The last five years has given me a deep understanding of the power that grief and loss can have on someone's life. In 2016 my father died from a stroke and it was only a few years later that my mother would be diagnosed with Leukemia. After a 9 month battle with cancer she died at the beginning of 2020 with my brother and I at her side. After 22 years I left my teaching career to pursue healing for myself, my family and for my community in Nova Scotia. Along with the pandemic, Nova Scotia was forever changed by a violent tragedy in 2020 that we as a province continue to grieve. Since then the world continues to demonstrate a need to deal directly...