Community Grief Toolkit [Downloadable!]

Lyss – Holding Space

March 23, 2023

Lyss discusses holding space, feeling the feelings and the things her Mom missed by dying at 47.

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

December 10, 2024

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…

Lyss – Responsibilities

March 23, 2023

Lyss talks about her mother’s death, being the eldest and how it has effected the way she feels about responsibilities

Suicide Loss Toolkit [Free Downloadable PDF]

November 28, 2024

Approximately 4500 people in Canada die by suicide each year. That is approximately 12 people who die by suicide each day. In 2022, 49,476 Americans died by suicide. That’s 1 death every 11 minutes. On average, 5 people grieve for every death. That leaves over 250,000 people experiencing suicide-related grief and distress. Grief Stories has…

Nicole – Using Art and Creativity to Express Grief

March 25, 2023

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

Grief & Ice Cream

January 25, 2023

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 – My story

March 11, 2023

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

John – The power of journaling

February 23, 2023

John shares how journaling has helped him so much

Adam – Crying and singing

December 21, 2022

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Adam talks about how crying and singing helps him cope even at the cemetary

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

February 23, 2023

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

Lyss – Losing My Mother

March 23, 2023

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.