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Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

John Martin – Coping with grief part 1

John talks gives some pointers to help cope with loss

Maureen – Isolated in a nursing home

Maureen talks about her father-in-law isolated and palliative during the pandemic

Rev. Sky – “Yearning”

Rev. Sky discusses yearning and how it’s OK to feel those emotions.

Maureen – Writing a song for a friend who is dying

Maureen talks about writing as song for a dying friend

Susan – “The process is interesting”

Susan talks about her role in the process of dying.

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

Claudia – Art in community versus art therapy

Claudia explains how art therapists are trained and how what they do is different that doing art in community

Maureen – “Grief can come back”

Maureen explains however grief comes back, you are OK.

John Martin – Understanding Grief part 1

John discusses his understanding of what grief is

Hope – Waves of grief

Hope talks about the loss of her father and how grief comes in waves and how a therapist helped her understand that she had pushed her emotions down

Kristal – Lack of Memorials During Pandemic

Kristal talks about how memorials can offer closure to people who are grieving, find a community, and share stories. With the absence of this during the pandemic, many people turned inward to grieve or isolated, which can create safety issues and have an impact on mental health. She speaks to how this leads to depression, physical pain, and it compounds upon itself.