During this session the doctors Sammy Winemaker MD and Hsien Seow PhD will discuss their book Hope for the Best, Plan for the Rest, and their newly released corresponding workbook. These resources, and Sammy and Hsien’s stories, draw upon their decades spent researching and caring for thousands of seriously ill [...]
Recreational Respite is grateful to have been awarded a grant from The Children’s Grief Foundation of Canada to deliver neurodivergent-affirming grief support to bereaved teens on the autism spectrum and/or intellectual disabilities across Canada in 2025. Recognizing that neurodivergent individuals process and express grief differently, this initiative addresses the need [...]
The Essence of Compassion: Meeting People Where They Are At Conference Speakers and Schedule
In palliative and grief care, there is often a component of suffering that we cannot “fix” or “take away”. Instead, as psychosocial-spiritual professionals we are called to companion and support, foster coping, processing, treatment, and sometimes healing. This COP seeks to develop the clinical and self-care skills of professionals providing [...]
We will explore the journey of Hope over the course of a life-limiting diagnosis with a short scenic drive through hopelessness. In the illness journey, hope and hopelessness are intertwined inter-twined, often unrecognized or given little credit. By understanding this connection, we can better support others in their journey of [...]
