Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Nicole – Stigma Surrounding Drug Use

Nicole discusses how the stigma around drug use has an impact on how people feel able to grieve when those in their community are lost.

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Kim – Checking in is very important

Kim explains why it is so important to check in and keep in touch with people who have lost

Sarah K – Grieving during a pandemic

Sarah discusses how the pandemic has pulled back the curtain on grief

Marija – Grieving Situational Losses in a Pandemic

Marija talks about feelings associated with grief and Covid

Nicole – Working in Community Outreach

Nicole discusses her work in community outreach and how she has lived experience with addiction and living rough.

Sunny- Supporting My Grieving Mom

When Death Feels like a Thief

In the heart of my grief, at my frailest, all I could see was what was no more. I grieved all that was stolen from me by death; love, security and even my very self. Had I known the value of having every pocket of who I was, picked bare by grief, I would not have fought so hard to hold onto it all.

Laura- Loss to Covid & Disconnection

John Martin – Loss, Grief and Covid-19

John discusses loss and COVID

Michele – My Story

MIchele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young

Karyn and Aidan – Supporting each other

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they supported each other and how they coped with John being hospitalized