I Am A Griever

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

Angie – Cumulative grief, cumulative trauma

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

Nicole – Pandemic’s Effect on Grieving as a Community

Nicole discusses the ways the pandemic has affected the way people grieve as a community.

Joyce- Learning to live with grief

Joyce shares a story of support from a friend and how she managed in her early grief

Adam – Story 1

Adam shares about losing his Mom and the many wonderful things he remembers

Nicole – Using Art and Creativity to Express Grief

Nicole discusses the work she does to allow access to creative outlets such as art hives and gardening.

Kate – My story

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

Joyce – Using my grief experience to help people

Joyce talks about the positive experiences she has in helping other people in grief

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…

Grief & Ice Cream

When my wife of 18 years died in 2016, I became a single father missing the love of my life, and also had to learn how to raise two girls (13-17 at the time) on my own. I remember a conversation I had with my mother-in-law and oldest daughter that began as reminiscing over a person who became a lost love to all of us. We all talked about different aspects of my wife but shortly, it transformed into a “who meant more to her” fest.

Kate – Time to process

Kate shares about time and processing her grief especially during COVID

Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit