Sarah Stephens - Still Their Mum — Child Loss, Legacy and Learning to Live Again

In this deeply moving episode, host Heather sits down with Sarah Stephens, a visibility strategist and founder of the Global Visibility Club, to discuss child loss, grief, and the extraordinary legacy she has built in memory of her children.

Sarah opens up about losing her daughter Violet at just 15 months old — a little girl who loved Katherine Jenkins, travelled the world, and touched the hearts of everyone she met. She also speaks with remarkable honesty about the devastating decision to terminate a subsequent pregnancy with her son Arthur after a serious brain condition was discovered at the 20-week scan, and how the grief of those two losses, so different from each other, shaped everything that followed.

She reflects on being high-functioning in grief, the friends who disappeared, the anxiety of pregnancy after loss, and how raising £50,000 for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital gave her something to hold on to when there were no answers. She also shares why she went public after Channel 4’s In The Dog House edited out all mention of child loss from her appearance on the show.

Key Topics Covered:

• Losing a child and navigating grief in your own way
• Termination for medical reasons and the unique grief that follows
• High-functioning grief and why it can isolate you further
• Losing friendships after child loss
• Building a legacy to keep your children’s memory alive
• Pregnancy after loss and the anxiety it brings
• Why we must say the names of the children we have lost

Whether you have experienced child loss or want to better support someone who has, this episode is a powerful reminder that these children existed, they matter, and they deserve to be remembered.