Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Community Grief Toolkit [Downloadable!]

This toolkit also reflects on how we support grief in the community. The tools to come together and honour our collective experiences and how to build the resources for further support.

Jen – “Yoga for grief”

Jen discusses how yoga can help release stress and give you strength to help deal with the circumstances you need to deal with.

Corrie – We cry because we love

Corrie talks about crying, hurt and love

Marija – Grieving Situational Losses in a Pandemic

Marija talks about feelings associated with grief and Covid

Jenn – In grief an art therapist can be there to walk with you

Jenn discusses how an art therapists can support you in those moments of pain. They are there to honour your stories and experiences.

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.

Cheryl – “My story” short version

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

Jen – “Releasing grief through yoga”

Jen discusses how some poses can help release stress.

Donna – “Helping a grieving friend”

Donna shares some practical ways to help someone in grief.

Shannon – Enough

Shannon talks about us all doing the very best we can from the perspectives of a licensed clinical counselor and losing her husband to suicide.

There One Day and Gone the Next : Art Therapy and Grief

This blog post contains information about using art therapy to process grief, including specific examples.

Keith – “Disenfranchised Grief”

Keith describes disenfranchised grief.