Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jen – “Breathing and grief”

Jen talks about how breathing and yoga can help cope.

Amanda – “Listening”

Amanda shares the importance of listening and being comfortable with silence.

Sara – My Story

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

Jenn – Your art completely belongs to you

Jenn explains the wonderful thing about art is that piece belongs completely to you and you have the power to do whatever you wish with it . She makes some suggestions as to what you may want to do.

Maureen – “Carrying grief”

Maureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry griefMaureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry grief.

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.

Christian – “Growth out of pain”

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.

Christian – “Remembering together in a meaningful way”

Christian discusses the power of memories.

Marija – Grieving Situational Losses in a Pandemic

Marija talks about feelings associated with grief and Covid

Madelyn – Holding space

Madelyn explains how holding space can help anyone in grief

Cara – Defining Intellectual disabilities and grief

Cara discusses how grief literacy needs to be improved across the board for people with intellectual disabilities to learn more about grief, death and dying. There is a great need to include them in this natural, normal part of life that we’ll all experience.

Marija – Types of Loss in a Pandemic

Marija explains how all of the losses we experience during a pandemic are compounded