Grief In Common

We’re back to kickstart season 3 of Grief in Common with Olivia and Grace, who both lost their dads to cancer aged 11 and 8. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers turning New Year’s resolutions into a 2025 bingo card, how they’re growing around their grief as they get older, and the importance of being kind to yo...

Amie from the If We Don’t Laugh, We’ll Cry podcast joins Nell, Youth Ambassador, for a special episode. Amie and Nell were both bereaved of a parent in their early twenties while at university. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers grieving at uni and in the workplace, feelings around graduation, and how their re...

How has the media changed peoples’ views of what grief is? Abigail returns to the podcast to chat to Miranda about the effects of film and TV on grief and the way that shapes peoples’ expectations. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers being bereaved as teenagers and navigating school, grieving in private vs publ...

How does jealousy rear its ugly head while grieving? Ghislaine returns to the podcast for her series 2 debut to discuss jealousy and the effects of not having her dad around. Elizabeth shares about her bereavement for the first time and talks about relationships with family, friends, and teachers. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. T...

How does grief impact the transition from teenager to adulthood? Iman returns to talk about how grief affected her university experience and the need to take a step back to cope with her grief and resume her studies. Toby makes a second debut to share about the death of their father at age 14, which led to pursuing university and gaining independence as a young adult. Troy, a SEND advocate and vol...

Are you ever ready for someone to die? Rosie returns to Grief in Common with her mum, Lisa, as they talk about the way Rosie’s dad’s terminal cancer diagnosis and death impacted their lives individually. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers how Lisa and husband John told Rosie and her two younger siblings about...

Is suicide a different type of grief? Maya returns to the podcast with her mum, Faye, to talk about their experiences of her dad taking his own life when she was 5. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers how Winston’s Wish helped Faye tell Maya and her brother, balancing grieving and bringing up twins, and how the...

How does grief change over time? Nell, 22, lost her dad less than a year ago two weeks before graduation, a day she did not feel like celebrating. Alina, 18, is coming up to three years without her dad and shares the good and bad moments of grieving in school. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers life milestones...

How does having a stepparent affect your grief? Toby, 19, talks about the strangeness of seeing their mum with a new man after their dad died 5 years ago. Teigan, 21, shares the highs and lows of watching her dad date after her mum died 11 years ago, before getting married again recently. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. They discu...

Why does grief feel so awkward to talk about sometimes? Rosie’s dad died when she was in her first year of university, and she shares the difficulty of becoming independent and grieving for the first time. Rosie chats to Bereavement Support Worker, Sarah, as they discuss ways to bring up the topic of grief in school, uni, and the workplace, setting your own boundaries, and looking after yourself. ...

How do the waves of grief impact teenagers and young adults? Grace’s dad died when she was eight, she’s now 23 and reflecting on how her life is entwined with her grief. Daisy’s dad died when she was 12, and she’s processing the ups and downs of her grief nearly two years on. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. They discuss ways they...

How does grieving change as decades pass? Maya returns to Grief in Common to talk about the impact of childhood loss, and Teigan shares her experience of losing her mum when she was 11 and how she’s grown up with grief over the last 10 years. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers key milestones, exploring the gui...

Grief in Common is back for season two! This podcast is brought to you by Talk Grief powered by Child Bereavement UK. Listen to young people from different backgrounds have honest conversations about their grief and experiences.  You might hear us laugh, cry, and everything in between.   We hope these conversations give you the confidence to talk about your own grief.  If you’re grieving and over...

Grief in Common is a podcast run by the Child Bereavement UK Youth Team. The topics of conversation aim to provide comfort and make a difference to other young grieving people over the age of 13. We hope to give listeners the confidence to talk about their own grief journey.  It’s rare to be able to listen to other young people being open and honest about their grief and how they’re feeling. We ho...

Is it okay to enjoy Christmas while you are grieving? Both Zoe and Maisie lost family members when they were very young and although they both love Christmas, admit that they can sometimes struggle with their grief at this time of year. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers looking after yourself during the festi...

Can you look forward to the future when you’re grieving? Although they are from different backgrounds and lost their dads at different times in their lives, both Olivia (19) and Iman (22) have found hope among their grief and ways to look to the future. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers how they found strengt...

Is it easier or harder to cope with grief away from home? 14 years after Grace’s dad died, she spent a whole summer abroad, which is the longest she’s ever been away from her mum. Nell went travelling just a few months after her sister died, and they both found that grief affected their travels in several ways. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of co...

What is it like to grieve in your teens? Olivia (19) and Daisy (13) both lost their dads when they were 12. While Olivia took some time off school to process her grief and returned with a reduced timetable, Daisy threw herself straight back in, finding school a distraction. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers t...

Do relationships change after someone dies? Maya (23) and Angharad (19) have both lost their dads, though in very different circumstances, and they experienced changes in relationships with their mums, siblings, friends and romantic partners as a result of their grief. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers how so...

Can grief be funny? Kim (20) and Ghislaine (25) talk about how they find comfort in humour and jokes, even about those who’ve died, and why you don’t need to feel guilty for laughing while grieving. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers how they use humour to deal with awkward conversations, the worst (and best)...

What is it like to grieve away from home? Annabelle’s dad died when she was in her second year of university, while Abigail’s sister died six years ago when she was still at school, but they both agree that living away from home at university has given them a different perspective on their grief. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. Th...

What is OCD and how is it linked to grief? Ghislaine and Nell talk about some of their obsessive behaviours, the fear that if they don’t do certain things then someone they love will die, and how they feel these tendencies are an effect of their grief. In this bonus episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers how OCD is often...

Is anxiety a normal part of grief? Ghislaine's dad died suddenly in an accident when she was a week old, and Nell’s sister took her own life last year. Although they have very different experiences, they both agree that their anxiety is linked to their grief. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers fear of some...

Do people treat you differently after a bereavement? Daisy (13) and Rosie (22) had very different ways of telling their friends and classmates that their dads had died and found people responded in unexpected ways. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers how their friends reacted and schools supported them, how the...

Will you ever stop grieving? Rosie’s and Grace’s dads both died from pancreatic cancer, but their experiences were still vastly different. Grace (22) has been grieving for 14 years, while Rosie’s (21) dad died just two years ago, but they both agree that they never want to be ‘over’ their grief because that would mean they stop thinking about their dads. In this episode, they explore their differe...