Dead Parent Club

OH MY GOD - it's happening. It's the final episode of the never ending season of the Dead Parent Club podcast. 

I will be back VERY soon - but to find out more, make sure to give the podcast a listen right to the end. 

In this episode, I'm taking you on a journey. Sharing some of my favourite quotes from a whole bunch of episodes, and insights into grief from so many different people who have all experienced a different story and side to grief.

I can’t tell you how grateful I am to have had this opportunity to talk to so many of you. This is truly the best thing that I will ever create in my life. I’m grateful for you, this community, for teaching me so many things about my own grief that I never knew. And for showing me that no matter how bad we feel, no matter how difficult life gets. There will always be someone who understands. And I will never feel alone. So thank you.

No matter what, the podcast will continue to be a friend in your ear, helping more people in this Club we never wanted to be a part of.

Thank you! And see you VERY SOON!

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WELCOME TO THIS SEASON'S LAST GUEST EPISODE

Daniel has lived a life full of travel, originally from Canada he has lived in Germany, Vietnam, and Hong Kong over the past ten years.

However, a lot of this travel and desire to start his career and live a life similar to his friends was impacted by his Dad’s diagnosis of Stage 4 colon cancer when he was 20, living temporarily in Germany. From here, Daniel travelled back to Canada to continue his education and eventually end up being his Dad’s caregiver a few years later before he passed. 

In this episode, Daniel talks about the impact being physically distant from his Dad when he was sick had, balancing his career goals with caregiving, the support he found being in a relationship with someone who has also experienced loss and feeling like there’s an expiry date on his grief - and how often he should talk about it. 

Daniel talked about his Dad and his own grief journey beautifully and gave some invaluable insights into how grief isn’t linear at all, and the struggles of balancing everything you want to do with life with spending invaluable time with family. 

I hope you enjoy this week’s episode. I’ll be back next week for this season’s final episode to share some exciting news with you, and take you on a journey through the amazing things we’ve learnt together over the past 90 episodes. 

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In this week’s episode I'm joined by Alex Locker from The Grief Kitchen, as she shares her own grief story of losing her Dad very suddenly when she was 18, to then coping with the death of her Mum just 7 years later. Leaving her without either of her parents at the age of just 25. 

We talk about how grief changed her as she approached those key ‘adult’ years after her Dad died, and the intense anticipatory grief she felts the three years leading up to the loss of her Mum. Alex also talks about dealing with the legalities of inheritance tax and selling her parent’s home with her siblings and we discussed the lack of compassionate leave in the workplace. 

Alex is also the creator of The Grief Kitchen, which can be found on Instagram and Facebook. She tells me about what led to its creation and how she aims to connect people over food, sharing the nostalgic stories behind those recipes. 

I hope you enjoy this week’s episode as much as I enjoyed recording it. You can also watch the episode on YouTube at the Dead Parent Club - the link will be in my bio. 

Thank you Alex again for your time. If you enjoy the episode please don’t forget to leave a review and subscribe! 

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Hi guys! I’m so excited to share this week’s episode with you. It’s jam full of open and honest conversations and laughter and I’m just so appreciative that this happened. 

Georgia joined me on the show to tell her own story of losing her Dad in the beginning of 2020 from blood cancer, after also living with an immune deficiency disorder his whole life. 

In this episode, we talk about what it’s REALLY like to lose a parent to cancer, the best way to navigate friendships, how guilt drives you crazy when you’re grieving and - most importantly - how her Dad is her inspiration for everything she does in her life. And how through this, she’s found strength in finding a way to live a life he would love to be a part of.

Thank you Georgia so MUCH for this beautiful conversation. 

And, if you’d like to reach out to her yourself - you can find her on Instagram at @georgiaborne or by emailing [email protected].

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Genell Gorman is a holistic healing coach. She fell in love with the work she did to heal herself and knew there were so many others fatherless daughters out there who would be struggling with the impact this huge loss had on their lives. 

Genell’s Dad passed away when she was just 9 years old and, after going through her teenage years without him, she realised as she got older the detrimental effect not having her Dad around most of her life had had on her mental health and her behaviour and attitude towards life. 

In this episode, she speaks about how we can still feel abandoned when our parent dies, even though they didn’t leave us through choice. And how this abandonment can manifest itself into different areas in your life as you grow older. And she gives a great insight into how you can take back control of your life.

You can view our episode on youtube here.

And find Genell on Instagram at:

genell.gorman

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This is a story about loss and self-love. 

After losing his Mum to suicide in July 2014 while he was working in Cyprus, Jordan underwent his own mental health journey.

In this episode, he speaks about the months after his Mum’s death and the different emotions he went through, including anger. He also talks about the impact it had on his mental health and how a trip to San Francisco encouraged him to open up and talk about what he had been through. 

Jordan has learnt how to love himself more than anyone else, and he’d encourage all of us to do the same. 

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While living with her Dad’s alcohol addiction and balancing life as as a student, Natalie’s Mum was suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer and given days to live.

After her Mum died, her Dad’s addiction took a turn for the worst and she expected every phone call she’d get to be telling her he had died or he was in hospital. 

We discuss how her grief feels different for both of her parents and how it felt like she’d been grieving her dad for years by the time he had died, whereas her Mum’s death came as a huge shock. 

Natalie talks about how she noticed the difference in support to her Dad’s death compared to her Mum’s and how we’ve all still got so much to learn about addiction and the affect it has on people’s families. 

This is such an important podcast and it does a fantastic job of highlighting how everyone’s experience with death and grief can be so different.

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I’ve been so excited to share this episode that we recorded before Christmas because I am just obsessed with Ann and her page ‘Grief Kid’ and the absolute VALUE she is providing to this grief community. 

In this episode you’ll hear Ann talk about the loss of her Mum as a teenager and, as she finally started to find her feet in her grief, her brother. 

We talk about how she processed and reacted to both of these huge losses was different and where she found support. 

Of course. Ann also tells me about where the idea stemmed from for Grief Kid and how she’s finding running her space in the online grief community. 

This really was one of those conversations where I felt like I’d made a good friend by the end of it. I’m forever grateful to all of you for listening. 

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MERRY SHITMAS TO ONE AND ALL. 

This year has been more difficult than most. And Christmas is fast approaching like a dark, thick cloud up ahead. And I know a lot of us are really struggling right now.

However, throughout the year, a lot of us have also experienced some beautiful moments too. From buying your first homes, to graduating, getting married, getting pregnant - the list goes on. And I think it's so important to share the amazing things that can happen in our lives despite our grief. Our grief will never leave us - but there's no reason why happiness can't join the party too. 

Sending all of you an abundance of love this year. You're in my thoughts. 

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Welcome to this week's episode of the Dead Parent Club podcast!

This week I welcomed James Matthewson to the podcast, to share his story about his Mum Theresa who he lost just a few days before the UK's first national lockdown.

We talk about the repercussions of losing someone at the beginning of lockdown, when he was unable to organise a funeral and how he actually found comfort in this.

We talk about the physical side effects of his grief and how TNN's meet-ups have been a real source of comfort for him.

James also has mild Asperger's syndrome, and he shares how the loss of his Mum makes the loss feel like even more of a loss, as she played such a huge role in his life and navigating it.

Thank you for coming onto the podcast James!

This year's Christmas special

For this year's DPC Christmas episode, I'd like the opportunity to share a memory from as many of you as I can from the past year that you would have like to share with your parent/s. To get involved, you can either drop me an email or send me a voice note telling me 1) what your parent/s name is 2) Your favourite thing about them and 3) Something that happened this year that you're proud of/excited about/would simply like to share! 

Send it to me via email to [email protected] before Friday 18th December :)

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