Death of a Partner

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Karyn and Aidan – Describing grief during the pandemic

Karyn and Aidan talk about how their grief has changed and the challenges they have faced grieving during a pandemic

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

Jean shares about being a counselor and going through her own grief

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

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

Holly – Befriending our mortality workshops

Holly explains how creating can be helpful with grief and how we don’t talk about death

John – The power of journaling

John shares how journaling has helped him so much

Kara – “LIfe Partner”

Kara talks about her partner dying.

Andrea – Dealing with personal belongings

Andrea discusses dealing with her late husbands personal belongings and the need to purgees

Karyn and Aidan – Grief changes

Karyn and Aidan talk about how grief changes, coping, strength, crying, talking, comfort and support

Grief & Ice Cream

When my wife of 18 years died in 2016, I became a single father missing the love of my life, and also had to learn how to raise two girls (13-17 at the time) on my own. I remember a conversation I had with my mother-in-law and oldest daughter that began as reminiscing over a person who became a lost love to all of us. We all talked about different aspects of my wife but shortly, it transformed into a “who meant more to her” fest.

John – Foggy Brain

John discusses how difficult it is to concentrate after loss

Doug M – “Planning for Death”

Doug talks about how planning for a funeral and life after his wife’s death was helpful. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.