Reflections on Mother's Day

Carrie – Grief and creativity

June 21, 2021

Carrie talks about creativity and expressing grief and loss… that in many ways can offer insight and comfort for those who are grieving

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

December 10, 2018

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

Rev. Sky – “What is trauma?”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky discusses how trauma affects us on many levels.

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.

Maureen – “Your experience of loss is unique”

October 17, 2019

Maureen explains how your experience of grief is your own.

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

Thoughts on International Overdose Awareness Day 2023

August 30, 2023

We lead multifaceted lives, and the deaths of those we love who have died by drug poisoning contain multitudes. The death of a loved one can bring intense grief, shock, anger, shame, or guilt. People who use drugs, and those who love them that they leave behind, face stigma in North America’s dominant, settler culture.

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

December 10, 2018

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

Amanda – “Hospice”

December 10, 2018

Amanda talks about the comfort zone in palliative care.

Rev. Sky – “What is grief?”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky talks about the universality of grief and how people grieve differently.

Corrie – Getting comfortable with discomfort

July 16, 2020

Corrie talks about being comfortable and uncomfortable with grief