S12: Episode 126: Andrea Warnick

About this episode

The episode features grief therapist Andrea Warnick discussing how to involve children in conversations about serious illness and death.

In this episode, we chat with grief therapist and thanatologist Andrea Warnick. We discuss the importance of including children in conversations about serious illness and death. Andrea shares her experiences and strategies for helping children cope with loss and shares some free and low-barrier resources you can use. Resources to help children with grief: https://kidsgrief.ca/ https://youthgrief.ca/ https://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/Topics/Topics/Final+Days/Children+at+the+Bedside+of+a+Dying+Family+Member+or+Friend.aspx Visit Andreas website for more information: https://awcgrief.com/ Visit our website to learn more about our work, check out the book and workbook, view our resources and to join our newsletter: https://www.waitingroomrevolution.com/ Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

People in this episode

Hosts: Hsien Seow, Samantha Winemaker

Guest: Andrea Warnick

Topics covered

• grief therapy
• children and death
• coping with loss
• thanatology
• mental health

Keywords

• grief
• children
• loss
• therapy
• thanatology
• mental health resources
• coping strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kids Grief, Youth Grief, Virtual Hospice, AWC Grief, Waiting Room Revolution

Books & works: Maypole

More episodes of The Waiting Room Revolution

• S12: Episode 134: Sunny Brouse · June 9, 2026 · 1h 8m
• S12: Episode 133: Barbara MacLean · June 2, 2026 · 55 min
• S12: Episode 132: Ella Tan · May 26, 2026 · 44 min
• S12: Episode 131: Myles Sergeant · May 19, 2026 · 54 min
• S12: Episode 130: Pierre and Sherrie Marchand · May 12, 2026 · 1h 1m
• S12: Episode 129: Christine Aiken & Myrna Norman · May 5, 2026 · 54 min