Grief counsellor and educator.

Joined January 2014
Do we engage with the distress of our families, friends, and communities with empathy? lnkd.in/dA345Wny
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'When people go inside the shop they hold their faces in their hands or shake their heads and take deep breaths or just stop on the threshold.' Would you drop into a pop-up 'Grief Shop'? bit.ly/2RsMeog
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Marney Thompson retweeted
Children Experience Grief Too: Supporting Children Through the Dying and Death of a Family Member - Online Event - mailchi.mp/chpca/webinaroct3…
One of the hardest and kindest things to do is to “let them be sad.”
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“Try your best to love other people besides the one you lost.” nyti.ms/2GKMqPD
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Marney Thompson retweeted
I have read this again. Think it useful for all youngsters struggling with memory problems after loss and trauma. Have to find the right way to use it: The act of drawing something has a “massive” benefit for memory compared with writing it down digest.bps.org.uk/2018/11/22…
Marney Thompson retweeted
Palliative Care peeps: A chance to do your PhD with @MerrynGott and team? This would be a fabulous opportunity! Go for it! Run fast!Wish I was in the market to do a second PhD🙂
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November 20th is National Bereavement Day in Canada. Share your story!
Are you still looking for a way to mark National Bereavement Day? Why not share your stories with us! We are Challenging all Canadians to ask each other about their grief & bereavement and share their stories. Don’t forget to tag CHPCA and use the hashtag #GriefDay18 #JourDeuil18
I need this! Had no idea bullets are 1990?!?
Brilliantly helpful infographic by @suerobinsyvr #publicspeaking #scicomm
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Thanks to funding from @VeteransENG_CA we'll be engaging national & international #grief experts, #Veterans & families to develop a tailored grief tool for their unique needs & to help mitigate PTSD.
Such an uncomplicated and healing intervention!
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“Palliative care providers navigate patients’ nonphysical suffering in their day-to-day work and the impact of working with nonphysical suffering on the clinician have been understudied.”
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Sorry For Your Loss is a new television show that follows a young widow forced to deal with devastating grief in the wake of her husband’s unexpected death Everyone processes grief differently & we're happy a show is exposing this. forbes.com/sites/risasaracha…
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We need so much more bereavement support in this community especially, but really, in all communities.
Hearing Dr. Therese Rando describe 12 high risk elements for traumatic bereavement at #PAL2018 and thinking of all the family, friends, and workers struggling with overdose loss as a result of the War on Drugs. We need so much more bereavement support in this community 💜
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A way to bring names and faces to the devastating numbers and also a way to remember and and honour those who’ve died.
The Celebrating Lost Loved Ones to the #OpioidEpidemic map continues to be updated with now 1688 great people memorialized and added by their families. losttoopioids.nsc.org/index.… #breakthestigma Families can honor lost loved ones by adding them directly to the map.
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Children’s names translated into birdsong...
Have you read the western mail article today about Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice bird song project to help bereaved parents @ruthwignall @markhutchings1 @tyhafan #tyhafan @vaughangething