Death of A Loved One

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Zoreena – Support systems

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems

Krista – “Grief counselling helps”

Krista talks about how a listening ear has helped her. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Adrianna – Guilt and death by suicide

Adrianna gives insights she has found about guilt

Matt – Telling my young son

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

Andrea – My Story

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

John – Foggy Brain

John discusses how difficult it is to concentrate after loss

Jessica M – The value of talking about grief

Jessica talks about living in North America and the fear many people have about talking about grief but that it is very important to talk. It makes us feel less alone and helps us move through our grief. It’s also how you can keep your lost one alive.

Kate – Stigma

Kate discusses how difficult the stigma is to deal with

Mary S – Coping with multiple loss

Mary explains the challenges of dealing with the death of her partner and then her parents

When Death Feels like a Thief

In the heart of my grief, at my frailest, all I could see was what was no more. I grieved all that was stolen from me by death; love, security and even my very self. Had I known the value of having every pocket of who I was, picked bare by grief, I would not have fought so hard to hold onto it all.

Donna B – “Offering Support”

Donna explains how talking/listening is a help. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.