A Gluten Free Podcast 

Episode 203 

Today we'll be discussing why it's important to grieve gluten, process the emotions of a coeliac disease diagnosis and move forward in your gluten free life. A coeliac disease diagnosis and gluten free life can be overwhelming. It can be tricky and hard. But it's also important to acknowledge those feelings, grieve our former life pre-coeliac disease diagnosis and then move forward with our new gluten free life. 

What we'll cover: 

* Reflecting on last week's episode with Joanna Wynne

* Chatting to Jo and various others in the community lately with grieving the life pre-coeliac disease diagnosis, the emotions 

* Why it's important to feel the emotions of a coeliac disease diagnosis 

* Story of a recent chat I had with a man navigating coeliac disease himself and soon to navigate it with his daughter as well 

* Importance of a strong support network around you when living with coeliac disease and navigating gluten free life 

* Why it's important to grieve your former life pre-coeliac disease and the ability to eat gluten 

* Coming to terms with coeliac disease and the gluten free diet one day at a time

* Learning and using the resources around you in the gluten free community 

* My own experience of grieving gluten and my life pre-coeliac diagnosis 

* My coeliac disease symptoms before my diagnosis 

* Why I didn't grieve gluten like I hear a lot of people do 

* Questions for you in your own coeliac and gluten free journey 

* Sneak peek into next week's guest episode 

Links

Episode with Joanna Wynne, founder of The Coeliac Connection 

How Coeliac Disease Impacts Our Friends & Family

Kati Keksi's website 

Belinda Whelan guest blog post - The 5 Stages of Grieving Gluten After a Coeliac Disease Diagnosis 

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