Death of A Loved One

Doug M – “Waiting before making major changes”

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.

Adrianna – Finding out my brother had died by suicide

Adrianna relates how she heard about her brother’s suicide

Mary S – My story

Mary discusses the end stages of her husband of 40 years gireiving him and grieving who she was when with him

The ties that bind; grieving the loss of a sibling

When my three brothers and I were growing up and the proverbial hit the fan, Mum would often say, in a bid to keep her brood calm, ‘Well, at least we are all still here.’ She reminded me of this affectionate saying only very recently. I can still recall how I felt as a child…

Katie – Reminders in nature

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

Krista – “Feel the feelings”

Krista discusses why she thinks it’s important to deal with feelings. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Jeff – “Talking About Grief”

Jeff outlines the story of losing his mother to cancer and the difficulty he experienced when he struggled to acknowledge his grief after her death.

Mary S – Grief is not the enemy

Mary talks about embracing grief is love

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

Logan – Advice

Logan discusses how its good tp let out your emotions

Donna B – “A Mother salutes her son”

Donna tells her story of joining the army after her son was already a soldier. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Shannon – Hope for Healing

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.