Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Collective Grief

May 22, 2022

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

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Lynda – “It’s complicated during a pandemic”

May 15, 2020

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

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KIm – Planning a funeral in the pandemic

March 5, 2022

Kim explains the ups and downs of planning a funeral during the pandemic

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Lynda – “Same storm different boat”

May 15, 2020

Lynda discusses how grief is universal yet unique to everyone

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Sunny- Processing Different Losses During the Pandemic

February 23, 2022
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Sharron “Grieving During the Pandemic”

May 7, 2020

Sharron talks about how Covid-19 has really affected and disrupted the way people are grieving.

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Jane – What processing grief during the pandemic may look like

March 30, 2022

Jane talks about how the pandemic has postponed a lot of “firsts” without her grandparents that have impacted her experience of moving through grief.

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Karyn and Aidan – Humour

February 21, 2022

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

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Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

August 3, 2022

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.

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Jane – Grief and meditation

March 30, 2022

Jane shares how she practices daily meditation and how that helps her manage her thoughts and feelings.

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Jean – Be good to yourself

April 1, 2022

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

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Lynda – “Zoom and the importance of connecting”

May 15, 2020

Lynda discusses why it’s important to stay connected and how you can do it.

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