Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Maureen – Compounded grief during a pandemic

Maureen discusses how grief can be compounded during a pandemic

Lynda – “Old age home and guilt”

Lynda discusses how hard it is during the pandemic to have a loved on in an old age home

Kim – Support at the hospital

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

Grief often comes with powerful, unpredictable emotional shifts that can be painful to experience. While it’s important to find ways to sit with these feelings, to acknowledge the pain of grief and accept loss, it’s also necessary to find ways to ease and manage the pain. There are several simple activities that you can explore to help.

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral

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.

Michele – Talks about being a death doula

Michele explains what death doula’s do. Doula means servant. They support people on many different levels… for instance, emotionally, spiritually and physically

Jane – Grief and meditation

Jane shares how she practices daily meditation and how that helps her manage her thoughts and feelings.

Laura- Loss to Covid & Disconnection