The Room Eleven Podcast

I aimed high this year. Guinness World Record. Fundraising goals. Quitting my job to commit full time to Room Eleven. I didn’t hit most of what I aimed for… but I still ended up further ahead than when I started. This podcast episode is just me talking through my year. In retrospect, feeling a bit too sorry for myself, but still optimistic of the future. Owning the losses. Learning from the f#ck u...

In this episode of the Room Eleven Podcast, I speak with Gavin Blue, a Melbourne-based photographer and founder of Heartfelt, a volunteer organisation offering compassionate photography to families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss. After losing his daughter Alexandra in 2006, Gavin turned his grief into action, creating Heartfelt to give families meaningful memories through professional bere...

On this episode of the Room Eleven Podcast, I sit down with Samantha Payne, Co-Founder and CEO of the Pink Elephants Support Network. A national support network for mothers impacted by miscarriage and early pregnancy loss. We talk about Sam’s devastating experiences of multiple losses, how it inspired her mission for change, and how those experiences have shaped her as both a mother and a leader....

In this solo episode, I (Rob Saunders, founder of social enterprise Room Eleven and the Room Eleven Podcast) answer questions about grief and loss. Questions from the perspectives of healthcare professionals, to friends trying to support someone they care about and just people wanting to better understand what grief does to a person. Although I speak mainly from the lens of baby loss, this convers...

How do you continue after your daughter dies? In this episode, I sit down with Matt McConnell, a dad who tragically lost his daughter Wren at just eight days old. Matt opens up about the heartbreak of those days, the impossible decisions he and his wife faced, and the love that carried them through the darkest moments. We talk grief, fatherhood, and how sharing our stories can break the silence ar...

Chris Wood and his wife Bethany have faced more heartbreak than most people can imagine, a long road of pregnancy loss that led to the birth of their son Liam, who lived for just 22 hours. In the months that followed, Chris felt what many bereaved fathers feel: invisible. Isolated. Left out of the grief conversation entirely. So, he did something about it. Chris started through Red Nose what is no...

In our first ever episode, my guest Michelle McCranor shares her path from silent suffering after the loss of her daughter Celeste, to becoming a vocal stillbirth advocate and ambassador. We discuss her ambitious endeavors, including a 50km run on her 50th birthday, participating in the 100km Ultra-Trail Australia, and her most significant challenge: a 1,000km run from Adelaide to Melbourne in 202...