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Donna B – “Offering Support”

September 24, 2019

Donna explains how talking/listening is a help. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Death During Service / Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Supporting Others / Video

Nicole – Pandemic Leads to Increase in Drug Poisoning

March 25, 2023

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

Collective/Community Grief / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Death of A Loved One / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / I Am A Supporter / Video

Maureen – Music as a tribute

November 19, 2020

Maureen talks about how music can connect and comfort

Music / Video

Kristal – Lack of Memorials During Pandemic

April 23, 2023

Kristal talks about how memorials can offer closure to people who are grieving, find a community, and share stories. With the absence of this during the pandemic, many people turned inward to grieve or isolated, which can create safety issues and have an impact on mental health. She speaks to how this leads to depression, physical pain, and it compounds upon itself.

Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Professional / Video

Caileigh – Grief and child behaviour

February 23, 2023

Caileigh explains when a child experiences grief or a traumatic grief experience, there’s often behaviour that comes from that. Grief impacts behaviour. And sometimes it can be outward behaviour and sometimes it can be internalized behaviour. The good news about grief and behaviour is that it can be managed and supported through effective communication, through therapy and through coping strategies.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / I Am A Professional / Video

Cheryl and Mike – “Why get counseling”

December 16, 2018

Cheryl and Mike talk about the benefits of counselling. They continue to grieve the death their daughter in a car accident.

Death of a Child / Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video

Cale – Advice for writing music about grief

January 12, 2021

Cale discussses the relationship between your art and how you feel

Music / Video

Laura- Loss from Addiction

February 21, 2022
Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / Video

Krista – “Exercise to get it out”

November 11, 2019

Krista tells how she releases stress through kickboxing. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Death By Overdose / Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Video

Sam – Prostate Cancer

September 9, 2020

Sam talks about prostate cancer and losing his father and uncle to it

Death of a Parent / Video

John Martin – Loss Grief and Recovery

March 13, 2022

John explains what is on the other side of grief and loss

Supporting Others / Video

Chantal – Anticipatory grief

August 5, 2022

Chantal defines antipatory grief and the grief before the physical loss

Art / Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video