Death of A Loved One

KIm – Planning a funeral in the pandemic

March 5, 2022

Kim explains the ups and downs of planning a funeral during the pandemic

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Video

Antoinetta – Things that are hard about school

January 26, 2023

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

Death of a Parent / Video

John – The power of journaling

February 23, 2023

John shares how journaling has helped him so much

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Partner / I Am A Griever / Supporting Others / Video

Kate – My story

March 11, 2023

Kate tells her story of being away when her brother died of an opioid overdose

Death By Overdose / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Sibling / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Griever / My Story Video / Video

Krista – “Grief counselling helps”

November 11, 2019

Krista talks about how a listening ear has helped her. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Death By Overdose / Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Video

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

February 23, 2023

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Partner / I Am A Griever / Supporting Others / Video

Adrianna – Guilt and death by suicide

April 16, 2021

Adrianna gives insights she has found about guilt

Death of a Sibling / Suicide / Video

Doug M – “Waiting before making major changes”

September 19, 2019

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.

Death of a Partner / Video

Learning from Grief

December 7, 2022

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

Blog Post / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever

Karyn and Aidan – Challenges with COVID restrictions

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan discuss the COVID restrictions on visitations and how they managed

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / Video

Hope – Not wanting to burden my Mom and school

January 26, 2023

Hope talks about her fathers death, burdens and the importance of sharing emotions

Death of a Parent / Video

Krista – “How I dealt with it”

December 4, 2019

Krista talks about how she dealt with underlying issues. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Death By Overdose / Death of a Child / Death of A Loved One / Grief and Trauma / Video