of story, understanding our journey and how we are connected.

Lynda – “Same storm different boat”

Lynda discusses how grief is universal yet unique to everyone

Susan – “What I think about”

Susan explains how she is living and dying at the same time.

Matt – Music helped my grief

Matt discusses how creativity and music help his grief

Cale – Celebrate the life

Cale talks about sacred fire, grief and celebrating the life

Adrianna – Finding out my brother had died by suicide

Adrianna relates how she heard about her brother’s suicide

Cara – Intellectual disabilities and advance planning

Cara explains that people living with intellectual disabilities are growing to older ages, much like the rest of the population. And as folks are aging what we’re seeing is the need for families more so than ever, to do some advanced planning for who will take over any caregiving decision making or where that person may live, what sort of support they may need and what that’s going to look like after the parents or the guardians die so that this doesn’t become a crisis situation.

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena talks about COVID and the loss of her father and a cousin

Rev. Sky – “Weepies”

Rev. Sky talks about weepies, that they are OK and how to deal with them.

Kara – “Same Sex Couple”

Kara talks about never having discussed being a same sex couple with most of her family. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

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

Susan – “Death literacy”

Susan talks about knowledge and the process of dying.