Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Keith – “Difference between grief and mourning”

Keith explains how grief is internal and mourning is external.

Cara – Intellectual disabilities and advance planning

Cara explains that people living with intellectual disabilities are growing to older ages, much like the rest of the population. And as folks are aging what we’re seeing is the need for families more so than ever, to do some advanced planning for who will take over any caregiving decision making or where that person may live, what sort of support they may need and what that’s going to look like after the parents or the guardians die so that this doesn’t become a crisis situation.

Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

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

Maureen – Preparing for holidays

Maureen gives some ideas to help during holidays like connecting and taking time out

Michael – “A story of loss and longing”

Michael relays a story of a man coping after the loss of his wife.

Janice- “Stay with feelings”

Janice talks about how feelings can be buried and how working through them can help.

Maureen – “If someone you know has experienced pregnancy & infant loss”

Maureen explains practical tools to help someone who is grieving.

Jenn – The difference between expressive and creative arts

Jenn explains the difference between expressive and creative arts. You don’t have to limit yourself to art making to help you through your grief process. Expressive arts encompasses a wide variety of approaches including drama, dance, movement, writing and music

Michele – My Story

MIchele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young

Christian – “Grief can shape you”

Christian talks about realizing the impact grief has.

Jessica M – Grief is unique for each person

Jessica discusses our uniquenesses during grief, giving yourself permission to grieve and that there are many ways of self care during grief.

Chantal – Giving space

Chantal discusses how it is good and honouring to the one you’ve lost to give space and feel everything