Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Jean – It’s all about love

Jean talks about losing her husband to a heart attack on valentines day

Zoreena – Support systems

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems

Christian – Language around those pushed to the margins

Christian talks about how people who are pushed to the margins are not discussed as part of our community and how we need to include them. As a community how do we care for our neighbours and how do we mourn the loss of our neighbours

Laura- Processing Grief

Laura- What Might Help in Grief

Kim – Some cry some don’t

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

Jane – Grief and yoga

Jane shares about the impact yoga, and moving her body in general, on her mental health while she processes grief.

Jane – What processing grief during the pandemic may look like

Jane talks about how the pandemic has postponed a lot of “firsts” without her grandparents that have impacted her experience of moving through grief.

Laura- Loss to Suicide

Sunny- Processing Different Losses During the Pandemic

Jane – Connection, place, and grief

Jane talks about the difference between living alone in Toronto while grieving during the pandemic compared to her experience once she moved closer to her family in Northumberland.

Jean – Helping your children through grief

Jean discusses how helping her children through grief also helped her