I Am A Griever

Nicole – Grieving as a community

Nicole discusses the power of grieving together as a community. Finding connection and trust.

Kate – Trust and listening

Kate – explains how having someone you trust is super important so that you can have a space space to go to

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

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…

Angie – Preparing for Grief on the Job

Angie explains her thoughts on fitting in and doing the right thing

Kate – Time to process

Kate shares about time and processing her grief especially during COVID

John – What to do now

John talks about the time after the initial period of grief

Jim – Police culture and grief

Jim talks about how grief is a natural part of life, but it can be especially difficult to deal with when you’re in the police culture. There’s a lot of pressure to bottle up your emotions and not show weakness, but that’s not healthy. It’s important to find healthy ways to cope with your grief, whether it’s talking to a therapist, joining a support group, or simply spending time with loved ones. You’re not alone, and there are people who care about you and want to help.

Lyss – Losing My Mother

Lyss discusses losing her mother and how her first thought was that her mother would never meet her kids Now being a mother herself brings back many memories of her.

Things That Helped When My Dog Was Dying

I lived with a dog named Althea, who belonged to my roommate, during my undergrad. Every year, my partner, our roommate, and I would go to a summer solstice festival. The year Althea was pregnant, my roommate brought her to the festival. The first night there, he retired to his tent to nap in preparation…

John – Empower yourself

John shares his thoughts about how to support someone in grief and his processes

Lyss – Seasonal Reminders

Lyss seasonal reminders and her mother dying at New Years

Kate – COVID and grieving with my parents

Kate shares about how COVID was stress on top of dealing with the loss of her brother