Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Cheryl – “My story”

December 16, 2018

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

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Rev. Sky – “Youth alert”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky talks about youth and when it’s time to reach out for support.

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Rev. Sky – “It’s OK to cry”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky talks about loss due to gun violence, that it’s OK to cry and finding an outlet.

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Cara – My story with intellectual disabilities and grief

November 6, 2022

Cara talks about how she came to see how people with intellectual disabilities need to be supported in grief

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Sara – My Story

April 30, 2021

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

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Corrie – Pandemic of grief

July 16, 2020

Corrie discusses how much grief there is

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Who are we to Decide? The Many Paths through Grief

July 16, 2024

A lot of my work with clients involves hearing their stories, but also answering many questions about if their grief is “normal”. Their grief is overwhelming, and our dominant culture’s strong message is – that grief should be kept at its edges, I often find this pervasive intention creeps into griever’s experiences – and my…

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Blog Post / I Am A Griever

Jessica M – A Parking Lot Memorial

June 13, 2023

Jessica shares how her family gathered after her uncle died during COVID and how her family came up with a creative way of getting together in a parking lot.

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Madelyn – Advice to younger self

July 8, 2021

Madelyn discusses how having feelings is a gift and you can work through tough ones. There is hope.

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Donna – “Helping a grieving friend”

December 10, 2018

Donna shares some practical ways to help someone in grief.

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Jen – “From funeral director to yoga for grief”

December 10, 2018

Jen talks about how being a funeral director and how yoga and grief became connected for her.

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Cara – Defining Intellectual disabilities and grief

November 6, 2022

Cara discusses how grief literacy needs to be improved across the board for people with intellectual disabilities to learn more about grief, death and dying. There is a great need to include them in this natural, normal part of life that we’ll all experience.

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