Swimming through Grief
I GRIEVE THEREFORE I SWIM …. I have always enjoyed a good swim whether in a pool or open water. But since Josh died I have taken to swimming with added enthusiasm – especially wild swimming. I’m going to try and tell you why I find swimming such an important component of my grief […]
A GOOD GRIEF STORY – saying goodbye or saying hello again
A GOOD GRIEF STORY – saying goodbye or saying hello again While constantly looking for the positive, for the hopeful, for good things to happen as a result of tragedy we are always reminded of that tragedy. It’s always there. We cannot escape the fact that our child has died. And we cannot move away […]
Everyone grieves differently…
We all grieve in our own way. Some do so privately and silently. Others need to share their grief with others. Some will hunger for empathy. Others will want to walk alone. Some will want to hang on to the pain of their grief for as long as it takes. Other will want to leave […]
NUGGETS OF COMFORT and HOPE – TIPS FOR THE NEWLY BEREAVED
If you’ve not visited before, welcome to THE GOOD GRIEF PROJECT. We are both sad and glad that you’ve found us. If like us you grieve for a son or daughter, then you will know our pain and we will know something of yours. The circumstances of your grief will in all probability be very […]
BBC Breakfast coverage of A Love That Never Dies
A crew from BBC Breakfast came along to the charity premiere of A Love That Never Dies and made this piece about the movie and the process behind it. The clip includes interviews with some of the audience members on the night in Stroud, and also with us (Jimmy & Jane) discussing this very personal film as […]
NEWS UPDATE MARCH 2017 – A Love That Never Dies launches at charity premiere
We’re there!! We are so very pleased to announce that after a two year production period, a ten week filming trip, over 5000 miles on the road, 80 hours of footage and a year in the edit, our feature documentary A LOVE THAT NEVER DIES will have its first public screening as part of the Stroud Film […]
LOVE AND WANTING IN GRIEF
Have you found your way to our new FaceBook page yet? Maybe you’ve come here from that page. Whichever we’re delighted that you’ve found a connection. One of the challenges of opening up conversations about grief is to try and be dispassionate in what is often a highly charged arena. The people who know most about grief are those […]
SEASONS GREETINGS TO ALL
The bench at Josh’s tree This is a difficult time of the year for many who grieve for a loved one. As we gather in what is often the only time in the year when families are all together, the absence of those who have died is felt even more keenly. For us obviously the ‘emptiest’ chair […]
From the archive – GOOD GRIEF!
I was looking back through some of the posts we had written soon after Josh died and though I would republish this first as an indicator of how far we have travelled in the last six years, but also because it explains really well some of our ideas that became the motivation for THE GOOD GRIEF […]
NEWS UPDATE NOV 2016 a new charity and a new trailer
We are extremely pleased to announce that THE GOOD GRIEF PROJECT has been officially registered as a charity with the UK Charity Commission. We now have 9 trustees dedicated to our mission of encouraging an understanding of grief as an active and creativity process. Please visit our TEAM page to find out more about us. Being a charity also means […]