Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

Rev. Sky explains triggers, identifying them and what you need.

Jean – My Story

Jean talks about isolation and grieving during a pandemic

Maureen – “They are still your child”

Maureen explains how you find different ways of parenting.

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

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.

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is

Jessica M – Legacy

Jessica explains legacy and gives examples including her own.

Nicole – Grieving as a community

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

Madelyn – Expressing your feelings

Madelyn talks about being a 2nd generation Canadian chinese and keeping grief in. She explains the importnace of expressing your feelings and not feel guilty about it

Teresa – Understanding people with intellectual disabilities and grief

Teresa shares an example and discusses the importance of truly understanding people with intellectual disabilities when they are telling us their stories

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

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

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,…