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Pregnancy Loss Study/Relationships and Well-being Lab @utmrawlab.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We are currently recruiting couples who have experienced pregnancy loss within the past four months to participate in an online research study. #Research #pregnancy #pregnancyloss #science #compensatedstudy

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CPAC TV @cpac.ca · 11/02/2026

"This morning parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love—the nation mourns with them, Canada stands by them," says PM Mark Carney as he reacts to the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. #cdnpoli

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

“Simple rituals can be extremely effective (reduce grief, anxiety and increase confidence). Rituals appear to benefit even people who claim not to believe that rituals work. Rituals can have a causal impact on people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.” (Gino & Norton, 2013).

Writing Workshop poster. Workshop on Ritual and Creative Practice. Exercises and prompts. Small group. All materials included. February 10th 7-8pm in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. 299 Commercial Street. Cost 25 dollars. To register email coutureeold@gmail or call 902.217.5914

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Dying With Dignity Canada @dyingwithdignity.ca · 28/11/2025

Earlier today, Health Canada's Sixth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada was released. This annual data gives us important insight and understanding into who requests and receives MAID, and how and where it is delivered across the country. Read more. ow.ly/Wwpo50Xzbna

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

"In my #grief, my time writing was a place where I could dance with loss as it moved across my landscape (Kuhnke, 2023)." Have you used #poetry or #journaling as a tool for grief? You are welcome to share a piece of #writing or poetry below. "Egg" by C.G. Hanzlicek

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

"Listening to sad music can lead to beneficial effects such as regulation of negative emotion and mood as well as consolation. Such beneficial emotional effects constitute the prime motivations for engaging with sad music in everyday life (Taruffi & Koelsch, 2014)." Share your "Sad Song" below.

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Brandon Flowers - The Clock Was Tickin' Acoustic

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The millennial urge to mix business with pleasure to make business pleasurable.

"Academia should consider changing "et al." to "& besties"

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

My undergraduate office was located next door to a rat lab - made for interesting conversations with participants. #psychology #science #research

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Two 50-something men in the isle of the grocery store talking about how hard they had it as children. Both men describing physical/emotional abuse from their mothers without naming it - trying to laugh it off all while nodding and understanding. People WANT to talk. We NEED community grief spaces.

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

In today's Morning File, articles by Jennifer Henderson and @joanbaxter.bsky.social. I have more on HRM and X, plus interviews with men who work with men to prevent intimate partner violence. Also, photos in Province House of Black Nova Scotians in politics. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

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'That's where it begins': Men need to talk with other men to prevent intimate partner violence - Halifax Examiner

Interviews with Dave Simpson, Russell Borden, and Tod Augusta-Scott who work with men at risk of committing or who have committed intimate partner violence.

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

"Mustard on the beat. And it could help you save a life with Hands-Only CPR." Thanks, @americanheart.bsky.social

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Valentine's Prompt: What would you tell your younger self about love?

Conversation Love Heart in orange. The prompt in the middle asks, "What would you tell your younger self about love?"

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Core Provincial Funding IS Community Grief Care. Time spent applying for grants is time taken away from doing the actual work. Every second counts. Every minute matters.

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Ivor Williams @ivorwilliams.info · 16/01/2025

Die With Me is a chat app you can only use when you have less than 5% battery. The perfect product for this day and age: zeroing in on the human need for connection and the driving desire to get the hell off our phones. Go down in a blaze of connection! diewithme.online/

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Die With Me

Die With Me - The chat app you can only use when you have less than 5% battery. Die together in a chatroom on your way to offline peace.

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Here's to everyone who might be feeling disappointed, #grief, angry, guilty, or jealous as we ring in the new year. These feelings are important to acknowledge but don't seem to have the same PR as the "positive" feelings. Let's talk about that more in 2025.

Man looking visibly upset in the dark at 3am after saying "I'm gonna start this new year off on a positive note."

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Dr Kathryn Mannix @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Signing off, with this suggestion to maintain our peace of mind over these few days so filled with emotion & expectations. Create yourself a retreat space. Use it. Whether you're soaking up joy, breathing out sorrow, or calming your frustrations - take some mindful moments. Wishing us peace. K 🧡

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

It should have always been "cat in the manger." dog in the manger noun phrase : a person who selfishly withholds from others something useless to himself @merriam-webster.com #MerriamWebster #bodegacats

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Mary Ellen Macdonald @memacdonald.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I just heard a phrase that beautifully captures altruism: 'Plant a tree you're not going to sit under.' Seems like a nice, reflective way to end the week and head into the holidays.

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

My youth group decided my music sounded like a "Temu Playlist." The youth will save us & also keep us humble. #Youth #GroupSessions #PrivatePractice

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Maybe this time of year is hard. Maybe it's the actual worst. Are you hesitant to go to events worried you won't feel cheery enough, or want to leave part way through. I get it. Give yourself permission to take breaks, arrive late/leave early, or decline an invitation. Take care of yourself.

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I often hear people speak about "Two Cape Bretons." One #CapeBreton boasts the 3rd "Most Beautiful Island in the World." One Cape Breton has a 32.4% #ChildPoverty rate - #StatisticsCanada 2022. Has anyone else heard this?

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"More than one in five Nova Scotian children are living in low-income families. New report documents a historic single-year increase in #NovaScotia #ChildPoverty, explores intersectional factors correlated with child #poverty rates, and provides recommendations." This is #grief.

2024 report detailing child and family poverty on Nova Scotia. Shadow image of child in background.

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Overheard: "They always have their phones, and they don't get back to you! I've started taking that same amount of time to respond to them now." This offers a chance to talk boundaries, accessibility vs. availability in the digital world and expectations. HOT TAKES welcome!

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Great example of "outside the box" grief support. Evolving #grief requires evolving care. Sometimes, acknowledging grief in our neighbors and communities might be easier done outside the walls of traditional closed groups. Maybe that's the selling point. #CapeBretonRegionalPolice

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Shop of the Class program pairs kids, Cape Breton police officers for gift shopping

SYDNEY While hes only been on the job for one month, Const. Shawn Fewer-Blanchard is very familiar with the Shop of the Class program.

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Many studies have been done showing how sharing food can support cooperation and community building. #Psychologydegree with a side of #Englishdegree is my sweet spot. A research paper, but make it sound pretty.

Text describing the importance of holding space for grief in community.

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Have you encountered this book @memacdonald.bsky.social It depicts ritual. The author wrote "Goodnight Moon" & "The Runaway Bunny". I found a copy by chance at the local library, "Fill a bag for five dollars". I'm keeping it in public circulation in my lending library.

Two children lay flowers on a rock grave for a bird in a forest setting.

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

"For centuries, Christmas, not Halloween, was considered the spookiest time of year, and families spent their Yuletide evenings gathered around the hearth weaving yarns about death. It's no coincidence that the essential Victorian Christmas fiction, A Christmas Carol, is also a ghost story."

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Yowling cats and murdered frogs: The bizarre Victorian origins of Christmas cards | CBC News

The tradition of sending Christmas cards came together in the Victorian era, although — as cultural historian Ainsley Hawthorn writes — many of those early cards were strange and sometimes downright m...

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

One of the best parts of youth groups is the after-class conversations with guardians. Kids are quick to tell you when the vibes are OFF. Kudos to all the guardians for allowing their youths to participate in a space that offers the freedom to inspire, humor, and humble us as caregivers.

Person on top of suitcase, squishing in all their belongings and looking irritated.

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I have a small lending library in office. Please share your book or author suggestions!

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Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

In person grief education is increasingly important in aging and rural communities, where access to online resources may not be as accessible. We have an important job to do in Nova Scotia to set and maintain a standard of grief care for our population.

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‘I’ve survived the waves before and I know I’ll survive again’: First grief café held in Pictou County | SaltWire

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — An intimate group of people participated in the first grief café hosted by the Pictou County Palliative Care Society at River Run Café ...

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