Supporting Others

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

Lyss – Support, Family, and Friends

Lyss discusses the long process of her mother dying, miscarriages and support from family and friends

When Death Comes Suddenly

When someone dies suddenly we often struggle with grief that is raw, unpredictable and powerful.

There One Day and Gone the Next : Art Therapy and Grief

This blog post contains information about using art therapy to process grief, including specific examples.

Michele – Covid and support

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in griefMIchele talks about COVID restrictions, technology and ways to support

Ghosts From The Past

I met Holly riding the bus in our community. She is very attractive with a winsome smile and piercing eyes that I would trade anything for. She was also the bus driver. At that time Holly went to school to become a nurse. After becoming a nurse, Holly didn’t drive the bus that much, but one of her fellow bus drivers mentioned to me that one of Holly’s patients had died and it had a negative impact on her. It brought back ghosts from my past as I also had a job in which people died which had a negative impact on me.

Betsy – You can’t know until you know

Betsy talks about support and what really helps when one is in grief

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

Amber talks about how her grief has helped her learn how support other people in grief.

Nicole – Stigma Surrounding Drug Use

Nicole discusses how the stigma around drug use has an impact on how people feel able to grieve when those in their community are lost.

Keith – “How can you help”

Keith explains that by imagining being in someone’s position can show you practical ways of helping them.

John Martin – Coping with grief part 2

John talks gives some pointers to help cope with loss