Podcasts

Shapes of Grief provides much needed support, hope and inspiration to its listeners. Grief Therapy is unaffordable for many people. Podcasts are a way of accessing free grief-awareness & information. Please support the podcast to keep us going! Get in touch if you can sponsor an episode [email protected].

Episode 111

Ep. 111 Vicky Linnane on Sibling Loss and Anticipatory Grief


In this episode, Vicky Linnane discusses the profound and often overlooked experience of sibling loss…

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Episode 110

Ep. 110 Mary Kennelly on the Losses of Menopause


In this episode Mary discusses the multifaceted aspects of menopause, the losses associated with menopause,…

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Episode 109

Ep.109 Tasha Smith – Can you just sit with me


We are back with a new episode of our podcast! Listen in via any major…

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Episode 108

Ep. 108 Collective Grief: Mourning Sinead O’Connor


Sinead O’Connor was many things to many people. On 8th August, her funeral procession brought…

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Episode 107

Ep. 107 Caoimhe Butterly on Supporting Refugees & Humanitarian Work


June 20th is World Refugee Day I am so lucky and privileged to live in…

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Episode 106

Ep. 106 Lucy on being widowed young & the cultural impacts on her grief


No twenty three year old, starting out on married life, expects to be widowed so…

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Episode 105

Ep. 105 Mandy Gosling on Adults Bereaved as Children


This is such an important perspective that hasn’t yet been explicitly been explored by the…

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Episode 104

Ep. 104 Tony Lynch on anger & finding purpose following the death of his son


The pain of losing a child can trigger immensely distressing emotions. In the aftermath of…

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Episode 103

Ep. 103 Kate on her little sister Hanna’s illness and death


Often called ‘The forgotten grievers’, there is no name for someone who has lost a…

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Episode 102

Ep. 102 Jackie Furlong on Delayed Grief following the death of her daughter


Jackie Furlong describes the immense psychological and emotional challenges of coping with the profound impact…

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Episode 101

Ep. 101 Kathy Donaghy on Multiple Miscarriage & Finding Healing in Nature


Liz and Kathy talk about Kathy’s experience of multiple miscarriages and how devastating it was…

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Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor

Episode 100

Ep. 100 Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor on Grieving as a Learning Process, The Grieving Brain


I have been following the research of Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor for almost a decade now,…

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