Parting Gifts – Geoff Mead reflects on the value of palliative care for a loved one
Anyone who has been bereaved through chronic illness will know that anticipating the death of a loved one prefigures the grief that is to come.…
Category: Bereavement
Video – What are continuing bonds and how can they be used to help bereaved parents through the grieving process?
In this video Catherine Seigal talks to Sue Nuttall about her book Bereaved Parents and their Continuing Bonds. For bereaved parents the development of a…
Strategies in Supporting Children with Special Needs around Death and Dying
“My grandma isn’t a dinosaur. Why are the dinosaurs in this book teaching about death?” “My dad’s not a leaf. I don’t understand what falling…
Emotions of Suicide Loss
Reaching out to fellow Aspies, Lisa Morgan proffers her insight and advice to ensure that others on the autism spectrum don’t have to face suicide…
Why We Need to Break the Silence Around Suicide, Especially for our Children
Louise Moir explains why she wrote Rafi’s Red Racing Car, details her own experiences, and expresses the need for a breakdown in the stigma that…
No matter how young the child, honesty is the best way…
That is according to Nathalie Slosse, author of Big Tree is Sick, who tells the story of how the book came to be, as well as laying…
Understanding the Mind of a Grieving Child
By Elke Barber, young widow and author of ‘Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?’ and ‘What Happened to Daddy’s Body?’ offers her thoughts on…
Children’s Grief Awareness Week: Grief Pulls People Together
The arrival of Children’s Grief Awareness Week sees author Emmi Smid reflect on some memorable feedback to her ambitious book – Luna’s Red Hat. The beautiful…
An interview with Marian Partington – author of If You Sit Very Still
Marian Partington’s sister Lucy was kidnapped by Fred and Rose West in 1973. In 1994, 21 years later, her remains were found in their basement.…
A Q&A with Rosalind Bradley – author of A Matter of Life and Death
We talked to Rosalind Bradley about her new book, her motivations for writing it and her relationship with the concept of death. What motivated you to write…