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“We Can Survive”: how Michelle’s grief helps others.  Canberra Times – By  Stephanie Gardiner   https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8777307/we-can-survive-how-michelles-grief-helps-others/

https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/8742450/mandy-walkers-agrifutures-rural-womens-award-journey-from-wa/

The Grief Language Project® conversation with Michelle Moriarty.   From grief to growth; Through pain comes purpose.  According to the last Australian Census, there are more than one million widowed people living across Australia. This is the group that Michelle Moriarty found herself in after becoming a widow at 38. This podcast is a chat filled

AgriFutures On Air Podcast. There are more than one million widows across Australia. After two extremely personal losses, Michelle Moriarty decided that there were benefits to connecting the shared experiences of grief with others. The Western-Australian based social worker went about creating a platform called ‘Grief Connect®’ to ensure no one across Australia grieves alone.

The language around grief can be a conundrum- what to say, how to say it, when to say it? But Michelle Moriarty, the Western Australian winner of the AgriFutures Rural Woman of the Year has dedicated herself to breaking down the barriers.

See the feature article in The Australian Women’s Weekly.
“My aim is that no one grieves alone”: How a young widow turned her pain into purpose. Michelle Moriarty coped with the loss of her partner by creating an award-winning grief support group.

Michelle Moriarty – 2023 WA AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Winner

Widowed at 38, Michelle Moriarty knows about grief and what to say to someone who has lost a loved one By National Regional Reporter  Eliza Borrello ABC News At just 42, Michelle Moriarty has learnt a lot about grief. In 2018, she became a widow when her partner, 39-year-old Nathan Johnston, died suddenly. “Nathan and