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Kim – You can get through this

Kim talks about the difference between her Dad and her Mum’s death

Justin – Expression and grief

Justin talks about what his grief is like and hope

Zoreena – Support systems

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems

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”

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.

Janice – “Photographs”

Janice explains how photographs can be a doorway to help move forward.

Keith – “My story”

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

Tenille Campbell- “We Matter Campaign”

Tenille discusses her loss and how writing helps with her hurt.

Corrie – Talking to children about death and dying

Corrie explains how to discuss death and dying with children

Nicole – Pandemic’s Effect on Grieving as a Community

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

Hope – Benefits of child-centred grief programs

Hope discusses hope grief camp gave her and her family a place to feel normal

John – My Story

John tells the story of his wife became ill suddenly and died