Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Kenzie’s Gift founder and CEO Nic Russell took her ‘Adventures with Grief Workshop’ to John McGlashan College in April, encouraging students to talk about grief and loss. One fine April afternoon, 160 young students at Dunedin’s John McGlashan College, sat...
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Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Coping with grief at Christmas - do what supports your soul and your loss
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Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2017
#DearGrief It's hard to imagine some journeys The kind that happen rarely To someone else And the kind the heart doesn't want to. People often tell me that they can't imagine how life is for me. Mothers especially. They say they can't begin to understand...
Read MorePosted on Sunday, November 12, 2017
Alex was my sister. She was always the brightest, loudest, most exciting and loving girl. An amazing sister to me. She was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder, Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). It's been described as one of the most...
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Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2017
International Children’s Grief Awareness Day is on November 16th, and with many young people struggling in the aftermath of a loss, we have launched the #DearGrief campaign to start the conversation about grief. #DearGrief is about sharing what you would like to say to...
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Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Twelve years on from losing Kenzie, I often get asked, "Does time ease the pain of grief?" From my own experience, I would say no. Instead, the pain changes. Let me explain... Time has changed the pain of my grief, where the acute pain has morphed into a chronic...
Read MorePosted on Thursday, April 13, 2017
This month, Kenzie’s Gift celebrates a major service milestone in its history of providing psychosocial support to children experiencing grief and bereavement within the family.
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