Finding Your Grief "Family" - Georgia Lillie and Sarah Guthrie
About this episode
Sarah Guthrie and Georgia Lillie share their personal experiences of grief after losing loved ones and how they found support in each other.
Losing a loved one is a worst fear for most, and something that Sarah Guthrie and Georgia Lillie have in common. Sarah’s son Ford died 10 years ago from an accident when he was only 17. Georgia’s husband James died of an aggressive cancer seven years ago, leaving her and her two young boys behind. While they both lived close by in Western Victoria, neither women met until they were encouraged to swap books that they each wrote about their grief. For Sarah it’s an intimate bo...
People in this episode
Hosts: Kirsten Diprose, Jackie Elliott
Guests: Sarah Guthrie, Georgia Lillie
Topics covered
- grief
- loss
- support
- community
- personal stories
Keywords
- grief
- loss of a child
- loss of a spouse
- support groups
- personal narratives
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Western Victoria
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