Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in grief

Jane – Struggling to process layers of grief

Jane talks about her experience navigating multiple losses in a short time and the impact the pandemic has had on that by adding even more multi-facitated layers of grief

Maureen – End stages during a pandemic

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

Maureen – Funeral during the pandemic

Maureen talks about funeral arrangements during a pandemic

Sunny- Grief and Maintaining Health

Lynda – ‘Pandemic and triggers”

Lynda discusses how hard it is during the pandemic to avoid triggers

Nicole – Advice for Other Professionals Managing Grief

Nicole discusses dealing with repeated loss while working in community outreach, not being afraid to be human.

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.

Lynda – “Resilience”

Lynda discusses what resilience is all about

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.

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Marija – Types of Loss in a Pandemic

Marija explains how all of the losses we experience during a pandemic are compounded