#1 Stillbirth, Songwriting and Remembering Liberty with Sophie Daniels

Welcome to the first episode of Footprints on our Hearts, a podcast about baby loss, legacy and learning to live again. In this episode, I talk to Sophie Daniels about her daughter, Liberty.

Sophie Daniels is Head of Songwriting at ICMP in London. As a non-performing songwriter, she’s built a career writing songs for other people but last year, she released her own EP to raise money for Tommy’s and Sands. It includes the song I Can Love You From Here, which Sophie wrote ten weeks after Liberty’s death.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Sophie’s daughter, Liberty, who was stillborn in January 2011 (03:15)
• Sophie’s grief journey, finding happiness and having a relationship with Liberty (21:15)
• Pregnancy after loss (31:12)
• How they remember Liberty as a family (37:15)
• Liberty’s legacy and I Can Love You From Here (42:43)

Sophie kindly gave me permission to play I Can Love You From Here which I’ve included at the end of the interview.

You can find out more about Sophie’s EP on her website: www.libertysmother.com/

You can also connect with her on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/libertysmother), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/libertysmother/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/libertysmother).

The Liberty’s Mother EP is available on all platforms.

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