Shapes Of Grief

By Liz Gleeson, Grief Specialist, MSc Bereavement, MA Psychotherapy, PhD Student

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Episodes: 112


 Jan 14, 2020

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Shapes of Grief is brought to you by Liz Gleeson, an Irish grief therapist. Liz hosts conversations with people about their experience of loss and grief in their lives. Through the recounting of our grief stories, integration can begin to happen, both for the teller and the listener. Everyone has a story of loss and everyone's story offers hope and inspiration to other grievers. Sharing these stories with each other can go a long way in normalising this human experience. Please do become a Patron on https://www.patreon.com/shapesofgrief for as little as $5 per month, help keep us going!

Episode Date
Ep. 111 Vicky Linnane on Sibling Loss and Anticipatory Grief
Nov 06, 2023
Ep. 110 Mary Kennelly on the Losses of Menopause
Oct 16, 2023
Ep.109 Tasha Smith - Can you just sit with me
Oct 06, 2023
Ep. 108 Collective Grief: Mourning Sinead O'Connor
Aug 08, 2023
Ep. 107 Caoimhe Butterly on Supporting Refugees & Humanitarian Work
Jun 19, 2023
Ep. 106 Lucy on being widowed young & the cultural impacts on her grief
Jun 01, 2023
Ep. 105 Mandy Gosling on Adults Bereaved as Children
May 02, 2023
Ep. 104 Tony Lynch on anger & finding purpose following the death of his son
Apr 17, 2023
Ep. 103 Kate on her little sister Hanna's illness and death
Apr 02, 2023
Ep. 102 Jackie Furlong on Delayed Grief following the death of her daughter
Mar 20, 2023
Ep 101 Kathy Donaghy on Multiple Miscarriage & Finding Healing in Nature
Mar 07, 2023
Ep. 100 Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor on Grieving as a Learning Process, The Grieving Brain
Dec 03, 2022
Ep. 99 Phoenix on managing the Grief of LGBTQ+ Estrangement with ADHD & AUTISM
Nov 29, 2022
Ep. 98 Sacha Langton-Gilks on Childhood Cancer & Anticipatory Grief
Sep 12, 2022
Ep. 97 Melissa & Emma talk about Grief.Coach, a texting service for bereaved people
Sep 07, 2022
Ep. 96 Mary Shine Thompson, Poems for when you can't find the words
Aug 30, 2022
Ep. 95 Adriana Marchione on Addiction, Cancer, Dance & Grief
Aug 26, 2022
Ep. 94 Damien Quinn on Addiction, Prison & Rebuilding Life after loss
Aug 15, 2022
Ep. 93 Rosie Mankes on losing her Mom to Dementia
Aug 01, 2022
Ep. 92 Mary Kennelly on Grief & Dementia, Caring & Anticipatory Grief
Jun 14, 2022
Ep. 91 Alan Creedon on the impact of disenfranchised childhood grief
May 23, 2022
Ep 90 Dorothy Holinger on The Anatomy of Grief
May 03, 2022
Ep. 89 Addison Brasil on Compound Grief & an LGBTQ perspective on loss
Apr 25, 2022
Ep 88 Sandra Adams on the aftermath of loss, part 2
Apr 13, 2022
Ep. 87 Sandra Adams on the sudden death of her partner John & how grief manifested
Apr 04, 2022
Ep. 86 Recording of the Shapes Of Grief Launch event at the Whale Theatre, 31st March 2022
Apr 04, 2022
Ep. 85 Andy Gilats and Liz discuss Prolonged Grief Disorder
Mar 26, 2022
Ep. 84 Linda Allen talks about her son dying by suicide & the grief that followed
Mar 13, 2022
Ep. 83 Deena Goldstein on her father’s dying & death
Mar 09, 2022
Ep 82 Tahseen Rizvi on the impact of early loss, bereavement overload & shattered religious beliefs
Feb 25, 2022
Ep. 81 Clemmie Clough, childhood bereavement & life after the tsunami
Feb 02, 2022
Ep. 80 D Anaya on the death of her daughter and grieving as a black woman in a white community
Jan 11, 2022
Ep. 79 Caitriona McMahon on anxiety/depression, the pain of Christmas and surviving suicidal planning
Dec 22, 2021
Ep. 78 Dr Francis McGivern on 'Life after a partner's suicide attempt'
Dec 06, 2021
Bundle of Grief Books Giveaway for Grief Awareness Week
Dec 03, 2021
Ep. 77 Pat Dollard on Ambiguous loss following his partners' disappearance & lgbtq+ grief
Nov 29, 2021
Ep 76 Rach Underhill on grief following her wife's illness & death (lgbtq+ grief)
Nov 21, 2021
Ep 75 Dr Vanessa Lacey on the grief experience of older transgender women and their families.
Nov 15, 2021
Ep. 74 Stephen Teap on being a young, bereaved father
Nov 08, 2021
Ep 73 Dr Nyasha Grayman, when one twin dies
Oct 30, 2021
Ep. 72 Andrew McGinley speaks about finding new purpose following the tragic deaths of his three beloved children
Oct 17, 2021
Ep 71 Kristine Carlson on the sudden death of her husband & finding meaning after tragic loss
Sep 13, 2021
Ep. 70 Caoimhe Butterly on navigating grief in advocacy work
Sep 03, 2021
Ep. 69 Meghann Scully on losing her brother & father as a teenager
Aug 29, 2021
Ep. 68 Clair speaks about living with a terminal illness
Jul 16, 2021
Ep. 67 Liz Introduces the Shapes Of Grief Education Programme for Mental Health Practitioners
Jun 16, 2021
Ep. 66 Sarah Corbett-Lynch, age 14, on children’s grief
Feb 19, 2021
Ep. 65 Lord Mayor Hazel Chu on Racism, Discrimination and Grief
Feb 16, 2021
Ep. 64 Adrienne Freeland on how horses supported her grief after her brother's suicide
Feb 10, 2021
Ep. 63 Carrie Thompson on Climbing 48 Mountains following her son's death by suicide
Feb 04, 2021
Ep. 62 Jill Campbell, Filmmaker, talks of Zoom Funerals, Lost Rituals, Parental Loss and her documentary Seat20D
Jan 24, 2021
Ep. 61 Gill Mann, Mother, Author & Psychotherapist, talks of living with her son's mental illness & subsequent death
Jan 17, 2021
Ep. 60 Trauma Therapist Meghan Riordan-Jarvis on Trauma & Grief
Jan 10, 2021
Ep. 59 Dr Esther Ramsey Jones on caring for her mother after a terminal diagnosis and the grief following her death.
Jan 03, 2021
Ep. 58 Lindsey Whissel-Fenton on making the Documentary ‘Speaking Grief’
Dec 21, 2020
Ep 57 A brief talk about coping with Grief during the holidays from Liz for @mentalhealthireland
Dec 21, 2020
Ep. 56 on Kate Shannon speaks of her baby son's death from medical termination
Dec 09, 2020
Ep. 55 Dana Lawson on living with Cancer
Nov 09, 2020
Ep. 54 Norah Casey on Grief in Ireland today & her personal story of loss
Oct 29, 2020
Ep. 53 Greg Wise, Actor, on being a carer & the grief following his sister's death
Oct 20, 2020
Ep. 52 Autumn Toelle Jackson on Compound Grief, Bereavement Overload & Organ Donation
Oct 13, 2020
Ep. 51 Juliet Rosenfeld, Psychotherapist, on grief & denial when facing death
Oct 02, 2020
Ep. 50 Niamh Fitzpatrick on 'Tell Me The Truth about Loss'
Sep 30, 2020
Ep. 49 Dr Mags Crean on bereavement overload, delayed grief and the economics of death
Jun 17, 2020
Ep. 48 Dr Mekel Harris on the death of her mother & the collective grief following George Floyd's death
Jun 04, 2020
Ep. 47 Dr. Kathryn Mannix on Dying & Death from Covid19, how healthcare staff can ease the fear, what we're doing right & what we can learn
May 05, 2020
Ep 46 Grief Therapists & End-of-life doulas Katrina Taee & Wendelien McNicoll speak to Liz about 'Surviving the Tsunami of Grief'
Apr 25, 2020
Ep. 45 Ger Murphy, Psychotherapist & Poet, with Liz on Grief and Meaning Making during physical isolation
Apr 18, 2020
Ep. 44 Liz speaks about managing our grief and anxiety during Covid 19
Mar 23, 2020
Ep. 43 Nicola Crean on the Grief of Separation & when you're bereaved by suicide
Mar 15, 2020
Ep. 42 Jimmy Edmonds, Bereaved Dad & Filmmaker on how creativity helps him through grief
Feb 23, 2020
Ep. 41 Kathleen Keyes, when three of your children die; the full story behind the viral Irish Times Letter
Feb 16, 2020
Ep. 40 Kate Gunn, Author, on the grief of separation/divorce
Feb 10, 2020
Ep. 39 Live Screening of 'A Love that Never Dies' with Directors Q & A (documentary features parental bereavement)
Feb 03, 2020
Ep. 38 Dr. Chris Germer on how Mindful Self-Compassion can help at times of Grief
Dec 31, 2019
Ep. 37 Julia Samuel, Grief Therapist, Speaker & Author, on the Paradox of Grief
Dec 16, 2019
Ep. 36 Sheila Boland Part 1, When your Child Dies - Mindfulness & Spirituality as a Resource
Dec 03, 2019
Ep. 35 Helen Bohan on her beloved brother Ger who died in the sinking of the Honeydew II
Nov 27, 2019
Ep. 34 Shapes Of Grief meets Grief Encounters - Venetia & Liz Share thoughts on Grief and Loss
Nov 19, 2019
Ep. 33 Helen Culhane on Supporting Children at Times of Grief
Nov 18, 2019
Ep. 32 Dr Merran Cooper on widowhood, becoming a Doctor at 56 and changing how we die
Nov 11, 2019
Ep. 31 Roy Remer of Zen Caregiving Project on dying & death in the Zen Tradition
Nov 04, 2019
Ep. 30 Dr. Kathryn Mannix and Liz on 'Dying is Everybody's Business', Compassion & Self-Care for Caring Professionals
Oct 26, 2019
Ep. 29 Ger Murphy, Psychotherapist & Poet, on Grief & Death and Climate Grief
Oct 20, 2019
Ep. 28 Gretta Manners on recovering from Acquired Brain Injury
Oct 14, 2019
Ep. 27 Declan Hammond on Parental Loss, a father's perspective
Oct 06, 2019
Ep. 26 Annemarie Brophy, Psychotherapist, on the disenfranchised grief of parenting a critically ill child
Sep 29, 2019
Ep. 25 Aisling Fitzgibbon and her search for meaning and purpose in her own life and in her mother's death
Sep 21, 2019
Ep. 24 Siobhan Overson on being orphaned at 2yrs old and a life-long grief for the parents & brother she doesn't remember
Sep 02, 2019
Ep. 23 Siobhan Daffy on bereavement overload; when it seems like everyone is dying
Aug 24, 2019
Ep. 22 Bebhinn Ramsey on her search for a 'cure' for grief and how a spiritual path helped her to navigate her loss
Aug 07, 2019
Ep. 21 Helen Lambe on accompanying her husband through cancer and untimely widowhood
Jul 29, 2019
Ep. 20 Cath Monaghan on sibling bereavement
Jul 09, 2019
Ep. 19 Beatrice Caffrey on multiple miscarriage and the death of her baby son Joshua
Jul 02, 2019
Ep. 18 Justin Caffrey on how the death of his baby son forced him to reconstruct himself to survive his grief
Jun 25, 2019
Ep. 17 Dr. Ciara Kelly on the deaths of her parents & her journey with grief
Jun 19, 2019
Ep. 16 Treacy O'Connor, Interfaith Minister, on continuous bonds and how grief is woven throughout our lives in every change we make
Jun 03, 2019
Ep. 15 Kevin Toolis on 'My Father's Wake' - what we can learn from the Irish about Love, Life and Death
May 27, 2019
Ep. 14 Donna Schuurman of the Dougy Centre on Children's Grief, a professional perspective
May 20, 2019
Ep. 13 Edy Nathan, Psychotherapist & Author, on cumulative grief, overcoming agoraphobia & sexual abuse
May 13, 2019
Ep. 12 Dr Kathryn Mannix demystifying the dying process & how to prepare for a good death
May 08, 2019
Ep. 11 Hayley Manning, Advocate, on Miscarriage, Turner's Syndrome & living with Loss & Hope
May 06, 2019
Ep. 10 Dr Helen Greally on grief following diagnosis & grief theories
Apr 29, 2019
Ep. 9 Jane Harris, psychotherapist, on parental bereavement & the powerful documentary A Love That Never Dies
Apr 09, 2019
Ep. 8 Gary Andrews on Love, Widowhood & The Doodle Diaries
Mar 29, 2019
Ep. 7 Dr. Robert Neimeyer on Meaning Making after loss
Mar 20, 2019
Ep. 6 Madeleine Grant, Nurse & therapist, on bereavement overload, prolonged grief & how grief can make you sick
Mar 11, 2019
Ep. 5 Dr Susan Delaney on the essence of grief, prolonged Grief, resilience and hope
Mar 04, 2019
Ep. 4 Ruth Fitzmaurice, author of 'I Found My Tribe', on living with ongoing loss
Feb 26, 2019
Ep. 3 Deirdre Ahern, Mindfulness teacher, on pet loss
Feb 11, 2019
Ep. 2 Emily McCullough, Art Therapist, on prolonged, disenfranchised grief
Jan 31, 2019
Ep. 1 Jack Gleeson talks about grief following the suicide of his best friend
Jan 20, 2019