Death of A Loved One

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.

Kate – Trust and listening

Kate – explains how having someone you trust is super important so that you can have a space space to go to

Katie – Reminders in nature

Katie talks about crying privately and how nature can help. Cardinals remind her of her father

John – Empower yourself

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

Adam – Story 1

Adam shares about losing his Mom and the many wonderful things he remembers

Russell – “My Story”

Russell discusses learning how to deal with the loss of his son.

Mary S – Coping with multiple loss

Mary explains the challenges of dealing with the death of her partner and then her parents

Krista – “Exercise to get it out”

Krista tells how she releases stress through kickboxing. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Kara – “Meals”

Kara discusses food shopping for one and learning what she as an individual likes. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Kim – Checking in is very important

Kim explains why it is so important to check in and keep in touch with people who have lost

Russell – “Need to talk”

Russell talks about both mothers and fathers having needs. Russell continues to grieve the perinatal death of his son.