Good Grief Journal

We’re back on December 3rd for our second virtual mini festival, on the theme How Grief Affects Family Relationships. Join us for a selection of live and on-demand events to explore the ways bereavement can…

Our virtual festivals are the foundation that Good Grief was built on. When our founding director Lucy Selman first floated the idea of a festival all about grief, there were some who thought, ‘will people actually want to go…

What has it truly been like to be bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic? How have people coped, when infection control restrictions made saying goodbye difficult or impossible, and expressions of love and companionship from friends,…

Well. It has been a busy couple of years for Good Grief with over 25,000 people attending our events since 2020. You are part of an amazing community of people who have been with us…

On 26 January 2022 Clair Fisher died. Clair was an amazing advocate for talking openly about death and dying, planning for the end of life, and for hospice and palliative care. Diagnosed with stage 4 bowel…

To mark National Grief Awareness Week (Dec 2nd – 8th) we are making Good Grief’s Julia Samuel Channel available for free for 7 days. This amazing resource is a one-stop-shop featuring recordings of all of…

Thank you so much for joining us at Good Grief. When you have finished attending (whetherit’s one event or all weekend), please complete our quick evaluation survey. You only needto complete it once, even if you…

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since our first festival last October. When we started to plan Good Grief as a live festival in October 2019 we had no idea that a pandemic lay…

Here it is, hot off the presses…our downloadable programme with 50+ events and our full festival schedule. Make yourself a cuppa and start planning which events you’ll be joining us for this October 30th and…

Good Grief Festival is back this October 30th and 31st with another jam-packed programme of virtual events including talks, interviews, workshops and on-demand Grief School sessions. Here’s a little round up of some of this…

We’re back this October with a packed programme of 30 free events. Our ‘virtual festival of love and loss’ will explore the universal human experience of grief through panel discussions, conversations and workshops. We have…

We are delighted to announce free events with David Kessler and Life.Death.Whatever this May and our very first online course with Julia Samuel. IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID KESSLER Join us for a special free event with…

At Good Grief Festival, the talk on ‘how nature teaches us to grieve’ reminded me of the importance of being in tune with our internal world as well as external world. Often people say how…

Thank you all so much for joining us at Good Grief Festival this weekend. We are so inspired by the amazing honesty, courage and compassion of our Good Grief community. Please know that you are…

We’ve been blown away by your response to our events with Julia Samuel MBE, a paediatric counsellor and one of the UK’s leading psychotherapists. To make it even easier for you to sign-up for one…

Your feedback on the Good Grief Festival is crucial. After you’ve finished attending the Festival, please complete our quick evaluation survey. You only need to complete it once, even if you attended multiple events.  Evaluating the…

It’s now just five days until Good Grief Festival and thousands of you have signed up to attend our events! The past year has been incredibly difficult for so many people and we know that…

With so many to choose from we’ve handpicked a list of events which embody insight and practical guidance, shared by experts from healthcare, academia, art and culture, and more! 1. How to understand and process…

Thousands of you have been busy booking your events for Good Grief Festival this March 27th and 28th. All events are free to attend and we are so excited about welcoming you all. Here are…

As we count down the days to Good Grief Festival 2021, we thought we’d recap on some of the content currently available to watch on The Grief Channel. Today we’re focusing on our most viewed…

The Grief Channel contains a huge catalogue of content from over 150 speakers, all united by one topic – grief. We’ve rounded up 5 of the best talks on the platform that focus on the…

Programme of 150+ speakers and 100+ events to help people who are grieving We are delighted to announce our full programme of virtual events for Good Grief Festival this March 27th and 28th, featuring talks,…

As we count down the days to Good Grief Festival 2021, we thought we’d recap on some of the content currently available to watch on The Grief Channel. Today we’re focusing on our top 5…

We’re thrilled to announce that our dear friend Gary Andrews will be hosting a series of free virtual events with Good Grief exploring how drawing can help us to work through grief. Each ‘Doodles +…

We are thrilled to announce that Good Grief Festival will return to your screens on March 27th and 28th with a packed programme of 50 virtual events and 70+ speakers. All events will be free…

We are delighted to announce that Good Grief will be hosting a series of free events with Julia Samuel over the coming months.  One of the UK’s leading psychotherapists, Julia is the bestselling author of Grief…

We are supporting The Good Grief Trust’s National Grief Awareness Week (Dec 2-8) by releasing recorded events from Good Grief Festival for a limited time. Today, the focus is on bereaved parents. The videos below will be…

We are supporting The Good Grief Trust’s National Grief Awareness Week (Dec 2-8) by releasing recorded events from Good Grief Festival for a limited time. Today, the focus is on diversity and inclusion. The videos below will…

We are supporting The Good Grief Trust’s National Grief Awareness Week (Dec 2-8) by releasing recorded events from Good Grief Festival for a limited time. Today, the focus is on men’s grief. The videos below will be…

We are supporting The Good Grief Trust’s National Grief Awareness Week (Dec 2-8) by releasing recorded events from Good Grief Festival for a limited time. Today, the focus is on supporting children and young adults…

We are supporting The Good Grief Trust’s National Grief Awareness Week (Dec 2-8) by releasing recorded events from Good Grief Festival for a limited time. Today, the focus is on people who have been bereaved…

We are delighted to be supporting the Good Grief Trust’s National Grief Awareness Week (Dec 2-8). We will be participating in their #ShareYourStory campaign by releasing a number of recorded events from Good Grief Festival,…

We’re delighted to announce that The Grief Channel is live. You can now watch nearly 60hrs of recorded events from Good Grief Festival including panel talks, interviews, workshops and webinars. For just £20 per year,…

Thank you for joining us at Good Grief Festival. We hope you found it helpful, entertaining and supportive. The response so far has been incredible and we will be spending the coming weeks reflecting on…

It’s the third and final day of the inaugural Good Grief Festival. And what a Festival it’s been! Many of our individual online events are tipping four-figure audiences, meaning we’re reaching many thousands of people…

We’re very excited to welcome you to our first Good Grief Festival this weekend. You will be able to watch our events in three ways.  Tune in to our Main Stage live-stream (free) Dip in…

Welcome to day two of Good Grief Fest, a three-day virtual festival of love and loss that is totally free to watch online. Positive feedback from yesterday has been quite overwhelming – here’s how we’ll…

Hello and welcome to Good Grief! At last the big day has arrived. We’re blown over by the support we have had in the run-up to the festival – thank you all so much. We…

And we’re off! Friday 30 October is the first day of Good Grief Fest, a three-day virtual festival of love and loss. Here are some of today’s live-streamed highlights.  MAIN STAGE HIGHLIGHTS As people across…

Earlier in 2020 we collaborated with the amazing Bristol-based charity Creative Youth Network. The charity enables young people in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire area, no matter what their background or circumstances, to reach their…

With just over a week to go until the very first Good Grief Festival (30th Oct to 1st Nov), we’ve rounded up some of our team’s favourite panel talks. Feast your eyes on this incredible…

Your feedback on the Good Grief Festival is crucial. After you’ve finished attending the Festival, please complete our quick evaluation survey. You only need to complete it once, even if you attended multiple events.  Evaluating…

Bristol’s virtual Good Grief Festival is thrilled to welcome Linda Magistris, CEO of The Good Grief Trust, as its in-studio host. The majority of speakers will be joining us online from their own homes, though…

Dr Lucy Selman, founder of the Good Grief Festival, speaks about and invites you to take part in a new study into bereavement in 2020. “If you’ve been bereaved this year, I am so sorry…

Some experts believe there are as many as 44 different types of grief. Grief has many faces, and how you lose someone can affect the way you grieve. Tune in to a free Grief School…

We’re thrilled to introduce podcaster Mark Lemon to the Festival, to host our series of intimate Grief Chats. Listen in as Mark brings two people together for these special conversations, each of which reveals two…

The Good Grief Festival downloadable programme is now live. It details the 70+ free events and 100+ incredible speakers in this event. What began life as a physical gathering planned for May is now a…

The Good Grief logo was created by Sophie Chatziapostolou. Dr Lesel Dawson from the University of Bristol and the Good Grief team, talks about its significance. The winged creature that is the festival’s symbol is…

Over 3,000 of you have already registered to join us at Good Grief Festival this October! With event tickets available next week, we’ve rounded up 10 festival highlights for you to choose from: from The…

As I write this, the UK government has just announced that 13,729 people have died in hospitals from COVID-19. Care England estimates more than 1,400 people have now died in care homes. As you read this, those appalling figures…

Like you, I am stunned by the pace of events the past month. Covid-19 is a truly extraordinary moment in UK, nay global, history. From my vantage point in Somerset, UK, it feels like we…

If you’ve loved and lost you’ll find some moving, helpful and very human stories in this selection of podcasts on grief. They feature stories, interviews, darkly comic slants and practical advice. Griefcast Comedian Cariad Lloyd’s…

Music follows us through life. It accompanies and evokes key moments, days and even whole eras. These classic albums were written in times of grief, from the despair of losing friends and lovers to the…

A spark of excitement and wide-eyed desire to explore the world isn’t always what ignites big adventures. Sometimes, tragic events such as the loss of a loved one can cause people to hit the road…

This selection of thoughtful films deals with grief and loss in poignant, creative ways, from a searingly intimate portrayal of Jackie Kennedy to the earthy extremism of Captain Fantastic. Perfect for moments when you need…

A new festival to help people talk, think and learn about grief will launch in Bristol next May. Good Grief, Bristol is a week-long festival (May 11th to 17th) bringing together speakers, film screenings, exhibitions,…

Be inspired by these speakers who found comfort in transforming grief and sadness into action, art and progress. How your emotions change the shape of your heart by Sandeep Jauhar  “A record of our emotional…

From Bristol to Mexico, New York to Mumbai, mural artists all over the world share their grief on our streets. Paying tribute to lost icons and highlighting social issues, street artists’ reflections on grief are…