Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jenn – What does an art therapist do

Jenn explains how art therapist use the creative process to help people make positive changes to improve their overall health and to enhance their well being

Janice – “Let the feelings come up”

Janice talks about how it can help to let the feelings come up.

Maureen – “Grief can change the landscape of your relationships”

Maureen discusses how relationships can be challenged by grief.

Sara – Listening to music

Sara discusses how listening to music can help navigate loss

Jen – “Grief yoga”

Jen talks about how yoga may be beneficial.

Amanda – “The Little Things”

Amanda talks about how little things can be a huge gift during palliative care.

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.

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.

Maureen – Grief and Holidays

Maureen talks about feelings duing holidays

Adrianna – Death doulas and grief

Adrianna explains what a death doula is

Reflections on Mother’s Day

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

Rev. Sky talks about going forward and growing in the grief process.