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Meet the participants telling their own stories of grief, their experiences and the coping mechanisms that worked for them, along with the professionals sharing their insights into grief and the process of healing.

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Kate – My story

Kate – My story

Kate tells her story of being away when her brother died of an opioid overdose

Angie – My Story

Angie – My Story

Angie shares her story of being a police officer for 31 years , mental health and grief

Cheryl – “My story”

Cheryl – “My story”

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

Brenda and Dale – “Their Story”

Brenda and Dale – “Their Story”

Brenda and Dale tell the story of their son’s suicide. They continue to grieve the death of their son by suicide.

John – My Story

John – My Story

John tells the story of his wife became ill suddenly and died

Michele – Creative expression and processing grief

Michele – Creative expression and processing grief

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving selfMichele talks about coping that since being a child how creativity helped

Christian – “Jeff’s Story”

Christian – “Jeff’s Story”

Christian tells Jeff"s story... the good and his struggles.

Shannon – Hope for Healing

Shannon – Hope for Healing

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.

Caileigh – My own grief and supporting others

Caileigh – My own grief and supporting others

Caileigh tells about her own grief and now it has given her a really powerful lens on how to support children going through grief as well. Along with her professional education and training, there is now a different perspective on grief and how that fits in with supporting others.

Keith – “My story”

Keith – “My story”

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

Adam – Story 2

Adam – Story 2

Adam discusses his busy life and how he has coped after losing his mother

Russell – “My Story”

Russell – “My Story”

Russell discusses learning how to deal with the loss of his son.

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

Karyn and Aidan - Karyn tells the story leading up to John's death during the pandemic

Jacqueline – My Story

Jacqueline – My Story

Jacqueline talks about getting through the feelings after her mother's death

Sarah K – Story

Sarah K – Story

Sarah tells the story of her husbands death to a heroin overdose.

Cheryl – “My story” short version

Cheryl – “My story” short version

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

Cara – My story with intellectual disabilities and grief

Cara – My story with intellectual disabilities and grief

Cara talks about how she came to see how people with intellectual disabilities need to be supported in grief

Joyce – My Story

Joyce – My Story

Joyce shares her story about the sudden death of her son in an accident and how she has coped by helping others in need

Kristal – Story of Lived Experience

Kristal – Story of Lived Experience

Kristal discusses experiencing homelessness at multiple stages of her life and how that informs her work as a peer support worker. It gives her an understanding of the nuance that surrounds the community. She uses this experience to support people who are experiencing grief related to death from drug poisoning.

Adam – Story 1

Adam – Story 1

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

Sara – My Story

Sara – My Story

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

Krista’s Story

Krista’s Story

Krista tells her story and talks about getting the call that no parent wants to get.

Andrea – My Story

Andrea – My Story

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

Karyn and Aidan – Our story 2

Karyn and Aidan – Our story 2

Karyn and Aidan - Aidan tells the story leading up to John's death during the pandemic

Katie – My Story

Katie – My Story

Katie shares about her story and losing her Dad to cancer during COVID

Antoinetta – Story

Antoinetta – Story

Antoinetta tells her story of grief and her father getting lung cancer

Hope – My Story

Hope – My Story

Hope tells the story of her father's death and how it affected her and her family

Cheryl and Mike – “Their Story”

Cheryl and Mike – “Their Story”

Cheryl and Mike discuss losing more than one family member. They continue to grieve Cheryl's father and the death their daughter in a car accident.

Chantal – My Story

Chantal – My Story

Chantal discusses finding a release in doing a graphic novel to explore her grief as a thesis in art therapy school

Michele – My Story

Michele – My Story

Michele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young

Bryan – My Story

Bryan – My Story

Bryan talks about his father being a lawyer and being shot and killed by an apposing lawyer. He talks about his mother and brother and how they have coped

Doug – “My Story”

Doug – “My Story”

Doug talks about the accident that killed his daughter and his process of grief.

Caitlin – “My Story”

Caitlin – “My Story”

Caitlin shares about the loss of her sister and how she copes with missing her. Caitlin continues to grieve the death of her sister in a car accident

Craig – My Story

Craig – My Story

Craig's story is one of resilience and triumph. In the span of just 18 months, he lost his marriage, his mom, two dogs, a cat, his job, and his house. But rather than give up, he picked himself up and started over. He went back to school to become a therapist, and now he's helping others who are struggling to overcome adversity. Craig's story is a reminder that no matter how bad things seem, there is always hope. With hard work and determination, you can overcome any challenge.

Adrianna – My Story

Adrianna – My Story

Adrianna talks about the journey she has been on since her brother's suicide

Amber – My Story

Amber – My Story

Amber talks about the traumatic death of her father in an explosion and being 17

Matt – My Story

Matt – My Story

Matt tells how he found his birth mother and then lost her.

Susan – “My story”

Susan – “My story”

Susan talks about her story and her decision to stop chemotherapy.

Justin – My story with music and grief

Justin – My story with music and grief

Justin how he came to find music as grief therapy and how it helps him express his grief

Jessica M – My Story

Jessica M – My Story

Jessica talks about losing her grandfather at 14 when her mother was terminal, her mother and aunt died when she was 15. She felt alone until she found a peer support group

Nicole – Working in Community Outreach

Nicole – Working in Community Outreach

Nicole discusses her work in community outreach and how she has lived experience with addiction and living rough.

Claudia – My story

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Margaux – “My Grief Story”

Margaux – “My Grief Story”

Margaux outlines the story of losing her mother to breast cancer and the experience of grief at milestones in her life. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

Grief Stories Video Collections

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Music & Grief Playlist

Music & Grief Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Finding Your Way Through Hard Feelings Playlist

Finding Your Way Through Hard Feelings Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Thoughts About Grief Counselling Playlist

Thoughts About Grief Counselling Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Music & Grief Playlist 2

Music & Grief Playlist 2

Listen to more thoughts and insights from people and families living with grief.

Professional Insights Playlist

Professional Insights Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of professionals helping people and families to cope with grief.

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

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Craig – Supporting Someone in Grief

Craig – Supporting Someone in Grief

Craig discusses his personal experience with grief and how he felt when people didn't reach out to him during a difficult time. He offers advice on how to best support someone who is grieving, emphasizing the importance of simply showing up and letting them know that you care.

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena talks about COVID and the loss of her father and a cousin

Kara – “Moving On”

Kara – “Moving On”

Kara talks about selling their house and the transition. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Cara – People with intellectual disabilities need to be recognized and honoured in their grief

Cara – People with intellectual disabilities need to be recognized and honoured in their grief

Cara talks about grievers living with intellectual disabilities and that it's not about those of us who are neuro-typical, giving them a voice or providing them or saying things for them. Rather, it's that they already have a voice. They already have these experiences and they want them to be recognized, acknowledged and honoured.

Hope – Different lenses

Hope – Different lenses

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

Lisa – Music and a safe space

Lisa – Music and a safe space

Lisa explains how music has been a safe space for her to feel all of the emotions that have come up since she lost her Dad

Sarah K – Grieving during a pandemic

Sarah K – Grieving during a pandemic

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

Nicole – Stigma Surrounding Drug Use

Nicole – Stigma Surrounding Drug Use

Nicole discusses how the stigma around drug use has an impact on how people feel able to grieve when those in their community are lost.

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.

Betsy – Adoption and grief

Betsy – Adoption and grief

Betsy tell her story of losing her adopted son to cancer