No matter what our medical model or general culture believes, grief is healthy.
-- Franz Schubert --
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow --
The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society.
-- Franz Schubert --
You didn't need to learn something that only disaster could teach.
-- Megan Devine --
The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.
-- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross --
Encouragement to look towards the future only ignores the pain you are in right now.
-- Megan Devine--
Grief is not an obstacle. Never let anyone convince you there's something wrong with your grief.
-- Tim Lawrence --
Grief is a sane response to the physical loss of someone, or something you love.
-- Megan Devine --
Perhaps one day we'll be more shocked when a heartbroken soul isn't expressing their grief than when they are.
-- Tim Lawrence --
“Grieving people want and need to be heard, not fixed”
-- Grief Recovery Method --
“When people say that time heals all wounds, they forget that all wounds are meant to be healed. Some wounds are merely held, caressed, acknowledged and wept for. There is nothing wrong with this”
-- Tim Lawrence--
“You want me to get over my loss? Actually it would make more sense for you to get over your need for me to get over my loss”
-- Tim Lawrence --
“We must grieve our unmet hopes, dreams and expectations"
-- Grief Recovery Method --
“We want them to stand beside us, not trying to fix what cannot be fixed, not trying to rush us out of our grief. We want them to stand there, without flinching, and acknowledge what is true: this hurts. This hurts. I’m here”
-- Megan Devine --
“Always defend your right to heal at your own pace. You are taking your time. You are allowed to take your time”
-- Rebecca Baldwin --
No matter what our medical model or general culture believes, grief is healthy.
-- Franz Schubert --
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow --
The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society.
-- Franz Schubert --
You didn't need to learn something that only disaster could teach.
-- Megan Devine --
The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.
-- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross --
Encouragement to look towards the future only ignores the pain you are in right now.
-- Megan Devine--
Grief is not an obstacle. Never let anyone convince you there's something wrong with your grief.
-- Tim Lawrence --
Grief is a sane response to the physical loss of someone, or something you love.
-- Megan Devine --
Perhaps one day we'll be more shocked when a heartbroken soul isn't expressing their grief than when they are.
-- Tim Lawrence --
“Grieving people want and need to be heard, not fixed”
-- Grief Recovery Method --
“When people say that time heals all wounds, they forget that all wounds are meant to be healed. Some wounds are merely held, caressed, acknowledged and wept for. There is nothing wrong with this”
-- Tim Lawrence--
“You want me to get over my loss? Actually it would make more sense for you to get over your need for me to get over my loss”
-- Tim Lawrence --
“We must grieve our unmet hopes, dreams and expectations"
-- Grief Recovery Method --
“We want them to stand beside us, not trying to fix what cannot be fixed, not trying to rush us out of our grief. We want them to stand there, without flinching, and acknowledge what is true: this hurts. This hurts. I’m here”
-- Megan Devine --
“Always defend your right to heal at your own pace. You are taking your time. You are allowed to take your time”
-- Rebecca Baldwin --
Understanding Grief
Anticipatory Grief
Holding the Hope
Maybe Swearing will Help
Supporting Others
Supporting Children
Supporting Yourself
Threads of Life May 2023 and again in 2024
South Shore Hospice Palliative Care – End of Life Info Expo 2023, 2024
Alzheimer's Society
Nova Scotia Palliative Care
Senior Safety
Flourish Senior Centre
Good Grief, NS
Mental Health Innovations
Peer Support Nova Scotia
“What made your presentation unique is your ability to reach your audience. It was delivered in a manner that the meaning was not lost, everyone felt you were speaking directly to them, that this was a conversation, and as a result, people felt engaged and free to ask questions. Hilary, that is a gift, that few people have”
Ann Cosgrove President
Nova Scotia Hospice Palliative Care
I am impressed by the amount of information shared, anyone who works with others, as I do with VETS Canada would be advised to sign up for this type of session. It gives a foundation of what not to say importantly, avoiding platitudes and triggers as best you can and what may be other ways to say what you mean and how you could support a person through their grief and loss in the best possible ways. Thank you for the engaging session and for sharing your experience with deep grief.
D. Macdougall ED VetsCAN
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