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Ep. 111 Vicky Linnane on Sibling Loss and Anticipatory Grief

Ep. 110 Mary Kennelly on the Losses of Menopause

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

Ep. 108 Collective Grief: Mourning Sinead O'Connor

Ep. 107 Caoimhe Butterly on Supporting Refugees & Humanitarian Work

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

Ep. 105 Mandy Gosling on Adults Bereaved as Children

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

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

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

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

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

Ep. 99 Phoenix on managing the Grief of LGBTQ+ Estrangement with ADHD & AUTISM

Ep. 98 Sacha Langton-Gilks on Childhood Cancer & Anticipatory Grief

Ep. 97 Melissa & Emma talk about Grief.Coach, a texting service for bereaved people

Ep. 96 Mary Shine Thompson, Poems for when you can't find the words

Ep. 95 Adriana Marchione on Addiction, Cancer, Dance & Grief

Ep. 94 Damien Quinn on Addiction, Prison & Rebuilding Life after loss

Ep. 93 Rosie Mankes on losing her Mom to Dementia

Ep. 92 Mary Kennelly on Grief & Dementia, Caring & Anticipatory Grief

Ep. 91 Alan Creedon on the impact of disenfranchised childhood grief

Ep 90 Dorothy Holinger on The Anatomy of Grief

Ep. 89 Addison Brasil on Compound Grief & an LGBTQ perspective on loss

Ep 88 Sandra Adams on the aftermath of loss, part 2

Ep. 87 Sandra Adams on the sudden death of her partner John & how grief manifested

Ep. 86 Recording of the Shapes Of Grief Launch event at the Whale Theatre, 31st March 2022

Ep. 85 Andy Gilats and Liz discuss Prolonged Grief Disorder

Ep. 84 Linda Allen talks about her son dying by suicide & the grief that followed

Ep. 83 Deena Goldstein on her father’s dying & death

Ep 82 Tahseen Rizvi on the impact of early loss, bereavement overload & shattered religious beliefs

Ep. 81 Clemmie Clough, childhood bereavement & life after the tsunami

Ep. 80 D Anaya on the death of her daughter and grieving as a black woman in a white community

Ep. 79 Caitriona McMahon on anxiety/depression, the pain of Christmas and surviving suicidal planning

Ep. 78 Dr Francis McGivern on 'Life after a partner's suicide attempt'

Bundle of Grief Books Giveaway for Grief Awareness Week

Ep. 77 Pat Dollard on Ambiguous loss following his partners' disappearance & lgbtq+ grief

Ep 76 Rach Underhill on grief following her wife's illness & death (lgbtq+ grief)

Ep 75 Dr Vanessa Lacey on the grief experience of older transgender women and their families.

Ep. 74 Stephen Teap on being a young, bereaved father

Ep 73 Dr Nyasha Grayman, when one twin dies

Ep. 72 Andrew McGinley speaks about finding new purpose following the tragic deaths of his three beloved children

Ep 71 Kristine Carlson on the sudden death of her husband & finding meaning after tragic loss

Ep. 70 Caoimhe Butterly on navigating grief in advocacy work

Ep. 69 Meghann Scully on losing her brother & father as a teenager

Ep. 68 Clair speaks about living with a terminal illness

Ep. 67 Liz Introduces the Shapes Of Grief Education Programme for Mental Health Practitioners

Ep. 66 Sarah Corbett-Lynch, age 14, on children’s grief

Ep. 65 Lord Mayor Hazel Chu on Racism, Discrimination and Grief

Ep. 64 Adrienne Freeland on how horses supported her grief after her brother's suicide

Ep. 63 Carrie Thompson on Climbing 48 Mountains following her son's death by suicide

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

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

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

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

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

Ep 57 A brief talk about coping with Grief during the holidays from Liz for @mentalhealthireland

Ep. 56 on Kate Shannon speaks of her baby son's death from medical termination

Ep. 55 Dana Lawson on living with Cancer

Ep. 54 Norah Casey on Grief in Ireland today & her personal story of loss

Ep. 53 Greg Wise, Actor, on being a carer & the grief following his sister's death

Ep. 52 Autumn Toelle Jackson on Compound Grief, Bereavement Overload & Organ Donation

Ep. 51 Juliet Rosenfeld, Psychotherapist, on grief & denial when facing death

Ep. 50 Niamh Fitzpatrick on 'Tell Me The Truth about Loss'

Ep. 49 Dr Mags Crean on bereavement overload, delayed grief and the economics of death

Ep. 48 Dr Mekel Harris on the death of her mother & the collective grief following George Floyd's death

Ep. 47 Dr. Kathryn Mannix on Dying & Death from Covid19, how healthcare staff can ease the fear, what we're doing right & what we can learn

Ep 46 Grief Therapists & End-of-life doulas Katrina Taee & Wendelien McNicoll speak to Liz about 'Surviving the Tsunami of Grief'

Ep. 45 Ger Murphy, Psychotherapist & Poet, with Liz on Grief and Meaning Making during physical isolation

Ep. 44 Liz speaks about managing our grief and anxiety during Covid 19

Ep. 43 Nicola Crean on the Grief of Separation & when you're bereaved by suicide

Ep. 42 Jimmy Edmonds, Bereaved Dad & Filmmaker on how creativity helps him through grief

Ep. 41 Kathleen Keyes, when three of your children die; the full story behind the viral Irish Times Letter

Ep. 40 Kate Gunn, Author, on the grief of separation/divorce

Ep. 39 Live Screening of 'A Love that Never Dies' with Directors Q & A (documentary features parental bereavement)

Ep. 38 Dr. Chris Germer on how Mindful Self-Compassion can help at times of Grief

Ep. 37 Julia Samuel, Grief Therapist, Speaker & Author, on the Paradox of Grief

Ep. 36 Sheila Boland Part 1, When your Child Dies - Mindfulness & Spirituality as a Resource

Ep. 35 Helen Bohan on her beloved brother Ger who died in the sinking of the Honeydew II

Ep. 34 Shapes Of Grief meets Grief Encounters - Venetia & Liz Share thoughts on Grief and Loss

Ep. 33 Helen Culhane on Supporting Children at Times of Grief

Ep. 32 Dr Merran Cooper on widowhood, becoming a Doctor at 56 and changing how we die

Ep. 31 Roy Remer of Zen Caregiving Project on dying & death in the Zen Tradition

Ep. 30 Dr. Kathryn Mannix and Liz on 'Dying is Everybody's Business', Compassion & Self-Care for Caring Professionals

Ep. 29 Ger Murphy, Psychotherapist & Poet, on Grief & Death and Climate Grief

Ep. 28 Gretta Manners on recovering from Acquired Brain Injury

Ep. 27 Declan Hammond on Parental Loss, a father's perspective

Ep. 26 Annemarie Brophy, Psychotherapist, on the disenfranchised grief of parenting a critically ill child

Ep. 25 Aisling Fitzgibbon and her search for meaning and purpose in her own life and in her mother's death

Ep. 24 Siobhan Overson on being orphaned at 2yrs old and a life-long grief for the parents & brother she doesn't remember

Ep. 23 Siobhan Daffy on bereavement overload; when it seems like everyone is dying

Ep. 22 Bebhinn Ramsey on her search for a 'cure' for grief and how a spiritual path helped her to navigate her loss

Ep. 21 Helen Lambe on accompanying her husband through cancer and untimely widowhood

Ep. 20 Cath Monaghan on sibling bereavement

Ep. 19 Beatrice Caffrey on multiple miscarriage and the death of her baby son Joshua

Ep. 18 Justin Caffrey on how the death of his baby son forced him to reconstruct himself to survive his grief

Ep. 17 Dr. Ciara Kelly on the deaths of her parents & her journey with grief

Ep. 16 Treacy O'Connor, Interfaith Minister, on continuous bonds and how grief is woven throughout our lives in every change we make

Ep. 15 Kevin Toolis on 'My Father's Wake' - what we can learn from the Irish about Love, Life and Death

Ep. 14 Donna Schuurman of the Dougy Centre on Children's Grief, a professional perspective

Ep. 13 Edy Nathan, Psychotherapist & Author, on cumulative grief, overcoming agoraphobia & sexual abuse