Death of a Parent

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Hope – Not wanting to burden my Mom and siblings

Hope shares how much her Mom had to do after her father died and how they worked out their relationship

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Lyss – Seasonal Reminders

Lyss seasonal reminders and her mother dying at New Years

Bryan – Trauma

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

Adam – Things that are OK to do

Adam talks about things he does to cope with grief like singing and crying

Lisa -How grief changes

Lisa talks about being lost after her Dad passed away and two years later how she has come to a place of groundedness

Hope – Camp for grief

Hope talks about the benefits of grief camp for her and her twin sister

Sam – Prostate Cancer

Sam talks about prostate cancer and losing his father and uncle to it

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

Karyn and Aidan – Karyn tells the story leading up to John’s death during the pandemic

Antoinetta – Things that are hard about school

Antoinetta shares about the challenges she faced when returning to school after her father died

Lisa – What I do with my music

Lisa discusses what she does with the songs she writes and how they work for her when she needs to tap into a safe space