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Russell – “My Story”

Russell discusses learning how to deal with the loss of his son.

Joyce – Beliefs

Joyce talks about her belief system after her son died

Russell – “Be good to yourself”

Russell explains that looking after himself gives him the strength to look after others. Russell continues to grieve the perinatal death of his son.

Susan – “Honour”

Susan discusses dying and lives well lived.

Antoinetta – Story

Antoinetta tells her story of grief and her father getting lung cancer

Kate – Things I do that help

Kate talks about how art, hiking and visiting the cemetery can be very therapeutic

Krista – “Being uncomfortable”

Krista talks about taking risks. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

Caileigh discussed two recommendations for parents on how to support their child’s grief. as a therapist and a griever. The first is to recognize that being with is far more important than fixing. There’s two pieces to connection. The first being that one of the most important healing aspects to grief is feeling connected to others.

Madelyn – Advice to younger self

Madelyn discusses how having feelings is a gift and you can work through tough ones. There is hope.

Cheryl – “What is grief”

Cheryl defines grief and talks about how we all grieve differently.

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Susan – “Dying well”

Susan talks about how the individual decides to go about the process of dying.