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The Glimmer Podcast
This podcast is for fellow grieving families who have suffered pregnancy loss - miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. The mission of this podcast is to assist you to come through this cruel twist of fate, with as much psychological fortitude, compassion for yourself and connection with others as possible, using wisdom, knowledge and insights sourced from interviewing experts and specialists in the fields commonly accessed by grieving mothers. Sharing these little gems will allow you to navigate the long journey ahead. Don’t let the darkness swallow you, don’t let yourself do this alone.
Episodes
23 episodes
Building Hope: empowering future generations of Women navigating Miscarriage
Samantha Payne (CEO and founder of Pink Elephants) engages Tahyna MacManus in a discussion about the grief of miscarriage, creating the documentary 'Misunderstandings of Miscarriage' and hopes for women in the future. The two professional women...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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24:11
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Miscarriage grief, support and honouring your baby
A miscarriage doula is someone who provides knowledgeable guidance and support to people who experience pregnancy loss at any gestation in pregnancy. They provide emotional and mental support through grief coaching and are trauma-informed indiv...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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33:30
Navigating involuntary childlessness.
Sarah Roberts is a grief councilor, creator, teacher and healer. She is the founder of ‘The Empty Cradle’ which supports women who have lost the opportunity for motherhood. The Empty Cradle is a place where mourning, complexity, spirituality, h...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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30:51
Culture, faith and community: how these impact on pregnancy and baby loss
Fatima El-Assaad and Amanda Pain join Glimmer to share their experience of how their cultural and religious backgrounds have shaped their pregnancy and baby loss journey. Links:https://www.theglimmerproject.com/ ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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41:55
Putting the jigsaw of your life back together after baby loss, with Liana Quinlivan
The online Glimmer program’s beloved specialist bereavement midwife and fellow warrior Mum Liana Quinlivan joins this episode of The Glimmer Podcast to talk about putting the jigsaw of your life back together after baby loss. Liana runs the onl...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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26:46
Navigating medical complications of pregnancy, babyloss and Preeclampsia
Rachel Whalen joins us in this episode of the Glimmer Podcast to discuss preeclampsia, stillbirth and maternal near-death experience in pregnancy. Caitlin Crowley interviews Rachel and asks her what it was like dealing with catastrophic grief w...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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31:35
Returning to work after pregnancy/child loss : TFMR, stillbirth, neonatal loss, miscarriage, baby, child loss
This episode of the Glimmer Podcast is all about returning to work after miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss or TFMR (termination for medical reasons). It gives helpful lived experience and advice to the listener on how to navigate interacti...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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27:02
TFMR and why terminology and language are so important - with Meagan Donaldson
Meagan Donaldson joins The Glimmer Podcast to talk about TFMR (termination of pregnancy for medical reasons), the importance of language and finding joy again after such heartache. Meagan is the author of ‘Still a Mum,’ which shines a spotlight...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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29:05
Who can you talk to about baby-loss? This episode is all about managing tricky conversations with family and friends, and the free support available from the Red-Nose support line
Edwina Symonds is a red nose volunteer support line worker whose son Sebby passed away due to a rare genetic disorder. She uses writing to help grieve and also to help those around her to understand the impact child loss creates. Caitlin Crowle...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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35:18
Your grief 'war-wounds' people cannot see
Priyanka Saha is many things – a pregnancy and baby loss survivor, charity founder, lawyer, and believer in hope. Having lived through a traumatic first pregnancy loss and then the death of her first born, Lily at 10 months old, Priyanka set up...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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33:25
Specialist doctors - how they can help YOU when contemplating a rainbow pregnancy
Dr Ashleigh Smith of The Glimmer Project interviews 2 sub-specialist medical professionals in this episode of The Glimmer podcast - for women and their families who have experienced pregnancy loss, stillbirth, neonatal loss or high risk pregnan...
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40:42
Pregnancy loss is a tragedy for grandparents too...
In this episode of The Glimmer Podcast, Dr Ashleigh Smith interviews Joy Hall. Joy offers a grandparents perspective to pregnancy loss and shares her experience as grandmother to Marley, who was stillborn earlier last year . ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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26:39
Friendships, Rainbows and the Longer term with Mia Freedman and Bec Sparrow
Bec Sparrow and Mia Freedman formed a strong and long-lasting friendship over their shared experience of pregnancy loss. In this episode, Dr Ashleigh Smith asks them about how they became friends. How they helped each other through ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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39:30
Navigating pregnancy-after-loss with Ann-Maree Imrie
Ann-maree Imrie joins Dr Ashleigh Smith and The Glimmer Podcast today as someone who knows the struggle of pregnancy-after-loss – also known as a ‘rainbow pregnancy’ or ‘rainbow baby.’ She is a Social Worker trained in grief and mother to Xavie...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:30
A fathers perspective on life after stillbirth - connection, direction and navigating grief
Mitchell Delamotte joins Glimmer today to offer a ‘fathers perspective’ on pregnancy loss - an important and lesser-discussed experience. In this episode. Mitch explains how his daughter Pia’s stillbirth 4 years ago has shaped and altered his l...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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35:49
How faith and loss can intersect, with Senator Keneally
In the Season finale of The Glimmer Podcast, Dr Ashleigh Smith interviews Senator Kristina Keneally about her life after losing her daughter Caroline through stillbirth, political activism and spearheading the Stillbirth Inquiry. The 2018 Senat...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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55:40
The International organization working to reduce baby-loss
During this episode of The Glimmer Podcast, Dr Ashleigh Smith (founder of The Glimmer Project and 3 week online Glimmer program for women who have experienced stillbirth or neonatal loss) interviews Claire Storey - a board member for the Intern...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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36:56
How baby loss impacts your marriage or relationship
Zelda Language is a Counselling Psychologist in South Africa. She has many years of experience and is currently in the process of establishing a Wellness Centre for families who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss named the Manaheim Healing ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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49:58
How to utilize a surrogate after pregnancy loss - with Jenn Hepton
This episode begins with the difficult journey travelled by Jenn Hepton – an incredible and resilient woman who has experienced more heartache then many people could ever imagine. If you are feeling fragile today and worry that hearing stories ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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50:07
Grief gaslighting!? Are you doing it to yourself?
Dr Ashleigh Smith interviews Annabel Bower – author of the heartfelt book ‘Miles Apart’ which aims to support mothers navigating grief after the loss of a baby at any stage of pregnancy or infancy and gives practical and emotional advice on cop...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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49:11
Ep 3: Learn to Hold Space for families grieving miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn loss
This episode discusses grief after pregnancy loss, holding space, post-traumatic growth, liminal space and recommendations for further reading. Dr Ashleigh Smith interviews Heather plett - an expert on grief. Heather lost her mother in recent t...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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27:26
Avoiding the 'grief traps' after pregnancy and newborn loss
The Glimmer Podcast is hosted by Dr Ashleigh Smith and interviews experts on managing pregnancy and newborn loss related grief. This week’s guest is Alana Sheeren. She is a multi-passionate creative who shows up in all her work with the aim of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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37:17
Should we all see a psychologist after pregnancy loss?
Today we welcome Julee Pinel – Psychologist and Mental Health Nurse with over 25 years experience. Julee’s son Andrew passed away when he was born at 22weeks and I thank Julee for devoting her career to helping people psychologically recover fr...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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42:34