The Glimmer Podcast
Episodes
Working with rural and remote families who have suffered pregnancy loss
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Warren is a volunteer Bereavement Support Worker who is passionate about reducing the silence and stigma surrounding pregnancy loss. She shares ...
The nature of grief and grief in nature
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Monique Ross is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. Hosts Liana and Amy learn about this practice and how people grieving miscarriage, stillb...
Unpacking the hidden gems in perinatal grief and loss research
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Associate Professor Fran Boyle shares the MAJOR research findings for improving care for parents and families after perinatal loss. Fran is a Princip...
Spirituality, grief and perinatal loss
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Faith, traditions and spiritual beliefs can be shaken or strengthened in the wake of pregnancy loss/stillbirth/TFMR/miscarriage/child loss. Amy and Li...
Returning to Work after pregnancy loss
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liana Quinlivan and Amy Larsen discuss strategies, boundaries, emotions and communication options for bereaved mums who can feel really vulnerable ret...
Continuing connection after pregnancy loss
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can you support yourself after perinatal grief and loss after miscarriage/stillbirth/neonatal loss/TFMR/neonatal loss? Liana and Amy discuss ways ...
Pregnancy loss and friendships. Complexity and layers
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Friendships change after pregnancy loss. Season 5 introduces hosts Liana Quinlivan and Amy Larsen. These women work in the grief and loss space and a...
Building Hope: empowering future generations of Women navigating Miscarriage
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Payne (CEO and founder of Pink Elephants) engages Tahyna MacManus in a discussion about the grief of miscarriage, creating the documentary &a...
Miscarriage grief, support and honouring your baby
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A miscarriage doula is someone who provides knowledgeable guidance and support to people who experience pregnancy loss at any gestation in pregnancy. ...
Navigating involuntary childlessness.
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Roberts is a grief councilor, creator, teacher and healer. She is the founder of ‘The Empty Cradle’ which supports women who have lost the o...
Culture, faith and community: how these impact on pregnancy and baby loss "RE-RELEASE!"
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fatima El-Assaad and Amanda Pain join Glimmer to share their experience of how their cultural and religious backgrounds have shaped their pregnancy an...
Putting the jigsaw of your life back together after baby loss, with Liana Quinlivan
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The online Glimmer program’s beloved specialist bereavement midwife and fellow warrior Mum Liana Quinlivan joins this episode of The Glimmer Podcast...
Navigating medical complications of pregnancy, babyloss and Preeclampsia
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Whalen joins us in this episode of the Glimmer Podcast to discuss preeclampsia, stillbirth and maternal near-death experience in pregnancy. Cai...
Returning to work after pregnancy/child loss : TFMR, stillbirth, neonatal loss, miscarriage, baby, child loss
02 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Glimmer Podcast is all about returning to work after miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss or TFMR (termination for medical reaso...
TFMR and why terminology and language are so important - with Meagan Donaldson
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meagan Donaldson joins The Glimmer Podcast to talk about TFMR (termination of pregnancy for medical reasons), the importance of language and finding j...
Who can you talk to about baby-loss? This episode is all about managing tricky conversations with family and friends, and the free support available from the Red-Nose support line
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Edwina Symonds is a red nose volunteer support line worker whose son Sebby passed away due to a rare genetic disorder. She uses writing to help grieve...
Your grief 'war-wounds' people cannot see
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Priyanka Saha is many things – a pregnancy and baby loss survivor, charity founder, lawyer, and believer in hope. Having lived through a traumatic f...
Specialist doctors - how they can help YOU when contemplating a rainbow pregnancy
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ashleigh Smith of The Glimmer Project interviews 2 sub-specialist medical professionals in this episode of The Glimmer podcast - for women and thei...
Pregnancy loss is a tragedy for grandparents too...
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Glimmer Podcast, Dr Ashleigh Smith interviews Joy Hall. Joy offers a grandparents perspective to pregnancy loss and shares her ...
Friendships, Rainbows and the Longer term with Mia Freedman and Bec Sparrow
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bec Sparrow and Mia Freedman formed a strong and long-lasting friendship over their shared experience of pregnancy loss. In this episode, Dr Ashleigh...
Navigating pregnancy-after-loss with Ann-Maree Imrie
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ann-maree Imrie joins Dr Ashleigh Smith and The Glimmer Podcast today as someone who knows the struggle of pregnancy-after-loss – also known as a ‘...
A fathers perspective on life after stillbirth - connection, direction and navigating grief
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mitchell Delamotte joins Glimmer today to offer a ‘fathers perspective’ on pregnancy loss - an important and lesser-discussed experience. In this ...
How faith and loss can intersect, with Senator Keneally
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the Season finale of The Glimmer Podcast, Dr Ashleigh Smith interviews Senator Kristina Keneally about her life after losing her daughter Caroline ...
The International organization working to reduce baby-loss
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During this episode of The Glimmer Podcast, Dr Ashleigh Smith (founder of The Glimmer Project and 3 week online Glimmer program for women who have exp...
How baby loss impacts your marriage or relationship
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Zelda Language is a Counselling Psychologist in South Africa. She has many years of experience and is currently in the process of establishing a Welln...
How to utilize a surrogate after pregnancy loss - with Jenn Hepton
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode begins with the difficult journey travelled by Jenn Hepton – an incredible and resilient woman who has experienced more heartache then ...
Grief gaslighting!? Are you doing it to yourself?
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ashleigh Smith interviews Annabel Bower – author of the heartfelt book ‘Miles Apart’ which aims to support mothers navigating grief after the...
Ep 3: Learn to Hold Space for families grieving miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn loss
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode discusses grief after pregnancy loss, holding space, post-traumatic growth, liminal space and recommendations for further reading. Dr Ash...
Avoiding the 'grief traps' after pregnancy and newborn loss
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Glimmer Podcast is hosted by Dr Ashleigh Smith and interviews experts on managing pregnancy and newborn loss related grief. This week’s guest is...
Should we all see a psychologist after pregnancy loss?
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we welcome Julee Pinel – Psychologist and Mental Health Nurse with over 25 years experience. Julee’s son Andrew passed away when he was born...