Death of A Loved One

Sunny- Supporting My Grieving Mom

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.

Amber – Talking to your kids about death

Amber talks about how important it is to talk about grief, especially with kids

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.

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Antoinetta – Grieving in community with others

Antoinetta discusses how grief camp made her feel so much more happy and how she found support and that she did not feel so alone

Bryan – Trauma

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

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.

Hope – My Story

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

Karyn and Aidan – Hospital and the COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan talk about the challenges of the restrictions and the impact of COVID patients on John’s care

Cheryl and Mike – “Time”

Cheryl and Mike talk about time and their journeys. They continue to grieve the death their daughter in a car accident.

Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.