That Grief Relief Podcast

Last year, James was told he had approximately 18 months left to live due to, the absolute b*tch that is, cancer.  So what did he decide to do?  He held his own funeral and #fakewake… an event he simply did not want to miss out on!

In one of the most incredible, and weirdly funny, episodes I’ve recorded, James talks me through the emotions he felt when he was told he was going to die, he tells me what we need in the event of a zombie apocalypse and we briefly develop a new reality game show, Cancer Factor, that we don’t think will ever be given the green light!

Links from the episode:

Evil Genius podcast

The Undead book series by RR Haywood

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Jody, aka the 'Beyonce' of childless women, was just brilliant from the very start.  As always, I knew nothing of her story, her journey or her disenfranchised grief, but she kindly shared all.  Including why she's childless as opposed to child-free and her mission to helps other by creating Gateway Women.

Oh if you were born after say 1990 and/or are not from the UK, I would recommend Googling "Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen" ahead of time!

Links from the episode:

Jody’s book, Living the Life Unexpected

The Full Stop Podcast

Selfish, Shallow and Self Absorbed by Meghan Daum

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When he was 19, Joe lost his Mum after an 11 year battle with cancer.  He was a bit lost and confused, so googled how to cope with the loss of a parent.  Discovering that there wasn’t a huge amount available for young people, Joe decided to start his own podcast, giving young people a place to talk and share their stories.

As much as I love Joe for the good things he’s doing for young people in the grief community, I do question his life choices as I discover during this episode that he legitimately likes ‘Parma Violet’ sweets… shocking!  We also covered our lack of London geography knowledge, Tom Cruise and the perfect #QOTD.

Links from the episode:

Joe’s instagram @livingwithloss

Grief Encounter's Instagram

Option B by Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant

The Joe Rogan Experience podcast

Jack Maate’s Happy Hour podcast

Friends with Friends podcast

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Emma & I ‘met’ on Instagram and I was instantly drawn to how open she was with her story (and how wonderfully aesthetic her Instagram account is, not jealous at all!)

Emma was just 15 when her mum died suddenly and far too soon; she was just 42 years old.  Emma, with a very level head on her relatively young shoulders, decided she was going to be strong for the whole family.  This was all going swimmingly until she went to uni and things came crashing down.  Emma took her coping mechanism from drinking to journaling to blogging to starting a podcast and she can now say that she’s actually fine instead of just pretending to be fine!

Links from the episode:

@thegirlwithgrief

@punhub

The Grief Sofa Podcast

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I was connected with Nadim on LinkedIn (how professional are we?!) as he writes a lot about his grief journey after suffering big losses as a young adult.  We covered plenty of topics; TikTok, moving countries, FRIENDS, 'adulting', therapy, Les Mills, blogging, Costa vs Starbucks, oh and of course dead parents!

Nadim was so easy to talk to, so much so that a couple times in this episode the podcast-er became the podcast-ee and he was the one asking all the questions!  Another great episode (even if I do say so myself!), but of course that’s all down to my guests being so brill!

Links from the episode:

Nadim’s LinkedIn

@nadsreviews

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A Singer

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Jas has been a supportive listener of the podcast since day one which is incredible to hear as I started the podcast in October and he lost his father just four months prior.  Jas wanted to share his story as he is a huge advocate of talking, talking, talking to make things a little bit better.

Sharing how he has dealt with (and is still dealing with) his grief, Jas admits that humour plays a huge part and although culturally that doesn’t always land well, he believes it should be whatever helps you… and only you, because you’re the only one that can get you through this! And I couldn’t agree more!

Links from the episode:

@jaskaran.v.s

@gilbert_singhpodcast

Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu podcast

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Whilst Zainab speaks openly about her story (TEDTalks and everything!) she’s never spoken about her grief.  It’s not that she grieves what happened to her, more that she had to grow up sooner than she ultimately should have.

Zainab is a warm, wonderful woman and a fantastic role model, but not so great at cleaning out her trainers after a trip to the beach, as you will soon find out!  I can’t wait to walk sand all through her house when I go round for dinner with her family (which I may or may not have invited myself to!)

Links from the episode:

@zainab.aleqabi

@amypurdygurl

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It’s episodes like this that make me realise just how much I love doing this podcast.  Sam & I met about ten minutes before hitting record and listening to him talk about his wonderful Dad, Stan, brought back so many incredible memories of my own Dad.  I did have to question whether we were related or not at one point!  The similarities didn’t end there sadly, Stan also passed away after a short battle with a brain tumor, but his legacy lives on, and not just in a Christmas Day sea swim!

Although Sam explains that he keeps his emotions locked tightly away in a box, he spoke so openly with me about how he dealt with his grief.  He also brought cake… and if I’m honest I’m not sure which one I’m more grateful for!

Links from the episode:

@dilem_xx

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Ben doesn’t like to blow his own trumpet (and that is a direct quote), but I would very much consider him an expert in this field and was incredibly insightful in this episode answering your questions and more.  He has six years’ experience working alongside U.K. mental health charities, such as Samaritans and MIND, to improve the wellbeing of staff and customers for business such as Barclays, Barclaycard, and Sainsbury’s Argos in the U.K., and now he’s utilising that experience in the U.A.E.

Mental health and wellbeing are of personal importance to him, so much so that he has an NCFE Level 2 qualification in Mental Health Awareness and is an instructor of i-act Promoting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace.

Apologies for my terribly generic ‘Northern’ accents and the fact I questioned the Teletubbies existence.

Links from the episode:

Ben’s LinkedIn

Ignite Training’s instagram

Beginner’s Guide to Mental Health

The CBT Handbook

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@iamkatieovery

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Music: @joemango_official

Artwork: @moodysquirreldesign