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Let's talk about grief

As part of our 2025 Grief Awareness Month campaign, we have invited people across Australia to help make grief more visible by sharing their personal stories — showing what we’re feeling and what we’re missing when it comes to the grief experience. 

By using this platform to share stories of loss and love, we hope more people feel acknowledged and supported — whether you’re grieving a recent death or learning to live alongside older sorrow.

Grief is complex and shaped by our individual experiences. Every story shared here offers a glimpse into how it can affect us — and how we carry it.

Click on the links beneath each image to read the full stories, and perhaps find hope, comfort, or a new perspective along the way. 

We’re incredibly grateful to the courageous individuals who have shared their experiences of grief with us. By speaking openly about their pain, hope, and search for meaning, they are helping others feel seen, understood, and less alone.

We invite you to share this page with someone who may be walking their own path through grief.

Let's Talk About Grief Campaign

Have your say on grief in Australia

Grief is universal, yet too often it goes unspoken or unsupported.
 
The 2025 National Grief Survey, led by Griefline, is gathering insights on how grief is experienced across Australia — and where support is falling short.
 
Marie sharing her story about keeping a promise and rediscovering joy
Partner loss

Marie’s story: How she kept a promise — and found joy again

Marie never imagined she’d be raising their two boys without Rob. In the early days of loss, everything felt surreal — like life was moving on without her. But over time, she found strength in the promise they once made: to choose joy for their children, no matter what. Grief became a space for reflection, but also transformation — one small, intentional step at a time.

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Sue sharing her story about finding words when grief feels unspeakable
Partner loss

Sue’s story: Finding words when grief feels unspeakable

After Glenn’s death by suicide, Sue found herself in a world that didn’t know how to respond. The silence was deafening, the systems overwhelming. In the absence of answers, she turned to poetry — not as a writer, but as someone searching for meaning in the aftermath. Her poems became a quiet rebellion against the loneliness of grief, giving shape to pain and permission to feel.

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Couple embracing, symbolising love, loss, and healing after grief.
cumulative loss

Stephanie’s story: The shape love takes – a widow’s journey through grief, caregiving, and healing

“Grief isn’t just pain — it’s the shape love takes when the person we shared it with is no longer physically here.” After losing her brother, caring for her fiancé through terminal illness, and becoming a widow at fifty-three, Stephanie reflects on the sacredness of love, the raw truth of loss, and the strength found in showing up — for others and for herself.

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Chris Wood looking contemplative, after deep personal loss
Child loss

Chris’s story of spiralling pain and slowly rising again

After the unexpected death of his son, grief hit Chris like a tidal wave — overwhelming and all-consuming. It led to a breaking point, but also a turning point. Through connection, community, and supporting other bereaved parents, Chris found a way to live with the pain and honour his son’s memory.

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