Stacey Heale on guiding children through grief
Happy Mum Happy Baby
Giovanna Fletcher
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Happy Mum Happy Baby, Giovanna sits down with Stacey Heale, a writer, campaigner, and the author of ‘Now is Not the Time for Flowers’, a candid exploration of grief written by Stacey following the death of her husband Greg.
Stacey tells Gi about the day Greg was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer and how they navigated the realities of parenting their two daughters through his terminal illness.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Happy Mom, Happy Baby. |
| 0:05.0 | I was 36 when Greg was diagnosed, suddenly being told your partner and father of your two babies is going to die. |
| 0:15.0 | It's an impossible task to grieve your husband |
| 0:21.0 | and look after children. |
| 0:25.0 | He were also grieving. |
| 0:27.0 | I think that's probably the moment my parenting style changed. In another floor, kids, we're going feral. |
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