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Five Things I've learned about life, death and grief in the year since my dad died from cancer, by Rosy Blyther.

May 8, 2020 Louise Winter

Rosy’s dad died from cancer at the age of 60 in May 2019.

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Five Things I've learned since losing my dad and four year old niece to cancer, by Laura Hawkins.

May 5, 2020 Louise Winter

Laura’s dad died from cancer when she was 24. Recently, her four year old niece also died from cancer.

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Five Things I’ve learned since losing my brother unexpectedly when he was only 17, by Europa Cabada.

May 3, 2020 Louise Winter

Europa’s brother died suddenly when he was only 17.

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Five Things that helped me cope with anticipatory grief when my mum was diagnosed with a brain tumour, by Emma Ashru Jones.

May 2, 2020 Louise Winter

Emma experienced anticipatory grief when her mum was diagnosed with a stage 4 brain tumour.

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Five Things I'm learning as a new funeral celebrant while creating online ceremonies in the time of COVID-19, by Jo Napthine.

May 2, 2020 Louise Winter

Jo is a new funeral celebrant in South East London.

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Five Things I've learned taking funerals during the COVID-19 pandemic, by Hannah Jackson-McCamley.

May 1, 2020 Louise Winter

Hannah works as a funeral celebrant in London.

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Five Things I learned when my dad got sick (and then died), by Hannah Jackson-McCamley.

May 1, 2020 Louise Winter

Hannah’s father died at her home on Boxing Day 2007 when she was 24.

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Five Things this humanist celebrant wants you to know about planning a funeral while on COVID-19 lockdown, by Adele Chaplin.

April 20, 2020 Louise Winter

Adele is an experienced Humanist funeral celebrant working in the East of England and throughout the UK.

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Five Things I learned when I became a mother shortly after my own mother died, by Dr Carolina Giacobone.

April 20, 2020 Louise Winter

Carolina’s mum died of stage 4 bowel cancer in Argentina a month after her twin girls were born in Ireland.

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Five Things I've learned about how trauma can connect us, by Stacey Heale.

April 17, 2020 Louise Winter

Stacey’s partner was diagnosed with stage IV bowel cancer in 2016. His treatment has been indefinitely suspended due to COVID-19. 

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Five Things I've learned from being at home when friends, family and colleagues are working on the frontline, by Dr Jo Elverson.

March 26, 2020 Louise Winter

Dr Jo Elverson is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at St Oswald’s Hospice, Newcastle. As her husband works in international disaster relief, she has experienced being the one left at home while he goes on deployment.

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Five Things I've learned about self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic, by Victoria Hopkins.

March 26, 2020 Louise Winter

Victoria Hopkins is a shadow work facilitator, intuitive mentor and aspiring writer.

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Five Things I learned about self-isolation and social distancing when I had cancer, by Alice-May Purkiss.

March 26, 2020 Louise Winter

Alice-May Purkiss was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 when she was 26.

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Five Things I want everyone to know about COVID-19 as a metastatic (incurable) breast cancer patient, by Emma Robertson.

March 22, 2020 Louise Winter

Emma is living with incurable breast cancer. She campaigns with Just Treatment for patients to be given NHS access to the CDK4/6 inhibitor Palbociclib.

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Five Things this emergency doctor wants her colleagues in the NHS to know right now.

March 21, 2020 Louise Winter

This doctor works in emergency medicine in a large NHS teaching hospital in London. She’s taking care of patients with COVID-19, whilst working on strategies to support her colleagues’ health and wellbeing.

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Five Things this respiratory doctor wants you to know about COVID19, by Dr LJ Smith.

March 20, 2020 Louise Winter

Dr Laura Jane Smith is a Respiratory Consultant working in the NHS in London. Her job makes her think a lot – about people, life, death, inequality and how things could be better.

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Five Things I’ve learnt about grief after four miscarriages, by Jennie Agg.

March 8, 2020 Louise Winter

Jennie has experienced four miscarriages.

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Five Things I've learned since my brother died whilst running a half marathon on his 31st birthday, by Julia Lumley.

March 8, 2020 Louise Winter

Julia’s brother collapsed whilst running the Wilmslow half marathon on 3rd April 2016 - his 31st birthday.

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Five Things I’ve learned since my best friend Katie died from brain cancer at the age of 26, by Renee Mowatt.

March 8, 2020 Louise Winter

Renee’s best friend Katie died of brain cancer at the age of 26.

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Five Things I've learned since losing my mum four months ago to her third bout of cancer, by Lauren Noble.

March 8, 2020 Louise Winter

Lauren’s mum died in October 2019.

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