Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Andrea – Dealing with personal belongings

Andrea discusses dealing with her late husbands personal belongings and the need to purgees

Nicole – Stigma Surrounding Drug Use

Nicole discusses how the stigma around drug use has an impact on how people feel able to grieve when those in their community are lost.

Karyn and Aidan – Supporting each other

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they supported each other and how they coped with John being hospitalized

Kate – Time to process

Kate shares about time and processing her grief especially during COVID

Lynda – “Guilt during a time of crisis”

Lynda discusses how to deal with guilt.

Kim – Checking in is very important

Kim explains why it is so important to check in and keep in touch with people who have lost

Lynda – “Helping a griever during the pandemic”

Lynda shares tips on helping someone in grief

Jane – My Story

Jane shares her story about losing two of her grandparents just before the pandemic and the ways the pandemic has impacted her ability to process grief.

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

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.

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is

Maureen – Palliative during the pandemic

Maureen lost her father in law during the pandemic