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Janice – “Not feeling grief when someone dies”

Janice talks about why some people don’t feel grief and what it may mean.

Claudia – Taking your art home after art therapy

Claudia talks about why sometimes not to take your art home after therapy

Amber – Keeping Dad’s memory alive

Amber tells how she set up a Dad adventure day to keep the memory of her father alive for her kids and husband

Maureen – Holiday kindness and grief

Maureen discusses grieving during the holidays and being lifter up by kindness

Kim – Self care

Kim talks about looking after yourself and how much it helps. In particular be kind to yourself

Nicole – Pandemic’s Effect on Grieving as a Community

Nicole discusses the ways the pandemic has affected the way people grieve as a community.

Brenda and Dale – “Their Relationship”

Brenda and Dale talk about grieving differently and the challenges loss creates for couples. They continue to grieve the death of their son by suicide.

Janice – “Go into feelings”

Janice explains how important it is to pay attention to your feelings.

Sara – Music at the end of life

Sara talks about the values of music at the end of life

Claudia – Art and coping with grief and loss

Claudia talk about how art is especially beneficial for someone coping with grief and loss

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.

Lyss – Writing Songs and Words

Lyss shares about how writing songs and words has helped her with intense feelings