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07Jan

COVIDSpeakEasy: Providing Support to Bereaved Partners

COVIDSpeakEasy

bereavement, coronavirus, grief, loss

Relationships

COVIDSpeakEasy is a free and confidential online support group for all Covid bereaved life-partners. Edwina fitzPatrick, who lost her partner of 21 years, explains how the SpeakEasy works.
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16Dec

How Catherine Mayer and Her Mother Coped With Grief After Losing Their Husbands

Louise Chunn

bereavement, books, coronavirus, grief, loss, therapy

Relationships

Co-founder of the Women's Equality Party Catherine Mayer lost her husband musician Andy Gill shortly after her mother's husband died. Together they have written a book about grief and consolation
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09Dec

What I Learned Being With My Sister When She Died

Elizabeth Vann

bereavement, coronavirus, death, grief, loss, society

Soul

Elizabeth Vann, who has bipolar disorder, shares her experience of being with her sister when she died – the challenges and the positives
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15Oct

Our Story of Baby Loss

Charlotte Owen

bereavement, grief, loss, miscarriage, pregnancy, women

Body

Charlotte Owen and her partner experienced four miscarriages before the birth of their son, who they welcomed to the world at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic – here's their story
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12Oct

Sands Ambassador Genelle Aldred Shares Her Experience of Baby Loss

Welldoing

bereavement, experienceoftherapy, grief, loss, miscarriage, PND, video

Mind

For Baby Loss Awareness Week 2020, we speak to Sands ambassador Genelle Aldred about her own experience of baby loss and therapy
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10Jun

How Hypnotherapy Helped Me Regain My Confidence

Alexandra Smith

bereavement, breakups, experienceoftherapy, hypnotherapy, relationships, self

Mind

A series of bereavements and a painful break up left Alexandra with damaged confidence and existential anxieties around death. Here she shares the hypnotherapy experience that helped her regain her self-confidence and overcome her grief.
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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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15Jan

Early Miscarriage Can Result in PTSD For One in Six Women

Welldoing

bereavement, body, counselling, grief, health, loss, miscarriage, PTSD, therapy, women

Mind

According to a new UK study, women who have experienced miscarriage struggle with anxiety and depression and would benefit from counselling for PTSD
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17Dec

Overcoming Grief Through Meditation and Self-Compassion

Charity Collier

bereavement, grief, loss, meditation, suicide

Soul

After losing her partner to suicide, Charity Collier used her established meditation practice to help her cope with her grief
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22Jul

Pet Bereavement: Why It's Never 'Just An Animal'

Samantha Arditti

bereavement, grief, loss

Therapists

The loss of a pet can result in strong feelings of grief, but these are often overlooked, says pet bereavement counsellor Samantha Arditti
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