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Professional Insights Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of professionals helping people and families to cope with grief.

John – Support over time

John discusses how support changes over time

Holly – How can we help someone who is grieving

Holly has some helpful tips how to help someone who is grieving

Amanda – “It’s a gift to love someone”

Amanda talks about grief and it’s connection to love.

Sam – My story

Sam tells his story and losing his father, uncle and cousin in a short period of time

Krista – “Changes”

Krista discussed what has changed since her son’s overdose. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Maureen – “Anger”

Maureen talks about the power of anger and how to deal with it.

Janice – “Grief and the whole relationship”

Janice uses a personal story to talk about how loss can be related to the whole relationship not just the death.

John Martin – Loss and Grief- Make Sure You Hear Their Story

John about the importance of hearing a griever

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Donna B – “Grief Dreams”

Donna discusses dreams and reality. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Madelyn – Accept what you are feeling

Madelyn talks about how it’s ok to not be ok.