Family Flowers Only with Ailbhe O'Donnell
25 January - 1 hour 21 mins
Podcast Series
Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland
Content note: This episode includes discussion of suicide, mental health struggles, and family estrangement.
In this weeks episode I’m joined by Ailbhe O'Donnell, who shares her experience of loss, survival, and the long-term impact of family estrangement.
Ailbhe speaks openly about loss in its many forms the loss of family connection, the loss of identity, the loss of belonging and what it means to grieve people who are still alive.
This episode also explores Alva’s journey through profound mental health struggles in her early adulthood, her experience of feeling unsupported at critical moments, and the slow, hard process of rebuilding a life rooted in self-worth, resilience, and compas...
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