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Why my son is our third and only child

Why my son is our third and only child

Ask Fleur Shaw-Jones how many children she has and she’ll tell you: three. But only one child shares her home. Her first two babies, twins, died minutes after they were born in 2010. Here, she explains the special place they will always have in her life. Is he your first? It is a benign and […]
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Tracy Grimshaw: How my mum's death changed me

Tracy Grimshaw: How my mum’s death changed me

Tracy Grimshaw put her life on hold to nurse her dying mum. Eighteen months on, she tells Michael Sheather her grief is so intense, she is considering therapy. Tracy Grimshaw’s life changed irrevocably the day her mother Barbara died. Tracy, the host of television’s A Current Affair, stood by Barbara throughout a gruelling nine-month battle […]
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Broken hearted

Losing a loved one can really break your heart study finds

If you have lost a loved one and felt like your heart was breaking, you have been right. A new study conducted by cardiac researchers at Sydney University and the Royal North Shore hospital, have found that the loss of a loved one, like a parent or a partner, can really break your heart. The […]
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Lyndey Milan: I'll never get over my son's death

Lyndey Milan: I’ll never get over my son’s death

TV cook Lyndey Milan’s son Blair died suddenly from cancer on April 17 last year. He was just 29 years old. Here, Lyndey reveals how his death has torn a hole in her life. As Blair’s mother, people might expect me to say that he was special, but he truly was. For Blair, everything was […]
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You really can die from a broken heart

Grief increases heart attack risk

The death of a loved one is devastating — but a new study has found it could literally break your heart. Researchers from Harvard Medical School have found that your risk of heart attack dramatically increases in the days and weeks after the death of a close friend or family member. Related: Juices that can […]
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Growing through grief

Growing through grief

Grief is like a cyclone – violent and uncontrollable, it rips through us, upending our lives. Even when the shock has passed, we are left dazed, sifting through memories and trying to make sense of an unfamiliar, devastated landscape. Grieving is a natural response to loss and the more you loved that person, the more […]
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