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Jen – “Yoga for grief”

Jen discusses how yoga can help release stress and give you strength to help deal with the circumstances you need to deal with.

Rev. Sky – “Feeling numb”

Rev. Sky discusses how feeling numb is a normal emotion and what you need to move forward.

Craig – Supporting Someone in Grief

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Craig discusses his personal experience with grief and how he felt when people didn’t reach out to him during a difficult time. He offers advice on how to best support someone who is grieving, emphasizing the importance of simply showing up and letting them know that you care.

Bryan – Empathy for others

Bryan talks about how losing his father to gun violence was difficult and how taking things day by day helped him get through many difficult times. Now he wants to help children who are going through something similar to what he did. Things will get better and there is always a light at the end of the tunnel

Susan – “Not wanting to be a burden”

Susan talks about the fear of dying becoming a burden and selfishness.

Susan – “My story”

Susan talks about her story and her decision to stop chemotherapy.

Michele – Talks about being a death doula

Michele explains what death doula’s do. Doula means servant. They support people on many different levels… for instance, emotionally, spiritually and physically

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.”

Mary S – My story (long)

Mary tells the story of her life with her husband, his death and then the loss of both of her parents

Marija – Latent grief

Marija explains latent grief

Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

Rev. Sky explains triggers, identifying them and what you need.

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral