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Episode 29

Ger Murphy, Psychotherapist and Poet, on grief, death and climate grief


When Ger was 9 years old, he found his father dead at home. Unable to…

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Episode 28

Gretta Manners on recovering from acquired brain injury


Eight years ago, Gretta Manners had a full time career in teaching and was a…

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Episode 27

Declan Hammond on parental loss, a father’s perspective


Thirteen years ago, Declan Hammond received a phone call that is every parent’s worst nightmare;…

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Episode 26

Annemarie Brophy, psychotherapist on the disenfranchised grief of parenting a critically ill child


For many of us, we take it for granted that our text will read something…

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Episode 25

Aisling Fitzgibbon and her search for meaning and purpose following the death of her mother


Aisling Fitzgibbon and her mother Martha were inseparable. As well as mother and daughter, they…

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Episode 24

Siobhan Overson on being orphaned age 2 and life-long grief


When Siobhan was two years old, both her parents, her older brother who was seven…

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Episode 23

Siobhan Daffy on bereavement overload; when it seems like everyone is dying


In 2000, a bus carrying 7 young tourists in Bolivia crashed into a ravine killing…

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Episode 22

Bebhinn Ramsey on her search for a ‘cure’ for grief


Author of “Love’s last gift” Bebhinn Ramsey recounts the sudden death of her husband Alistair…

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Episode 21

Helen Lambe on untimely widowhood following her husband’s death to cancer


Helen Lamb, owner and founder of the Dublin Wellness Centre, takes us on an intimate…

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Episode 20

Cath Monaghan on the sudden death of her brother


Cath Monaghan wrote a beautiful article for the Irish Times earlier this year about the…

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Episode 19

Beatrice Caffrey on miscarriage, premature birth and the death of her baby son


For those of you who listened to last week’s episode with Justin Caffrey, this is…

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Episode 18

Justin Caffrey on the death of his son and reconstructing life


From high-flying banker to kangaroo parenting, Justin Caffrey takes us through a searingly honest account…

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