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Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

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

Jen – “Grief yoga”

Jen talks about how yoga may be beneficial.

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

Jane – Preparing for another loss

Jane talks about her experience with another grandparent dying after losing two grandparents over the last few years.

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.

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.

Susan – “What I think about”

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

Hope – Not wanting to burden my Mom and school

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

Lynda – “Same storm different boat”

Lynda discusses how grief is universal yet unique to everyone

Krista – “How I dealt with it”

Krista talks about how she dealt with underlying issues. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

John Martin – Understanding Grief part 2

John talks about permission to grieve

Amber – Support

Amber talks about following through on offers of support