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Christian – “Overdose Death”

Christian talks about an overdose death not defining who that person was.

Chantal – Anticipatory grief

Chantal defines antipatory grief and the grief before the physical loss

Kate – Trust and listening

Kate – explains how having someone you trust is super important so that you can have a space space to go to

Rev. Sky – “Trauma, grief, and loss, sudden death”

Rev. Sky introduces herself and explains why she is in these videos.

Maureen – “Pregnancy and infant loss”

Maureen explains how pregnancy and infant loss is often misunderstood or underestimated.

Maria – “Equal in and out breath meditation”

Maria guides an equal in and out breath meditation.

Valmy – The power of lyrics

Valmy explains how lyrics can take the pressure off if you don’t know how to communicate. how you are feeling

Shawn – “Dad”

Shawn describes finding out his father died by suicide and the shock and grief that followed. Shawn continues to grieve the death of his father by suicide

Janice- “Stay with feelings”

Janice talks about how feelings can be buried and how working through them can help.

Jacqueline – Art Therapy & Grief

Jacqueline discusses about art therapy and how it brings a special layer to help move through grief

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.

Maureen – End stages during a pandemic

Maureen talks about the end stages of her father-in-law during the pandemic.