Death of a Partner

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

John – Dating again

John talks about being asked by his daughters if he would ever date again

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

Holly discusses doing art, the symbolic nature of urns and the denial of death

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Kara “It Changes You”

Kara tells her story and explains how things have changed on her journey. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Cheryl B – My story

Cheryl discusses her husbands mental illness and then death from a heart attack

Kara – Uncertainty

Kara discusses how Covid-19 has created uncertainty and impacted grieving.The pandemic changed the way Kara continued to grieve the loss of her partner.

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

“Happiness is a choice.” A friend of mine posted this quote on Facebook the other day. She then asked others what that quote meant to them. The responses were interesting and expected, and some were even inspiring. It’s so easy to say “I choose to be happy” when life is going well. On the other…

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Mary S – Dogs

Mary talks about how special dogs are and how much they helped her grief

John – Support over time

John discusses how support changes over time

John – What I have learned

John explains how he has changed since his wife died and now looking back what he would say to his self right after his loss