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Kate – COVID and grieving with my parents

March 11, 2023

Kate shares about how COVID was stress on top of dealing with the loss of her brother

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Sibling / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Griever / Video

Teresa – Intellectual disabilities grief and time to process

October 1, 2022

Teresa explains the importance of giving time when communicating with people who have intellectual disabilities

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Donna B – “Strains on a Marriage”

September 26, 2019

Donna discusses how grieving can effect a marriage and a job. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Death During Service / Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Video

Caileigh – A safe place to grow and heal

February 23, 2023

Caileigh talks about how accessing play therapy can support everybody. When children have that safe place to heal, everybody around them feels good and can heal, too.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / I Am A Professional / Supporting Others / Video

Amanda – “Ministry of Presence”

December 10, 2018

Amanda discusses how being present with someone can be helpful.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Supporting Others / Video

Lyss – Support, Family, and Friends

March 23, 2023

Lyss discusses the long process of her mother dying, miscarriages and support from family and friends

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Perinatal / Supporting Others / Video

Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

February 23, 2023

Caileigh discussed how children learn so much about their grief through play. There’s less confusion, there’s less anxiety, there’s more awareness. For the child and the parent, there is more acceptance of grief.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / I Am A Professional / Supporting Others / Video

Rebecca – Humour and grief

September 4, 2020

Rebecca talks about how she and her father used humour as a strategy during his illness and after he died

Death of a Parent / Video

Christian – Grieving the whole person

April 23, 2023

Christian talks about how we choose remember people when there has been a loss to drug poisoning

Collective/Community Grief / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Professional / Video

Teresa – Understanding people with intellectual disabilities and grief

October 1, 2022

Teresa shares an example and discusses the importance of truly understanding people with intellectual disabilities when they are telling us their stories

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Supporting Others / Video

Russell – “Is this your only child?”

December 16, 2018

Russell talks about the loss of his second son and only having one child. Russell continues to grieve the perinatal death of his son.

Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Perinatal / Video

Kate – My art and my brother

March 11, 2023

Kate talks about being an artist and expression through art can remind her of her brothers encouragement

Art / Death By Overdose / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Sibling / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Griever / Video