Pregnancy, baby and child loss
When your world has shattered: understanding the intensity of parental grief
Parental grief after the death of a baby or child can feel shattering, isolating and hard to explain. This reflection gently explores why the grief can feel so intense, and why your response makes sense.
Pregnancy, baby and child loss
Who am I now? Identity after the death of a baby or child
After the death of a baby or child, many parents feel changed, lost or unsure who they are. This reflection explores identity, invisible parenthood and the painful question: who am I now?
Pregnancy, baby and child loss
Why no one seems to get it: the isolation of parental grief
After the death of a baby or child, many bereaved parents feel painfully alone, even when surrounded by people who care. This reflection explores why parental grief can feel so misunderstood.
Pregnancy, baby and child loss
Grief after miscarriage: why early loss is still real loss
Miscarriage is never just a miscarriage. A gentle reflection on the grief that follows early pregnancy loss, including the loss of hopes, dreams and the future already begun.
Pregnancy, baby and child loss
Understanding termination for medical reasons grief
A compassionate look at the grief, complexity and isolation that can follow termination for medical reasons.
Pregnancy, baby and child loss
Stillbirth grief and the silence that can surround it
Reflecting on stillbirth, parental grief and the importance of having space to speak about the baby who died.
Pregnancy, baby and child loss
Supporting parents after neonatal death
An article for families and professionals on grief, care and support after neonatal death.
Grief and loss
You are not grieving wrong
Grief is not neat or linear. A gentle reflection on the loneliness, mixed emotions and physical impact of grief, and a reminder that however it is showing up, you are not grieving wrong.
Grief and loss
What to say to someone who is grieving
Most people avoid grieving people not because they do not care, but because they are scared. A gentle guide on what to say, how to help and how to stay close.
Grief and loss
Grief boundaries: when you cannot keep explaining your pain
When grief is exhausting enough, managing everyone else’s reactions can cost too much. A gentle reflection on setting kind, firm boundaries around your loss.
Grief and loss
What not to say to a bereaved parent
Practical reflections on language, presence and support after pregnancy, baby or child loss.
Counselling
What to expect in your first counselling session
A gentle look at what the first counselling session is for, what it asks of you, and what it does not.
Grief and loss
How grief counselling can help when life no longer feels familiar
When loss reshapes the everyday, grief counselling can help you find your footing without rushing the process.
Life transitions
Working through life transitions when change feels heavier than expected
Why some transitions land harder than they look on paper, and how to give yourself the time the change deserves.
Counselling
Online grief counselling in Australia: what to know before you start
Practical guidance on choosing online grief counselling, including what to look for and how sessions tend to unfold.
Clinical supervision
Clinical supervision for counsellors: what makes supervision useful?
A reflection on the qualities that make clinical supervision genuinely useful for practice and wellbeing.
Not-for-profit consulting
Leading through change in not-for-profit organisations
Notes from working alongside not-for-profit leaders navigating change with care, clarity and purpose.