Supporting Others

John Martin – Loss and Grief- Not Much Help

John talks about the importance of helping people in grief

Michele – Normalizing conversations around death dying grief and loss

Michele discusses grief literacy, the importance of talking and that dying is a part of life

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

Janice – “The importance of listening”

Janice explains the importance of not being judgemental and listening when helping someone is in grief.

John Martin – The Trauma of Loss and Grief

John discusses trauma and grief

Sunny- Supporting My Grieving Mom

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.

Thoughts About Grief Counselling Playlist

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

John Martin – Coping with grief part 1

John talks gives some pointers to help cope with loss

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.

Amber – Talking to your kids about death

Amber talks about how important it is to talk about grief, especially with kids