Death of A Loved One

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.

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

Caileigh discussed two recommendations for parents on how to support their child’s grief. as a therapist and a griever. The first is to recognize that being with is far more important than fixing. There’s two pieces to connection. The first being that one of the most important healing aspects to grief is feeling connected to others.

Sunny- Processing Different Losses During the Pandemic

Holly – Befriending our mortality workshops

Holly explains how creating can be helpful with grief and how we don’t talk about death

Kate – Trust and listening

Kate – explains how having someone you trust is super important so that you can have a space space to go to

Lyss – Holding Space

Lyss discusses holding space, feeling the feelings and the things her Mom missed by dying at 47.

Sunny- Supporting My Grieving Mom

Logan – Advice

Logan discusses how its good tp let out your emotions

Hope – My Story

Hope tells the story of her father’s death and how it affected her and her family

Zoreena – My Story

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

Betsy – Mother’s day

Betsy shares her challenges around mother’s day when her adopted son died

Doug M – “Photographs”

Doug explains why photographs are so important in helping you deal with grief. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.