Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Maureen – Funeral during the pandemic

Maureen talks about funeral arrangements during a pandemic

Maureen – Isolated in a nursing home

Maureen talks about her father-in-law isolated and palliative during the pandemic

Lynda – “Guilt during a time of crisis”

Lynda discusses how to deal with guilt.

Jane – Struggling to process layers of grief

Jane talks about her experience navigating multiple losses in a short time and the impact the pandemic has had on that by adding even more multi-facitated layers of grief

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

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

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.

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Maureen – “Not being able to be with your loved one”

Maureen discusses ideas of how you can honour a loved now until it is safe to come together.

Michele – Covid and virtual support

MIchele discuss support and how COVID has affected our grief in so many waysort

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they use humour as a connection and a coping tool