Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jen – “1st year non-judgmental”

Jen discusses the ups and downs of the 1st year.

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is

Shannon – Blessings and sadness

Shannon discusses how just showing up, being present is a powerful way of supporting to someone who has lost. Listen more – talk less.

Rev. Sky – “Weepies”

Rev. Sky talks about weepies, that they are OK and how to deal with them.

Corrie – We cry because we love

Corrie talks about crying, hurt and love

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.

Chantal – Anticipatory grief

Chantal defines antipatory grief and the grief before the physical loss

Carrie – Validation

Carrie talks about validation and feeling that someone is full responsive and fully present to you and what is going on in your grief… feeling “felt”

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.

Maureen – “Peer vs professional support”

Maureen talks about getting help and what is right for you.

Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.

Janice – “Grief can be complicated”

Janice discusses disenfranchised grief and holding on to hurt.