Death of a Parent

Matt – Music helped my grief

Matt discusses how creativity and music help his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

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

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…

Lisa -Advice to grievers

Lisa explains her thoughts about how to help someone in grief

Lyss – Depression, Anxiety, and Self Harm

Depression, anxiety, self harm, theapy, support, mental health, suicide

Rebecca -Absurdity

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

Maureen – “Unresolved conflicts”

Maureen shares about her Dad, anger, love and some tools to manage unresolved conflicts.

Hope – Going back to school

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

Antoinetta – Story

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

Bryan – Mom

Bryan gives his mother credit for how well she raised her two sons after her husband was murdered

Mary S – Coping with multiple loss

Mary explains the challenges of dealing with the death of her partner and then her parents

Cheryl and Mike – “Why get counseling”

Cheryl and Mike talk about the benefits of counselling. They continue to grieve the death their daughter in a car accident.

Amber – Talking to your kids about death

Amber talks about how important it is to talk about grief, especially with kids