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Maria – “A place that we love meditation”

Maria guides a place that we love meditation.

Maureen – “Unresolved conflicts”

Maureen shares about her Dad, anger, love and some tools to manage unresolved conflicts.

Chantal – You don’t have to be an artist to take part in art therapy

Chantal explains that you don’t have to be an artist to participate in art therapy and acutally if you have less art experience you will enjoy it more.

Jackie – Warming up to do art

Jackie explains how warming up is a way into expressive arts

Lisa -Advice to grievers

Lisa explains her thoughts about how to help someone in grief

Keith – “Knowing what to say”

Keith gives practical advice about helping someone in grief.

Jackie – Expressive arts can help when grief is confusing

Jackie talks about how working with an artist therapist helped her after her sister and mother died

Kristal – Story of Lived Experience

Kristal discusses experiencing homelessness at multiple stages of her life and how that informs her work as a peer support worker. It gives her an understanding of the nuance that surrounds the community. She uses this experience to support people who are experiencing grief related to death from drug poisoning.

Kristal – Activism To Ease Anger and Grief

Kristal discusses using activism to help ease or channel her anger from the loss of those in her community to drug poisoning. She talks about her grief being very quiet and inward before, but that taking action helps her to move through it. She discusses how there may not be peace from these losses, but the goal should rather be feeling safe in the emotions.

Lyss – Music

Lyss remembers playing music for her mother as she was dying and how music has helped with feelings

Lynda – “Same storm different boat”

Lynda discusses how grief is universal yet unique to everyone

Susan – “Honour”

Susan discusses dying and lives well lived.