Death of A Loved One

Karyn and Aidan – Grief changes

Karyn and Aidan talk about how grief changes, coping, strength, crying, talking, comfort and support

Logan – Songwriting and grief

Logan – Songwriting and grief

Logan explains how a song about his father helped

Matt – Telling my young son

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

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

Jean shares about being a counselor and going through her own grief

Kara – “Moving On”

Kara talks about selling their house and the transition. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Jessica M – My Story

Jessica talks about losing her grandfather at 14 when her mother was terminal, her mother and aunt died when she was 15. She felt alone until she found a peer support group

Shannon – Growing through Grief

Shannon discusses post traumatic growth and how it can be an expectation

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.

KIm – Planning a funeral in the pandemic

Kim explains the ups and downs of planning a funeral during the pandemic

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral

Adrianna – Guilt and death by suicide

Adrianna gives insights she has found about guilt

Adrianna – Finding out my brother had died by suicide

Adrianna relates how she heard about her brother’s suicide