Death and Grief During a Pandemic

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.

Andrea – Grieving during a pandemic

Andrea discusses the challenges of grieving during a pandemic

Michele – Covid and support

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in griefMIchele talks about COVID restrictions, technology and ways to support

Karyn and Aidan – Grief changes

Karyn and Aidan talk about how grief changes, coping, strength, crying, talking, comfort and support

Maureen – Hospital restrictions during a pandemic

Maureen discusses hospital restrictions while her father-in-law was palliative during the pandemic

Lynda – “Helping a griever during the pandemic”

Lynda shares tips on helping someone in grief

Jean – Traditions and grief

Jean discusses belief systems and traditions

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.

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

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.

Lynda – “Resilience”

Lynda discusses what resilience is all about

Joyce -The pandemics impact on drug poisonings

Joyce talks about drug poisonings during the pandemic