Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Christian – “Grief in the opioid crisis”

Christian talks about looking for answers in great sadness.

Maureen – “Trust yourself”

Maureen talks about finding your own way in your healing process.

Christian – “Grief can shape you”

Christian talks about realizing the impact grief has.

Janice – “Grieving as long as you need to grieve”

Janice talks about her personal grief experiences and understanding the need for grieving as long as you need to.

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

Jean shares about being a counselor and going through her own grief

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.

Teresa – Understanding people with intellectual disabilities and grief

Teresa shares an example and discusses the importance of truly understanding people with intellectual disabilities when they are telling us their stories

Jacqueline – Humour

Jacqueline talks about how huour has a place in grieving

Janice – “The importance of listening”

Janice explains the importance of not being judgemental and listening when helping someone is in grief.

Caleigh – Play Session

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

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is

Calls to Care, Calls to Action: Bearing Witness to Global Catastrophic Loss of Life and Traumatic Events

We bear witness to stories of mass loss of lives, stories of families in Gaza being forced from their land, loss of culture and traditions, and countless other ways systems of colonization and oppression can contribute to other non-death losses those who are directly affected currently and have historically faced. As we discussed in a previous article, we can also experience collective grief following natural disasters, accidents, international conflict, and acts of violence that have resulted in catastrophic loss of lives.