Death of a Parent

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they use humour as a connection and a coping tool

Matt – Adoption and grief

Matt talks about how adoption and grief have similarities. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Antoinetta – Things that are hard about school

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

Antoinetta – Grieving in community with others

Antoinetta discusses how grief camp made her feel so much more happy and how she found support and that she did not feel so alone

Logan – Advice

Logan discusses how its good tp let out your emotions

Bryan – Trauma

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

Hope – Waves of grief

Hope talks about the loss of her father and how grief comes in waves and how a therapist helped her understand that she had pushed her emotions down

Bryan – Vulnerability

Bryan talks about things are not always OK and that’s OK and things are going to get better

Lyss – Music

Lyss remembers playing music for her mother as she was dying and how music has helped with feelings

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

Caileigh – Advice to my younger self about grief

Caileigh talks about things that you can do to balance out feelings that it’s okay to experience all of the big feelings that you have, to find joy in little moments, and to find ways that you can cope with those big feelings.

Adam – Crying and singing

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Adam talks about how crying and singing helps him cope even at the cemetary