The Cases That Stick With Us
Virtual Funeral Professionals Peer Support Meeting in April
WHEELING, IL— All of us remember that call (likely there’s more than one) that stays with us. The arrangement, service, embalming, removal or burial that really tested our composure in front of the grieving family. This month’s virtual Funeral Professionals Peer Support Meeting focuses on those cases that stick with us, the ones that trigger our own feelings of grief at work, and explores how we can process these experiences. Join the conversation Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 8pm ET / 7pm CT / 5pm PT.
As a licensed funeral director and embalmer, medical lab tech and a bio-hazard cleaning company owner/operator, Andrea Greig has witnessed many forms of grief. This April 16, she’ll facilitate a peer support meeting to talk about the arrangements and services that activate a personal grief response, even as we provide compassion and empathy for our families in our professional roles. How do we cope? How do we move through such events and come out on the other side professionally and personally?
“Grief exposes itself in mysterious ways,” says Andrea, who first took up writing a blog and then authored a book as her way of processing this empathetic grief. “I have always enjoyed writing. I realized a long time ago that I could explain myself better on paper than I ever could out loud. I have found writing has, unexpectedly, become my form of therapy.” Participants will be invited to share their own outlets for processing difficult losses such as deaths of infants or young children, suicides, substance abuse, or violence.
Join the conversation on finding relief for the empathetic grief we experience in funeral service. The virtual funeral professional peer support meeting with Andrea Greig is Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 8pm ET / 7pm CT / 5pm PT via Zoom link at cremationassociation.org/peersupport. No registration is required, simply follow the link to join.
About Funeral Professionals Peer Support
Funeral Professionals Peer Support Group is committed to providing support, healing, education and knowledge to funeral professionals. They promote wholeness and wellness by uniting funeral sector professionals through a Canada-wide network of regional organizations offering support, information and resources within their community.
About CANA
Founded in 1913, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) is an international organization of over 3,700 members, composed of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematories, industry suppliers, and consultants. CANA members believe that cremation is preparation for memorialization.
