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May 20
4 min

GUEST BLOG: JUDY LIPSON 'There is no recipe for Grief'

A sibling may be the keeper of one’s identity, the only person with the keys to one’s unfettered, more fundamental self. ~ Marian...

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May 6
4 min

GUEST BLOG: Rosie and the loss of her Dad

In 1997, my Dad took his own life. The shock of it felt physical and I still vividly remember the feeling of the world falling away...

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Apr 28
6 min

GUEST BLOG: My beautiful Son

Author: Nina Praske My beautiful son Over homemade soup in a little independent vegetarian café (not a greasy spoon) my son said to me ‘I...

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Apr 13
4 min

Brett's Perspective on Grief

I just wanted to say thank you to The Loss Project for allowing me some space to write about grief and loss My name is Brett and I became...

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Feb 25
6 min

Sometimes, the ending is just that. An ending.

On the night that Peggy Mitchell's funeral aired on EastEnders, my mother-in-law Eileen found herself unable to lift herself off the...

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Jan 28
5 min

Natalia Millman - Meaningful Art I Share to the World

Art helped me face the storm of grief It is a calm winter day with a deceitful sun barely touching the frosty ground. Inside me, there is...

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Jan 25
9 min

Grief in the Workplace: time to address the elephant in the room

56% of employees would consider leaving a job if their employer did not give proper support after a bereavement (Thompson, 2013). The...

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Dec 27, 2021
2 min

Christmas Picks at the Wounds of Grief

Christmas is a time for all the family! Except that half of my family is dead. My sister in 2003 at the age of 27, my mother in 2017 at...

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Dec 17, 2021
5 min

Christmas is looking a little different

Tradition Christmas, a time where we can slow the pace down, and spend time with family. It can be fun and easy for some, the traditions...

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Dec 10, 2021
5 min

Celine Marchbank – My Mother

When I was 30 years old my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer, at first it seemed like she would have the required treatments but...

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Nov 27, 2021
2 min

National Grief Awareness Week 2021

We're supporting The Good Grief Trust's campaign to #spreadthewarmth this year. It can be a very lonely and long road when you're...

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Nov 12, 2021
8 min

‘How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard’

For Frances: love, life and getting lost in the dark ‘Grief, I find, is a funny thing’ ‘Where is she?’ I asked myself, wading through the...

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Nov 6, 2021
2 min

Letting Go Like Trees

I loved autumn when I was small. It was all the colours, the crisp smoky air, and the thrill of being out in the dark on Bonfire Night...

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Nov 5, 2021
3 min

GUEST BLOG: Love is… sharing insurance policy details via dropbox? Adrian Ashton

Author: Adrian Ashton Written 23 July 2021, Published 5/11/21 We never think it will happen to us – that we’ll be the one who dies first...

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Oct 29, 2021
2 min

My Breast Cancer Story: A Short Pause

My cancer journey started back in 2008 when I was told I need to have a mastectomy. It felt surreal like it was happening to someone else...

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Oct 7, 2021
3 min

My story: Suicide loss comes knocking at my door

It was 6.45pm on a regular Wednesday evening. I’d spent a productive day working from home in my NHS job and I’d started to cook a...

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Jul 26, 2021
9 min

GUEST BLOG:‘Everything I do now is for her’: the woman who saved me from rock bottom by Hannah Green

At my lowest ebb, I found hope in wickedly funny Leah, who lit up the crisis centre where we met. But just months later, she was dead....

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Jul 2, 2021
4 min

GUEST BLOG: Dear You - a letter about grief by Emma Russ

Dear you, I know you’re wondering how you will ever be okay again. How you’ll stand up, how you’ll smile, how a day will ever go by...

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Jun 25, 2021
3 min

GUEST BLOG: Maintaining Positive Mental Health in the Workplace

In a year of unbelievable upheaval and loss, it’s no surprise so many of us are burned out. Beyond burned out, really. The pandemic...

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Jun 25, 2021
2 min

GUEST BLOG: The Internal Conflict Caused by My Mother’s death by Lorna Smart.

The Internal Conflict Caused by My Mother’s death. It wasn’t my mother’s death that made me feel sick, that had been expected, it was the...

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