Tracey’s mum died from vaginal cancer in 2017. She was 71.

Jamie lives with psoriatic arthritis, a progressive lifelong illness.

Gary became a widower when his wife Joy died from sepsis in 2017. She was 41.

After being diagnosed with the liver disease Biliary Atresia at just nine weeks old, Harry Maceachen has had two liver transplants.

Katherine was training to be an ENT surgeon when she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in November 2018. She had a stem cell transplant in May 2019.

Katie’s husband died in a tragic accident whilst she was pregnant.

Michelle Martin who is a mother to twins with severe brain damage and other medical issues.

Annabel is the proud mother of four children, three who are physically with her and one who lives on in her heart.

Jo lost her mum to Small Cell Lung Cancer in January 2019, eighteen months from terminal diagnosis.

Mariah’s husband, Paul, was unexpectedly killed in a work accident in October 2018. They had been married for 10 years and have three young boys together.

Claire is a Palliative Care Support Worker in the NHS, working alongside a team of Community District Nurses in Surrey. She supports patients and their families both practically and emotionally, as they approach end of life.

Emma’s mum has Huntington’s Disease (HD) – a degenerative, neurological condition which has been described as a combination of Alzheimer’s, Motor Neurone, Parkinson’s, and schizophrenia all combined into one cruel disease.

Christie lost her dad to sepsis unexpectedly in 2016. Never having imagined that she would lose her dad when she was 23 and unsure how to deal with her grief, she started to journal and express herself through her journal and blog.

Debra is a psychic/medium, author and death doula.

Kimberley’s mum, Eve Berridge, died having suffered a perforated duodenal stomach ulcer on 25th July 2019, aged 76 years.

Frankie’s first daughter Esme died due to unexplained stillbirth at full term in 2013. Her two subsequent pregnancies were incredibly anxious and stressful periods of her life.

Dave and Debbie Marteau's 21-year old son Jack was killed crossing the road in Palermo, Sicily nine years ago. Following this tragedy, Dave spent five years investigating death.

Angela unexpectedly found herself submerged into a life stained with grief after losing her husband and sister one day apart. She became a widow and single mother of four at the young age of 30.

Becky’s youngest sister Helen drowned in July 2004, when she was sixteen.

Esther Ramsay-Jones is a psychotherapist working in palliative care, working with people with life-limiting conditions and their family members. Her own mother recently died after living for a short time with brain cancer.

Penny’s mother died by suicide when Penny was 22. February 2020 will mark 20 years since her death.

Rosa’s Dad, the actor Bob Hoskins, died in April 2014.

Jess is passionate about sharing the honest truth of baby loss, stillbirth, miscarriage and pregnancy after loss.

In the last three years, Katy has lost her life-long best friend to a drug overdose, her father to Alzheimer's disease and her mother to a brain tumour.

When Melanie was 22 years old, she experienced the death of her beloved Grandma.

Victoria works in Pharmaceuticals, specifically in cancer T cell re-engineering. Her father was recently diagnosed with cancer.

Sophie was diagnosed with blood cancer at 23. She now runs Trewfields, the first cancer awareness and holistic health festival.

Gaby was diagnosed with bowel cancer six years ago.

Molly is a spoken word artist, writer and nurse. She currently works in London as a cardiac nurse specialist.

Lucy is a forward-thinking funeral director who owns and runs a funeral home in Stourbridge, West Midlands.