Death of a Parent

The First Fathers’ Day Without Dad

When you lose a person in the generation before you, you begin to think about what they meant to you. When you lose a parent, you think about all they meant, and you hoped you either lived up to the best of yourself, or in some cases where the parenting was not as instructive or kind, you hope you’ve raised yourself beyond difficult circumstances.

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

Amber talks about how her grief has helped her learn how support other people in grief.

Amber – Talking to your kids about death

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

Zoreena – Support systems

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems

Hope – My Story

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

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.

Sam – Men in grief

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about men and grief

Craig – Supporting Someone in Grief

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Craig discusses his personal experience with grief and how he felt when people didn’t reach out to him during a difficult time. He offers advice on how to best support someone who is grieving, emphasizing the importance of simply showing up and letting them know that you care.

Zoreena – Ask for help

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

Amber – Keeping Dad’s memory alive

Amber tells how she set up a Dad adventure day to keep the memory of her father alive for her kids and husband

Logan – Advice

Logan discusses how its good tp let out your emotions

Margaux – “It never really hit me at one moment”

Margaux describes the experience of gradually processing her grief through individual and group therapy. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.