Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Janice – “It’s never too late to grieve”

Janice talks about the importance of noticing feelings.

Janice – “Own our feelings”

Janice discusses the goals of emotional work and arriving at a peaceful place.

Janice – “Grieving alone”

Janice discusses grieving alone and when its important to have people around you that can listen and understand what you are feeling.

Adrianna – Death doulas and grief

Adrianna explains what a death doula is

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

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

Rev. Sky – “Helping a friend”

Rev. Sky discusses the grief motto 80% listening, 20% talking and how to help someone in grief.

Janice – “Photographs”

Janice explains how photographs can be a doorway to help move forward.

Donna – “Living with grief”

Donna talks about the threads of grief and her personal experience.

Cara – Intellectual disabilities and advance planning

Cara explains that people living with intellectual disabilities are growing to older ages, much like the rest of the population. And as folks are aging what we’re seeing is the need for families more so than ever, to do some advanced planning for who will take over any caregiving decision making or where that person may live, what sort of support they may need and what that’s going to look like after the parents or the guardians die so that this doesn’t become a crisis situation.

Carrie – Thanatology

Carrie explains how thanatolgy is the study of death dying grief and loss.

Christian – “Grief can bring new life”

Christian explains where he found hope in grief.

Shannon – Power of Presence

Shannon discusses how just showing up, being present is a powerful way of supporting to someone who has lost. Listen more – talk less.