Death of a Parent

Karyn and Aidan – Describing grief during the pandemic

Karyn and Aidan talk about how their grief has changed and the challenges they have faced grieving during a pandemic

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

Reflections on Mother’s Day

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.

Lisa -Advice to grievers

Lisa explains her thoughts about how to help someone in grief

Karyn and Aidan – Support from others

Karyn and Aidan discuss how family, friends, and people they didn’t know in the community supported them.Talking, meals, dog walking are among the things that made a huge difference.

Amber – Talking to your kids about death

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

Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit

Logan – My story

Logan talks about the death of his father and bone cancer and how writing music helped

Matt – Telling my young son

Matt describes the death of his birth mother to his young son.

Bryan – Vulnerability

Bryan talks about things are not always OK and that’s OK and things are going to get better

Margaux – “My Grief Story”

Margaux outlines the story of losing her mother to breast cancer and the experience of grief at milestones in her life. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.