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Episode 57

A brief talk about coping with grief during the holidays with Liz for @mentalhealthireland


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How Grief Manifests in the Body


Modern medical science testifies to the physical effects of grief in the body in a…

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On grieving someone you never knew, by Dr. Susan Delaney


“She was tiny and perfect with a head of black hair. I called her Carol…

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Social Fabric Podcast interviews Liz Gleeson, founder of Shapes Of Grief


Social Fabric is a lovely new podcast started by a father in my town. He…

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My Mother’s Nightdress, a personal reflection


It started in September when I arrived home. I had been in the States for…

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A Mind Suffocates, A Body Weeps


In the seven months following my 19th birthday my brother drowned, my mother died of…

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Episode 56

Kate Shannon speaks of her baby son’s death from medical termination


Kate and her partner made the heartbreaking decision to terminate their third pregnancy for medical…

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Episode 55

Dana Lawson on Living with Cancer


Sometimes as I write these descriptions, I know that my words simply do not do…

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Episode 54

Norah Casey on current grief in Irish Society, domestic violence & her personal grief


In this episode Norah reflects on the many shapes of grief that are manifesting in…

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Episode 53

Greg Wise, Actor, on nursing his sister and sibling grief


Greg Wise and his sister Clare were as close as siblings come. They shared a…

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Episode 52

Autumn Toelle Jackson on compound grief, bereavement overload & organ donation


An extraordinary story of navigating multiple losses in a short space of time and how…

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Episode 51

Juliet Rosenfeld, Psychotherapist, on grief and denial when facing death


Juliet Rosenfeld had been married to Andrew just 7 months when her beloved husband died…

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