Death of a Parent

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Death of a Parent - Related Videos

Jessica M – Continuing Bonds

Jessica talks about the values of continuing bonds and connections with people who are not here anymore. She gives some examples of things that have made her more connected to her Mom.

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

Kim – Checking in is very important

Kim explains why it is so important to check in and keep in touch with people who have lost

Karyn and Aidan – Planning a celebration of life during COVID

Karyn and Aidan discuss creating a celebrating of life during the pandemic

Hope – Different lenses

Hope shares about the differences in experiences between losing her father and her Mom losing a spouse

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

Amber talks about how her grief has helped her learn how support other people in grief.

Bryan – Trauma

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

Creating Mother’s Day Traditions as a member of the Dead Mom Club

About a week after Easter this year, I noticed I was starting to feel off. My sleep wasn’t as restful, experiencing tension in my body, at times I was getting irritated with the simplest things. Then while streaming an episode of television, 4 ads back to back all talking about Mother’s Day. Then came the…

Zoreena – Ask for help

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

Karyn and Aidan – Describing grief during the pandemic

Karyn and Aidan talk about how their grief has changed and the challenges they have faced grieving during a pandemic