Death of A Loved One

Kara – “You change”

Kara discusses evolving, growth and change. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Hope – My Story

Hope tells the story of her father’s death and how it affected her and her family

Shawn – “Dad”

Shawn describes finding out his father died by suicide and the shock and grief that followed. Shawn continues to grieve the death of his father by suicide

Krista – “Being uncomfortable”

Krista talks about taking risks. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Matt – Telling my young son

Matt describes the death of his birth mother to his young son.

Kara – Uncertainty

Kara discusses how Covid-19 has created uncertainty and impacted grieving.The pandemic changed the way Kara continued to grieve the loss of her partner.

Rebecca -Absurdity

Rebecca talks about the death of her father and how things can seem real unreal, absurd when in grief

Lyss – Seasonal Reminders

Lyss seasonal reminders and her mother dying at New Years

Karyn and Aidan – Coping with the COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they dealt with not being able to visit John in hospital

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

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.