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Marija – Grieving Situational Losses in a Pandemic

Marija talks about feelings associated with grief and Covid

John Martin – The Shocking Reality of Painful Loss

John talks about shock and grief

Krista – “It’s not your fault”

Krista discusses how people blame themselves. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

Holly discusses doing art, the symbolic nature of urns and the denial of death

Caileigh – Working with children in grief

Caileigh shares why she likes working with and supporting children in grief. “Over the course of their lives, children and youth and families experience a lot of losses, and it’s an empowering job to empower others. I’m not only empowering them, but I’m also building parent capacity in recognizing that it does take a village and it takes a community to support a child.”

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena talks about COVID and the loss of her father and a cousin

Donna B – “Seeking Help”

Donna talks about the importance of speaking to someone. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Amber – Talking about death

Amber explains why it’s so important to talk about grief and her kids

Maureen – “My miscarriages and attachment”

Maureen tells about her miscarriages, attachment and understanding why she felt so terrible.

Joyce -The pandemics impact on drug poisonings

Joyce talks about drug poisonings during the pandemic

Mary S – Coping with multiple loss

Mary explains the challenges of dealing with the death of her partner and then her parents