Death of a Parent

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Sam – Men in grief

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about men and grief

Hope – Benefits of child-centred grief programs

Hope discusses hope grief camp gave her and her family a place to feel normal

Katie – Reminders in nature

Katie talks about crying privately and how nature can help. Cardinals remind her of her father

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

Cheryl and Mike – “Why get counseling”

Cheryl and Mike talk about the benefits of counselling. They continue to grieve the death their daughter in a car accident.

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

Karyn and Aidan – Karyn tells the story leading up to John’s death during the pandemic

Karyn and Aidan – Challenges with COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan discuss the COVID restrictions on visitations and how they managed

Amber – Talking to your kids about death

Amber talks about how important it is to talk about grief, especially with kids

Matt – Grief changes

Matt explains how he deals with his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Kim – Checking in is very important

Kim explains why it is so important to check in and keep in touch with people who have lost

Rebecca – Humour and grief

Rebecca talks about how she and her father used humour as a strategy during his illness and after he died