Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Kim – Self care

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

Nicole – Pandemic Leads to Increase in Drug Poisoning

Nicole discusses the increase in drug poisonings during the pandemic due to a number of factors.

Jean – Helping your children through grief

Jean discusses how helping her children through grief also helped her

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.

Lynda – “Resilience”

Lynda discusses what resilience is all about

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they use humour as a connection and a coping tool

Kim – Support at the hospital

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Maureen – “Permission to mourn”

Maureen explains about grief being valid and how important it is to look after yourself.

Laura- Loss to Suicide

Jessica M – A Parking Lot Memorial

Jessica shares how her family gathered after her uncle died during COVID and how her family came up with a creative way of getting together in a parking lot.

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.

Kate – Triggers

Kate discusses how she deals with her emotions when something triggers her grief