Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

Jean shares about being a counselor and going through her own grief

Learning from Grief

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

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- Loss to Covid & Disconnection

Laura- Processing Grief

Karyn and Aidan – Describing grief during the pandemic

Karyn and Aidan talk about how their grief has changed and the challenges they have faced grieving during a pandemic

Marija – Feeling Disenfranchised Grief in a Pandemic

Marija talks about disenfranchised grief and Covid

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Jane – Grief and yoga

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

Jean – It’s all about love

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

Jean – Traditions and grief

Jean discusses belief systems and traditions

Maureen – Isolated in a nursing home

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