Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

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

Carrie – Grief and creativity

Carrie talks about creativity and expressing grief and loss… that in many ways can offer insight and comfort for those who are grieving

Amanda – “Listening”

Amanda shares the importance of listening and being comfortable with silence.

Maureen – “Grief is a messy non-linear place”

Maureen explains how you wind your way through grief and that is normal.

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.

Rev. Sky – “Sharing”

Rev. Sky explains how sharing helps you heal.

Claudia – Defining an art therapist

Claudia talks about art therapy as a form of psycho therapy

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.

Janice – “Grief can be complicated”

Janice discusses disenfranchised grief and holding on to hurt.

Christian – “Overdose Death”

Christian talks about an overdose death not defining who that person was.

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

Jessica M – Legacy

Jessica explains legacy and gives examples including her own.