Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Karyn and Aidan – Challenges with COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan discuss the COVID restrictions on visitations and how they managed

Karyn and Aidan – Describing grief during the pandemic

Karyn and Aidan talk about how their grief has changed and the challenges they have faced grieving during a pandemic

Lynda – “Resilience”

Lynda discusses what resilience is all about

Zoreena – Support systems

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems

Lynda – “Zoom and the importance of connecting”

Lynda discusses why it’s important to stay connected and how you can do it.

Maureen – Palliative during the pandemic

Maureen lost her father in law during the pandemic

John Martin – Loss, Grief and Covid-19

John discusses loss and COVID

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

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

Lynda – “Same storm different boat”

Lynda discusses how grief is universal yet unique to everyone

Zoreena – Ask for help

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

What I know about grief

The following are some things I know to be true about grief for me, based on my lived experience. Some of them may resonate with you as well. Grief is unique to the people experiencing it in each moment, so please take whatever makes sense to you from this share and leave whatever doesn’t.

Jane – Grief and meditation

Jane shares how she practices daily meditation and how that helps her manage her thoughts and feelings.