Death of A Loved One

Donna B – “Having Faith”

September 26, 2019

Donna explains how faith has helped her. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Video

Doug M – “Planning for Death”

September 19, 2019

Doug talks about how planning for a funeral and life after his wife’s death was helpful. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

Death of a Partner / Video

Adam – Story 2

December 21, 2022

Adam discusses his busy life and how he has coped after losing his mother

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / My Story Video / Video

Bryan – Helping Others

October 30, 2021

Bryan explains how his experience with grief has helped him help others and why it’s so important for him.

Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video

Hope – Camp for grief

January 26, 2023

Hope talks about the benefits of grief camp for her and her twin sister

Death of a Parent / Video

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they use humour as a connection and a coping tool

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

Nicole – Pandemic’s Effect on Grieving as a Community

March 25, 2023

Nicole discusses the ways the pandemic has affected the way people grieve as a community.

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

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

February 22, 2023

Caileigh discussed two recommendations for parents on how to support their child’s grief. as a therapist and a griever. The first is to recognize that being with is far more important than fixing. There’s two pieces to connection. The first being that one of the most important healing aspects to grief is feeling connected to others.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / Video

Krista – “They are not trying to kill themselves”

December 4, 2019

Krista explains they are not trying to kill themselves. 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

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

Adrianna – What I would say to younger self

April 16, 2021

Adrianna talks about tools that helped her with her grief

Death of a Sibling / Suicide / Video

Bryan – Empathy for others

October 30, 2021

Bryan talks about how losing his father to gun violence was difficult and how taking things day by day helped him get through many difficult times. Now he wants to help children who are going through something similar to what he did. Things will get better and there is always a light at the end of the tunnel

Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video