Patti Broadfoot RSW - Counselling

11/30/2025

You don’t have to explain your grief to anyone.
Some days it’s a single snowflake…
other days it’s a full blizzard. ❄️

However it shows up, it’s valid.
Be gentle with yourself while it melts,
and when it comes back again. 💭🤍

11/26/2025

Karen and Bec from the Room To Grieve podcast interview two of our board members, Mitch and Jenna, to discuss grief and healing after a murder-suicide loss. Please share widely so survivors can find healing.
🖤🤍💚
https://open.spotify.com/episode/78XMtq2lZoF7zc4wqLQhvN?si=hlUBM1gcQYi99nyYHF9tEg

https://youtu.be/P8jpG_6dMUs?si=rB6KIY-TCcwATF9c

11/26/2025

11/26/2025

The Spectrum of Grief in Nursing: A Panel Discussion will explore the diverse and often unspoken experiences of grief across the nursing profession. This session, hosted by RNAO and the Canadian Virtual Hospice, will help nurses "name and claim" their grief and offer strategies for personal and collective healing.

Secure your spot to attend by registering at https://loom.ly/C2urwqA.

11/23/2025

11/23/2025

When someone is facing the end of life, medical care focuses on managing symptoms and supporting the body. But dying is more than a medical event, it’s deeply emotional, relational, and for some spiritual.

End of Life Doulas support dying people and their families/friends through this time, offering presence rather than prescriptions, and understanding rather than interventions. Their role is non-medical, they don’t replace doctors, nurses, or palliative teams but they complement them by holding space for conversations, practical planning, and the human need for connection and calm.

11/23/2025

Today is the International Survivors of Su***de Loss Day
Grieving looks different for everyone.
If you feel comfortable, add the person's name that you loved and lost in the comments.
For YMHC, Alberto.

11/20/2025

On Children’s Grief Awareness Day, I want to share two excellent website resources here in Canada to help you support the young grievers within your circles.

Children are quite often forgotten or overlooked in grief support. Not because people don’t care, but because grief can show up differently in children and youth and it can be challenging to know how to help.

KidsGrief.ca and YouthGrief.ca are robust online resources that can help adults support the grieving children and youth in their lives. These resources help adults recognize and understand typical young people’s behaviors while grieving, and they offer practical advice on how to talk with them about serious illness, death, and grief.

These resources were developed by children’s grief specialists alongside families with lived experience, and they incorporate learning modules, helpful tools, activity books, and videos.

Be part of the growing grief revolution.

Be someone who knows how to respond to grief when it enters the room.

Because it will.

You have the power to hold space for the young people in your world, in a way that can make all the difference to them in that moment, and in the years that follow. 💛

Children's Grief Awareness Day Canadian Alliance for Children's Grief Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association Canadian Virtual Hospice AWC Grief Support The Children's Grief Foundation of Canada Lighthouse for Grieving Children and Families

11/19/2025

Today is National Grief and Bereavement Day. Grief is real, valid, and deeply personal, but no one should have to navigate it alone.

We call on Canadians to join the national dialogue to improve Grief Literacy in Canada and ensure everyone has access to the support and resources they need. Let's work together to .

11/18/2025

The third Tuesday in November marks the annual National Grief and Bereavement Day in Canada. On this day, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association encourages Canadians to engage government and all sectors of Canadian society in a national dialogue to identify and support access to the necessary resources for those living with grief and bereavement. 💙 VON Oxford Victorian Order of Nurses - VON

If you have questions on how to support a person who is grieving, or are grieving yourself, please reach out to VON Oxford. You are not alone.
Phone: 519-539-1231 ext.: 6299
Email: oxford.griefsupport@von.ca

11/18/2025

On National Grief and Bereavement Day, we honour the many ways grief shows up in our lives and the courage it takes to carry love forward after loss.

Grief is not a timeline, a checklist, or something to “get over.” It’s a deeply human experience that deserves space, understanding, and compassion.

If you or someone you love is grieving, we’re here.
💛 Visit bfosw.ca to learn more about our peer support groups.

Today and every day, we hold space for you.