Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Holly – Singing in the last days

Holly talks about her partner’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the pandemic, their decisions, faith and how singing

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

Sunny- Processing Different Losses During the Pandemic

Karyn and Aidan – Our story 2

Karyn and Aidan – Aidan tells the story leading up to John’s death during the pandemic

Nicole – Pandemic Leads to Increase in Drug Poisoning

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

Sunny- Supporting My Grieving Mom

Lynda – “Helping a griever during the pandemic”

Lynda shares tips on helping someone in grief

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Christian – Language around those pushed to the margins

Christian talks about how people who are pushed to the margins are not discussed as part of our community and how we need to include them. As a community how do we care for our neighbours and how do we mourn the loss of our neighbours

Christian – Grieving the whole person

Christian talks about how we choose remember people when there has been a loss to drug poisoning

Kim – It’s different during a pandemic

Kim talks about how the pandemic influenced how they were able to deal with her Mum’s death

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

Jean shares about being a counselor and going through her own grief