Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Andrea – My Story

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

Karyn and Aidan – Grief changes

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

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Christian – COVID amplified the inequities in society

Christian talks about those that have very little and how COVID amplified their difficulties

Jane – Preparing for another loss

Jane talks about her experience with another grandparent dying after losing two grandparents over the last few years.

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 – ‘Pandemic and triggers”

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

Sunny- Grieving Different Losses

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

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

Lynda – “It’s complicated during a pandemic”

Lynda talks about how things are so much more complicated in these times

Christian – Supporting people who may die

Christian talks about going from zero overdoses to 50 in a matter of months and how to help people who may die

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is