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Michele – Talks about being a death doula

Michele explains what death doula’s do. Doula means servant. They support people on many different levels… for instance, emotionally, spiritually and physically

Margaux – “My Grief Story”

Margaux outlines the story of losing her mother to breast cancer and the experience of grief at milestones in her life. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

Jackie – Expressive arts and what you can do

Jackie explains the many ways that expressive arts can help with grief.

Janice – “It’s never too late to grieve”

Janice talks about the importance of noticing feelings.

Keith – “Difference between grief and mourning”

Keith explains how grief is internal and mourning is external.

Russell – “Relationship”

Russell discusses how loss affects relationships. Russell continues to grieve the perinatal death of his son.

Matt – My Story

Matt tells how he found his birth mother and then lost her.

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.

John – Support over time

John discusses how support changes over time

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

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

Cheryl and Mike – “Living with grief”

Cheryl and Mike discuss process and moving forward. They continue to grieve the death their daughter in a car accident.

Janice – “Grieving alone”

Janice discusses grieving alone and when its important to have people around you that can listen and understand what you are feeling.