Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jacqueline – Advice to Younger Self

Jacqueline talks about seeking help and being kind to yourself

Nicole – Grieving as a community

Nicole discusses the power of grieving together as a community. Finding connection and trust.

Janice – “Grieving as long as you need to grieve”

Janice talks about her personal grief experiences and understanding the need for grieving as long as you need to.

Janice – “Being triggered”

Janice discusses triggering, overreacting, under-reacting, and taking responsibility for the size of our feelings.

Jacqueline – Humour

Jacqueline talks about how huour has a place in grieving

Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

Grief often comes with powerful, unpredictable emotional shifts that can be painful to experience. While it’s important to find ways to sit with these feelings, to acknowledge the pain of grief and accept loss, it’s also necessary to find ways to ease and manage the pain. There are several simple activities that you can explore to help.

Janice – “Crying”

Janice explains how crying helps physically and emotionally.

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

Rev. Sky talks about going forward and growing in the grief process.

Craig – There is No Right Way to Grieve

Craig talks about his experience with grief and how there is no right or wrong way to grieve. He shares his thoughts on how to allow yourself to do what you need to do to heal, even if it doesn’t seem like “self-care.” This video is a reminder that everyone grieves differently and that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to healing.

Chantal – Anticipatory grief

Chantal defines antipatory grief and the grief before the physical loss

Marija – Types of Loss in a Pandemic

Marija explains how all of the losses we experience during a pandemic are compounded

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief