The Glimmer Podcast

Megan Warren is a volunteer Bereavement Support Worker who is passionate about reducing the silence and stigma surrounding pregnancy loss. She shares with Liana and Amy about surviving multiple pregnancy losses, journalling, loneliness and how/when she decided to have another baby.  Megan talks about trying for a rainbow baby - when courage and hope outweighs fear. 

Special thank you to: -

3P Studio

Hosts: Amy Larsen and Liana Quinlivan

Podcast Producer and Glimmer Project Founder: Dr Ashleigh Smith 

Caroline Renshaw, Fiona Jordan and all our special guests for this season 

 Social media: 

@glimmer_project

@daydot_midwifery

@brisbanegriefcounselling

@rednosegriefandloss 

Links: 

Home - Red Nose Australia

Brisbane Grief Counselling Home - Amy Larsen specialising in loss, grief and trauma. Brisbane Grief Counselling Brisbane Grief Counselling

Day Dot Midwifery

Monique Ross is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. Hosts Liana and Amy learn about this practice and how people grieving miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, neonatal death and child loss can benefit from Nature Bathing. 

"Nature bathing is a mindful way to support your health and wellbeing, connect with nature, and wash away the stresses of the modern world — no water necessary!  Inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, it involves slowing down, and immersing yourself in nature in a conscious and contemplative way." 

Social media: 

@glimmer_project

@daydot_midwifery

@brisbanegriefcounselling

@heartwood_with_mon

Special thank you to: -

3P Studio

Hosts: Amy Larsen and Liana Quinlivan

Podcast Producer and Glimmer Project Founder: Dr Ashleigh Smith 

Caroline Renshaw, Fiona Jordan and all our special guests for this season 

Links: 

Home - Red Nose Australia

Brisbane Grief Counselling Home - Amy Larsen specialising in loss, grief and trauma. Brisbane Grief Counselling Brisbane Grief Counselling

Day Dot Midwifery

Heartwood Nature Bathing

Associate Professor Fran Boyle shares the MAJOR research findings for improving care for parents and families after perinatal loss. 

Fran is a Principal Investigator with the Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth where she co-leads the Care after Stillbirth program. Her research addresses the psychosocial impacts of perinatal loss and is committed to improving outcomes for women and families through the implementation and evaluation of best practice parent-centered perinatal bereavement care in hospital and community settings.

 Social media: 

@glimmer_project

@daydot_midwifery

@brisbanegriefcounselling

@rednosegriefandloss 

Special thank you to: -

3P Studio

Hosts: Amy Larsen and Liana Quinlivan

Podcast Producer and Glimmer Project Founder: Dr Ashleigh Smith 

Caroline Renshaw, Fiona Jordan and all our special guests for this season 

Links: 

Home - Red Nose Australia

Brisbane Grief Counselling Home - Amy Larsen specialising in loss, grief and trauma. Brisbane Grief Counselling Brisbane Grief Counselling

Day Dot Midwifery

Developing a parent version of a guideline for respectful and supportive perinatal bereavement care | The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth

Faith, traditions and spiritual beliefs can be shaken or strengthened in the wake of pregnancy loss/stillbirth/TFMR/miscarriage/child loss. Amy and Liana (season 5 hosts) talk about complexity between the layers of grief. 

Special thank you to: -

3P Studio

Hosts: Amy Larsen and Liana Quinlivan

Podcast Producer and Glimmer Project Founder: Dr Ashleigh Smith 

Caroline Renshaw, Fiona Jordan and all our special guests for this season 

Links: 

Home - Red Nose Australia

Brisbane Grief Counselling Home - Amy Larsen specialising in loss, grief and trauma. Brisbane Grief Counselling Brisbane Grief Counselling

Day Dot Midwifery

Social media: 

@glimmer_project

@daydot_midwifery

@brisbanegriefcounselling

@rednosegriefandloss 

Liana Quinlivan and Amy Larsen discuss strategies, boundaries, emotions and communication options for bereaved mums who can feel really vulnerable returning to work. 

Special thank you to: -

3P Studio

Hosts: Amy Larsen and Liana Quinlivan

Podcast Producer and Glimmer Project Founder: Dr Ashleigh Smith 

Caroline Renshaw, Fiona Jordan, Courtney Amato and all our special guests for this season 

 Social media: 

@glimmer_project

@daydot_midwifery

@brisbanegriefcounselling

@rednosegriefandloss 

Links: 

Home - Red Nose Australia

Brisbane Grief Counselling Home - Amy Larsen specialising in loss, grief and trauma. Brisbane Grief Counselling Brisbane Grief Counselling

Day Dot Midwifery

How can you support yourself after perinatal grief and loss after miscarriage/stillbirth/neonatal loss/TFMR/neonatal loss? Liana and Amy discuss ways of: 

- connecting with your baby that has passed - continuing bonds 

- integrating this loss into your life 

- learning about yourself

Special thank you to: -

3P Studio

Hosts: Amy Larsen and Liana Quinlivan

Podcast Producer and Glimmer Project Founder: Dr Ashleigh Smith 

Caroline Renshaw, Fiona Jordan and all our special guests for this season 

 Social media: 

@glimmer_project

@daydot_midwifery

@brisbanegriefcounselling

@rednosegriefandloss 

Links: 

Home - Red Nose Australia

Brisbane Grief Counselling Home - Amy Larsen specialising in loss, grief and trauma. Brisbane Grief Counselling Brisbane Grief Counselling

Day Dot Midwifery

Friendships change after pregnancy loss. 

Season 5 introduces hosts Liana Quinlivan and Amy Larsen. These women work in the grief and loss space and are long-term friends who navigated a terrible tragedy that threatened to ruin their friendship. 

Filled with honesty, warmth, wisdom, the hosts put words around what many of us have experienced - you are going to treasure this episode. 

Links: 

Home - Red Nose Australia

Brisbane Grief Counselling Home - Amy Larsen specialising in loss, grief and trauma. Brisbane Grief Counselling Brisbane Grief Counselling

Day Dot Midwifery

Special thank you to: -

3P Studio

Hosts: Amy Larsen and Liana Quinlivan

Podcast Producer and Glimmer Project Founder: Dr Ashleigh Smith 

Caroline Renshaw, Fiona Jordan, Courtney Amato and all our special guests for this season 

 Social media: 

@glimmer_project

@daydot_midwifery

@brisbanegriefcounselling

@rednosegriefandloss 

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 reflect on their own pregnancy loss' experiences and the need for letting go of shame and disenfranchised grief.  

Links: 

Websites: 
https://www.pinkelephants.org.au/
https://www.mumdocumentary.com/

Instagram handles: 
- glimmer_project 
- pinkelephantssupport 
- tahynamacmanus 

Special thank you's to Samantha Payne for hosting this season of The Glimmer Podcast and Corey Green from transducer audio for editing and audio production. 
https://www.transducer-audio.com/

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 individuals.

Samantha Payne (CEO and founder of Pink Elephants) engages Arden Cartrette in a heartfelt and compassionate discussion about the grief of miscarriage. The two women  have personal and professional experience working in the pregnancy loss space  and together they share wisdom and insights from their own journeys. 

Links: 
Websites: 
https://www.pinkelephants.org.au/
https://themiscarriagedoula.co/

Instagram handles: 
- themiscarriagedoula 
- glimmer_project 
- pinkelephantssupport 

Special thank you's to Samantha Payne for hosting this season of The Glimmer Podcast and Corey Green from transducer audio for editing and audio production. 
https://www.transducer-audio.com/

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, hope, ambition and lifestyle collide. 

Samantha Payne (CEO and founder of Pink Elephants) engages Sarah in an interview about the identity grief of involuntary childlessness, identity annihilation  and societal perceptions. Sarah is a wealth of knowledge both personally and professionally. She leaves the listener with hope for feeling whole and nurtured. 

Important links:    

WEBSITE -  www.theemptycradle.com 

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/involuntarychildlessness/ 

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/theemptycradle/ 

LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-roberts-9606b0b/ 


Special thank you's to Samantha Payne for hosting this season of The Glimmer Podcast and Corey Green from transducer audio for editing and audio production. 
https://www.transducer-audio.com/
IG handle: glimmer_project  
Host Samantha Payne linked in: https://au.linkedin.com/in/samanthapaynepesn