Death of a Parent

Keith – “My story”

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena talks about COVID and the loss of her father and a cousin

Keith – “Grief at any age”

Keith discusses grief and age.

Karyn and Aidan – Planning a celebration of life during COVID

Karyn and Aidan discuss creating a celebrating of life during the pandemic

Learning from Grief

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

Shawn – “Dad”

Shawn describes finding out his father died by suicide and the shock and grief that followed. Shawn continues to grieve the death of his father by suicide

Kim – You can get through this

Kim talks about the difference between her Dad and her Mum’s death

Zoreena – COVID and isolation

Zoreena discusses COVID isolation and the loss of time to spend with her Dad and her cousing

Katie – My Story

Katie shares about her story and losing her Dad to cancer during COVID

Bryan – Trauma

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

Karyn and Aidan – Our story 2

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

Mary S – My story (long)

Mary tells the story of her life with her husband, his death and then the loss of both of her parents