This chapter is about the waiting, the in-between and the liminal spaces we move through, in our own individual ways, after the death of someone we love. Jude and Ben share insights from grief counselling and doula care, and Skye reflects on the grief circles they run for people who have passed through the funeral home. Jess reflects on her personal experience of moving through grief within the broader Western culture that still treats death and grief with stoicism, avoidance or awkwardness.
“We often wish we could bring back black dresses or an armband that says ‘Be careful, I’m grieving’, so that publicly people can learn sensitivity, and good language around how we speak to people.” - Jude
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This is a safe and creative story about the-end-of-life, and we understand there may be some topics that are sensitive for people with lived experience. Specific topics by timecode in this episode:
07:45 - 25:59 Pregnancy loss and stillbirth
14:23 - 14:48 Miscarriage
Here We Are, The Living is a Quiet Night production made by Jess Hamilton and Victoria Spence of Life Rites Funerals. Original music by Adam Connelly and Billy Ward. Mix by Jess Hamilton and Laura Brierley-Newtown. Editorial Support by Farz Edraki. Artwork by Annie Hamilton. This episode features Victoria Spence, Ben Gibson, Suzanne Robbins (Bold Botanicals), Skye Robertson and Jude Neeme-Samson.
This project was made with support of Create NSW, Content is Queen and many individual supporters through the Australian Cultural Fund.
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