Death of a Parent

Death of a Parent Playlists

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Learning from Grief

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

Hope – Benefits of play in helping kids work through grief

Hope discusses how recreation and play can help kids understand deal with their loss.

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.

Lisa – How to support someone in grief

Lisa shares what was helpful from other people when she was grieving

Karyn and Aidan – Challenges with COVID restrictions

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

Matt – Wisdom to pass on

Matt offers advice to his younger self about grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Logan – Songwriting and grief

Logan – Songwriting and grief

Logan explains how a song about his father helped

Bryan – Vulnerability

Bryan talks about things are not always OK and that’s OK and things are going to get better

Hope – Benefits of child-centred grief programs

Hope discusses hope grief camp gave her and her family a place to feel normal

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

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