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Grief Encounters was set up with one clear goal, which was to open up the conversation around loss for Ireland(and beyond)’s bereaved community. There weren’t nearly enough conversations on record offering support to those in the midst of their grief, and what a better medium to begin one, then a podcast. Unbeknownst to the Grief Encounters team, while we were busy plotting the opening sequence of podcast episodes to take us through January and February, this weeks guest was also spending her free time in a very similar way.
Liz Gleeson is an experienced grief therapist and also the host of the excellent podcast Shapes Of Grief, which came out in January 2019. Her podcast hosts conversations with people about their experience of loss and grief in their lives, looking at important topics such as losing a partner to illness, complicated & disenfranchised grief and finding meaning after loss.
In this episode, her and Venetia spark some incredibly interesting conversation about their learnings so far, and what drove them to both start their own outlet for grief. Liz also shared her really interesting opinions on vocalising sympathy for someone who is grieving, stating that If you are unsure of what to say, it’s often worth taking the risk because the sentiment is usually the most important matter in the conversation.
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Music by: Nctrnm
To check out more of Liz’s work visit here website Shapes Of Grief.
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After losing his Dad to a heart attack in February 1998, Our guest this week has since described his “new” relationship with his father as “an irresistible detective story”, where he “keeps looking around for the essence of him”...
Dermot Morgan is one of Ireland's greatest ever comedians and actors, most notable for his role of Craggy islands morally questionable Priest, Father Ted Crilly, in Channel 4’s Timeless classic - Father Ted. Don Morgan, Dermot’s son joins Sasha, to talk in detail about the memories of his father, and what clues about his dad he has learned since his death over 20 years ago.
His continued affection for his Dad is prevalent throughout the interview, which features a real insight into how genius Dermot really was, both on and off screen. Sasha and Don spark some incredible conversations around the subjectivity of memory amongst other things. Why do we store the specific memories that we do, and is it right to only portray a person's positive side in the wake of their death? Don also looks at the difficult and unusual scenario of grieving in the eye of the public, which makes an unthinkably shocking situation even more difficult to process.
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This week Sasha and Venetia sat down to record a podcast without the addition of any guests, to discuss their own grief as well a variety of other important matters that have been brought up in the Grief Encounters community online.
In the episode, they both discuss the recent anniversaries that have taken place for them, and what way the podcast has affected their own approach to these days. In the wake of some tragic and high-profile celebrity deaths in recent weeks, they also look at how we grieve for those we don’t know, and how a public death can often conjure up sad emotions relating to a loved one who has died.
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“I walked into the bathroom and leaned on the sink. It was a strong contraction and instinctively I reached down to deliver my own daughter. She was born sleeping. No cry. No noise. No heartbeat. I yelled for my husband and he held my shaking body while we waited for the ambulance to arrive.
It was my third pregnancy and my first daughter. Nina. She had been with me for 38 weeks. I smiled the entire pregnancy daydreaming of holding my beautiful girl.”
These are words from today’s guest, Adriana Monique Alvarez, who’s daughter Nina was stillborn at 38 weeks, leaving her family heartbroken and feeling lost. Adriana joined Sasha in February and they discussed her own personal journey through the bereavement of her daughter, and how the grief fundamentally changed her outset on life.
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This week’s guest is the New Zealand rugby journalist, charity worker and children's book author Brent Pope, who joined Sasha and Venetia to speak about minding your mental health after the loss of a loved one.
There is a huge symbiosis between grief and mental health, and in recent years Brent has done stellar work in speaking about his struggles with depression and anxiety. Last April, Brent's father sadly passed away after battling Parkinson’s Disease at home in New Zeland. Brent delivers a beautiful account of his father’s character and what made him such a unique man. Having originally moved to Ireland for 3 months, he has lived here for the last thirty years and speaks candidly about the varying levels of regret he has about not seeing as much of his Dad as he would have liked to.
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Stephen Teap’s life changed forever in July 2017, as he lost his wife Irene to cervical cancer. Their story - which is known to many across Ireland, is made more difficult to digest because it could, and should have been prevented. After two false negative smear tests in 2010 and 2013, Irene was diagnosed with stage two cancer in 2015 and died two years later at the age of 35, leaving behind their boys Oscar and Noah.
In the wake of Irene's death, Stephen has been catapulted into the public eye as his search for answers and accountability continues. Much of his life is now dedicated to advocacy around the Cervical Check Scandal, as he looks for safeguards to prevent this devastation from hitting other families in future. He is one of the founders (alongside Vicky Phelan & Lorraine Walsh) of 221+, a support service for patients and families affected by scandal.
In the interview, Stephen speaks in detail about Irene’s inner strength throughout the whole process, as she vowed to not let the cancer take control of her life.
Like many of our guests on the podcast, Stephen has managed to channel his inner grief into something constructive such as his advocacy work. He spoke to Sasha & Venetia about how 10 years down the line, when Oscar and Noah are old enough to process their mums death and the tragic nature of it, he needs to be able to say that he went looking for answers.
221+ was set up in July 2018 following the significant revelations related to the CervicalCheck screening programme and the subsequent ongoing controversy.
The 221+ Group’s Steering Committee comprises a number of patient representatives directly affected by the scandal (Vicky Phelan, Stephen Teap and Lorraine Walsh) and by a number of patient groups (the Marie Keating Foundation, the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Patient Association), with a view to providing structured support and services for these women and their families.
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