The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Deirdre O Mara McCafferty

The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Deirdre O Mara McCafferty

The Cornucopia Story, A Tale of Love and Loss, Hope and Healing, is written by Deirdre O’Mara McCafferty, who founded the Dublin institution with her late husband Neil, 40 years ago. After three month battle, Neil lost his life to pancreatic cancer, in 1993, aged just 40. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Deirdre talks about her and Neil’s incredible love story against a difficult backdrop, her letter to her two young daughters after Neil died, which was the foundation of the book, running the business while navigating her grief, and her ‘happy ever after’ with her new husband Richard.

The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Leigh Arnold

Actress Leigh Arnold, lost her baby son Flynn when he was less than a month old. On this episode of The Grief Pod, Leigh talks about how she coped with this unimaginable tragedy, while trying to stay present for her toddler son, who shares the same birthday as Flynn, how she struggled with the absence of her baby while life continued around her, and her heartbreak at the death of her brother, Nicky a few years later.

The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Mike McGrath-Bryan

Mike McGrath-Bryan, is a Journalist and Author of ‘Have I Got Your Attention? A Guide to Adult ADHD in Ireland. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Mike discusses how he felt being diagnosed at 33, and how now he reflects on his childhood experiences, feelings of rejection sensitivity and whether living so much of his life feeling ‘different’ has led to a sense of Ambiguous Loss.

The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Tanya Sweeney

Journalist and Author of the best selling novel ‘Esther is now following you’, Tanya Sweeney, lost her Mum Gabrielle to cancer 15 years ago. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Tanya talks about how her grief has surged since having her own daughter, her Mums last weeks in the hospice and her final hours, and the strange, and surprising path grief can often bring you down.

The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Jen O Dwyer

Painter and co-host of The Creep Dive Podcast, Jen O’Dwyer lost her sister, Aisling at the age of 16 to Cystic Fibrosis. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Jen talks about the heartbreak of losing her only sibling, the complexities of how her home and childhood, differed to those of her peers growing up, and how having a seriously sibling gave her a sense of ‘limited time’ from a very young age.