From Grief To Groundbreaking— A Conversation With Kiva Lownie

🎙 From grief to groundbreaking— A Conversation With Kiva Lownie Kiva Lownie From Grief to Groundbreaking: The Story Behind Hugs & Suds® In her Legacy Bench conversation, Kiva Lownie shares her raw, emotional story. She is the inventor behind the world’s first patented, UKCA-tested shower-safe baby carrier. But this wasn’t created in a boardroom or brainstormed on a whiteboard. It was built in the middle of grief, ADHD, motherhood, and survival. She opens up about losing her brother Steven at just 23, while she was seven months pregnant with her third child and already raising two young children. Life didn’t stop. Three months later, she gave birth, but the trauma stayed, quietly shaping everything that followed. Then, years later, history repeated itself. Her daughter, also seven months pregnant, lost her partner. The same stage of life. The same overwhelming grief. And once again, she found herself watching someone she loved try to function through the unimaginable. She describes watching her daughter trying to shower, holding her baby with one hand, crying, exhausted, and overwhelmed. What should have been a simple, everyday task suddenly felt unsafe, stressful, and impossible.