Living with dying

I recorded the following interview with Hazel Cooper on 6 February 2026.  She had just been given a terminal diagnosis and bravely chose to speak out about this and her forthcoming death.  I'm very sa...

3 Mar 25min

Anyone bereaved know how it helps to find someone to talk to - and not just anyone but someone who's been through a similar bereavement. Maria Bailey and her team of Grief Specialists understand this ...

16 Feb 25min

Rhian Manning's charity 2wish hit the headlines recently when Prince William visited her home and was filmed becoming emotional during their chat. 2wish is designed to offer help and support to any fa...

2 Feb 30min

When Joseph Cavalli-Price's mother was dying, he managed to find a way of playing the piano to her while in the hospice.  This inspired him to set up Music in Hospices and he tells the story of his jo...

19 Jan 28min

For this episode, we visit a Bereavement Group which meets once a month at the GreenAcres Chiltern Living Memorial Park.  Here people who've lost someone recently, or long ago, meet up to swap notes a...

5 Jan 27min

Paul Calandrino's wife - novelist Cai Emmons - decided to end her life once the devastating disease ALS took its hold.  They live in Oregon so she was able to choose when to die.  And she wanted a rec...

8 Des 202538min

Jane Harris and her husband set up the Good Grief Project on the sudden, unexpected death of her son while he was away travelling.  She describes the devastating impact of this loss and how they now d...

24 Nov 202527min

Extraordinarily, this week we celebrate two years of this podcast, and we mark this by talking to the CEO of Thames Hospice, where I found so much help and support in the early days.   Dr Rachael de C...

11 Nov 202525min