Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Caileigh – Grief and child behaviour

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.

Jenn – The difference between expressive and creative arts

Jenn explains the difference between expressive and creative arts. You don’t have to limit yourself to art making to help you through your grief process. Expressive arts encompasses a wide variety of approaches including drama, dance, movement, writing and music

Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

Grief often comes with powerful, unpredictable emotional shifts that can be painful to experience. While it’s important to find ways to sit with these feelings, to acknowledge the pain of grief and accept loss, it’s also necessary to find ways to ease and manage the pain. There are several simple activities that you can explore to help.

Keith – “Grief at any age”

Keith discusses grief and age.

Maureen – Grief and Holidays

Maureen talks about feelings duing holidays

Jean – It’s all about love

Jean talks about losing her husband to a heart attack on valentines day

Janice – “Grief is a response to loss”

Janice discusses waves of grief and how important it is to go with it.

Madelyn – Grieving process as a 2nd generation Canadian

Madelyn talks about being a 2nd generation Canadian, some things she has learend working in palliative care as a music therapist

Chantal – What is art therapy?

Chantal explains how art therapy helps us express in ways that words can’t

Claudia – Waterlillies

Claudia talks about how she painted on panels big enough to hug to help her with her grief

Christian – “Grief can bring new life”

Christian explains where he found hope in grief.

Michele – Creative expression and processing grief

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