An Afternoon with Greg Wise

Much-loved actor, author and screenwriter, Greg Wise, will be joining us to chat about his new book Grief Talking. Greg will share his personal experiences with loss, and encourage us to be more open in our own.

The actor whose film and TV credits include Sense and Sensibility and The Crown, and who is of course married to fellow actor Emma Thompson, said,

"I am a being formed by loss, and I am uniquely more alive, more grateful, more compassionate, more understanding of my capabilities, more loving, more connected as a result of it. But I had to do the work... I don't think I ever really felt joy until I faced into my grief..."

Greg is able to offer solace and understanding through his own moving stories. He advocates for a change in our modern suppressive culture of mourning. Instead, we should allow ourselves and others an open healthy processing of grief so we can become kinder, more connected and experience happiness again.