You're Not the Only One: Common Themes in Grief We See with Lizzie Pickering

About this episode

Amber Jeffrey interviews Lizzie Pickering about common themes in grief and the importance of support for bereaved parents.

I'm very excited to share this week's episode and guest with you all. Today I'm talking with friend, film producer, author and grief educator-Lizzie Pickering. Lizzie and I met back in 2022 at the UK Commission on Bereavement and haven't left each others side since. Throughout the years, Lizzie has become a dear friend and someone I admire both personally and professionally. Lizzie's relationship with grief began when her son, Harry, died aged 6 and a half after being diagnosed with a life limiting and terminal illness when he was extremely little. Throughout those years and continuing to raise her family that consisted of her two surviving children, Lizzie knew that she wanted to walk towards her grief rather than away from it. In doing so, Lizzie has gathered an extreme wealth of knowledge and compassion that has gone on to support other bereaved parents and individuals in the masses. I feel so fortunate to walk alongside Lizzie in our lines of work and what she shares in our episode today, I think you'll see why. Lizzie and I discuss in this episode the various different but recurring themes we see in our work. We wanted to showcase how common and normal they really are to…

People in this episode

Host: Amber Jeffrey

Guest: Lizzie Pickering

Topics covered

• grief
• bereavement
• parenting
• mental health
• support
• compassion

Keywords

• grief
• bereavement
• Lizzie Pickering
• mental health
• support
• parenting
• loss

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UK Commission on Bereavement

Books & works: When Grief Equals Love

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