Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Janice – “Not feeling grief when someone dies”

Janice talks about why some people don’t feel grief and what it may mean.

Keith – “Difference between grief and mourning”

Keith explains how grief is internal and mourning is external.

Michele – Normalizing conversations around death dying grief and loss

Michele discusses grief literacy, the importance of talking and that dying is a part of life

Sara – Listening to music

Sara discusses how listening to music can help navigate loss

Maureen – “Anger”

Maureen talks about the power of anger and how to deal with it.

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.

Caileigh – Working with children in grief

Caileigh shares why she likes working with and supporting children in grief. “Over the course of their lives, children and youth and families experience a lot of losses, and it’s an empowering job to empower others. I’m not only empowering them, but I’m also building parent capacity in recognizing that it does take a village and it takes a community to support a child.”

Janice – “Own our feelings”

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

Rev. Sky – “What is trauma?”

Rev. Sky discusses how trauma affects us on many levels.

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Claudia – Art therapy and costs

Claudia talks about how people may shy away from art therapy because of costs and how training schools can be an option

Keith – “How can you help”

Keith explains that by imagining being in someone’s position can show you practical ways of helping them.