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Niamh Fitzpatrick on ‘Tell me the truth about loss’

Three years after her world stopped turning when her family were hit by a sudden and traumatic loss, Niamh Fitzpatrick has written a raw and tender memoir of her experience…

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 Autumn consciously chose to allow herself to experience joy again, in the face of bereavement…

Ep. 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 Ireland today, from the recent tragedies in Dublin and Cork, to the Mother and Babies…

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 bond from childhood to adulthood, so when Clare received a difficult cancer diagnosis, life for…

Ep. 55 Dana Lawson on Living with Cancer

Sometimes as I write these descriptions, I know that my words simply do not do justice to the story being shared; this episode is one of those times. Dana Lawson…

Ep. 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 reasons. Legislation in Ireland meant that they had to travel to the UK to give…

Ep. 58 Lindsey Whissel-Fenton on making the Documentary ‘Speaking Grief’

A wonderful conversation with Lindsey Whissel Fenton about many facets of grief, in particular, Disenfranchised Grief. Lindsey Whissel Fenton is a senior producer at WPSU, the PBS/NPR affiliate station in…

Ep. 57 A brief talk about coping with grief during the holidays with Liz for @mentalhealthireland

Ep. 59 Dr Esther Ramsey Jones on caring for her mother after a terminal diagnosis and the grief following her death.

Dr Esther Ramsey Jones is a Palliative Psychotherapist with years of experience supporting people towards the end of their lives. In her latest book “The Silly Thing: Shaping the Story…

Ep. 60 Trauma Therapist Meghan Riordan-Jarvis on Trauma and Grief

A really interesting discussion on Grief and Trauma from Trauma Therapist Meghan Riordan-Jarvis, who also experienced ptsd herself following the sudden and unexpected death of her beloved mother. Lots to…

Ep. 61 Gill Mann, Mother, Author and Psychotherapist, talks of living with her son’s mental illness and subsequent death

Psychotherapist, Mother and author Gill Mann speaks to Liz about living with her son’s mental illness, how it impacted her and the family and the grief that followed his sudden…

Ep. 62 Jill Campbell, Filmmaker, talks of Zoom Funerals, Lost Rituals, Parental Loss and her documentary Seat20D

Filmmaker Jill Campbell talks to Liz about the making of the documentary Seat 20D, which tells the story of Suse Lowenstein, a bereaved mother whose son Alexi was one of…

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