Today's episode is with the incredibly knowledgeable Joanna McIlveen. Jo is a Grief & Bereavement Social Worker from NSW who is currently doing a PhD exploring how communities and hospital work together in partnership to provide care during end of life. Jo assists people every day to navigate their grief and helps to normalise their experiences. 

In part one of our chat we discuss:

• What is grief? And how does that differ from bereavement?
• How does our society interact with death & dying?
• What are the different kinds of grief?
• What are the types of grieving? 
• What are the stages of grieving and are they linear?

I really loved our chat and highly recommend making a hot cup of tea, finding a spot in the sun & listening to the wonderful Jo unpack all our questions about how we grieve.