Family Flowers Only with Ronan Cullen

Family Flowers Only with Ronan Cullen

June 27, 2026 · 1h 31m · Season 3 · Episode 57

About this episode

Ronan Cullen shares his experience of losing his wife Claire in a tragic incident and discusses the challenges of navigating grief and parenting.

This week, I sit down with Ronan Cullen who shares the devastating and very recent loss of his beloved wife Claire . Claire was in the Dominican Republic for her brother's wedding when she was tragically killed in a hit-and-run incident. In this deeply emotional conversation Ronan speaks about the unimaginable shock of receiving that phone call, the raw reality of grief in its earliest stages, and learning to navigate life without the person he thought he would grow old with. We also talk about parenting their young child through such profound loss, the challenges of carrying your own grief while trying to support your child, and the moments of love, humour, and connection that still find their way through the heartbreak. This is a conversation about soulmates, sudden loss, resilience, and the extraordinary strength it takes to keep putting one foot in front of the other when life changes in an instant.

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