Death of a Parent

Bryan – Trauma

October 30, 2021

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

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Matt – Crying

July 16, 2020

Matt talks about men and crying. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

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Antoinetta – Story

January 26, 2023

Antoinetta tells her story of grief and her father getting lung cancer

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Finding Joy During the Holidays After Loss When Everything Feels Awful: A message of hope.

December 10, 2024

My mother died in the middle of the night on January 1, four days before I turned sixteen. I don’t remember much about Christmas the couple weeks before she died, just that we spent a lot of that season in the ICU of the hospital where my mother had birthed my brother and I. For…

Blog Post / Collective/Community Grief / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever

Learning from Grief

December 7, 2022

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.

Blog Post / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever

Sam – Men in grief

September 9, 2020

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

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Reflections on Mother’s Day

May 8, 2023

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.

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Katie – Coping strategies

December 1, 2022

Katie explains her coping strategies

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Hope – Not wanting to burden my Mom and siblings

January 26, 2023

Hope shares how much her Mom had to do after her father died and how they worked out their relationship

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Bryan – Helping Others

October 30, 2021

Bryan explains how his experience with grief has helped him help others and why it’s so important for him.

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Zoreena – Ask for help

March 31, 2022

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Supporting Others / Video

Lyss – Depression, Anxiety, and Self Harm

March 23, 2023

Depression, anxiety, self harm, theapy, support, mental health, suicide

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