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Exploring Grief

Exploring Grief Grief is lonely. Often people don’t know what to say to someone who is grieving and they may withdraw or because they can’t relate to the pain, they […]

What Your Loved Ones Want You to Know About How to Support in a Difficult Time

Recently, one of my best friends experienced a health crisis, and we weren’t sure if they would make it out. The experience was scary and shocking and still feels really

4 Online Resources to Navigate Grief

Grieving alone can be an incredibly isolating and challenging experience. Grief is often a highly individual experience, as no one experiences loss the same way. Regardless of how individual the

Unravelling Personal Loss

Content warning: death and bereavement Last weekend was one of my aunts’ second death anniversary. Mamoni, as I still like to call her, was my eldest aunt from my mother’s

Coping with Grief and Loss

Losing someone close to you is life changing and overwhelming. These tips are about coping with grief and loss.

Children’s Grief Awareness Day

This year, November 17th is Children’s Grief Awareness Day. The purpose of this day is to help raise awareness about the impact of death on children, to provide information that

Suicide Awareness

Suicide affects us all. These tips are about suicide awareness and explore suicide prevention resources in Canada.

Crying Out Loud

Crying Out Loud is co-founded by Shannon Culver, Sarah Keast, Alexie Landry and Janice Tsao. We had the pleasure to interview them and learn about the brand. Interview Questions and

You think the world would still be the same if you left right now?

You think the world would still be the same if you left right now? Today?That the sun would still rise every morning and the stars would still twinkle in the

How to Cope with Grief on Father’s Day

This Sunday, June 16th, is Father’s Day. For many people, this is a day of celebration, however for some it is a painful reminder of loss and how their Dads

Grief

Grief, also sometimes called bereavement, is a hard thing to define. Most often we think of grief as…

Grief & Race: A Review of David Chariandy’s Brother

Every year the London Public Library picks a book to highlight, known as One Book One London. This year, they chose Brother by David Chariandy. I thought this book was