Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jenn – What an art therapist can show us about processing grief

January 24, 2022

Jenn talks about how art can give a form to grief. It can give it shape and texture so it can be seen when it is often so invisible. It can also be messy which so like our grief experience

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Cara – Intellectual disabilities and advance planning

November 6, 2022

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.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Supporting Others / Video

Keith – “Difference between grief and mourning”

December 10, 2018

Keith explains how grief is internal and mourning is external.

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Alongside

February 8, 2023

That is also our best, and only role, when supporting a person with a developmental disability to grieve. We must be the one that comes alongside. There is no closer place we can get to. We must be present, be with, perhaps not understanding or comprehending what the person we support is experiencing, but alongside them nonetheless. We must be there, ready to provide whatever we can discover of their unique need in grief.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Blog Post / I Am A Professional / I Am A Supporter / Supporting Others

Reflections on Mother’s Day

May 8, 2023

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.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Blog Post / Death of a Child / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Perinatal

Rev. Sky – “Wallowing”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky talks about how wallowing can help you release emotions and heal.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Grief and Trauma / Video

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

October 17, 2019

Maureen discusses how relationships can be challenged by grief.

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Keith – “Disenfranchised Grief”

December 10, 2018

Keith describes disenfranchised grief.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Collective/Community Grief / Video

Janice – “More to deal with than death when someone dies”

December 10, 2018

Janice explains that when somebody dies it’s not just the death that you are dealing with but the entire relationship.

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Jenn – Art can be grounding and meditative

January 24, 2022

Jenn explains how the textures , qualities and colours of art can be grounding and meditative

Art / Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Keith – “Grief at any age”

December 10, 2018

Keith discusses grief and age.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death of a Parent / Video

Christian – “Growth out of pain”

October 1, 2019

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Grief and Trauma / Video