Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Keith – “My story”

December 10, 2018

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

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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

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Cara – People with intellectual disabilities need to be recognized and honoured in their grief

November 6, 2022

Cara talks about grievers living with intellectual disabilities and that it’s not about those of us who are neuro-typical, giving them a voice or providing them or saying things for them. Rather, it’s that they already have a voice. They already have these experiences and they want them to be recognized, acknowledged and honoured.

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Christian – “Growth out of pain”

October 1, 2019

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.

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Michele – Creative expression and processing grief

March 14, 2022

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving selfMichele talks about coping that since being a child how creativity helped

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Maureen – “Pregnancy and infant loss”

October 17, 2019

Maureen explains how pregnancy and infant loss is often misunderstood or underestimated.

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Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

February 23, 2023

Caileigh discussed how children learn so much about their grief through play. There’s less confusion, there’s less anxiety, there’s more awareness. For the child and the parent, there is more acceptance of grief.

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Maureen – “Our 20th Anniversary”

October 17, 2019

Maureen talks about she dealt with her miscarriages and how she felt after 20 years.

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Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

March 14, 2022

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

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Craig – Grieving as a Single Parent

August 2, 2023

In this video, Craig talks about the challenges of grieving as a single parent. He shares his own experiences and offers advice on how to cope with grief, talk to your kids about what’s happening, and ask for help from others.This video is for any single parent who is grieving the loss of a loved one. It is also for anyone who knows a single parent who is grieving and wants to offer support.

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Caileigh – Grief and child behaviour

February 23, 2023

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.

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Rev. Sky – “Trauma, grief, and loss, sudden death”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky introduces herself and explains why she is in these videos.

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