Death of A Loved One

Craig – Grieving as a Single Parent

August 2, 2023

In this video, Craig talks about the challenges of grieving as a single parent. He shares his own experiences and offers advice on how to cope with grief, talk to your kids about what’s happening, and ask for help from others.This video is for any single parent who is grieving the loss of a loved one. It is also for anyone who knows a single parent who is grieving and wants to offer support.

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Kate – Advice to my younger self

March 11, 2023

Kate explains things being authentic and honest to herself has been very valuable

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Karyn and Aidan – Grief changes

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan talk about how grief changes, coping, strength, crying, talking, comfort and support

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The Reflection Room® project: How storytelling supports processing grief

March 17, 2023

The Reflection Room project is an evidence-based participatory art installation that was developed by researchers at the SE Research Centre and Memorial University in 2016. The project included a research component that evaluated the impact of Reflection Rooms as the project adapted over time to address changing needs.

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John – The power of journaling

February 23, 2023

John shares how journaling has helped him so much

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Collective Grief

May 22, 2022

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.

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Rebecca – Humour and grief

September 4, 2020

Rebecca talks about how she and her father used humour as a strategy during his illness and after he died

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Margaux – “It never really hit me at one moment”

December 16, 2018

Margaux describes the experience of gradually processing her grief through individual and group therapy. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

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Finding Joy During the Holidays After Loss When Everything Feels Awful: A message of hope.

December 10, 2024

My mother died in the middle of the night on January 1, four days before I turned sixteen. I don’t remember much about Christmas the couple weeks before she died, just that we spent a lot of that season in the ICU of the hospital where my mother had birthed my brother and I. For…

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Karyn and Aidan – Challenges with COVID restrictions

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan discuss the COVID restrictions on visitations and how they managed

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Donna B – “Brotherhood of Military”

September 24, 2019

Donna talks about support from the extended family of the military. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

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Krista – “Range of emotions”

November 11, 2019

Krista talks about the journey towards acceptance.

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