#58: Dr Nathan MacArthur, naming the grief we don’t talk about

About this episode

Dr Nathan MacArthur discusses the various forms of grief and how to navigate them with understanding and support.

Dr Nathan MacArthur is a grief counsellor, researcher, and the founder of Sydney Grief Counselling. His work centres on helping people navigate the many shapes and seasons of grief — from bereavement and relationship loss to the quieter, less spoken-about forms of grief we carry throughout our lives. Nathan’s approach blends clinical insight with deep humanity, offering gentle, evidence-informed support to individuals, families, and carers, including kinship and foster carers who are often holding complex layers of loss in their homes. In this episode, Nathan and Megan explore what grief really is, not just the pain that follows a death, but the grief tied to identity, missed possibilities, ruptured relationships, and the changes we didn’t choose. Nathan shares his research into adult grief experiences and the ways we can better understand the physical, emotional, and relational impacts of loss. They talk about how grief shows up for children, the importance of clear and honest language, and what adults can do to support the young people in their lives as they make sense of their own losses. This conversation invites us to think about grief as a universal human experience…

People in this episode

Host: Megan Corcoran

Guest: Dr Nathan MacArthur

Topics covered

• grief
• bereavement
• relationship loss
• identity
• support for children
• navigating loss

Keywords

• grief counselling
• loss
• emotional support
• children and grief
• adult grief experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sydney Grief Counselling

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