Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Janice – “Pay attention to our feelings”

Janice discuss the importance of being aware of your feelings.

Marija – Latent grief

Marija explains latent grief

Madelyn – Rituals and the Chinese grieving process

Madelyn talks about expressing your grief in Chinese cultures and how rituals are a war of grieving providing comfort

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Caileigh – A safe place to grow and heal

Caileigh talks about how accessing play therapy can support everybody. When children have that safe place to heal, everybody around them feels good and can heal, too.

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Rev. Sky – “Helping a friend”

Rev. Sky discusses the grief motto 80% listening, 20% talking and how to help someone in grief.

Janice – “Risks”

Janice talks about risks in behaviour and progress.

Jen – “Breathing and grief”

Jen talks about how breathing and yoga can help cope.

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

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.

Rev. Sky – “Sharing”

Rev. Sky explains how sharing helps you heal.

Grief, Exhaustion, & Rest

Many people consider grief to be a response to the death of a loved one, but we grieve so much more than that. Grief is an emotional response to loss of any kind. Both real or perceived loss can trigger the response. The loss of a job, a miscarriage, a breakup, losing a sentimental item,…