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Nicole – Grieving as a community

Nicole discusses the power of grieving together as a community. Finding connection and trust.

Jacqueline – Advice to Younger Self

Jacqueline talks about seeking help and being kind to yourself

Jane – Connection, place, and grief

Jane talks about the difference between living alone in Toronto while grieving during the pandemic compared to her experience once she moved closer to her family in Northumberland.

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Jessica M – My Story

Jessica talks about losing her grandfather at 14 when her mother was terminal, her mother and aunt died when she was 15. She felt alone until she found a peer support group

Lyss – Losing My Mother

Lyss discusses losing her mother and how her first thought was that her mother would never meet her kids Now being a mother herself brings back many memories of her.

Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

Caileigh discussed how children learn so much about their grief through play. There’s less confusion, there’s less anxiety, there’s more awareness. For the child and the parent, there is more acceptance of grief.

Carrie – Grief and creativity

Carrie talks about creativity and expressing grief and loss… that in many ways can offer insight and comfort for those who are grieving

John Martin – Loss and Grief- Not Much Help

John talks about the importance of helping people in grief

Donna B – “Grieving Over Time”

Donna about time, how grief changes and moving on. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Christian – “Grief can bring new life”

Christian explains where he found hope in grief.