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Five Things that might happen to you when a family member is diagnosed with cancer, by Victoria Cope.

June 27, 2019 Louise Winter

Victoria works in Pharmaceuticals, specifically in cancer T cell re-engineering. Her father was recently diagnosed with cancer.

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Five Things I've learned about life and death since I was diagnosed with cancer at 23, by Sophie Trew.

June 27, 2019 Louise Winter

Sophie was diagnosed with blood cancer at 23. She now runs Trewfields, the first cancer awareness and holistic health festival.

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Five Things I’ve learned since being told my cancer is incurable, by Gaby Charing.

June 26, 2019 Louise Winter

Gaby was diagnosed with bowel cancer six years ago.

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Five Things I’ve learned about looking after people with inherited cardiac conditions, by Molly Case.

June 26, 2019 Louise Winter

Molly is a spoken word artist, writer and nurse. She currently works in London as a cardiac nurse specialist.

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Five Things funeral directors do to help bereaved families beyond arranging a funeral, by Lucy Porter.

June 26, 2019 Louise Winter

Lucy is a forward-thinking funeral director who owns and runs a funeral home in Stourbridge, West Midlands.

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Five Things I wish I'd known when my ex-partner died from lung cancer, by Sarah Wayland.

June 25, 2019 Louise Winter

Sarah’s ex-partner died from lung cancer in April 2019. He had been absent for years but made contact when he became unwell.

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Five Things I’ve learned since my sudden near-death experience by, Tanya Shadrick.

June 21, 2019 Louise Winter

Tanya had a near-death experience after the birth of her first child, inspiring her to re-evaluate her life choices.

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Five Things I've learnt about the menopause, by Sheridan Newman.

June 18, 2019 Louise Winter
Sheridan Newman and her menopause gang

Sheridan Newman and her menopause gang

Fast approaching 50, Sheridan is experiencing the menopause.

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Five Things I've learned as a funeral director who specialises in green burials, by Amy Cunningham.

June 14, 2019 Louise Winter
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Amy is the owner of the New York City-based firm Fitting Tribute Funeral Services.

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Five Things I've learnt from experiencing sudden and unexpected bereavements, by Joanna Wolfarth.

June 14, 2019 Louise Winter

Joanna has experienced sudden and unexpected bereavements several times. She believes her life has fundamentally changed as a result.

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Five Things I learnt when my ex husband died, by Clare Haynes.

June 12, 2019 Louise Winter
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Clare’s ex-husband died due to complications following surgery to remove a Grade 4 Medulloblastoma brain tumour.

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Five Things I learnt while caring for my terminally ill mother, by Erin Dean.

June 10, 2019 Louise Winter

Erin Dean’s mother was unexpectedly diagnosed with gastric cancer at the age of 50. Erin became one of her mom’s primary caregivers until her death at the age of 53.

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Five Things I wish more pagans knew about funerals, by Awen Clement.

June 10, 2019 Louise Winter

Awen is a pagan priest based in Birmingham who offers ceremony and ritual to help navigate the big changes of life, particularly around birth and death. 

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Five Things I've learnt about life from having breast cancer in my early 40s, by Sara Liyanage, founder of Ticking Off Breast Cancer.

June 10, 2019 Louise Winter

Sara is the author of Ticking Off Breast Cancer, a book about juggling life with treatment for primary breast cancer at the age of forty-two.

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Five Things I’d tell myself as a first year student nurse about end-of-life care and the death of a patient by Emma Jackson.

June 10, 2019 Louise Winter

Emma is a third year student nurse on placement in a hospice.

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Five Things I've learnt since my Pa died in 2017 from a rare brain disease, by Gemma Parkes.

June 10, 2019 Louise Winter

Gemma’s father died from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a rare neurodegenerative brain disease, in 2017.

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Five things I learnt after being diagnosed with cancer three weeks after my mum died from the same disease, by Emma-Louise McAuley.

June 10, 2019 Louise Winter

Emma-Louise was only 24 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer only three weeks after her mum died from the same disease.

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Five Things I've learnt from being a mummy to a baby with complex medical needs by Hayley from Just Another Way to Feed.

June 10, 2019 Louise Winter
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Hayley’s youngest child has a rare genetic syndrome which has caused him to aspirate on liquids (the feed going straight to his lungs). She writes about her experiences as a form of therapy.

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Five Things I've learned from living with death anxiety by Caroline Dent.

June 10, 2019 Louise Winter

Caroline suffered from Thanataphobia from early childhood, which led her on a journey of deep enquiry into the nature of death. She tries to encourage others by sharing her own journey of recovery, and is aiming to start a Death cafe exclusively for those suffering from Thanataphobia.

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Five Things I've learnt about retirement and cancer by Denyse Whelan.

June 10, 2019 Louise Winter

Denyse retired in 2010 and was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2017.

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