Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Janice – “Own our feelings”

December 10, 2018

Janice discusses the goals of emotional work and arriving at a peaceful place.

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Jenn – Barriers to art

January 24, 2022

Jenn talks about the barriers that may prevent someone from including art as part of their grief or emotional process including judgment of your art skills and more.

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Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

December 10, 2018

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

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Cara – My story with intellectual disabilities and grief

November 6, 2022

Cara talks about how she came to see how people with intellectual disabilities need to be supported in grief

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Claudia – Taking your art home after art therapy

August 2, 2022

Claudia talks about why sometimes not to take your art home after therapy

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Corrie – Getting comfortable with discomfort

July 16, 2020

Corrie talks about being comfortable and uncomfortable with grief

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Who are we to Decide? The Many Paths through Grief

July 16, 2024

A lot of my work with clients involves hearing their stories, but also answering many questions about if their grief is “normal”. Their grief is overwhelming, and our dominant culture’s strong message is – that grief should be kept at its edges, I often find this pervasive intention creeps into griever’s experiences – and my…

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Cara – Defining Intellectual disabilities and grief

November 6, 2022

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.

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Weaving the Tapestry of Love

June 12, 2025

Learning to become a better person is a wonderful consequence of being in a loving relationship with someone; you’re present in ways that help them grow into their best self. It’s an organic process you flow with on a journey we map out with intention, though in reality, it remains unknowable. That is why a…

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Jeff K – “What is grief”

December 10, 2018

Jeff discusses the many aspects of grief and how we are all connected. Jeff continues to grieve the death of his mother.

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Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

August 3, 2022

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.

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Claudia – Art, art as therapy and art therapy

August 2, 2022

Claudia discusses the definition of therapy and how art therapists are formally trained.

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