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Karyn and Aidan – Our story 2

Karyn and Aidan – Aidan tells the story leading up to John’s death during the pandemic

Cale – Grief/music and his community

Cale discusses musicallity, community and grief.

Sara – Music and grief

Sara discusses how music can connect and help by acknowledging grief and bringing comfort

John – What to do now

John talks about the time after the initial period of grief

Kristal – Drug Poisoning During Pandemic Stigma

Kristal discusses how the pandemic has created additional stigma surrounding those who use drugs. She dissuses how it seems like some losses are treated as more deserving of being mourned than others. Many people have had to grieve privately instead of publically within a community. She touches on the state of the public health system during the pandemic.

Kim – You can get through this

Kim talks about the difference between her Dad and her Mum’s death

Jane – My Story

Jane shares her story about losing two of her grandparents just before the pandemic and the ways the pandemic has impacted her ability to process grief.

Cheryl – “My story”

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

Rebecca – Humour and grief

Rebecca talks about how she and her father used humour as a strategy during his illness and after he died

Sarah K – Grieving during a pandemic

Sarah discusses how the pandemic has pulled back the curtain on grief

Michael – “A story of loss and longing”

Michael relays a story of a man coping after the loss of his wife.

Lyss – Holding Space

Lyss discusses holding space, feeling the feelings and the things her Mom missed by dying at 47.