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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 11d

Why do we turn to creativity during grief? How can it help us connect to others, including people who have died? On 6 Oct, join Natalia Millman, Helen Acklam & @carrieetter.bsky.social to explore what it means to make art from pain & loss & share our story: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Two exhibition photographs: an armchair next to a telephone with images behind and a rock on top of a column. The text reads: Mon 6 Oct 19.00 BST Free Online Event. Letters to Forever: Using Art to Express and Share grief

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 23d

Our Julia Samuel's Pillars of Strength course is bursting with insight, warmth & wisdom.

Sign up today for 8 on-demand webinars & more!

Our 10% early bird discount is only available until 22nd Sept -- use code EARLYBIRD10:
www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy

#grief #juliasamuelmbe

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 29d

An international research team is inviting people who have been bereaved in the last year to share their perspectives and experiences of death and dying. Please see the flyer for more details.

A flyer for the study. For more information, visit the survey page: https://utampa.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bpx7hiIzvFCtO8C

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thanks so much for sharing!

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Sep 7

We're offering a 10% discount to anyone who joins the course before 22nd September! Use code EARLYBIRD10 at checkout.

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Sep 7

We're thrilled to bring back our #JuliaSamuel's Pillars of Strength course!

The Pillars are a roadmap for dealing with all kinds of loss, helping you survive, & even thrive, through life’s highs & lows.

Sign up today to access 8 on-demand webinars & more! www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy

Julia Samuel wearing a red dress in a panelled room. The text reads 8 on-demand webinars with Julia and more. The Grief Academy. Julia Samuel's Pillars of Strength. More info at www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Sep 4

We're super-excited to share this short film, a snapshot of our work to build a more compassionate grief-informed society! Thank you to everyone involved in making it, especially to the brilliant @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social for featuring. Thanks also to our incredible collaborators & GGF community

Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Grief affects us all, and yet people often struggle to talk about death & dying. 🦋

@goodgrieffest.bsky.social is a social venture spinout at @bristoluni.bsky.social that brings people together to talk about death & grief, providing information, support & a sense of community

More 👉 brnw.ch/21wVqxR

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Bristol Centre of Grief Research & Engagement @griefcentrebris.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our next seminar is next Weds! Sign up now to hear @mollyconisbee.bsky.social @cendeathsociety.bsky.social explore how her research into grief through history has influenced her counselling work. We can't wait!

www.goodgrieffest.com/events/uob-g...

@leseldawson.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social

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Bristol Centre of Grief Research & Engagement @griefcentrebris.bsky.social · Aug 6

Check out this reel of our launch event in July!

Thanks to everyone who joined us, incl our speakers @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social, Judith Squires & Chrissie Thirlwell, & poets Kat Lyons & Malaika Kegode. The Centre launch was kindly funded by the BNSSG ICB. Reel by Isis Blake.

youtu.be/g_McAJiGIxE

Launch of Bristol Centre of Grief Research & Engagement

Here is a glimpse of the launch event for Bristol Centre of Grief Research and Engagement, co-directed by Prof. Lucy Selman and Dr Lesel Dawson. Prof. Mary-Frances O’Connor, Prof. Judith Squires and…

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Bristol Centre of Grief Research & Engagement @griefcentrebris.bsky.social · Jul 14

We are delighted to announce our new seminar series showcasing inspiring research & scholarship – locally, nationally & internationally – to connect Bristol to a global conversation about grief & loss.

To find out more & join our mailing list, visit griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk

The flyer for the seminar series. Please visit https://griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk/events for more information

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Jun 25

Grief and death affect us all & yet we often struggle to talk about them. The anxieties can be greater for people with learning disabilities & their families, friends & carers. Check out our blog, resource list & webinar here: www.goodgrieffest.com/journal/grie...

A person stands next to a chair on a jetty. The text reads: GRIEF & LEARNING DISABILITIES: BLOG, RESOURCE LIST & WEBINAR

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Jun 17

It was exciting to attend the 'soft launch' of Good Grief Hastings & meet some of the brilliant people who are working to make it happen as part of the @coastalcch.bsky.social project. We can't wait for 2026!
@stmhospice.bsky.social @eastsussexcc.bsky.social @uniofbrighton.bsky.social

Jo Sharman, Lesel Dawson & Kieran Mac Feely smiling with the sea in the background

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Jun 16

Huge congratulations to @doctoroxford.com whose extraordinary book The Story of a Heart has won the @womensprize.bsky.social for non-fiction 2025.
Read more here: womensprize.com/announcing-t...

Photo of Rachel Clarke next to her book cover. The text reads: Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Winner 2025

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Jun 14

We are sorry to share the news that author & Good Grief Festival contributor Anne Mayer Bird has died. In this blog, Anne's daughter @mayeroflondon.bsky.social shares her eulogy & reflects on how their relationship was impacted by their shared experience of grief. Visit our website to read more

Good Grief: A Tribute to Anne Mayer Bird by Catherine Mayer - Good Grief

www.goodgrieffest.com

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Jun 8

Here's another sneak peek into our When Grief Is Complicated course which closes to new registrations on Tues (10th)!

@doctormfoconnor.bsky.social's Gone-But-Also-Everlasting Theory is a fascinating insight into the neurobiology of love & loss youtu.be/q3f7CKOGNt0?...

Want more? Visit our website!

The 'Gone-But-Also-Everlasting' Theory with Mary-Frances O'Connor

YouTube video by The Grief Channel

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Jun 5

We learnt so much from Robert Neimeyer & Carolyn Ng in the first session of our When Grief Is Complicated course. Check out this clip: youtu.be/4BtfziXwYkA?...
There's less than a week left to register to join the course & access over 7 hours of content: www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy

Putting Back the Pieces of a Broken World with Robert Neimeyer

YouTube video by The Grief Channel

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · Jun 3

Stephanie Meddick-Dyson (@drstephmeddickd.bsky.social) is inviting people to share their experiences of care in the Intensive Care Unit through focus groups or interviews. Please see the flyer or get in touch with Stephanie for more details

A flyer for Stephanie's study. For more information, visit: https://brave-icu.my.canva.site/#patient-and-family-focus-groups

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · May 30

We're delighted that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social has highlighted #GoodGriefWeston as ‘a best practice example of cross-sector collaboration and the role of creativity in promoting health and wellbeing in our communities’: www.artscouncil.org.uk/creative-mat...
Huge thanks to all involved!

Four images of Good Grief Weston: a group of people on a pier, parents & children making art; actors standing around a coffin; a Good Grief Weston programme. The text reads 'GOOD GRIEF WESTON: ‘A BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLE OF CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION’

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · May 15

Thank you to everyone who came to our #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek events -- & special thanks to the brilliant @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social who joined us in Bristol & Weston-super-Mare, our panellists who discussed learning disabilities, & Robert Neimeyer who talked about living beyond loss

Lucy Selman & Kathryn Mannix after their event in Weston-super-Mare @lucyselman.bsky.social

Kathryn Mannix & Andrew Blades during their interview at the University of Bristol

Robert Neimeyer & Hannah Jardine during their online interview

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · May 11

We will also celebrate the publication of Bob's brilliant new book, Living Beyond Loss: Questions and Answers about Grief and Bereavement. More here: www.routledge.com/Living-Beyond-Loss-Questions-and-Answers-About-Grief-and-Bereavement/Neimeyer/p/book/9780367143480

The cover of Bob's new book, which features an artistic impression of a peaceful seascape

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · May 11

#DyingMattersAwarenessWeek may be nearly over but we have one more online event tomorrow (Monday) at 7pm. Join us to hear the ever-insightful Prof. Robert Neimeyer talk about how we can rebuild a meaningful life after it has been shattered by bereavement: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

An image of Robert Neimeyer with text about the event. It reads: 'Living Beyond Loss: Questions and Answers About Bereavement' Monday 12 May 19.00 BST Free Online Event'

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · May 5

New on YouTube! We're excited to share We Need to Talk About Death, a 15-min film co-created by biggerhousefilm & adults w/ learning disabilities. We'll discuss it at our free online panel w/ Irene Tuffrey-Wijne & Stephen Clarke #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek

www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Some of the people who feature in We Need to Talk About Death

@backpocketteacher.bsky.social

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · May 1

'Why we need to talk about death': fantastic interview with @lucyselman.bsky.social by @markmardell.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk.

Lucy is co-founder of @goodgrieffest.bsky.social & the newly launched @griefcentrebris.bsky.social.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

#DyingMatters

Why we need to talk about death

Palliative care researcher Lucy Selman argues that while interest in assisted dying is growing, support for end-of-life care and bereavement remains i...

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · May 2

Visit our blog to read more about Kathryn Mannix's warm & insightful approach (& watch a newly released video of her conversation with #JuliaSamuel in 2023): www.goodgrieffest.com/journal/dr-k...

Dr Kathryn Mannix comes to Weston-super-Mare & Bristol - Good Grief

An ‘agenda’ might seem more suited to a business meeting than a tender conversation with a friend or relative at the end of their life. However, as Kathryn explains in this clip, these important momen...

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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · May 2

Our Weston-super-Mare event with @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social is sold out!
BUT... you can still grab a ticket for her Bristol Uni interview next Friday lunchtime
www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

#DyingMattersAwarenessWeek @griefcentrebris.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social

Images of Kathryn Mannix and her two books, accompanied by logos for Good Grief Festival, the University of Bristol and Dying Matters and some event details (available on link in post)

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