Sunny- Processing Different Losses During the Pandemic

Doug M – “New Normal”

September 19, 2019

Doug tells about changes and how he has learned to embrace the new normal. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

Antoinetta – Things that help when struggling

January 26, 2023

Antoinetta talks about the first time she learned that it was ok that she was grieving and how to unpack all her feelings

Cheryl and Mike – “Their Story”

December 16, 2018

Cheryl and Mike discuss losing more than one family member. They continue to grieve Cheryl’s father and the death their daughter in a car accident.

Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

August 3, 2022

Grief often comes with powerful, unpredictable emotional shifts that can be painful to experience. While it’s important to find ways to sit with these feelings, to acknowledge the pain of grief and accept loss, it’s also necessary to find ways to ease and manage the pain. There are several simple activities that you can explore to help.

Hope – Different lenses

January 26, 2023

Hope shares about the differences in experiences between losing her father and her Mom losing a spouse

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

March 7, 2021

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

Shannon – Hope for Healing

November 22, 2022

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.

Scott – The grieving process

February 6, 2023

Scott talks about how his song ‘The Good Man James” was about his father, their relationship and how it helped him process their relationship. Find the song at his website www.dotbmusic.ca

Cheryl B – My story

December 5, 2020

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

Caileigh – My own grief and supporting others

February 23, 2023

Caileigh tells about her own grief and now it has given her a really powerful lens on how to support children going through grief as well. Along with her professional education and training, there is now a different perspective on grief and how that fits in with supporting others.

Kim – Self care

March 5, 2022

Kim talks about looking after yourself and how much it helps. In particular be kind to yourself