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Holly – Gifts in moments at the end of life

Lynda discusses how to deal with guilt.Holly talks about singing at the end of life

Sarah K – Talking to my kids

Sarah discusses the challenges of discussing her kids about their Dad;s death to heroin and helping them on their journey through grief

Corrie – Grief is like a rollercoaster

Corrie talks about grief over time

Marija – Grieving Situational Losses in a Pandemic

Marija talks about feelings associated with grief and Covid

John Martin – The Shocking Reality of Painful Loss

John talks about shock and grief

Janice – “Feelings”

Janice talks about the importance of allowing our feelings as that’s the only way to get through them.

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

Jean shares about being a counselor and going through her own grief

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.

Sam – Prostate Cancer

Sam talks about prostate cancer and losing his father and uncle to it

Maria – “Exhale meditation”

Maria guides an exhale meditation.

Hope – Different lenses

Hope shares about the differences in experiences between losing her father and her Mom losing a spouse

Madelyn – My story

Madelyn tells her story and how she became a music therapist working in palliative care