DR LAUREN BREEN
Media and Speaking Events
I regularly provide media comment and deliver invited presentations, workshops, seminars, and webinars. This page provides a selection of some recent media and speaking events.
2025
“Psychosocial needs of people with mesothelioma and their family carers” – invited presentation for the National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases
2025
Cancer Council WA’s Keeping up the PASCE podcast Love after life
2024
Bamboo Parenting podcast Grief and loss
2024
Don't be Caught Dead podcast "Helping kids navigate loss with Lionheart Camp for Kids"
2024
“Introducing grief literacy” – invited inaugural address for the Online International Seminars about Grief Literacy series hosted by the University for Humanistic Studies in the Netherlands and the Compassionate Communities Centre of Expertiseat Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium
2024
“Grief literacy and youth” – keynote address at the “Grief Literacy Symposium: Exploring Grief, Loss, and Resiliency in Our Community and on Campus”, King's University College, London, Ontario, Canada
2024
“Let’s talk about grief literacy” address for the ‘Let’s Talk About Grief’ conference, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
2023
2023
“What can children and young people teach us about grief?” Invited presentation, International Work Group in Death Dying and Bereavement, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2023
ABC Radio National "The 5 things kids ask when they're grieving"
2023
2023
“Grief literacy and transitional bereavement care” (with Wendy Lichtenthal, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Bereavement Care, University of Miami), 4th Annual U.S. Celebration of World Hospice & Palliative Care Day: A Virtual Coming Together!
2023
My Warm Table podcast Grief Part 1 (with Shelly Skinner)
2023
My Warm Table podcast Grief Part 2 (with Shelly Skinner)
2023
"Grief literacy: A lifespan perspective” – keynote address at the Association for Death Education and Counseling Conference, Columbus Ohio, USA
2023
“Supporting grieving clients: A lifespan perspective” Masterclass for Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
2023
“Grief literacy: Why it matters in improving grief and bereavement care” webinar for Grief Australia
2023
The Future Of podcast Grief (with Shelly Skinner)
2022
“What the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us about grief” – opening keynote address at the International Conference on Current Advancement in Psychology (ICCAP), Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
2022
“What works to reduce anxiety and depression in grieving young people?" - a video co-designed with the project's Youth Advisory Committee
2022
Palliative Care Summit “Doing Death Differently” – co-facilitated (with Shelly Skinner) a 1-hour session on “Grief and Loss” for stakeholders from palliative care, aged care, community services, community members, researchers, policymakers, carers, and volunteers
2022
The Conversation "COVID has changed how we live, how we die, and how we grieve"
2022
ABC Radio National "Grief and the pandemic"
2022
“Working together: A journey of designing and delivering workshops on grief and loss in the Aboriginal community” (with Angela Ryder), for the Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project
2021
“Learning to give, seek, and accept social support following loss” – keynote for Forum 2021, the 7th biennial conference of the Irish Hospice Foundation
2021
“Bereavement support in Australia: Weaving care through health and community partners” – closing keynote address at the Singapore Grief and Bereavement Conference
2021
Ladies, We Need to Talk podcast "Young widows"