Grief comes in all shapes and sizes, be that anticipatory, or following the death of a child. In Rachel’s authentic and resonant conversation with Gabriella Walker, she reflects on how grief can be made more complex, and more difficult when the services she worked for failed to support her daughter and family in a way she needed.

In one of our broadest episodes to date, we cover how it feels to work within a system you thought would be there to catch you but doesn’t, and how hard it is when you realise you’ve been failed by something you believe in. You can find out about the fantastic work Gabriella is doing to support families on her website https://irisfamilysupport.org

We also talk about;

• bereavement and complex grief
• systems generated trauma
• how a universal health care system struggles even more when faced with complex disability
• the importance of self compassion

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