Death of a Parent

Karyn and Cathy – “Suicide”

Karyn and Cathy discuss how the stigma of suicide impacted the lack of acknowledgement of their grief and loss. Karyn and Cathy continues to grieve the death of their father by suicide.

Matt – Telling my young son

Matt describes the death of his birth mother to his young son.

Antoinetta – Things that help when struggling

Antoinetta talks about the first time she learned that it was ok that she was grieving and how to unpack all her feelings

Lisa – Music helped after losing her Dad

Lisa shares how music has helped in her grieveing process.

Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit

Rebecca -Absurdity

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

Antoinetta – Myth that tragedy brings family together

Antoinetta discusses the challenges that her family faced after the death of her father

Cheryl and Mike – “Multiple losses”

Cheryl and Mike discuss the differences in loss of people who love you unconditionally. They continue to grieve Cheryl’s father and the death their daughter in a car accident.

Mary S – Dogs

Mary talks about how special dogs are and how much they helped her grief

Adam – Advice

Adam shares his advice about losing and remembering a loved one

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Cheryl and Mike – “Grieving more than one person”

Mike and Cheryl discuss how it gets complicated with multiple losses. They continue to grieve Cheryl’s father and the death their daughter in a car accident.