Death of a Partner

John – Empower yourself

John shares his thoughts about how to support someone in grief and his processes

Kara – “Precious memories”

Kara talks about a special gift of memories. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

Shannon – Growing through Grief

Shannon discusses post traumatic growth and how it can be an expectation

Mary S – My story (long)

Mary tells the story of her life with her husband, his death and then the loss of both of her parents

John – What to do now

John talks about the time after the initial period of grief

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

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

John – Foggy Brain

John discusses how difficult it is to concentrate after loss

Mary S – My story

Mary discusses the end stages of her husband of 40 years gireiving him and grieving who she was when with him

Doug M – “Waiting before making major changes”

Doug discusses the importance of waiting to make decisions after you have developed your new life. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

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.

Mary S – The value of writing

Mary talks about how much writing has helped inlcuding writing what her partner would have said