The Grief Cocoon Podcast

EP 8: Losing Your Mother as a Child & Using Folk Stories to Process Grief


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In this episode, Gaby speaks to Dan Wei about:

  • how her theatre show - 'Little Tadpoles Looking for Mama" - significantly impacted her grief
  • how she found solace in Mother Nature
  • her experience of losing a parent at 9 years old
  • using stories as a way of exploring grief
  • ...plus she shares how you can start connecting to nature as therapy.


    Dan⁠ is a Chinese-Australian multi-disciplinary artist whose practice includes science and technology, interactive installations, poetry, movement, and performance. Her original theatre show, "Little Tadpoles Looking for Mama",  is a dance piece with a difference where nature meets nurture; a dialogue of sound and movement that explores love, loss and our everlasting search for human connection.


    Links to the original Chinese folk tale "Little Tadpoles Looking for Mama":

    • The Little Tadpoles Search for Mom.1
    • The Little Tadpoles Search for Mom.2

    • If this episode has brought up anything that you need further support with, then please talk to a trusted person or contact a support service, such as:

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      • ⁠⁠Lifeline⁠⁠ - 13 11 14

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