Death of A Loved One

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

Donna B – “Offering Support”

Donna explains how talking/listening is a help. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

“Happiness is a choice.” A friend of mine posted this quote on Facebook the other day. She then asked others what that quote meant to them. The responses were interesting and expected, and some were even inspiring. It’s so easy to say “I choose to be happy” when life is going well. On the other…

Betsy – You can’t know until you know

Betsy talks about support and what really helps when one is in grief

Adam – Things that are OK to do

Adam talks about things he does to cope with grief like singing and crying

Kate – My story

Kate tells her story of being away when her brother died of an opioid overdose

Shannon – Losing is a life skill

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.

Sam – How grief changes

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about time and grief

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena talks about COVID and the loss of her father and a cousin

Joyce – Beliefs

Joyce talks about her belief system after her son died

Kim – You can get through this

Kim talks about the difference between her Dad and her Mum’s death

Karyn and Cathy – “Suicide”

Karyn and Cathy discuss how the stigma of suicide impacted the lack of acknowledgement of their grief and loss. Karyn and Cathy continues to grieve the death of their father by suicide.