Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Sunny- Grieving Different Losses

Nicole – Working in Community Outreach

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

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Sunny- Processing Different Losses During the Pandemic

Maureen – “Grief doesn’t stop, even when the outside world is in crisis”

Maureen gives suggestions about how you can help people in grief

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Jane – Sitting in our feelings

Jane – Sitting in our feelings

Jane shares how she has learned to be more present in her feelings while grieving during the pandemic.

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is

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.

Maureen – End stages during a pandemic

Maureen talks about the end stages of her father-in-law during the 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.

Kim – Self care

Kim talks about looking after yourself and how much it helps. In particular be kind to yourself