Good Mourning

Today we are talking with the ever-inspiring Kelly Terranova, about life with her mum Jenny, who has Huntington's Disease. 💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: patreon.com/goodmourning 💛 Help us keep supporting grievers everywhere. Sign up to our newsletter here for even more grief support. Join our monthly grief support membership here .  Thanks for bei...

Welcome back to Grief Tip Tuesday – our weekly episodes full of tips and experiences by you all, for you all. Today's topic is grief and jealousy. Jealousy can show up in a lot of ways when you are going through a loss.  💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: patreon.com/goodmourning 💛 Help us keep supporting grievers everywhere. Sign up to our newsletter...

Welcome to our new weekly segment, Grief Tip Tuesday! This is a shorter episode format and it’s by you all, for you all.  💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: patreon.com/goodmourning 💛 Help us keep supporting grievers everywhere. Sign up to our newsletter here for even more grief support. Join our monthly grief support membership here .  Thanks for...

We’re celebrating one year since we launched the Good Mourning podcast...and what a year it’s been! We thought we’d record a special anniversary episode where we interview each other about our grief and share a little bit about ourselves. We get a lot of messages from our community asking about our backgrounds and where we’re from, so we thought we’d spill the tea on our personal journeys. 💛 If G...

Welcome to our new weekly segment, Grief Tip Tuesday! This is a shorter episode format and it’s by you all, for you all. Each week we’ll be sharing tips around a specific grief-related topic to provide support from others in our community who are going through a similar experience. 💛 Want more? We’ve got you. If the podcast has helped you, this is how you can help us keep it going 💛 Shop our gri...

This bonus episode is for you guys – all of you who are remembering a father, father figure, grandfather, husband or child this Father’s Day. We put a shout on our socials to share your tips on how you cope, how you’ll be honouring them and your favourite memories and messages for them. There were so many beautiful responses so thank you to you all.  💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consid...

We are joined by TV presenter and actress, Lauren Brant Hall, who shares how her sister-in-law, Sandy’s cancer diagnosis and recent passing have reshaped her life’s purpose. We talk about what it looks like when you're supporting a family member facing the end of their life. Lauren tells us how she made it her mission to give Sandy the best mental and spiritual support in her last month of li...

⁠Guys, we are back with Season 3! To kick things off, here is our conversation with Leslie Kean, investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife , which also inspired the hit Netflix documentary, Surviving Death . 💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: patreon.com/goodmourning...

If you are grieving in lockdown, this bonus episode is for you. We catch up on how long we’ve been in house arrest, how it’s impacting our grief, what we’ve been up to and what’s been getting us through. We also share some wonderful tips and words of encouragement from our community to get you through this difficult time. 💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: p...

This week we are joined by Rebecca Jax to talk about sibling loss, and the importance of releasing trauma that is trapped in your body.  Rebecca shares her story of losing her younger brother, Jack to suicide, and how this experience was a huge catalyst for her healing journey. We talk about how to navigate sibling loss and why it can sometimes be a lesser acknowledged form of grief.  Sh...

We are joined by New York Times bestselling author and founder of the Motherless Daughters movement, Hope Edelman, to discuss her latest book, The AfterGrief : Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss and why grief isn't something to get over, get past, or move beyond. 💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: patreon.com/goodmourning 💛 Help us keep supporting...

In this episode, we talk about a big component of grief that isn’t often talked about, and this is guilt. Join us as we deep dive into our own personal experiences with grief and guilt and how it has manifested for us.  💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: patreon.com/goodmourning 💛 Help us keep supporting grievers everywhere. Sign up to our newsletter h...

The day is here! We are pumped to bring you our conversation with one of Australia’s most highly rated psychic clairvoyant and spiritual mediums, David The Medium. As a psychic medium, he has the ability to connect with spirits in the afterlife, and is able to receive messages and provide incredible comfort for people grieving the loss of a loved one. 💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider b...

In this episode, photographer Stepha Doyle bravely shares her story about what it was like to grow up with a parent with a mental illness. Stepha’s mum, Coleen, was diagnosed with bipolar when Stepha was in her teens. After being hospitalised several times, she tragically took her own life, when Stepha was only 17 years old. We discuss how she navigated a difficult dynamic, often feeling like a pa...

All panic, no disco? Us too. Join us for this honest, no-holds-barred conversation where we deep dive into a big topic that can be common if you’re grieving: ANXIETY. In our latest Up Close and Griefy, we go all out on grief and anxiety, sharing our own personal experiences on how it has affected us both since our mums died. We share how it impacts us including health anxieties, that ever present...

We sit down with actor, singer and all round legend, Alicia Gardiner, who shares her story of watching her mum, Pam, decline from early onset Alzhiemer’s disease and the anticipatory grief that comes with “the long goodbye”. 💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: patreon.com/goodmourning 💛 Help us keep supporting grievers everywhere. Sign up to our newsletter h...

In this episode, we interview Rebecca Soffer, the Co-Founder and CEO of Modern Loss and Co-Author of Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief.  When Rebecca was 30 years old, her mum Shelby, died in a tragic car accident one hour after dropping Rebecca home from a family camping trip. Four years later, her dad died from a sudden heart attack while on a cruise to the Bahamas, leaving Rebec...

In this episode, we go all out on a topic that isn’t discussed enough – grief and relationships. We delve into how our relationships, friendships and familial relationships have shifted since our mums died – the good, the bad...and the downright unbelievable! 💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: patreon.com/goodmourning 💛 Help us keep supporting grievers ever...

In this eye-opening episode, we interview Annie Horton, who is the sister-in-law of Broadway star and Tony Award-nominated actor, Nick Cordero. Nick died after an almost 100-day battle with Covid-19. He was only 41 years old. 💛 Want more? We’ve got you. If the podcast has helped you, this is how you can help us keep it going 💛 Shop our grief and loss affirmation cards and mugs here . Grab a copy...

Jo Betz went to bed one night with a husband, and started the next day as a widow and single mother. Her husband Craig had a fatal and unexpected asthma attack in the middle of the night, leaving Jo to navigate his shocking sudden death and explain what had happened to their 4 year old daughter. 💛 If Good Mourning has helped you, consider becoming a Patreon supporter: patreon.com/goodmourning 💛...

We are super excited to bring you a new little podcast format today...just the two of us having a good old griefy chat and a laugh. Once a month we'll be bringing you an up close chat where we deep drive into different elements of grief. In this episode we chat about grief and milestones, and our experience navigating the big days, how we cope and things you might like to do if you’ve got a milest...

In our first episode of 2021, we bring you an enlightening conversation with Jo Zammit, of Story & Co. Jo shares her story about what it was like to lose her mum suddenly to a heart attack, on the exact same day she found out she was pregnant with her first born. Now a mother to three children, Jo sheds light on how she connects with her mum spiritually, and keeps her mum’s memory alive f...

In our last episode of 2020 we talk to someone very special: Elle Quintal...aka Imogen’s bestie! Not only has Elle been a huge part of Imogen’s life and an amazing support especially during her grieving, but she also has an incredible story. So it felt only right that we get her on to share it with you all. Elle has known grief most of her life. She has been faced with adversity since a young age...

In this episode, we chat to Leigh Van Der Horst, author of the book Without My Mum . In this candid interview, Leigh shares her story of coping with her mum Joanne’s long battle with cancer, and the ups and downs she faced. She tells us how she dealt with losing her mum at the age of 32 and how her grief led to her rediscovering and redefining her own identity. 💛 If Good Mourning has helped you,...

In this episode we talk to Stu Henshall, friend of the podcast and all round funny guy, about his experience of losing his mum Pauline, to cervical cancer when he was nine years old. Stu talks about what it was like to navigate his grief as a young child and during the 26 years since, and how he coped with his sexuality and coming out, without his mum there for support. 💛 If Good Mourning has hel...