Life After Loss Grief Cafe .

11/09/2026

What will you be doing this weekend?

I have the honour of joining Sober Social at the recovery games in their quiet tent.

Having been privileged enough to deliver grief therapy work with Project 6 It will be great to reconnect and be available with a listening ear on Sunday as part of the 13th Recovery Games.

Grief is way more than just bereavement. If you’ve experienced significant life loss pop in and have chat n a chill .

10/09/2026

Why all the baggage?🧳
What do you not leave the house without……?

I like to be prepared for any eventuality when I hold the Life After Loss Grief Cafe . 🤗
Just in case.

I don’t profess to have all the answers but I generally know where to find someone that might.

Yesterday we had 16 people, peers supporting each other . 4 of them for the first time . I didn’t know those people or their losses so I went prepared. Likewise the support needs of our regular attendees aren’t predictable. That’s the nature of grief.

We had tissues as you’d expect , but interestingly not always needed. Nice biscuits , Tea & coffee.
From experience a spare kettle and first aid box. We can’t fix a broken heart but if you trip on the way in we’re sorted.

Roller banners , poetry books, grief education books,leaflets, pin badges , laptop with stand , speakers for our zoom option and earphones for potential 1:1 chats .

Conversation
cards for if we run out of things to talk about- this never happens.
But, we have them just in case.
Raffle prizes and tickets. Because, who doesn’t love a raffle.

Colouring books n crafts( including a 🦁 there is a reason ) for anyone needing a quiet , mindful moment . Somatic activity cards & gentle affirmation cards.
All , Just in case.

So WHY?
Because you never know what someone may need in the moment. I like to think of it as my grief emergency kit but my most used tool- A set of listening ears 👂🏻 ❤️‍🩹👂🏻

When people find us they’re not broken , they don’t need fixing . They need people who understand what how they are feeling.
That’s what we mean when we say
“Loss doesn’t have to be lonely. “

09/09/2026

The life of a Grief Therapist 🤗
9.30 out the door .
Emails sent , tea in the slow cooker , car packed for Life After Loss Grief Cafes with a presentation to 28 care providers at The Place in inbetween.
See you at the other side 👍

09/09/2026

Please let myself or our Walk lead Sharon know in the comments if you’d like to join us inorder to book a table for fish n chips please

08/09/2026

Tomorrow Wednesday 9/9th sees our Life After Loss Grief Cafe in both 10:30am
AND
5:30pm
If you are grieving you don’t have to do it alone . We offer a safe space for everyone. No booking required and we do have a zoom link on request if you can’t make it in person or don’t live locally. ❤️‍🩹☕️🍪

05/09/2026

All set up at the Doncaster Corn Exchange with Be Well Doncaster Wellness Event Lots Happening . We are here until 3:00

04/09/2026

A day of 5 halves ( or is that 5ths? )
Started off with a long awaited ENT consultation at the fantastic Bassetlaw Hospital Worksop. All good 👍

Whilst waiting EarPods in and on a webinar with the chancellor John Healey and the postcode lottery 👌

Then headed home to for a community event in collaboration with Turners Funeral Service . 🫶

Home to catch up on some planning including exciting future events working closely with across the whole of 🤫❤️‍🩹💷⚰️🎄🎅.

Then cooking from scratch again with HelloFresh.
Lamb with Dauphinuare potatoes and roasted veg. 🥰Delicious

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

Spent the morning with volunteers Nikki & Kerry today at a local awareness day arranged by Leanne and the team at Turners Funeral Service. Some compassionate and informative conversation taking place . So grateful to be part of them .

02/09/2026

2/9/26 is special day for at least 2 reasons.

Today grief & bereavement education becomes a mandatory requirement in all state funded schools in England and Wales to feature on the RSHE Curriculum.

This is a monument achievement and much needed. Let’s hope schools rise to the challenge and this is more than a tick box experience . Our young people deserve effective ,timely ongoing support and high standards of grief education .

This ,if done right ,will give them the foundation to grieve all significant life losses healthily throughout their lives. They are the future.
This is too important to get it wrong.

If you work in education let us know what your school has in place.
I’m genuinely interested to hear and if I can help in anyway please do reach out.

It is also the tenth anniversary of The Good Grief Trust. Offering help and hope on one place . A compassionate national directory of services and support for the bereaved community.
From all of us Congratulations and keep up the good work 👏