Grief

How do we talk to our kids about death? An expert explains.

'My sister got me through lockdown in 2020. Now she's not here and I'm lost.'

"I stumbled across Lisa Curry's Instagram post this morning. Suddenly, I was in tears."

"Is he your first?" The four little words that always make my heart sink.

'Last Mother's Day, I was about to call my mum. Then my dad phoned.'

'My sister died. Now I don't know how to be around her two kids.'

'I was semi-estranged from my dad when he died. The guilt almost destroyed me.'

I've been widowed twice and lost my 16-month-old child. Here's how I survived.

Monica Zwolsman

'Four months ago I lost my son in a tragic accident. A medium has changed everything.'

Anne-marie Taplin

'I've been widowed twice and lost a child. I can't face losing my father.'

Monica Zwolsman

"For three weeks I was a mother." The particular pain of miscarriage in your 40s.

'I told my work team of 30 about my miscarriage. I didn't expect their response.'

Bridget Thakrar

'My mum’s favourite daughter died, and I can't replace her no matter how hard I try.'

Gemma's husband died suddenly on Saturday. She's 7 months pregnant with their second child.

'Two years ago, my husband died suddenly. These are the lessons I've learned from his death.'

'No one talks about it, but we must. So here's what happened when I miscarried at home.'

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