Death of a Parent

Hope – Going back to school

Hope talks about the shift she felt when she went back to school after her father’s death.

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena talks about COVID and the loss of her father and a cousin

Jessica M – The value of talking about grief

Jessica talks about living in North America and the fear many people have about talking about grief but that it is very important to talk. It makes us feel less alone and helps us move through our grief. It’s also how you can keep your lost one alive.

Hope – Different lenses

Hope shares about the differences in experiences between losing her father and her Mom losing a spouse

Bryan – Empathy for others

Bryan talks about how losing his father to gun violence was difficult and how taking things day by day helped him get through many difficult times. Now he wants to help children who are going through something similar to what he did. Things will get better and there is always a light at the end of the tunnel

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

Matt – Grief changes

Matt explains how he deals with his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Jessica M – Continuing Bonds

Jessica talks about the values of continuing bonds and connections with people who are not here anymore. She gives some examples of things that have made her more connected to her Mom.

Bryan – Helping Others

Bryan explains how his experience with grief has helped him help others and why it’s so important for him.

Amber -Grieving as a teenager

Amber discusses the challenges of going through grief as a teen

Lyss – Losing My Mother

Lyss discusses losing her mother and how her first thought was that her mother would never meet her kids Now being a mother herself brings back many memories of her.

Kim – You can get through this

Kim talks about the difference between her Dad and her Mum’s death