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Christian – “Overdose Death”

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

Cale – Celebrate the life

Cale talks about sacred fire, grief and celebrating the life

Jacqueline – Advice to Younger Self

Jacqueline talks about seeking help and being kind to yourself

Christian – “Growth out of pain”

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.

Kim – Facebook and connecting

Kim – discussses our need to connect and how Facebook was useful after her Mum’s death

Susan – “My story”

Susan talks about her story and her decision to stop chemotherapy.

Caitlin – “It’s hard work”

Caitlin talks about dealing with grief. Caitlin continues to grieve the death of her sister in a car accident

Krista – “Range of emotions”

Krista talks about the journey towards acceptance.

Margaux – “It never really hit me at one moment”

Margaux describes the experience of gradually processing her grief through individual and group therapy. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

Claudia – Being stuck and art therapy

Claudia discusses remunating how art therapist can help create different positive perspectives

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

John explains why it is important to acknowledge 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.