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Jean – It’s all about love

Jean talks about losing her husband to a heart attack on valentines day

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in 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.

Janice – “Own our feelings”

Janice discusses the goals of emotional work and arriving at a peaceful place.

Teresa – Moving forward with support for people with intellectual disabilities and grief

Teresa talks about the history of palliative care in how people with intellectual disabilities were supported and how it should be now

Kim – You can get through this

Kim talks about the difference between her Dad and her Mum’s death

Angie – Cumulative grief, cumulative trauma

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

Rev. Sky – “It’s OK to cry”

Rev. Sky talks about loss due to gun violence, that it’s OK to cry and finding an outlet.

Susan – “Grieving while dying”

Susan discusses grieving in the process of dying.

Caleigh – Play Session

Caileigh discusses child play sessions, how children can learn about confusing feelings of grief and ways to cope.

Corrie – Grief is like a rollercoaster

Corrie talks about grief over time

Cale – Celebrate the life

Cale talks about sacred fire, grief and celebrating the life