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John – Support over time

John discusses how support changes over time

Katie – Journaling

Katie talks about grief triggers and mental health triggers

Jane – Grief and meditation

Jane shares how she practices daily meditation and how that helps her manage her thoughts and feelings.

Kristal – Drug Poisoning During Pandemic Stigma

Kristal discusses how the pandemic has created additional stigma surrounding those who use drugs. She dissuses how it seems like some losses are treated as more deserving of being mourned than others. Many people have had to grieve privately instead of publically within a community. She touches on the state of the public health system during the pandemic.

Teresa – Understanding people with intellectual disabilities and grief

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

Maureen – “Grief doesn’t stop, even when the outside world is in crisis”

Maureen gives suggestions about how you can help people in grief

Karyn and Aidan – Supporting each other

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they supported each other and how they coped with John being hospitalized

Jane – Loneliness while processing grief

Jane talks about grieving without her extended family because of the pandemic and how that’s impacted things like scattering ashes and having celebrations of life.

Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

Rev. Sky explains triggers, identifying them and what you need.

Janice – “Own our feelings”

Janice discusses the goals of emotional work and arriving at a peaceful place.

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving self

Hope – Different lenses

Hope shares about the differences in experiences between losing her father and her Mom losing a spouse