Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Keith – “Disenfranchised Grief”

Keith describes disenfranchised grief.

Grief & Drug Poisoning Toolkit [Free Downloadable PDF]

  Navigating life, death, and loss can be overwhelming. This toolkit is designed by mental health professionals and contains information about grief, different types of grief we may experience, gentle reminders on how to move through grief, as well as tips for those who may be supporting someone in their life who is grieving. This…

Amanda – “It’s a gift to love someone”

Amanda talks about grief and it’s connection to love.

Janice – “The importance of listening”

Janice explains the importance of not being judgemental and listening when helping someone is in grief.

Madelyn – Accept what you are feeling

Madelyn talks about how it’s ok to not be ok.

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

Maureen explains practical tools to help someone who is grieving.

Jacqueline – Where to store art works

Jacqueline explains how art can be like journal entries that you would keep private

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

Janice – “Pay attention to our feelings”

Janice discuss the importance of being aware of your feelings.

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

Maureen – “Our first miscarriage”

Maureen shares insights about her miscarriages.