For those of you who listened to last week's episode with Justin Caffrey, this is your opportunity to now listen to Beatrice Caffrey's perspective on the life and death of their beloved baby son Joshua. Having endured three miscarriages, Beatrice and Justin were delighted that this pregnancy was going well. When Beatrice was 25 weeks pregnant, they took a much-needed holiday to the south of Spain, when Beatrice was woken by her waters breaking, 15 weeks early. Several days later in hospital, Joshua was born and immediately needed the care of the neonatal unit where he was not expected to live through the night. But Joshua was a little fighter and lived for almost a year, most of that spent in the intensive care unit. Beatrice takes us through that really difficult twelve months where their whole life was put on pause and Joshua's intense care regime was central to their lives. She takes us through the tasks of caring for a very ill baby, the days leading up to Joshua's death and how she took to the Wicklow hills to walk with her grief.
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Ep. 50 Niamh Fitzpatrick on 'Tell Me The Truth about Loss'
Ep. 49 Dr Mags Crean on bereavement overload, delayed grief and the economics of death
Ep. 48 Dr Mekel Harris on the death of her mother & the collective grief following George Floyd's death
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
Ep 46 Grief Therapists & End-of-life doulas Katrina Taee & Wendelien McNicoll speak to Liz about 'Surviving the Tsunami of Grief'
Ep. 45 Ger Murphy, Psychotherapist & Poet, with Liz on Grief and Meaning Making during physical isolation
Ep. 44 Liz speaks about managing our grief and anxiety during Covid 19
Ep. 43 Nicola Crean on the Grief of Separation & when you're bereaved by suicide
Ep. 42 Jimmy Edmonds, Bereaved Dad & Filmmaker on how creativity helps him through grief
Ep. 41 Kathleen Keyes, when three of your children die; the full story behind the viral Irish Times Letter
Ep. 40 Kate Gunn, Author, on the grief of separation/divorce
Ep. 39 Live Screening of 'A Love that Never Dies' with Directors Q & A (documentary features parental bereavement)
Ep. 38 Dr. Chris Germer on how Mindful Self-Compassion can help at times of Grief
Ep. 37 Julia Samuel, Grief Therapist, Speaker & Author, on the Paradox of Grief
Ep. 36 Sheila Boland Part 1, When your Child Dies - Mindfulness & Spirituality as a Resource
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Ep. 34 Shapes Of Grief meets Grief Encounters - Venetia & Liz Share thoughts on Grief and Loss
Ep. 33 Helen Culhane on Supporting Children at Times of Grief
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