Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Keith – “Knowing what to say”

Keith gives practical advice about helping someone in grief.

Jenn – What does an art therapist do

Jenn explains how art therapist use the creative process to help people make positive changes to improve their overall health and to enhance their well being

Jenn – Art can give voice

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.

Corrie – Talking to children about death and dying

Corrie explains how to discuss death and dying with children

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

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.

Janice – “Go into feelings”

Janice explains how important it is to pay attention to your feelings.

Madelyn – Holding space

Madelyn explains how holding space can help anyone in grief

Janice – “It’s hard work”

Janice explains that hard work is necessary to reach the calm and peace.

Adrianna – Death doulas and grief

Adrianna explains what a death doula is

Marija – Grieving Situational Losses in a Pandemic

Marija talks about feelings associated with grief and Covid

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.