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Janice – “Grieving as long as you need to grieve”

Janice talks about her personal grief experiences and understanding the need for grieving as long as you need to.

John Martin – Grief – Don’t Ignore Your Losses. Loss needs to be acknowledged.

John explains why it is important to acknowledge grief

Karyn and Aidan – Coping with the COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they dealt with not being able to visit John in hospital

Madelyn – The power of music

Madelyn – discusses the potency of music and processing good and bad memories

Sarah K – Grieving during a pandemic

Sarah discusses how the pandemic has pulled back the curtain on grief

John Martin – Help with Grief

John talks about how each grief is unique

Matt – Grief changes

Matt explains how he deals with his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

John Martin – Understanding Grief part 2

John talks about permission to grieve

Janice – “Own our feelings”

Janice discusses the goals of emotional work and arriving at a peaceful place.

Jacqueline – Art therapy and grieving women

Jacqueline explains how helping connect to the heart and reslience with art therapy can be very helpful

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.

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID