Death on the Daily

Connect with your baby through this gentle guided meditation for any type of baby loss, miscarriage, and infant loss. Carrying the loss of a baby can feel isolating - especially when the world moves on, leaving you wondering where your baby fits into your life now. Your baby matters, your grief is valid, and the love between you is unbroken. In this session, you are guided through a soothing visua...

When you experience pregnancy or infant loss, society often expects you to move on—but your identity as a parent doesn't end just because your baby isn't in your arms. In this episode of Death on the Daily , we throw out the idea of "getting over it" and explore how continuing bonds after baby loss can help you nurture a lifelong connection with your baby. Join me (grief coach an...

A gentle guided meditation and self-compassion body scan for anticipatory grief and caregiver burnout.  This gentle self-compassion body scan offers kindness and gratitude to every part of you that has been holding so much in your grief. This somatic practice offers a safe place to rest and give kindness back to your tired heart. Anticipatory grief is the grief we feel before a death - grief for a...

Are you caring for someone whose mind or body is slowly slipping away - or supporting a loved one as they navigate a terminal diagnosis?  What you are experiencing has a name: Anticipatory Grief, and we are going to be unpacking this today.  In today’s episode of Death on the Daily, certified grief coach Tanya Wilkinson pulls back the curtain on the silent tragedy of grieving before the end. We ex...

What does grief actually make of us when we stop trying to "be strong" and start meeting our pain with a courage that allows for the messy and vulnerable parts?  Three years after the devastating death of my daughter, Ngākau Raiona (lioness heart) due to a severe birth defect that was diagnosed at her 20 week scan, I’m sitting down to honour what would be her 3rd birthday by sharing the...

If today feels heavy, overwhelming, or filled with grief, give yourself permission to step into the slow lane. This guided walking meditation is a gentle, moving practice designed to help you reconnect with the world through all five senses.  Whether you are navigating grief & loss, challenging life transitions, or simply a stressful and exhausting day, this session invites you to drop your sh...

Do you ever feel like your busy life leaves no space for your grief? If so, you are not alone - even as a grief coach myself, I do! When we lead full lives, it’s easy for our grief to get crowded out, or for us to be in unconscious avoidance, where we pack our to-do lists and avoid sitting with and feeling our grief.  But honouring and making space for loss and grief doesn't always require ela...

Have you ever felt completely confused by your grief? Or are you supporting someone who's grieving and don't know where to start? This is my Grief 101 - everything I wish I'd been taught about grief long before grief became part of my life. I'm Tanya Wilkinson, AC, IPHM and ACCPH certified Grief and Life transitions coach and bereaved mother to my daughter Ngākau Raiona (lioness he...

She has no memories of her mother's voice, her laugh, or ever being held by her. Miranda Malone - clinical therapist, hypnotherapist, "dead mom girly," and founder of the Dead Mom Club - lost her mum Rosalie when she was just five months old. In this episode of Death on the Daily, Miranda and I go deep into what it means to grieve a parent you never consciously knew: how preverbal lo...

When grief makes life feel unsteady, sometimes what we need isn't to "fix" the feeling - it's to find something solid to stand on.  This guided meditation invites you to visualise yourself as a tree: roots growing deep and stable into the earth, a steady trunk at your core, and branches that can move with life's winds without losing their connection to what holds them. Grief...

Does Father's Day fill you with grief and dread? You're not alone, for many grievers this day is so hard. This episode is your Father's Day grief survival guide. Whether your dad, stepdad, or any other father figure in your life has died, whether your relationship with your dad is complicated or estranged, whether you've lost a child or been through any stage of baby loss, or wheth...

What happens when grief arrives outside the natural order of life? In this deeply personal crossover episode, me and Death on the Daily meets Luke Alfano’s Too Young to Grieve to explore one of grief's most isolating dimensions - when someone dies decades too soon. Luke lost his dad at 21, I lost my daughter Ngākau Raiona at 21 weeks of pregnancy. Two completely different losses, but so many of th...

What if aging isn't something to resist — but one of the most sacred initiations of being human? In this deeply moving conversation, I (Tanya Wilkinson) am joined by author, elder in training, life transitions coach, mentor and facilitator, Donna Lancaster, to explore what it truly means to become an elder, and why our culture's obsession with anti-aging is costing us. Donna shares how eld...

What if the feelings you've been working hardest to avoid in grief — anger, shame, fear — aren't the villains you think they are? In this deeply nourishing conversation, I'm joined by Dr Chloe Paidoussis Mitchell: Chartered Counselling Psychologist, author, and someone who has navigated profound personal loss herself. Chloe brings a message that I believe every griever needs to hear — that our mos...

There are things in life we tell ourselves we simply wouldn't survive. For me (Tanya Wilkinson), that deepest fear was my child dying before me. Today I share the story of my daughter, Ngākau Raiona , whose name means lioness heart in her and her Daddy’s Māori language, who was stillborn at 21 weeks following TFMR after a devastating diagnosis at the 20-week anatomy scan. I shares the moment t...

What does it mean to leave a legacy for a life that was so tragically short? In this deeply moving episode of Death on the Daily I chat with Manon Dave — BBC's Head of Future World Design, Creative Director, Musician, and bereaved father — to explore how grief can become a doorway to purpose, impact, and enduring love. Manon and his wife Trusha lost their beautiful daughter, Maya Saanvi Dave. In t...

This guided body scan meditation for grief gently moves through your whole body with awareness, relaxation and deep gratitude — honouring the body that carries you through loss and through life.  Perfect for anyone navigating bereavement, life transitions, or the emotional weight of grief. Suitable for all levels — lie down or sit, take what feels right.  In this somatic grief meditation you'l...

What happens when grief finds you young — before you even have words for it? Jamie Gamache lost his dad to a sudden heart attack at just two years old. Then at 18, his stepdad Keith died in a sudden accident. Jamie joins me (Tanya Wilkinson) today, to share how childhood grief quietly shaped his identity, his creativity, and his drive — and why he believes there are two types of pain: “ pain that...

Grief is universal. Every single one of us will experience it. And yet, when grief arrives, many of us find ourselves navigating it in a world that suddenly falls silent. In this episode of Death on the Daily , I am joined by Sally Douglas , co-host of the podcast Good Mourning and co-author of Good Mourning: Honest Conversations About Grief and Loss . Together we explore the reality of living wit...

If you’re navigating grief, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm, this guided safe place meditation is designed to help you reconnect with a sense of calm and safety in your body. Grief can place a huge demand on our nervous system. In this meditation, you’ll be gently guided to visualise a safe, calming place - real or imagined - where your body can soften, settle, and feel supported. Through groundin...

In this episode of Death on the Daily , I’m exploring why death and grief remain taboo in our society - and how avoiding these conversations costs us as humans.  Drawing from my personal journey through the grief of losing her Grandad and daughter, I share how we all have an innate capacity to hold and navigate death and grief. We discuss: Why talking about death and grief feels awkward and heavy....

In this powerful episode I chat with Amber Jeffrey, founder of The Grief Gang, to talk about grief, mental health, and why feeling your grief is a radical act in a world that tells you to move on. Amber shares her experience of losing her mum at 19 and later her dear friend Poppy - plus the frustration that led her to build a grief community that feels human, creative, and alive. This conversation...

I’m joined by the incredible Lisa Marshall (The Widow Diaries) to talk about her profound journey of grief as a widow following the suicide of her husband, Alan. Lisa discusses the complexities of navigating life as a solo mother of three, the coexistence of grief and joy, and the societal stigma surrounding suicide.  Emphasising the importance of support, understanding, and the need for open conv...

So much grief content tells us that grief is just “love with nowhere to go”. But what happens when the relationship wasn’t loving - or wasn’t only loving? In this episode of Death on the Daily , I explore the often unspoken experience of grieving someone who you had a complicated, painful, distant or unfinished relationship with.  When grief our holds anger, relief, guilt, numbness, apathy or conf...

In this episode I (Tanya Wilkinson) share the powerful but gentle practice of recognising and celebrating tiny wins as we are navigating our grief. Discussing how grief can feel isolating and exhausting, and encouraging you to honour your small achievements as a way to navigate through the weeds of grief.  By focusing on these tiny wins, you can cultivate self-compassion and recognition of how you...