Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Zoreena – COVID and isolation

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

Kim – You can get through this

Kim talks about the difference between her Dad and her Mum’s death

Maureen – Compounded grief during a pandemic

Maureen discusses how grief can be compounded during a pandemic

John Martin – Loss, Grief and Covid-19

John discusses loss and COVID

Lynda – “Guilt during a time of crisis”

Lynda discusses how to deal with guilt.

Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

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.

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they use humour as a connection and a coping tool

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Jane – Preparing for another loss

Jane talks about her experience with another grandparent dying after losing two grandparents over the last few years.

Kim – Some cry some don’t

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Maureen – End stages during a pandemic

Maureen talks about the end stages of her father-in-law during the pandemic.