Unpacked; When life happens24 Sep 2025

Annie Harvey: The sandwich generation - Dementia, Aged Care & Laughter Therapy

After experiencing the slow loss of her parents through dementia, Annie found herself navigating the complexities of aged care and anticipatory grief. It was this deeply personal journey that led her to become a grief doula — supporting others through loss, change, and emotional healing.

Trained in laughter therapy and mindfulness, Annie brings a gentle, grounded approach to grief work. Her story is one of transformation, compassion, and finding light even when the path is uncertain. This episode is a heartfelt exploration of how we care, cope, and connect when facing life’s hardest goodbyes.What Annie’s story reminds us is that grief is not only about final goodbyes—it can begin earlier. It’s woven into the changes, losses, adjustments that happen before the end when it comes to dementia. And while grief is deeply personal, no one has to walk it entirely alone.

Her transformation into a grief doula is a gift: because it turns what could be only suffering or isolation into something that also holds light, meaning, compassion. If you are reading this and are somewhere in that space — caring, waiting, loving, losing — know: your feelings matter. What you are going through is real. And there is help, healing, connection waiting.

Tune in now — a conversation on grief, love, and healing from the heart. Enjoying the podcast? If this episode resonated with you, please follow, rate, and leave a review. Your support helps more people discover these conversations and grow our community.

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