Articles by Lianna Champ

04Jul

6 Tips if You're Struggling with Retirement

Lianna Champ

identity, loss, middleage, retirement, tips

Work

People might look forward to retirement, only to find themselves feeling lost and low when the time comes. Grief specialist Lianna Champ offers her top tips for navigating this big transition
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21Mar

6 Ways to Help Your Partner Cope with Grief

Lianna Champ

bereavement, grief, loss, relationships, tips

Relationships

Grief often brings pain like no other – you might feel helpless to help your partner at this time. Lianna Champ offers six ways you can support your loved one through loss
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21Sep

How to Avoid Feeling Redundant When the Kids Leave Home

Lianna Champ

parenting, student, university

Relationships

Universities have welcomed a new intake of students, many of whom will be leaving home for the first time. Grief counsellor Lianna Champ offers guidance to parents struggling with an empty nest.
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26Aug

Is the Menopause a Grieving Process?

Lianna Champ

body, grief, health, identity, loss, menopause, women

Body

The psychological and physical symptoms of the menopause can make it an uncomfortable transition. Grief expert Lianna Champ explores the value of honouring the grieving process.
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24May

4 Ways to Support Someone Who Is Grieving

Lianna Champ

bereavement, family, friendship, grief, loss, relationships, tips

Relationships

Fear of saying or doing the wrong thing can keep us from reaching out to support people, especially in times of grief. Grief counsellor Lianna Champ offers four ways you can support a grieving loved one.
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16Mar

Mourning the Everyday Things We Took For Granted

Lianna Champ

coronavirus, grief, identity, loss

Mind

The Covid pandemic and lockdows have seen us stripped of our usual ways of being. Lianna Champ explores grief in the context of living losses, those less tangible and harder to describe moments of grieving.
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10Nov

Understanding Death Anxiety Triggered by the Covid-19 Pandemic

Lianna Champ

anxiety, coronavirus, death, society

Soul

The coronavirus pandemic and related tragic loss of lives has many of us considering our own mortality more than we might have previously. Lianna Champ, funeral director, author and grief counsellor, explains death anxiety and offers advice.
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01May

Grief in the Time of Coronavirus: Coping with Bereavement in Lockdown

Lianna Champ

bereavement, coronavirus, death, grief, loss

Soul

Those who have lost loved ones during this period, whether to Covid-19 or unrelated circumstances, will have been denied the ability to gather in mourning. Funeral director and author Lianna Champ offers advice on coping with bereavement during lockdown.
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04Mar

13 Things I've Learned About Death

Lianna Champ

death, mortality, society

Soul

Death, whether our own or that of a loved one, understandably instills fear in many – but what if we could think about it differently? Lianna Champ is a funeral director; here she shares what she has learnt about death and dying.
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