Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Sunny- The Importance of Friends While Grieving

Christian – My process in grieving

Christian explains his grieving process and how it’s important to let people in, the power of community, and having a team that makes him feel loved and cared for

Adrianna – Pandemic, funerals and celebration of life

Adrianna talks about the death of her friend during pandemic

Joyce -The pandemics impact on drug poisonings

Joyce talks about drug poisonings during the 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

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

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

Maureen – Palliative during the pandemic

Maureen lost her father in law during the pandemic

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

Andrea – My Story

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

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.

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.