Growing up with grief and how it shapes young people

Added 07/04/2024

Podcast / Story

Growing up with grief and how it shapes young people | S2 01

How does grieving change as decades pass? Maya returns to Grief in Common to talk about the impact of childhood loss, and Teigan shares her experience of losing her mum when she was 11 and how she’s grown up with grief over the last 10 years. In this episode, they explore their different grief journeys but also find plenty of common ground. The conversation covers key milestones, exploring the guilt of not grieving every day, and how death became normal to them.

Content warning: mentions suicide, brain tumours, and death throughout.

This episode was recorded over Zoom.

Written by Created by the Winston’s Wish Youth Team - Produced and Edited by Jess Pardoe, Winston’s Wish

Talk Grief is powered by Winston’s Wish, a childhood bereavement charity that supports grieving children and young people up to 25. If you want to talk to someone about your grief, call us on 08088 020 021 (open 8am-8pm, weekdays), email ask@winstonswish.org or use our online chat (open 8am-8pm, weekdays). If you need urgent support in a crisis, you can contact the 24/7 Winston’s Wish Crisis Messenger by texting WW to 85258.

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