Death of a Partner

Mary S – Dogs

Mary talks about how special dogs are and how much they helped her grief

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Shannon – Losing is a life skill

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.

Karyn and Aidan – Hospital and the COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan talk about the challenges of the restrictions and the impact of COVID patients on John’s care

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

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

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.

Weaving the Tapestry of Love

Learning to become a better person is a wonderful consequence of being in a loving relationship with someone; you’re present in ways that help them grow into their best self. It’s an organic process you flow with on a journey we map out with intention, though in reality, it remains unknowable. That is why a…

John – Foggy Brain

John discusses how difficult it is to concentrate after loss

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

Andrea – Grieving during a pandemic

Andrea discusses the challenges of grieving during a pandemic

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

Holly discusses doing art, the symbolic nature of urns and the denial of death

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief