Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Keith – “Hope”

December 10, 2018

Keith talks about time, healing and hope.

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Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

November 6, 2022

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

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Jenn – Art can give voice

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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Thoughts on International Overdose Awareness Day 2023

August 30, 2023

We lead multifaceted lives, and the deaths of those we love who have died by drug poisoning contain multitudes. The death of a loved one can bring intense grief, shock, anger, shame, or guilt. People who use drugs, and those who love them that they leave behind, face stigma in North America’s dominant, settler culture.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Blog Post / Collective/Community Grief / Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic

Jean – My Story

April 1, 2022

Jean talks about isolation and grieving during a pandemic

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Partner / Video

Preparing For and Coping with Special Days

December 13, 2024

Special Days can be days we have honoured with our loved ones that many others celebrate or more personal dates and milestones with your loved one. As these days approach, it can be difficult to figure out how to move through a Special Day. Do you do what you’ve always done? What do you do…

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Blog Post / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / I Am A Supporter

Sara – My Story

April 30, 2021

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

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Maureen – “If someone you know has experienced pregnancy & infant loss”

October 17, 2019

Maureen explains practical tools to help someone who is grieving.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Perinatal / Supporting Others / Video

Janice – “Feelings”

December 10, 2018

Janice talks about the importance of allowing our feelings as that’s the only way to get through them.

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Thoughts About Grief Counselling Playlist

July 6, 2020

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Grief and Trauma / Supporting Others / Video / Video Playlist

Craig – Grieving as a Single Parent

August 2, 2023

In this video, Craig talks about the challenges of grieving as a single parent. He shares his own experiences and offers advice on how to cope with grief, talk to your kids about what’s happening, and ask for help from others.This video is for any single parent who is grieving the loss of a loved one. It is also for anyone who knows a single parent who is grieving and wants to offer support.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / Video

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

February 22, 2023

Caileigh discussed two recommendations for parents on how to support their child’s grief. as a therapist and a griever. The first is to recognize that being with is far more important than fixing. There’s two pieces to connection. The first being that one of the most important healing aspects to grief is feeling connected to others.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / Video