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Matt – Wisdom to pass on

Matt offers advice to his younger self about grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Lynda – “It’s complicated during a pandemic”

Lynda talks about how things are so much more complicated in these times

Chantal – The benefits of the physical part of art making

Chantal talks about how art can release energy in a healthy cathartic way

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral

Caileigh – Grief and child behaviour

Caileigh explains when a child experiences grief or a traumatic grief experience, there’s often behaviour that comes from that. Grief impacts behaviour. And sometimes it can be outward behaviour and sometimes it can be internalized behaviour. The good news about grief and behaviour is that it can be managed and supported through effective communication, through therapy and through coping strategies.

Cheryl – “What is grief”

Cheryl defines grief and talks about how we all grieve differently.

John Martin – Loss, Grief and Covid-19

John discusses loss and COVID

Jessica M – Finding Hope

Jessica shares memories of her brothers birthday which was just before her mothers death and how they all found hope

Mary S – The value of writing

Mary talks about how much writing has helped inlcuding writing what her partner would have said

Cale – Music and processing

Cale talks about death in the family and writing about the experience

Cale – Grief/music and his community

Cale discusses musicallity, community and grief.

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

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