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Holly – How can we help someone who is grieving

March 7, 2021

Holly has some helpful tips how to help someone who is grieving

Supporting Others / Video

Kim – You can get through this

March 5, 2022

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

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Video

Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

March 23, 2023

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Supporting Others / Video

Adrianna – Finding out my brother had died by suicide

April 16, 2021

Adrianna relates how she heard about her brother’s suicide

Death of a Sibling / Suicide / Video

Jim – Significant incidents

June 13, 2023

Jim discusses being involved in a significant incident and how it’s normal to feel overwhelmed and ruminate over it. You may even start to drink or use drugs to cope. But it’s important to remember that you’re not alone. Many police officers have been through similar experiences. And there are resources available to help you get through this.One of the best things you can do is talk to a trusted friend or colleague. They can offer support and understanding. You can also seek professional help from a therapist or counselor. They can help you to process your experience and develop healthy coping mechanisms. It’s also important to remember that you can’t change the past. But you can learn from it. And you can move on. Don’t let one incident define you. You are a strong and capable person. And you will get through this.

First Responders / I Am A Griever / Supporting Others / Video

Christian – “Growth out of pain”

October 1, 2019

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Grief and Trauma / Video

Lynda – “Zoom and the importance of connecting”

May 15, 2020

Lynda discusses why it’s important to stay connected and how you can do it.

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Video

Kristal – Drug Poisoning During Pandemic Stigma

April 23, 2023

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.

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

Kristal – The Value of all Those Lost

April 23, 2023

Kristal emphasizes that the lives of those lost to drug poisoning had value, they were an opportunity that was lost, and that the community is missing so much in their absence.

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

Janice – “Grief can be complicated”

December 10, 2018

Janice discusses disenfranchised grief and holding on to hurt.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Bryan – Vulnerability

October 30, 2021

Bryan talks about things are not always OK and that’s OK and things are going to get better

Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video

Valmy – It’s ok to feel how you are feeling

February 27, 2021

Valmy discusses feelings and how she copes

Music / Video