Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Jane – What processing grief during the pandemic may look like

Jane talks about how the pandemic has postponed a lot of “firsts” without her grandparents that have impacted her experience of moving through grief.

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Laura- What Might Help in Grief

What Does Grief Support Look Like?

When we experience significant, on-going symptoms of grief that interfere with our adjustment to the reality of our loss, it can be time to seek professional help. It can be difficult to know where to find help and what grief support options are available.

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.

Zoreena – COVID and isolation

Zoreena discusses COVID isolation and the loss of time to spend with her Dad and her cousing

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic

Sunny- Grief and Maintaining Health

Lynda – “Same storm different boat”

Lynda discusses how grief is universal yet unique to everyone

Nicole – Pandemic’s Effect on Grieving as a Community

Nicole discusses the ways the pandemic has affected the way people grieve as a community.

Marija – Types of Loss in a Pandemic

Marija explains how all of the losses we experience during a pandemic are compounded