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Death of a Parent - Related Videos

Craig – Resilience in the Face of Adversity

August 1, 2023

Craig how he overcame a series of challenges, including the loss of his marriage, his job, and his home. He talks about how he found the strength to keep going and how he learned to be more resilient.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / Video

Antoinetta – Grieving in community with others

January 26, 2023

Antoinetta discusses how grief camp made her feel so much more happy and how she found support and that she did not feel so alone

Collective/Community Grief / Death of a Parent / Video

Zoreena – Support systems

March 31, 2022

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Supporting Others / Video

Jackie – Expressive arts can help when grief is confusing

March 6, 2022

Jackie talks about how working with an artist therapist helped her after her sister and mother died

Art / Death of a Parent / Death of a Sibling / Video

Bryan – Anticipation

October 30, 2021

Bryan discusses the experience of having his father go through a coma and ultimately dying from gun violence

Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video

Collective Grief

May 22, 2022

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.

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Adam – Story 1

December 21, 2022

Adam shares about losing his Mom and the many wonderful things he remembers

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / My Story Video / Video

Zoreena – Tribute

March 31, 2022

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Video

Rebecca -Absurdity

September 4, 2020

Rebecca talks about the death of her father and how things can seem real unreal, absurd when in grief

Death of a Parent / Video

Finding Joy During the Holidays After Loss When Everything Feels Awful: A message of hope.

December 10, 2024

My mother died in the middle of the night on January 1, four days before I turned sixteen. I don’t remember much about Christmas the couple weeks before she died, just that we spent a lot of that season in the ICU of the hospital where my mother had birthed my brother and I. For…

Blog Post / Collective/Community Grief / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever