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Valmy – Checking in on someone is good

Valmy explains how helpful it is to check in on someone who is grieving

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.

Kate – Trust and listening

Kate – explains how having someone you trust is super important so that you can have a space space to go to

Kara – “Just give it time”

Kara discusses time and how grief changes. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Amanda – “Hospice like home”

Amanda discusses the value of feeling like being at home during palliative care.

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

Kara – “Hearing it in my mind”

Kara discusses how she hears the strength of her relationship in her mind. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Adam – Crying and singing

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Adam talks about how crying and singing helps him cope even at the cemetary

Krista – “Things you can do that help”

Krista shares some of the things that help her through the grieving process.

Adam – Things that are OK to do

Adam talks about things he does to cope with grief like singing and crying

Jacqueline – You don’t have to be an artist

Jacqueline discusses how in art therapy we tap into that child in all of us that is not concerned about what is right or wrong