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Meet the participants telling their own stories of grief, their experiences and the coping mechanisms that worked for them, along with the professionals sharing their insights into grief and the process of healing.

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Justin – My story with music and grief

Justin – My story with music and grief

Justin how he came to find music as grief therapy and how it helps him express his grief

Kristal – Story of Lived Experience

Kristal – Story of Lived Experience

Kristal discusses experiencing homelessness at multiple stages of her life and how that informs her work as a peer support worker. It gives her an understanding of the nuance that surrounds the community. She uses this experience to support people who are experiencing grief related to death from drug poisoning.

Keith – “My story”

Keith – “My story”

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

Joyce – My Story

Joyce – My Story

Joyce shares her story about the sudden death of her son in an accident and how she has coped by helping others in need

Jessica M – My Story

Jessica M – My Story

Jessica talks about losing her grandfather at 14 when her mother was terminal, her mother and aunt died when she was 15. She felt alone until she found a peer support group

Sara – My Story

Sara – My Story

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

Matt – My Story

Matt – My Story

Matt tells how he found his birth mother and then lost her.

Jacqueline – My Story

Jacqueline – My Story

Jacqueline talks about getting through the feelings after her mother's death

Chantal – My Story

Chantal – My Story

Chantal discusses finding a release in doing a graphic novel to explore her grief as a thesis in art therapy school

Karyn and Aidan – Our story 2

Karyn and Aidan – Our story 2

Karyn and Aidan - Aidan tells the story leading up to John's death during the pandemic

Kate – My story

Kate – My story

Kate tells her story of being away when her brother died of an opioid overdose

Hope – My Story

Hope – My Story

Hope tells the story of her father's death and how it affected her and her family

Caitlin – “My Story”

Caitlin – “My Story”

Caitlin shares about the loss of her sister and how she copes with missing her. Caitlin continues to grieve the death of her sister in a car accident

Sarah K – Story

Sarah K – Story

Sarah tells the story of her husbands death to a heroin overdose.

Angie – My Story

Angie – My Story

Angie shares her story of being a police officer for 31 years , mental health and grief

Susan – “My story”

Susan – “My story”

Susan talks about her story and her decision to stop chemotherapy.

Adam – Story 1

Adam – Story 1

Adam shares about losing his Mom and the many wonderful things he remembers

Katie – My Story

Katie – My Story

Katie shares about her story and losing her Dad to cancer during COVID

Craig – My Story

Craig – My Story

Craig's story is one of resilience and triumph. In the span of just 18 months, he lost his marriage, his mom, two dogs, a cat, his job, and his house. But rather than give up, he picked himself up and started over. He went back to school to become a therapist, and now he's helping others who are struggling to overcome adversity. Craig's story is a reminder that no matter how bad things seem, there is always hope. With hard work and determination, you can overcome any challenge.

Christian – “Jeff’s Story”

Christian – “Jeff’s Story”

Christian tells Jeff"s story... the good and his struggles.

Amber – My Story

Amber – My Story

Amber talks about the traumatic death of her father in an explosion and being 17

Adrianna – My Story

Adrianna – My Story

Adrianna talks about the journey she has been on since her brother's suicide

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

Karyn and Aidan - Karyn tells the story leading up to John's death during the pandemic

Brenda and Dale – “Their Story”

Brenda and Dale – “Their Story”

Brenda and Dale tell the story of their son’s suicide. They continue to grieve the death of their son by suicide.

Caileigh – My own grief and supporting others

Caileigh – My own grief and supporting others

Caileigh tells about her own grief and now it has given her a really powerful lens on how to support children going through grief as well. Along with her professional education and training, there is now a different perspective on grief and how that fits in with supporting others.

Cara – My story with intellectual disabilities and grief

Cara – My story with intellectual disabilities and grief

Cara talks about how she came to see how people with intellectual disabilities need to be supported in grief

John – My Story

John – My Story

John tells the story of his wife became ill suddenly and died

Doug – “My Story”

Doug – “My Story”

Doug talks about the accident that killed his daughter and his process of grief.

Claudia – My story

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Andrea – My Story

Andrea – My Story

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

Antoinetta – Story

Antoinetta – Story

Antoinetta tells her story of grief and her father getting lung cancer

Cheryl – “My story” short version

Cheryl – “My story” short version

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

Krista’s Story

Krista’s Story

Krista tells her story and talks about getting the call that no parent wants to get.

Margaux – “My Grief Story”

Margaux – “My Grief Story”

Margaux outlines the story of losing her mother to breast cancer and the experience of grief at milestones in her life. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

Adam – Story 2

Adam – Story 2

Adam discusses his busy life and how he has coped after losing his mother

Bryan – My Story

Bryan – My Story

Bryan talks about his father being a lawyer and being shot and killed by an apposing lawyer. He talks about his mother and brother and how they have coped

Cheryl and Mike – “Their Story”

Cheryl and Mike – “Their Story”

Cheryl and Mike discuss losing more than one family member. They continue to grieve Cheryl's father and the death their daughter in a car accident.

Russell – “My Story”

Russell – “My Story”

Russell discusses learning how to deal with the loss of his son.

Shannon – Hope for Healing

Shannon – Hope for Healing

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.

Nicole – Working in Community Outreach

Nicole – Working in Community Outreach

Nicole discusses her work in community outreach and how she has lived experience with addiction and living rough.

Michele – Creative expression and processing grief

Michele – Creative expression and processing grief

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving selfMichele talks about coping that since being a child how creativity helped

Michele – My Story

Michele – My Story

Michele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young

Cheryl – “My story”

Cheryl – “My story”

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

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Professional Insights Playlist

Professional Insights Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of professionals helping people and families to cope with grief.

Music & Grief Playlist 2

Music & Grief Playlist 2

Listen to more thoughts and insights from people and families living with grief.

Thoughts About Grief Counselling Playlist

Thoughts About Grief Counselling Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Finding Your Way Through Hard Feelings Playlist

Finding Your Way Through Hard Feelings Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Music & Grief Playlist

Music & Grief Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

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Katie – Triggers

Katie – Triggers

Katie talks about grief triggers and mental health triggers

Jenn – Art can give a break from grieving

Jenn – Art can give a break from grieving

Jenn talks about one of the most overlooked benefits of making art during bereavement. It can provide and escape from your grief.

Angie – Preparing for Grief on the Job

Angie – Preparing for Grief on the Job

Angie explains her thoughts on fitting in and doing the right thing

Kristal – Harm Reduction

Kristal – Harm Reduction

Kristal speaks to the importance of harm reduction and how it can save lives. She discusses how accessing harm reduction leads to the creation of connections with community support. It allows community outreach members to connect with community members and get to know them, and to know to look for them if they don't see them when they usually do.

Rebecca -Absurdity

Rebecca -Absurdity

Rebecca talks about the death of her father and how things can seem real unreal, absurd when in grief

Michael – “A story of loss and longing”

Michael – “A story of loss and longing”

Michael relays a story of a man coping after the loss of his wife.

Justin – The power of lyrics

Justin – The power of lyrics

Justin talks about lyrics and hope

Justin – My story with music and grief

Justin – My story with music and grief

Justin how he came to find music as grief therapy and how it helps him express his grief

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said... "Grief: It's a topic that needs to get out there" Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there's so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Maureen – “Grief can come back”

Maureen – “Grief can come back”

Maureen explains however grief comes back, you are OK.