Death of A Loved One

Nicole – Power of Speaking About Lost Ones

March 25, 2023

Nicole discusses the importance of sharing memories of those lost to drug poisoning and speaking their names.

Collective/Community Grief / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Death of A Loved One / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / I Am A Supporter / Supporting Others / Video

Katie – Getting stronger

December 1, 2022

Katie talks losing her mother when she was young and how the experience helped her when she lost her Dad

Death of a Parent / Video

The First Fathers’ Day Without Dad

June 18, 2023

When you lose a person in the generation before you, you begin to think about what they meant to you. When you lose a parent, you think about all they meant, and you hoped you either lived up to the best of yourself, or in some cases where the parenting was not as instructive or kind, you hope you’ve raised yourself beyond difficult circumstances.

Blog Post / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever

Joyce – A favorite memory with music

April 23, 2023

Joyce tells a story about her son supporting her and the power of music

Death of a Child / Death of A Loved One / I Am A Griever / Video

Amber – Keeping Dad’s memory alive

June 8, 2021

Amber tells how she set up a Dad adventure day to keep the memory of her father alive for her kids and husband

Death of a Parent / Supporting Others / Video

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

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

Jackie – Expressive arts can help when grief is confusing

March 6, 2022

Jackie talks about how working with an artist therapist helped her after her sister and mother died

Art / Death of a Parent / Death of a Sibling / Video

Matt – Music helped my grief

July 16, 2020

Matt discusses how creativity and music help his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Video

Hope – Different lenses

January 26, 2023

Hope shares about the differences in experiences between losing her father and her Mom losing a spouse

Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / Video

Bryan – This Is Why

October 30, 2021

Bryan shares about his new website “This is why”a creative form, for blog stories for grievers to express themselves and for readers to connect

Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video

Donna B – “When risk becomes reality”

September 26, 2019

Donna discusses the unlimited liability factor and support. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Death During Service / Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Video

Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

March 23, 2023

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Supporting Others / Video