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Healing Post-Caregiving Grief

Written by Wendy Johnstone “All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” ~Havelock Ellis What does life look for a caregiver when they are no longer a caregiver? Michael’s wife, Shelley, died after three years with cancer that spread to her liver and spine, causing pain that […]

Grief is a Universal Experience

Grief is a universal experience that makes us human. The role of caregiving can be all encompassing and when a care recipient passes away it can lead to deep feelings of loneliness, emptiness, and loss. It is often an extremely emotional and uncertain time following the death of a care recipient and because grief is […]

Episode Six: Grief is a Human Experience

Caregivers Out Loud Go Back to Podcast Overview Grief is a human experience and it often feels messy or is accompanied by not knowing if you are ‘doing it right’. Grief and loss can feel isolating. And many caregivers share different examples of grief, such as grieving the loss of your old life during caregiving […]

The Grief Response

Dr. Tom Attig was a panelist in our “Coach Caregiver” webinar on Loss & Grief held in February 2017. This webinar was If you missed the webinar you can watch the recording on our website by going here. Tom has written several books on the topic of loss and grief and provided a handout for […]

Episode 5: Grief as a Healing Gift

Caregivers Out Loud Go Back to Podcast Overview 13 million Canadians or nearly half of the total population have provided care at some point in their lives. Yet caregiving may be a new term for many people. And often, unpaid caregivers do not identify with this title, as they feel it is part of their […]

Caregiver Loss & Grief

If you are a caregiver, you deal with loss and grief. Some days more than others perhaps but it is always there, incremental and undeniable. Whether it is the loss and grief associated with your own life and the way it used to be, or the loss and grief associated with being a witness to […]

Episode 29: Honouring Duty and Self: Caregiving Across Cultures

Caregivers Out Loud Go Back to Podcast Overview How do familial expectations and cultural traditions impact how you show up as a family caregiver? This is a question Maybo Lui has considered ever since she unexpectedly became a secondary caregiver for her husband’s father just weeks after they married. A registered clinical counsellor herself, Maybo […]

Winter 2026

In this Issue: A Caregiver’s Perspective: Moving Through the Changing Stages of Care The Phases of Family Caregiving Dear Caregiver Support Line A Positive Approach to Risk During the Transition to Care Coping with the Ongoing Losses of Caregiving When a Loved One is Diagnosed with a Serious Illness Transitioning Out of Caregiving: Gentle Steps […]