Dr Lucy Hone Lost Her 12-Year-Old Daughter. This Is What She Learned

Dr Lucy Hone Lost Her 12-Year-Old Daughter. This Is What She Learned

May 17, 2026 · 1h 53m

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Dr. Lucy Hone shares her insights on resilience and grief after the tragic loss of her daughter.

We are so lucky to have Dr Lucy Hone in New Zealand. She is one of the world’s leading voices on resilience and grief. Her TED Talk, Three Secrets of Resilient People , has been viewed more than 9 million times and is one of the most watched TED Talks in the world. She’s also a mother who endured the unimaginable loss of her 12-year-old daughter Abi in a car accident in 2014. In this episode we talk about Abi- who she was, what she loved, the life she might have lived… but we also go much deeper than that. We talk about how people survive the things they think will destroy them. Why grief isn’t something you just “get over.” And why the famous five stages of grief might actually be doing more harm than good. Lucy also opens up about forgiveness, parenting through trauma, post-traumatic growth and the reality of rebuilding a life after everything changes. This is a conversation about loss. But it’s also a conversation about living.  And I’d like to think it is a tribute to the life of Abigail Anne Hone. A life that was cut tragically and painfully short. ***    Massive thanks to my long‑term podcast sponsor, Generate.  Your KiwiSaver account is…

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