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Rev. Sky – “If you have experienced sudden loss”

Rev. Sky discusses things you can do to help navigate emotions.

Sam – Depression

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about depression and being self aware

Jim – Police culture and grief

Jim talks about how grief is a natural part of life, but it can be especially difficult to deal with when you’re in the police culture. There’s a lot of pressure to bottle up your emotions and not show weakness, but that’s not healthy. It’s important to find healthy ways to cope with your grief, whether it’s talking to a therapist, joining a support group, or simply spending time with loved ones. You’re not alone, and there are people who care about you and want to help.

Kristal – Activism To Ease Anger and Grief

Kristal discusses using activism to help ease or channel her anger from the loss of those in her community to drug poisoning. She talks about her grief being very quiet and inward before, but that taking action helps her to move through it. She discusses how there may not be peace from these losses, but the goal should rather be feeling safe in the emotions.

Zoreena – COVID and isolation

Zoreena discusses COVID isolation and the loss of time to spend with her Dad and her cousing

Maureen – “They are still your child”

Maureen explains how you find different ways of parenting.

Amanda – “It’s a gift to love someone”

Amanda talks about grief and it’s connection to love.

Betsy – Adoption and grief

Betsy tell her story of losing her adopted son to cancer

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving self

Russell – “Relationship”

Russell discusses how loss affects relationships. Russell continues to grieve the perinatal death of his son.

Matt – Music helped my grief

Matt discusses how creativity and music help his grief

Kate – Triggers

Kate discusses how she deals with her emotions when something triggers her grief