Loss and grief are unavoidable facts of life, and yet are still seen as taboo across many cultures. In this series from SBS News, we explore grief across different multicultural contexts, speaking to people with unique stories but often shared experiences. We interrogate loss beyond death, reflecting on how we navigate other profoundly life-changing forms of grief.
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Ahmad shares his family's desperate plea for protection from Australia after fleeing the Taliban and facing deportation from Pakistan, highlighting the urgent need for refugee support in this interview.
25 Apr 2025
Understanding ANZAC Day from Indonesian Perspectives
Every April 25, Australia commemorates Anzac Day as a national day to remember soldiers who died in war, especially in the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I. Anzac Day is often associated with values such as "mateship". However, can we also find these values in Indonesian culture?
12 Sept 2024
Indigenous astronomy: How the sky informs cultural practices - གདོད་མའི་མི་རིགས་ཀྱི་གནམ་གཤིས་རིག་པ་དང་དེ་རིག་གཞུང་ནང་ལག་ལེན་བསྟར་ཚུལ།
Astronomical knowledge of celestial objects influences and informs the life and law of First Nations people. - གནམ་རིག་གི་དངོས་པོའི་སྐོར་གྱི་ཤེས་བྱ་དེས་ཨོ་སི་ཁྲུ་ལི་ཡའི་གདོད་མའི་མི་རིགས་ཀྱི་འཚོ་བ་དང་ཁྲིམས་ལུགས་སྐོར་ཤེས་རྟོགས་དང་ཤུགས་རྐྱེན་ཆེན་པོ་ཆགས་ཡོད།
5 Feb 2024
INTERVIEW: Julia on navigating the grief of her mother's death in her Pentecostal Church
Julia is a Filipino/Fijian migrant who moved from Indonesia to Australia aged 14... and lost her mother three days before her 17th birthday. The 23-year-old shares her story of navigating the grief of her mother's death in her Pentecostal Church, and how she felt it swallowed up her personal loss. In an extra episode for the Living Loss series, Catriona Stirrat speaks to Julia about how culture can sometimes clash with our grief journey, as well as the differences between Australian and Indonesian grief practices.
29 Jan 2024
INTERVIEW: Uncle Michael Welsh of the Healing Foundation's Stolen Generations Reference Groups
Uncle Michael Welsh is a Wailwan man and member of the Stolen Generations. The 71-year-old shares his story of grief and healing; how he used alcohol and violence to suppress the trauma and abuse he says he confronted at Kinchela Boys home, before finally finding safety and comfort to share his story among other men who were subject to the same trauma. In an extra episode for the Living Loss series, Catriona Stirrat speaks to Uncle Michael about his journey with The Healing Foundation's Stolen Generations Reference Group, and how he navigates grief.
22 Jan 2024
Supporting those who have to say goodbye
We have heard a variety of grief journeys, both universal and unique in their experiences. In this episode, we explore how we can enrich our support networks through broadening our understanding of the rituals and diverse grief responses of individuals and their cultures.
15 Jan 2024
Refugees: living with loss of identity, family, language, culture and home
For refugees and asylum-seekers grief is often a multi-layered experience. In many cases, they are navigating the loss of family, home and identity, all while trying to forge a new reality.
8 Jan 2024
'Grief - am I doing it right?'
We’ve explored how culture can be a source of comfort and healing during the grieving process, but it can also be difficult to navigate one’s culture following a loss. In this episode, we look at how people can sometimes find aspects of their culture fail to meet their needs during this time, or challenge their individual grief experience
1 Jan 2024
Anxiety, despair, anger; Ecological grief takes a toll
In this episode of Living Loss, we explore the concept of ecological grief, examining the feelings and experiences that coincide with witnessing and living environmental degradation. We speak to First Nations Australians who have experienced this grief for centuries, as well as a climate conservationist whose ecological grief transcends Australia’s shores.
25 Dec 2023
Grief can take many forms in our lives, but it is not always validated
When we think of grief we think of death, but loss can come in a variety of sometimes unexpected forms. In this episode we hear a diverse range of stories from people who have struggled to find the language to communicate their grief.
18 Dec 2023
'That strength-based approach of our culture': the ways First Nations Australians navigate grief
In this episode of Living Loss, we explore one of the world's oldest civilisations, looking at the complex and diverse ways First Nations Australians navigate grief. We look at the intersection of intergenerational trauma and grief, as well as discover the ancient rituals and sanctity around death in Aboriginal Australian communities.
11 Dec 2023
Why are we so reluctant to deal with grieving?
As a society, we might like to think we’re comfortable acknowledging death, but for many our dominant western culture struggles to hold space for grief. Other cultures also carry taboos around grief, and in this episode we interrogate this discomfort, whilst acknowledging the diverse ways cultures grieve.
4 Dec 2023
'I know he died. Emotionally I can't accept it.' Navigating the complexities of loss
Grief may be a universal experience but it’s felt uniquely across our multicultural landscape. In this first episode of Living Loss, we explore how many turn to their culture and community to navigate complex feelings of loss. How do different cultures hold space for grief, and are some better equipped than others?
27 Nov 2023
Coming soon: Living loss
Everyone, at some point or another, will lose someone or something they love. Loss, grief, and healing. Living Loss is a new series by SBS News, exploring grief across different cultural contexts. www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast/living-loss
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