EPISODE · Dec 21, 2025 · 1H 28M
Family Flowers Only with Clara Gardiner
from Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland
This week I sit down with Clara Gardiner who shares the heartbreaking story of losing her younger sister Jemma. Jemma lived with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, and while she was a bright, bubbly, and deeply loved girl, her death following a medical procedure came as a devastating shock. She died from sepsis.Clara speaks openly about how misunderstood her sister’s passing was and how that added another layer of pain to their loss. She also shares her own experience of grief, the numbness, the fear of not being able to cry or feel anything at all, and the realisation that grief doesn’t always look the way we expect it to.It’s a deeply honest conversation about sibling loss, love, and learning to trust your own way of grieving.For more information on grief retreats and support, visit www.griefireland.com.
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Family Flowers Only with Clara Gardiner
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