Death of a Parent

Amber – Talking about death

June 8, 2021

Amber explains why it’s so important to talk about grief and her kids

Death of a Parent / Supporting Others / Video

Zoreena – Passing on kindness

March 31, 2022

Zoreena talks about wakes, funerals, COVID and the importance of kindness

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Video

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

December 10, 2018

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death of a Parent / Video

Lyss – Holding Space

March 23, 2023

Lyss discusses holding space, feeling the feelings and the things her Mom missed by dying at 47.

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Video

Hope – My Story

January 26, 2023

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

Death of a Parent / My Story Video / Video

Logan – Songwriting and grief

February 11, 2021

Logan – Songwriting and grief

Logan explains how a song about his father helped

Death of a Parent / Music / Video

Finding Joy During the Holidays After Loss When Everything Feels Awful: A message of hope.

December 10, 2024

My mother died in the middle of the night on January 1, four days before I turned sixteen. I don’t remember much about Christmas the couple weeks before she died, just that we spent a lot of that season in the ICU of the hospital where my mother had birthed my brother and I. For…

Blog Post / Collective/Community Grief / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever

Karyn and Aidan – Challenges with COVID restrictions

February 21, 2022

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

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / Video

Adam – Story 2

December 21, 2022

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

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / My Story Video / Video

Rebecca – Humour and grief

September 4, 2020

Rebecca talks about how she and her father used humour as a strategy during his illness and after he died

Death of a Parent / Video

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

March 31, 2022

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

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Video

Hope – Going back to school

January 26, 2023

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

Death of a Parent / Video