Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jacqueline – It’s an Honour

Jacqueline explains why it’s an honour to be a part of her clients healing journey

Marija – The wilderness of grief

Marija discussed acknowedging all aspects of grief and living with grief.

Amanda – “Hospice”

Amanda talks about the comfort zone in 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.

Chantal – Giving space

Chantal discusses how it is good and honouring to the one you’ve lost to give space and feel everything

Ripples of Grief: Supporting Ourselves, Others, and our Communities After a Death

By Jessica Milette, MSW, RSW When death knocks on the door of a community, each of us are impacted. Sometimes a death will touch many lives across a community, whether people knew the deceased personally or not. We may grieve the death of a family member, friend, or acquaintance, a well-known community member, or someone…

Rev. Sky – “Retraumatization”

Rev. Sky discusses trauma and re-experiencing the initial emotion had at the beginning of a loss.

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

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

Maureen – “Our first miscarriage”

Maureen shares insights about her miscarriages.

Donna – “Grief in conversation”

Donna discusses language and talking about grief.

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in grief

Maureen – “If someone you know has experienced pregnancy & infant loss”

Maureen explains practical tools to help someone who is grieving.