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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Coming soon: Good Grief Spring Festival 17-19 April 2026! 🌱A weekend of free online conversations about grief, resilience & hope. Speakers include: Julia Samuel MBE, David Kessler, Joseph Coelho OBE, Dr Lucy Hone, Prof. Mary-Frances O'Connor & Dr Frank Anderson 👉More info at: tinyurl.com/5n6nsmwe

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Spring Festival 2026 - Good Grief

Join Julia Samuel MBE, David Kessler, Joseph Coelho and more for free online events exploring grief, resilience and hope.

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Sophie Pierce @smpierce.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Dawn at Sharpham Meadow where my son Felix rests. My memoir #TheGreenHill is out in paperback in April with @wiltonsquare.bsky.social - I’m doing some events with @foldedorset.bsky.social @goodgrieffest.bsky.social and others next month - talking love, landscape and loss - more info in bio

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to Prof @lucyselman.bsky.social who will be delivering her Inaugural Lecture @bristoluni.bsky.social, on 24 March 2026, 5-7pm. Title: 'Vulnerability as Strength: A journey in palliative care and bereavement research'. All welcome! 🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/6kfyjfwv @sapc.ac.uk

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

What a special day at the London launch of @griefcentrebris.bsky.social! 🌟Thanks so much to all our guests, speakers & supporters. We feel so inspired by all the wonderful conversations – & excited to keep working together to build more compassionate grief-informed communities

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢 New course alert! Designed with GPs, 'Grief & Bereavement in Primary Care' features world-leading experts, practical tips & evidence-based resources. Learn how to support bereaved patients effectively & compassionately. Early-bird discount ends 6 Jan Sign up today goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...

Visit: https://www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy
@lucyselman.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @griefcentrebris.bsky.social #NGAW2025 #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek #GrowingWithGrief #GP #GeneralPractice #MedEd #PrimaryCare #hpm

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Today is the last day of #ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek! As Lily & Ben explain in this clip, creative activities can be a great way for children to explore their emotions, tell their story & connect to people who have died. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/pZx8dg1sjHY?...

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/experiences-of-grief-in-ethnically-diverse-communities-panel-discussion-and-film-launch/e-xomklb

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This #ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek, we're thinking about the importance of Sharing Stories Strengthening Hope. As @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social & our other panellists explain, stories open conversations about loss, helping bereaved young people express feelings, understand experiences & feel connected

When we are heard, and we feel that as a result we are part of something, things feel better, even if our circumstances remain challenging. Michael Rosen

sharing stories about grief is also teaching about compassion and empathy and kindness. Tracey Boseley

Children's Grief Awareness Week: Sharing Stories Strengthening Hope

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

'Focus on the process!' Our Letters to Forever panel brought together 3 artists who have used creative methods to share grief: Helen Acklam, Natalia Millman & Carrie Etter. In this clip, Natalia explains that it isn't the artwork that matters, but how it feels to make something

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Around 280,000 UK students are bereaved each year, so how can we support them & reduce their sense of isolation? Join us for a free online panel w/ 3 bereaved young people: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/loss-and-learning-navigating-grief-at-university/e-ogxlev

I didn't want to be the girl whose brother had died. I just wanted to be normal. Anna May

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Artists YARA + DAVINA create fascinating work exploring grief, commemoration & more. They'll be at @curzonclevedon on Sunday 23rd November for an in-person talk and pub quiz. Find out more at: www.curzon.org.uk/film/yara-davina-live

YARA + DAVINA and event info. Available here: www.curzon.org.uk/film/yara-davina-live

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We're delighted to partner on the Bristol premiere of Contact Hours, a short film about student suicide. The free screening & Q&A aims to open conversations about youth mental health www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/winston-theatre/wed-19-nov-film-screening-and-q-a-contact-hours-139087#e139087

Contact Hours poster with event information available here https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/winston-theatre/wed-19-nov-film-screening-and-q-a-contact-hours-139087#e139087

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

We're still thinking about It Feels Like This, a special exhibition in Bristol last Sat. Thanks to @bristoluni.bsky.social & Let's Talk About Loss for collaborating, to the artists for featuring & to our intern, Isis Blake, for curating. More: www.bristol247.com/culture/art/turning-grief-into-art

https://www.bristol247.com/culture/art/turning-grief-into-art/

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

When her mum died, student Melanie Wolff felt hit by a ‘hurricane’ of emotions. This panel on 13 Nov will explore challenges of grief at uni & how to improve support, feat 3 people bereaved as students www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/loss-and-learning-navigating-grief-at-university/e-ogxlev

Photos of the three panellists and a painting by Jasmine Potter of a young person dressed in blue, with a cat. The text reads: Thurs 13 Nov 12 BST, free online panel and Q&A. Loss and Learning: Navigating Grief at University

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

In this clip, Natalie Le Grange explains the importance of people using her baby Aurora's name. Today's the last day of #BabyLossAwarenessWeek. At 7pm, there'll be a #WaveofLight as people light candles to remember babies who died and show support for families affected by baby loss

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This #BabyLossAwarenessWeek we're reflecting on bereaved parents' insights from our Pregnancy, Baby Loss & Grief panel. @tamarinnorwood.bsky.social, Richard Boyd & Madhuri Bedi @sandscharity.bsky.social shared their love & grief for their babies & the need to change how we talk about baby loss #BLAW

I often think about grief for a baby as a kind of homesickness because it isn’t just the loss of somebody or something, it’s a complete shift of the whole of the ground from underneath you. Tamarin Norwood

The issue we have is the whole language around baby loss is inherently medical and that introduces a distance and an abstractness to a very human experience. Richard Boyd

You feel like A tsunami, hurricane, tornado, everything has come your way. And you still have to stand – even though you keep falling – because that’s what Your society, family, community expect from you. Madhuri Bedi

We are supporting baby loss awareness week

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Why do we turn to creativity during grief? How can it help us connect to others, including people who have died? On 6 Oct, join Natalia Millman, Helen Acklam & @carrieetter.bsky.social to explore what it means to make art from pain & loss & share our story: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Two exhibition photographs: an armchair next to a telephone with images behind and a rock on top of a column. The text reads: Mon 6 Oct 19.00 BST Free Online Event. Letters to Forever: Using Art to Express and Share grief

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Our Julia Samuel's Pillars of Strength course is bursting with insight, warmth & wisdom. Sign up today for 8 on-demand webinars & more! Our 10% early bird discount is only available until 22nd Sept -- use code EARLYBIRD10: www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy #grief #juliasamuelmbe

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

An international research team is inviting people who have been bereaved in the last year to share their perspectives and experiences of death and dying. Please see the flyer for more details.

A flyer for the study. For more information, visit the survey page: https://utampa.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bpx7hiIzvFCtO8C

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

We're thrilled to bring back our #JuliaSamuel's Pillars of Strength course! The Pillars are a roadmap for dealing with all kinds of loss, helping you survive, & even thrive, through life’s highs & lows. Sign up today to access 8 on-demand webinars & more! www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy

Julia Samuel wearing a red dress in a panelled room. The text reads 8 on-demand webinars with Julia and more. The Grief Academy. Julia Samuel's Pillars of Strength. More info at www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

We're super-excited to share this short film, a snapshot of our work to build a more compassionate grief-informed society! Thank you to everyone involved in making it, especially to the brilliant @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social for featuring. Thanks also to our incredible collaborators & GGF community

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Bristol Centre of Grief Research & Engagement @griefcentrebris.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Our next seminar is next Weds! Sign up now to hear @mollyconisbee.bsky.social @cendeathsociety.bsky.social explore how her research into grief through history has influenced her counselling work. We can't wait! www.goodgrieffest.com/events/uob-g... @leseldawson.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social

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Bristol Centre of Grief Research & Engagement @griefcentrebris.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Check out this reel of our launch event in July! Thanks to everyone who joined us, incl our speakers @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social, Judith Squires & Chrissie Thirlwell, & poets Kat Lyons & Malaika Kegode. The Centre launch was kindly funded by the BNSSG ICB. Reel by Isis Blake. youtu.be/g_McAJiGIxE

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Launch of Bristol Centre of Grief Research & Engagement

Here is a glimpse of the launch event for Bristol Centre of Grief Research and Engagement, co-directed by Prof. Lucy Selman and Dr Lesel Dawson. Prof. Mary-Frances O’Connor, Prof. Judith Squires and…

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Bristol Centre of Grief Research & Engagement @griefcentrebris.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

We are delighted to announce our new seminar series showcasing inspiring research & scholarship – locally, nationally & internationally – to connect Bristol to a global conversation about grief & loss. To find out more & join our mailing list, visit griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk

The flyer for the seminar series. Please visit https://griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk/events for more information

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Grief and death affect us all & yet we often struggle to talk about them. The anxieties can be greater for people with learning disabilities & their families, friends & carers. Check out our blog, resource list & webinar here: www.goodgrieffest.com/journal/grie...

A person stands next to a chair on a jetty. The text reads: GRIEF & LEARNING DISABILITIES: BLOG, RESOURCE LIST & WEBINAR

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It was exciting to attend the 'soft launch' of Good Grief Hastings & meet some of the brilliant people who are working to make it happen as part of the @coastalcch.bsky.social project. We can't wait for 2026! @stmhospice.bsky.social @eastsussexcc.bsky.social @uniofbrighton.bsky.social

Jo Sharman, Lesel Dawson & Kieran Mac Feely smiling with the sea in the background

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Huge congratulations to @doctoroxford.com whose extraordinary book The Story of a Heart has won the @womensprize.bsky.social for non-fiction 2025. Read more here: womensprize.com/announcing-t...

Photo of Rachel Clarke next to her book cover. The text reads: Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Winner 2025

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

We are sorry to share the news that author & Good Grief Festival contributor Anne Mayer Bird has died. In this blog, Anne's daughter @mayeroflondon.bsky.social shares her eulogy & reflects on how their relationship was impacted by their shared experience of grief. Visit our website to read more

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Good Grief: A Tribute to Anne Mayer Bird by Catherine Mayer - Good Grief

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Here's another sneak peek into our When Grief Is Complicated course which closes to new registrations on Tues (10th)! @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social's Gone-But-Also-Everlasting Theory is a fascinating insight into the neurobiology of love & loss youtu.be/q3f7CKOGNt0?... Want more? Visit our website!

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The 'Gone-But-Also-Everlasting' Theory with Mary-Frances O'Connor

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We learnt so much from Robert Neimeyer & Carolyn Ng in the first session of our When Grief Is Complicated course. Check out this clip: youtu.be/4BtfziXwYkA?... There's less than a week left to register to join the course & access over 7 hours of content: www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy

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Putting Back the Pieces of a Broken World with Robert Neimeyer

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Stephanie Meddick-Dyson (@drstephmeddickd.bsky.social) is inviting people to share their experiences of care in the Intensive Care Unit through focus groups or interviews. Please see the flyer or get in touch with Stephanie for more details

A flyer for Stephanie's study. For more information, visit: https://brave-icu.my.canva.site/#patient-and-family-focus-groups

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We're delighted that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social has highlighted #GoodGriefWeston as ‘a best practice example of cross-sector collaboration and the role of creativity in promoting health and wellbeing in our communities’: www.artscouncil.org.uk/creative-mat... Huge thanks to all involved!

Four images of Good Grief Weston: a group of people on a pier, parents & children making art; actors standing around a coffin; a Good Grief Weston programme. The text reads 'GOOD GRIEF WESTON: ‘A BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLE OF CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION’

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek events -- & special thanks to the brilliant @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social who joined us in Bristol & Weston-super-Mare, our panellists who discussed learning disabilities, & Robert Neimeyer who talked about living beyond loss

Lucy Selman & Kathryn Mannix after their event in Weston-super-Mare @lucyselman.bsky.social

Kathryn Mannix & Andrew Blades during their interview at the University of Bristol

Robert Neimeyer & Hannah Jardine during their online interview

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

#DyingMattersAwarenessWeek may be nearly over but we have one more online event tomorrow (Monday) at 7pm. Join us to hear the ever-insightful Prof. Robert Neimeyer talk about how we can rebuild a meaningful life after it has been shattered by bereavement: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

An image of Robert Neimeyer with text about the event. It reads: 'Living Beyond Loss: Questions and Answers About Bereavement' Monday 12 May 19.00 BST Free Online Event'

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

New on YouTube! We're excited to share We Need to Talk About Death, a 15-min film co-created by biggerhousefilm & adults w/ learning disabilities. We'll discuss it at our free online panel w/ Irene Tuffrey-Wijne & Stephen Clarke #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Some of the people who feature in We Need to Talk About Death

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Our Weston-super-Mare event with @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social is sold out! BUT... you can still grab a ticket for her Bristol Uni interview next Friday lunchtime www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes... #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek @griefcentrebris.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social

Images of Kathryn Mannix and her two books, accompanied by logos for Good Grief Festival, the University of Bristol and Dying Matters and some event details (available on link in post)

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The Good Grief Fest team are delighted to launch the Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement at @bristoluni.bsky.social. Follow us @griefcentrebris.bsky.social & check out our website griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk Thanks to our wonderful supporters -- more exciting projects coming soon!

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Mary-Frances O'Connor @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social is an expert on the myriad ways that grief affects us physically & mentally. We can't wait to hear her insights at our free webinar on Weds (23 April). Sign up (& share any questions you'd like us to ask) here: ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Black text on white background reads 'Grieving wails and screams, not just as outward expressions of emotion, but inside our body as well. Mary-Frances O'Connor'

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

How does grief affect us physically? Join us for a webinar w/ brilliant neuroscientist @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social in conversation w/ @leseldawson.bsky.social. We'll celebrate Mary-Frances's new book & explore how to support our bodies & minds during grief: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Photo of Mary-Frances. The text reads: What Happens in our Bodies When We're Grieving? Wed 23 April 18.00 BST, Free Online Event

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

We Need to Talk About Death! That's why we've organised an online #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek screening of @biggerhousefilms beautiful short film & a panel exploring ways to open up conversations w/ adults w/ learning disabilities, featuring @TuffreyWijne: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

A person standing by a chair on a jetty surrounded by greenery. The text reads: Wed 7 May 12 BST; free online event; Grief and Learning Disabilities: We Need to Talk About Death

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

How do we rebuild a meaningful life after it has been shattered by grief? In this webinar on 12 May, world-renowned grief expert Robert Neimeyer will explore living beyond loss, offering insights for bereaved people & those who work with them: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Good Grief Festival is now on LinkedIn! We'd love to connect with you there. Find us @GoodGriefFest!💙 Illustration by Kate Sutton

An illustration of a laptop showing a Good Grief Festival panel

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

On 9 May, @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social will join Andrew Blades for a lunchtime chat @bristoluni.bsky.social. Sharing insights from a palliative care career, she'll explore the power of learning what matters most & how to truly listen #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

A flyer for the event: it has a picture of Kathryn Mannix and her two books, Listen and With the End in Mind. It also has the event information: Friday 9 May, 12 noon, University of Bristol. A Good Grief Festival event for Dying Matters Awareness Week, followed by a book signing. This is followed by the url for the Good Grief Festival events page: www.goodgrieffest.com/events

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Death is as natural as childbirth; yet, we often do anything we can to avoid talking about it. For #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek in May, we're excited to welcome the incredible @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social to #WestonSuperMare for a very special interview w/ @lucyselman.bsky.social

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

For this year's #DayofReflection, we're launching a new Grief 101 playlist on the Grief Channel. Watch it here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Today is an opportunity to honour those who died since the pandemic began. You can join an event or mark the day however feels meaningful to you.

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

On Sunday 9 March, the UK will come together for the national #DayofReflection for the Covid-19 pandemic, remembering people who died & honouring the work & kindness of frontline workers & others. Find out more about the event & ways to get involved here: dayofreflection.campaign.gov.uk

Stones painted with messages to people who died during the pandemic. The text reads: Covid-19 Day of Reflection 9 March 2025

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Huge thanks to @garyscribbler.bsky.social for a BRILLIANT workshop as part of our When Grief is Complicated course! 🩵🤩✏️ goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Congratulations to @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social on the UK publication of The Grieving Body! Her new book unites ground-breaking science & personal stories to explore the physical impact of #grief & ways to live with loss. Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/3665275h

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