I Am A Griever

Angie – Cumulative grief, cumulative trauma

Angie discusses the challenges of policing and how trauma and grief can accumulate

Lyss – Seasonal Reminders

Lyss seasonal reminders and her mother dying at New Years

John – Empower yourself

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

Scott – Music that can transport you somewhere else

Scott explains his thoughts about the emotional connection of music and how it can transport you

Scott – Lyrics

Scott – Talks about how a friend in grief helped with the lyrics of “So far away”.Find the song at his website www.dotbmusic.ca

John – Foggy Brain

John discusses how difficult it is to concentrate after loss

John – Support over time

John discusses how support changes over time

Learning from Grief

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

Kate – COVID and grieving with my parents

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

Nicole – Grieving as a community

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

John – What I have learned

John explains how he has changed since his wife died and now looking back what he would say to his self right after his loss

Joyce – Your other children

Joyce discusses how her daughter dealt helped her as well as dealing with the loss of her brother.