Grief Stories
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Losing a Twin to Cancer - Monique
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Monique about her experience of losing her twin to cancer; how hard it was to come to terms with what was happening to her ...
Missy McLean (Registered Social Worker, Community Organizer) on Community Grief
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Missy McLean, a Registered Social Worker and Community Organizer who works with people impacted by the toxic drug crisis, h...
Emily Wisser (Founder of The Grief Collective) on Grief
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Emily Wisser, Founder of The Grief Collective, about her experiences with grief. Emily lost her father to cancer when she w...
Losing a Husband to Cancer - Vicky
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Vicky about losing her husband to myeloma, after surviving prostate and bladder cancer. They discuss the challenge of not h...
Losing a Son to Cancer - Betsy (Part 2)
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard once again interviews Betsy about losing her adopted son to cancer. In part 2 of this discussion, Betsy continues to talk about the wa...
Losing a Son to Cancer - Betsy (Part 1)
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Betsy about losing her adopted son to cancer on Mother's Day weekend. They discuss the grief and loss her son had already b...
Tracee Dunblazier (Spiritual Empath, Author) on Grief
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Tracee Dunblazier, a Spiritual Empath, Shaman and award-winning Author of 'Transformative Grief: An Ancient Ritual of Heali...
Kailey Bradley (Counselor) on Infertility Grief
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Kailey Bradley, a licensed professional Counselor in the state of Ohio, who specializes in grief therapy. They discuss a di...
Losing a Wife to Leukemia - Jarie
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Jarie, author of 'Ride or Die: Loving Through Tragedy, a Husband's Memoir' about losing this wife to leukemia and the chall...
Tahmeed & Jadine (Journalists) on Campus Suicide and Communal Grief
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Tahmeed and Jadine, Toronto-based Journalists involved in research about communal grief after suicide on University campuse...
Losing Both Parents to Cancer - Ellanne
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Ellanne Thomson about losing both of her parents, in the span of 7 months, to cancer. They discuss how her mother was diagn...
Kim Libertini (Co-Founder of The Goodgrief App) on Grief
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Kim Libertini, Co-Founder of The Goodgrief App - The Social Network for Loss, about her experience of compound grief, and t...
Tara McGuire (Author) on Grief
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Tara McGuire, author of 'Holden After and Before: A Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose', about her experience of losing...
Holly & Murray (Songwriting for Wellness) on Grief and Music
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Holly and Murray about a music program that was run for staff at a transitional shelter. This was the pilot for the Songwri...
Mike Bonikowsky (Community Living Dufferin) on Grief
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Mike Bonikowsky, a caregiver who provides direct support for people living with developmental disabilities, about providing...
Mitchell Consky (Author) on Grief
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Mitchell Consky, Author of Home Safe: A Memoir of End-of-Life Care during Covid-19, about his experience of losing his fath...
Mali Munroe (Author, Registered Art Therapist) on Grief
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Mali Munroe, Registered Art Therapist and Author of Acceptance: A Personal Journey of Self Discovery, about her own experie...
Shannon Ortiz (Clinician and founder of Light After Loss) on Grief
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Shannon Ortiz, a Clinician and founder of Light After Loss at the Hope and Healing Centre about her experiences of loss, gr...
Celina Carter (The Reflection Room) on Grief
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Celina Carter about her work with The Reflection Room. The Reflection Room is an installation by a team of researchers fr...
Chantal Fraizinger (Art Therapist) on Grief
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Chantal Fraizinger, an Art Therapist, about using art to heal grief. "I would say, at least when it came to my graphic nove...
Jon LeFrandt (Founder of ForGrief.Com) on Grief
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Jon LeFrandt, founder of ForGrief.com and contributor to The Love Always Project, about his own experience of grief and los...
Dean Lambert (The Love Always Project) on Grief and End-of-Life Planning
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Dean Lambert of The Love Always Project about his own experience with suicide loss and grief, and about how to support peop...
John Martin (Author) on Grief
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews John D. Martin, author of I Can't Stop Crying and Help Me I Hurt, about grief. "Grief is so much bigger than I had imagined...
Sue Phillips (End of Life Doula) on Grief
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Sue Phillips, an End of Life Doula from Hamilton Ontario, about the truth about grief, and how you don't have to be afraid ...
Losing a Mother - Meg
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Meg about her experience of losing her mother during the pandemic, and the difficulties around visitation and care because ...
Cheryl Bower (Voices Rock Canada) on Grief and Music
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Cheryl Bower, founder of Voices Rock Canada, about grief, music, and how singing and songwriting can help people explore an...
Compound Grief - Susan
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Susan about her experience of compound grief after facing many significant losses such as her brother-in-law who was her be...
Losing a Father - Bryan
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Bryan about his experience of losing his father as a child to gun violence. They discuss the impact of such a confusing los...
Charles Solomon (Songs Of Solace) on Grief and Music
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Chris Solomon - curator of Songs of Solace and music industry veteran - about music, grief, and how powerful a piece of mus...
Sara Klinck (Psychotherapist, Music Therapist) on Grief and Music
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews registered Psychotherapist and certified Music Therapist Sara Klinck about music, grief, and the many ways and benefits of ...
Losing a Grandfather and a Girlfriend to Suicide - Tom
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Tom, author of the blog For The Heart Cries, about his experience of losing both his grandfather and his girlfriend to suic...
Losing a Wife - Andreas
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Andreas about his experience of losing his wife of 35 years. They discuss the anticipatory grief he felt in being ~20 years...
Adrienne Pringle (Musician, Music Therapist) on Grief and Music
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews musician and music therapist Adrienne Pringle about music, grief, and the ways people can use music to explore and express ...
Losing a Brother to Suicide - Adrianna
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Adrianna about her experience of losing her brother to suicide. They discuss how, after her father delivered the news about...
The Truth About Grief: Is grief only associated with the death of a person?
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Marija Padjen, director for the centre of innovation and campus mental health. They discuss the ways that loss and grief im...
The Truth About Grief: Does death end a relationship?
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Eric Lichtenfeld, a psychotherapist who specializes in grief, trauma and anxiety. They talk about the idea of continuing bo...
Losing a Mother to Cancer - Lyss
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Lyss about her experience of losing her mother to cancer as a teenager, and of losing three pregnancies on her journey to b...
The Truth About Grief: Is grief a sign of weakness?
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Adele Racine, Heart Medicine Woman about the strengths that we find in circle with life as we face and move through the exp...
Losing a Husband to Drug Overdose - Cheryl
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Cheryl about her experience of loss after being on a long and challenging road with her husband who was diagnosed with bipo...
The Truth About Grief: When grief intersects with trauma
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Lysa Toye, social worker and expressive arts therapist with a private practice focused on trauma, dissociative disorders an...
Matt Kowalyk (Musician) on Grief and Music
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews musician Matt Kowalyk about music, grief, and the powerful relationship between the two. "Grief is aimless, grief has no de...
The Truth About Grief: Is deathbed redemption possible? Is it necessary?
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews clinical social worker and social work educator Wendy McGuire about the idea that sometimes we don't get the opportunity to...
The Truth About Grief: People need information and resources at the end of life and in grief.
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Mary Krause, social media specialist for Crossroads Hospice. They talk about how important it is for people to have permiss...
Losing a Mother - Carla
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Carla about her experience of losing her mother - who she did not have a good relationship with - to a brain aneurysm, and ...
The Truth About Grief: Grief includes losses beyond the death of a person.
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Kathryn Monaco Douglas, widow and founder of the group Widowed, Not alone. They discuss secondary losses and the many chang...
Compound Grief - Arlene
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Arlene about experiencing many significant losses in a short period of time. They discuss the cumulative effect of compound...
Kim Doolittle (Musician) on Grief and Music
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews musician Kim Doolittle about music, grief, and the interlocking relationship between the two. "Music revolves a lot around ...
The Truth About Grief: Can you get over grief?
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Dvora Entin, a licensed social worker specializing in maternal wellness and bereavement care in the Orthodox Jewish communi...
The Truth About Grief: You don't have to get through the end of life and grieve on your own.
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews death educator, grief counselor and end of life doula mentor Olga Nikolajev about not having to get through the end of life...
The Truth About Grief: Is overuse of pain medication an issue at end of life?
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews retired nurse Judi Campion about the challenges and concerns about pain management and palliative care at the end of life.
The Truth About Grief: Do you need to be a professional to help someone through grief?
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews change maker Yvonne Heath about how anyone can just show up for family, friends and acquaintances who are grieving.
Losing a (birth) Mother to Cancer - Matt
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Matt about his experience in finding his birth mother and losing her to breast cancer only 4 and a half years later. They d...
Stillbirth - Holly
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author of "The Twentieth Year: A Memoir of Miscarriage", Maureen Pollard interviews Holly about her experience of losing her son to stillbirth at 34 w...
Sudden Loss of a Partner - Kara
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Kara about her experience of losing her life partner of 38 years suddenly and unexpectedly when she suffered a fatal pulmon...
Stillbirth - Russ
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Russ about his experience in losing his son to stillbirth. Russ talks about how it happened at 8 months into the pregnancy ...
Losing a Father to Cancer - Sam
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Sam about his experience of losing his father to cancer. They discuss how this was Sam's first personal experience with gri...
Losing a Father - Rebecca
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Rebecca about her experience of losing her father, who she describes as her best friend during her adult years. They discus...
Stillbirth - Charlotte
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author of "The Twentieth Year: A Memoir of Miscarriage", Maureen Pollard interviews Charlotte about her experience of losing her son to stillbirth at ...
Losing a Son to Suicide - Jill
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Jill about her experience of suicide loss. They discuss how her son was on the Austism spectrum with high-functioning Asper...
Losing a Son to Active Military Duty - Donna
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Donna about her experience of losing her son while he was on active military duty, and how challenging it was to navigate s...
Losing a Grandparent via Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) - Shawn
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Shawn about her experience with her grandmother choosing a medically assisted death. They discuss how Medical Assistance In...
Losing Both Parents - Michelle
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Michelle about her experience losing both of her parents. They discuss how, after her father was diagnosed with cancer and ...
Losing a Grandparent - Melissa
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Melissa about her experience of losing her grandmother. They discuss how it sometimes feels more socially appropriate to hi...
Losing Both Parents - Gillian
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Gillian who, at only 28 years old, has experienced the loss of both of her parents. They discuss the contrasting challenges...
Losing a Husband to Cancer - Joanie
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Joanie about her experience of losing her husband to pancreatic cancer. They discuss how, as a couple, they were so in sync...
Losing a Husband to Suicide - Krista
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Pollard interviews Krista about her experience of suicide loss. They discuss the complexities of losing her husband in this way; the challenge...
Early Miscarriages - Sharron
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author of "The Twentieth Year: A Memoir of Miscarriage", Maureen Pollard, interviews Sharron about her experiences of early pregnancy loss, which lead...