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Caleigh – Play Session

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

Amber – Talking to your kids about death

Amber talks about how important it is to talk about grief, especially with kids

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Caileigh – Grief and child behaviour

Caileigh explains when a child experiences grief or a traumatic grief experience, there’s often behaviour that comes from that. Grief impacts behaviour. And sometimes it can be outward behaviour and sometimes it can be internalized behaviour. The good news about grief and behaviour is that it can be managed and supported through effective communication, through therapy and through coping strategies.

Kim – Facebook and connecting

Kim – discussses our need to connect and how Facebook was useful after her Mum’s death

Maureen – “Counselling… a safe place”

Maureen discusses the right counselling space for you.

Cheryl and Mike – “Their Story”

Cheryl and Mike discuss losing more than one family member. They continue to grieve Cheryl’s father and the death their daughter in a car accident.

Bryan – Trauma

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

Lynda – ‘Pandemic and triggers”

Lynda discusses how hard it is during the pandemic to avoid triggers

Hope – Camp for grief

Hope talks about the benefits of grief camp for her and her twin sister

Sara – Music and grief

Sara discusses how music can connect and help by acknowledging grief and bringing comfort

Caileigh – Working with children in grief

Caileigh shares why she likes working with and supporting children in grief. “Over the course of their lives, children and youth and families experience a lot of losses, and it’s an empowering job to empower others. I’m not only empowering them, but I’m also building parent capacity in recognizing that it does take a village and it takes a community to support a child.”