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Five Things I've learned from being a pregnant widow, by Katie Stifter.

September 15, 2019 Louise Winter

Katie’s husband died in a tragic accident whilst she was pregnant.


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Five Things I've learnt as a parent to special needs children, by Michelle Martin.

September 15, 2019 Louise Winter

Michelle Martin who is a mother to twins with severe brain damage and other medical issues.


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Five Things I learnt about baby loss after my fourth child Miles was stillborn, by Annabel Bower.

September 5, 2019 Louise Winter

Annabel is the proud mother of four children, three who are physically with her and one who lives on in her heart.


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Five Things I didn't expect to feel when my mum died, by Jo Fardoe.

August 29, 2019 Louise Winter

Jo lost her mum to Small Cell Lung Cancer in January 2019, eighteen months from terminal diagnosis.

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Five things I've learnt after losing my husband to an accident, leaving me as a single mum to three little boys, by Mariah Sandoval.

August 29, 2019 Louise Winter

Mariah’s husband, Paul, was unexpectedly killed in a work accident in October 2018. They had been married for 10 years and have three young boys together.

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Five Things I've learned as a Palliative Care Support Worker in the NHS, by Claire Alison Hams.

August 28, 2019 Louise Winter

Claire is a Palliative Care Support Worker in the NHS, working alongside a team of Community District Nurses in Surrey. She supports patients and their families both practically and emotionally, as they approach end of life.

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Five Things I've learned since becoming a carer to a parent with a terminal illness, by Emma Terranova.

August 28, 2019 Louise Winter

Emma’s mum has Huntington’s Disease (HD) – a degenerative, neurological condition which has been described as a combination of Alzheimer’s, Motor Neurone, Parkinson’s, and schizophrenia all combined into one cruel disease.

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Five Things I’ve learned since my dad died from sepsis, by Glitter and Grief.

August 28, 2019 Louise Winter

Christie lost her dad to sepsis unexpectedly in 2016. Never having imagined that she would lose her dad when she was 23 and unsure how to deal with her grief, she started to journal and express herself through her journal and blog.


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Five Things I've learnt as a death doula, by Debra Diamond.

August 28, 2019 Louise Winter

Debra is a psychic/medium, author and death doula.


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Five Things I've learned since my Mum died abruptly, by Kimberley Berridge.

August 28, 2019 Louise Winter

Kimberley’s mum, Eve Berridge, died having suffered a perforated duodenal stomach ulcer on 25th July 2019, aged 76 years.


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Five Things I wish the world understood about going through a new pregnancy after a baby dies, by Frankie Brunker.

August 28, 2019 Louise Winter

Frankie’s first daughter Esme died due to unexplained stillbirth at full term in 2013. Her two subsequent pregnancies were incredibly anxious and stressful periods of her life.

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Five Things I've learned about death since my 21 year son died, by Dave Marteau.

August 28, 2019 Louise Winter

Dave and Debbie Marteau's 21-year old son Jack was killed crossing the road in Palermo, Sicily nine years ago. Following this tragedy, Dave spent five years investigating death.

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Five Things I've learned since my husband and sister died just one day apart, by Angela Mencl.

August 26, 2019 Louise Winter

Angela unexpectedly found herself submerged into a life stained with grief after losing her husband and sister one day apart. She became a widow and single mother of four at the young age of 30.

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Five Things I have learned during fifteen years of grieving for my sister, by Becky Garrod.

August 26, 2019 Louise Winter

Becky’s youngest sister Helen drowned in July 2004, when she was sixteen.

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Five Things I’ve learned about supporting people who are grieving when you are grieving yourself, by Esther Ramsay-Jones.

August 26, 2019 Louise Winter

Esther Ramsay-Jones is a psychotherapist working in palliative care, working with people with life-limiting conditions and their family members. Her own mother recently died after living for a short time with brain cancer.

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Five Things I learned after my mother died by suicide, by Penny Wincer.

August 26, 2019 Louise Winter

Penny’s mother died by suicide when Penny was 22. February 2020 will mark 20 years since her death.

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Five Things I've learnt since my dad Bob Hoskins died, by Rosa Hoskins.

July 14, 2019 Louise Winter

Rosa’s Dad, the actor Bob Hoskins, died in April 2014.

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Five Things I’ve learned about baby loss since my son Leo died, by Jess Clasby-Monk.

July 14, 2019 Louise Winter

Jess is passionate about sharing the honest truth of baby loss, stillbirth, miscarriage and pregnancy after loss.

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Five Things I’ve learnt about grieving, by Katy Wix.

July 3, 2019 Louise Winter

In the last three years, Katy has lost her life-long best friend to a drug overdose, her father to Alzheimer's disease and her mother to a brain tumour.

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Five Things I've learned about life and death since my Grandma died, by Mélanie Freymond.

July 3, 2019 Louise Winter

When Melanie was 22 years old, she experienced the death of her beloved Grandma.

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