Video

Rev. Sky – “Helping a friend”

Rev. Sky discusses the grief motto 80% listening, 20% talking and how to help someone in grief.

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Adrianna – Therapy and loss

Adrianna talks about how different kinds of therapy helps

Susan – “Death literacy”

Susan talks about knowledge and the process of dying.

Jane – Grief and meditation

Jane shares how she practices daily meditation and how that helps her manage her thoughts and feelings.

Keith – “Hope”

Keith talks about time, healing and hope.

John Martin – Coping with grief part 3

John gives some pointers as to how to support someone in grief

Shawn – “Loss of a Sister”

Shawn talks about his guilt and the loss of his sister.

Doug M – “Coming to Terms with Sibling Death”

Doug talks about the loss of his brother when he was young and how it effected his fear of loss and separation of his own children. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

Shannon – Power of Presence

Shannon discusses how just showing up, being present is a powerful way of supporting to someone who has lost. Listen more – talk less.

Kim – Facebook and connecting

Kim – discussses our need to connect and how Facebook was useful after her Mum’s death

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.