Mary Ellen Macdonald

Repeat with me: There are no stages of grief!
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New blog at GrieMatters.ca: Small talk, big pain: How casual questions sometimes touch the raw edges of grief.

#GriefLiteracy is about helping community members to better understand their own and other people’s experience of grief.

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MAID, Grief Sisters and Rainbows — Grief Matters Lori Weber's husband chose Medical Assistance in Dying three years ago. Lori generously shared her family's story and her advice for anyone making this choice. (Many thanks to Charlit Floriano for her...

Lori Weber's husband chose Medical Assistance in Dying - she generously shared her family's story and her advice for anyone making this choice. (Many thanks to Charlit Floriano and Cartoonist-in-Residence Susan MacLeod)
Check out the full animation here: griefmatters.ca/cartoons/mai...

I love it when I bump into #GriefLiteracy as I wander through my world

October's blog is up at ww.GriefMatters.ca, and it's such an important topic: managing small talk when you're grieving.

Wondering what to do today? Join us!

TODAY! If you live in #HFX/HRM, I'm leading a free 'FotoBalm' event (photo walk exploring the practice of #photography as healing for the #grief process.) Part of GriefMatters.ca Grief Gatherings Week happening all around Nova Scotia. Bring your camera and meet at The Dingle gazebo for 4 PM start.

Good morning! Just another commute to work 😊

Wondering what to do today? We've got two in-person events, if you happen to be in this beautiful part of the world #NovaScotia #GriefGatherings2025

Two more beautiful events tomorrow - both in Nova Scotia. www.GriefMatters.ca #GriefGatherings2025

Gather with us for a grief walk today in Bedford (Nova Scotia). More at wwwGriefMatters.ca

There are so many amazing offerings - join us! More details at www.GriefMatters.ca #GriefGatherings2025

Join this #GriefGathering2025 event - essential learnings are promised!

Another great #GriefGatherings2025 event in the bag! Thanks to @whenyoudie.bsky.social and Hospice Halifax

Last Saturday, #GriefMatters took to the Sackville Farmers' Market (Nova Scotia). Stay tuned for future pop-up stands!
For a full list of gatherings, visit out website here: griefmatters.ca/grief-gather...
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Just dropped! And with that, #GriefGatherings2025 is underway. Join us, www.GriefMatters.ca

Grief Gatherings starts tomorrow! #GriefMatters

From September 19-28, in-person and online grief literacy activities! Join us! #GriefGatherings2025

Two more sleeps! #GriefGatherings2025 Schedule at: griefmatters.ca/grief-gather...

The countdown to this year’s Grief Gatherings has begun! We’re so excited for what’s ahead. Which events are you planning to attend? Let us know, we’d love to hear from you! #GriefMatters #GriefGatherings2025

Yes, Grief Matters!

Just follow the geese to #GriefGatherings2025🪿

#GriefGatherings2025 are coming up! Join us!

Grief Matters Grief Matters is working to increase grief awareness and grief literacy so that we all can better support ourselves, others, and our communities. Please join us!

Have you heard about #GriefGatherings2025? Check out griefmatters.ca

This new policy demonstrates such impressive leadership - thanks @cjphrcsp.bsky.social for your vision!

Re-Imagining Childhood Grief: Children as Active Agents in a Transactional Process - Ceilidh Eaton Russell, Meg Chin, Georg Bollig, Cheryl-Anne Cait, Franco A. Carnevale, Jody Chrastek, Bianca Lavorgn... Bereavement during childhood impacts children’s wellbeing and biopsychosocial development. Research examining impacts and outcomes of childhood bereavement and ...

Children grieve too! In this paper, we contest views of children as immature, used to justify their exclusion from discussions about death. This exclusion breaches children’s participation rights. We propose a rethinking that recognizes young people as active moral agents. doi.org/10.1177/0030...

Too true.

A little #DeathLiteracy humour to start the day