Supporting Others

Jim – Helping by listening

Jim – ” I talk about how to be a good listener to someone who is grieving. I believe that one of the most important things you can do for someone who is grieving is to simply listen. Don’t try to fix their problems or offer advice. Just listen and be there for them. It can be as simple as meeting for coffee or taking a walk together. You’re doing more help than you realize when you simply listen to someone.

John Martin – Coping with grief part 1

John talks gives some pointers to help cope with loss

Zoreena – Ask for help

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

Sarah K – Be gentle

Sarah shares what what she has learned to help someone going through what she has been through

What I know about grief

The following are some things I know to be true about grief for me, based on my lived experience. Some of them may resonate with you as well. Grief is unique to the people experiencing it in each moment, so please take whatever makes sense to you from this share and leave whatever doesn’t.

Joyce – Walking beside people who are stuggling with addiction

Joyce explains why it so important to help people who are struggling with addiction

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit

What Can Help with Early Traumatic Grief?

When your child dies you are thrown into a nightmare. None of this is expected to be easy.
Even after several months, it still isn’t. There have been some things that have helped us during
our grief. Maybe they will help you, too.

Amber -Grieving as a teenager

Amber discusses the challenges of going through grief as a teen

Amber – Keeping Dad’s memory alive

Amber tells how she set up a Dad adventure day to keep the memory of her father alive for her kids and husband

Kate – Advice to my younger self

Kate explains things being authentic and honest to herself has been very valuable