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Dilys Morgan

@dilysmorgan.bsky.social

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Creator of LivingwithDying podcast. Aiming to enable conversations around death and allowing the bereaved time and space to talk: open.spotify.com/show/21SL88rN5b8Pr…

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 6h

'Since 2019 the NHS has spent an estimated £2.7 billion on maternity negligence claims and over the same period the total maternity care budget was £18 billion - which makes me wonder why we're not spending more on maternity care.' Russell Jackson #babyloss open.spotify.com/episode/46sc...

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Episode 93: Russell Jackson

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'On 22nd April 2022 my daughter Florence came into this world stillborn. Nothing could have prepared me for that. We'd had a check up 10 days before. We were under the impression Florence was perfectly healthy.' Russell Jackson - author of There Are No Words open.spotify.com/episode/46sc...

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Episode 93: Russell Jackson

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'A lot of people who are really good at exams and maths and science get drawn to medicine. I always thought that medicine is more than engineering...it's really art and science combined.' Professor Richard Coker author of Timor Mortis open.spotify.com/episode/2uFf...

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Episode 92: Richard Coker

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

'Death might be quite an interesting experience because there's some evidence that instead of lights going off at the end, they might come on in the last seconds and you get this amazing insight. That'd be quite nice.' Professor Richard Coker author of Timor Mortis open.spotify.com/episode/2uFf...

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Episode 92: Richard Coker

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Author of #TimorMortis Richard Coker: I think a little anxiety about death is a good thing. It heightens our awareness of it and makes us think about why we should get up in the morning - that life is worth doing something. #death #dying #assisteddying open.spotify.com/episode/2uFf...

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Episode 92: Richard Coker

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Katie Cleminson on meeting her stillborn daughter Wren for the first time: It was very strange because the minute you see your child for the first time, is one of the most amazing experiences you can have in life and it wasn't any different. #stillbirth #babyloss open.spotify.com/episode/27ED...

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Episode 91: Katie Cleminson

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Author and illustrator Katie Cleminson on learning the baby she was about to deliver had no heartbeat. 'It's a quite shattering experience. The floor disappeared. The sky fell in.' #stillbirth #stillborn #babyloss open.spotify.com/episode/27ED...

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Episode 91: Katie Cleminson

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Steve Sansom of Age UK Dementia Awareness explains what carers and sufferers alike get from group sessions 'The chance to meet new people, to combat loneliness, having a purpose to come out, and a chance for socialisation.' open.spotify.com/episode/6B0d...

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Episode 90: Steve Sansom

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

'Pet loss is disenfranchised grief. It's just not spoken about enough, because people think it's just a pet and it can be replaced.' Kate Nudds on how difficult it can be for bereaved pet owners to get help - and sympathy: #petloss open.spotify.com/episode/217n...

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Episode 89: Kate Nudds

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

'Grief can present in many different ways. It can be a relationship breakdown, it can be the loss of a pet. It can be that you're struggling to have children. And workplaces need more and more to support people through those moments.' Lucy Carpenter #HospiceUK open.spotify.com/episode/2T6j...

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Episode 88: Lucy Carptenter

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

'In the hospice they build a cocoon around you, in order for you to feel comfortable and sort of be in the present and living and breathing what's happening in the moment.' Jess Seymour on her hospice experience with husband Matt. #ThamesHospice open.spotify.com/episode/39tV...

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Episode 87: Jess Seymour

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

On hearing he needed yet another round of chemotherapy, Louisa Nicoll's husband John said 'I'm only doing it for you and the children'. And this led on to a discussion about how best to spend the last 6 months of a life. #TimeToxicity #Bran #Palliativecare open.spotify.com/episode/0DVS...

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Episode 86: Loiusa Nicoll

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Louisa Nicoll was working as a Palliative Care nurse when her husband John was diagnosed with #osteosarcoma. 'At that point my professional and personal life really did collide.' open.spotify.com/episode/0DVS...

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Episode 86: Loiusa Nicoll

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

'I felt there's so many people that die every single day but I can't find the people I want to talk to, people who know and get what I'm navigating.' Jacqueline Gunn, founder of Workplace Bereavement Advocacy and Talking about Loss: open.spotify.com/episode/6g56...

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Episode 85: Jacqueline Gunn

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

'Dad died in 2018, and I felt I needed to channel my energy and focus. When I look back, I was suppressing my grief, pushing it back down. People said it'll come back and bite you, and it did - about 3 years later.' Jacqueline Gunn, founder of Workplace Bereavement: open.spotify.com/episode/6g56...

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Episode 85: Jacqueline Gunn

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

'He left cards for their first birthdays after he wasn't here, and for their 13th. Then letters for their 18th, 21st and when they get married.' Emma Gray on her husband's legacy to their children after his death from oesophegal cancer: open.spotify.com/episode/7uCt...

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Episode 84: Emma Gray

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

'Very few people are in the same financial position after bereavement of a life partner. They re either much worse off, or much better off. And both have their challenges.' Emma Gray - solicitor turned grief counsellor: open.spotify.com/episode/7uCt...

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

'This is a living memorial tree. The family choose a native tree, and a sapling is planted on the day of interment of ashes or burial. And then they get to watch the tree grow.' Danni Cole of Greenacres Chiltern Living Memorial Park: open.spotify.com/episode/4kMk...

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

'We are a woodland but we've created an orchard and people come and say "Mum or Nan loved to make jam and cakes". So they take some apples and return saying "I've made a crumble or an apple pie." - so a connection to the person they've lost.' open.spotify.com/episode/4kMk...

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Episode 83: Danni Cole

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

'When we got to the hospice, it was warm and sunny and beautiful. And all of a sudden, it's the beginning of the end of your story.' Jenni McDonagh marks @HospiceUK's #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek open.spotify.com/episode/1jYE...

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Episode 82: Jenni McDonagh

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"And all of a sudden, you feel safe. I knew Nick would be safe. This place is wonderful - staffed by angels." Jenni McDonagh on her husband's admission to hospice care. #ThamesHospice #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek open.spotify.com/episode/1jYE...

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

"I would withdraw all palliative care from the NHS and put it into Hospice care, leaving the NHS to do acute care, operations etc. It would be cheaper in the long run." Jenni McDonagh whose husband experienced both. open.spotify.com/episode/1jYE...

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Episode 82: Jenni McDonagh

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"Should my Mum be taking 11 different medicines? How do I stop my Dad from driving? How do I know if I've got Dementia?" @lucypgeridoc.bskyb.social on ageing well: open.spotify.com/episode/6xhA...

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Episode 81: Dr Lucy Pollock

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"What most of us want is to be alive and well, alive and well then dead. And most of us manage that." Geriatrician Dr Lucy Potter @lucypgeridic.bsy.social #ageingwell open.spotify.com/episode/6xhA...

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Episode 81: Dr Lucy Pollock

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

'We now know that one in seven emergency admissions to hospital of older people over 65, is due to a problem with their medicines. That is completely insane.' Geriatrician Dr Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social #ageing #ageingwell

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

'Grief, as an emotion is confusing, as people do it differently. Some people will want to talk, some won't. But as a friend, we need to adapt to what others need.' John Adams funeral director: open.spotify.com/episode/35y4...

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Episode 80: John Adams

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Funeral Director John Adams is largely responsible for getting Grief Education into schools. Here's why: 'When my Mum died, I just didn't want to be in school. No one said anything. It was the elephant in the room.' open.spotify.com/episode/35y4...

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Episode 80: John Adams

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Hazel Cooper on how she told her family of her terminal diagnosis: I wanted to be upfront with them, to make them realise that it's natural, that it happens to everyone and that it's part of living. #grief #loss #death #dying open.spotify.com/episode/0gzU...

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

"We felt passionately that nobody should have to wait for help. And that when they asked for help - at whatever point in their journey - we want to be there." Maria Bailey of setting up GriefSpecialists.org #grief #loss #bereavement open.spotify.com/episode/69xE...

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

"We were 'lucky' to find out that George died if pneumonia. Some families never find out how their child died." Rhian Mannings of @2wishcharity on the death of her son George: #babyloss #bereavement #childbereavement #suicide open.spotify.com/episode/69xE...

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Episode 76: Rhian Mannings

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

When Prince William popped in for a cup of tea, Rhian Mannings didn't expect to be all over the news next day. But as they chatted about their shared losses, and her charity #2Wish, he shed a tear. And that hid the headlines: #grief #loss #bereavement open.spotify.com/episode/69xE...

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Episode 76: Rhian Mannings

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

'As a society, we have two options. We can stay silent and make hospice and end-of-life care something to be scared of. Or we embrace it and say to our children this is part of life.' Joseph Cavalli-Price on his charity Music in Hospices: open.spotify.com/episode/1JaD...

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Episode 75: Joseph Cavalli-Price

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"Bridget was diagnosed with a brain tumour and had been in a coma for 2 weeks. I began playing and within the first verse, she woke and began singing every word. And she didn't slip back. She sat up and laughed and expressed love for her daughter." open.spotify.com/episode/1JaD...

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Episode 75: Joseph Cavalli-Price

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Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

When Joe Cavalli-Price's mother lay dying in a hospice, he found a piano in a dusty corner, wheeled it to her and played. This inspired him to found Music in Hospices to bring the joy of music to patients and relatives alike: open.spotify.com/episode/1JaD...

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Episode 75: Jo Cavalli-Price

Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

"After 3 months, peoples' lives have changed, they've moved on, but your entire world has changed." Dr Bill Webster on #grief #loss #mourning open.spotify.com/episode/66cV...

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Episode 67: Dr Bill Webster

Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I asked Suzanne Elvidge of @widowshandbook what to say to the recently bereaved. "It sucks. This is horrible." I try not to say "I know how you feel" because I don't. open.spotify.com/episode/2BDS...

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Episode 66: Suzanne Elvidge

Dilys Morgan @dilysmorgan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The sudden loss of intimacy is a consequence of the death of a partner that is rarely spoken about. Suzanne Elvidge doesn't duck the subject here: open.spotify.com/episode/2BDS... #deathtalk

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Episode 66: Suzanne Elvidge