Some things are sweet, very sweet. Some things are bitter, really bitter. Is it possible that everything has the potential to be both of these things?

Welcome to another My Why from Claire Sandys (co-host of The Silent Why podcast).  My Why episodes are weekly audio shorts of my latest blog post. If you'd prefer to read it, you can find it here: thesilentwhy.com/post/bittersweet

If it's true that everything in life has the ability to be bitter or sweet, how can we live well in the bittersweet and not get overloaded by either?

Join me as I explore this topic to find out.

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#015. What's it like living your whole life with scars across your face and body? What are those losses like to grieve?

This is The Silent Why, a podcast on a mission to open up conversations around loss and grief and to see if hope can be found in 101 different types of loss.

Loss #11 of 101 - Loss of worldly beauty

For our first loss of the year we’re chatting to Virginia Solomons in South Africa, who was badly burned by fire when she was almost two years old. 

Virginia tells us what it’s like to live with scars and a loss that is impossible to hide. As well as a loss of self, Virginia felt her main loss was the loss of beauty because of how the world viewed her and the comments she had to endure growing up, but she’s found true acceptance and happiness through her scars and now has a beautiful story of redemption to tell.  

For more about Virginia visit:
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-solomons-59407931/ 

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In the words of Emeli Sandé, when did we all get so fearful?
 
Welcome to another My Why from Claire Sandys (co-host of The Silent Why podcast).  My Why episodes are weekly audio shorts of my latest blog post. If you'd prefer to read it, you can find it here: thesilentwhy.com/post/fearful

Is it just age? Is it being female? Why do we let our fears take the reins and steer us in life? And how can we change that? Join me as I explore fear and how we can face it head on.

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Episode #014. Well, here we are in another year, and who knows what 2022 will bring?! 

This is The Silent Why, a podcast on a mission to open up conversations around loss and grief and to see if hope can be found in 101 different types of loss.

In this episode we’re chatting about how far the podcast has come, why we're even doing a podcast in the first place, what we hope it will achieve in 2022, and how you can help us.

If you want to try a different podcast app, visit this page on our website: www.thesilentwhy.com/listentoapodcast

To read our weekly blog visit: www.thesilentwhy.com/blog

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Sometimes our hope feels particularly weak or unstable as we head into a new year, especially if we've have a hard year behind us, or face a tough one ahead.
 
Welcome to another My Why from Claire Sandys (co-host of The Silent Why podcast). My Why episodes are weekly audio shorts of my latest blog post. If you'd prefer to read it, you can find it here: thesilentwhy.com/post/knowhope

So because New Year isn't easy for everyone I've gathered together 10+1 Knows, taken from the Herman's our guests have shared on the podcast, to help you find something to hang your hope onto as the clock strikes midnight and 2022 arrives.

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Welcome to the fifth and last small burst of hope, a hopelet if you will, from Claire Sandys (co-host of The Silent Why). We've decided to put something out every day between Christmas 2021 and New Year, and five of those episodes will be small audio shorts of hope alongside the usual Friday My Why's and Tuesday The Silent Why episodes.

Hopelet 5 is all about cherishing our hope and why it's worth even bothering to invest our time, and heart, in hope at all.

On our social media hand illustrations this one gets the thumbs up. Literally.

 These are the two YouTube video's I mention in the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PluaPvhkIMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLFEvHWD_NE

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Welcome to the forth small burst of hope, a hopelet if you will, from Claire Sandys (co-host of The Silent Why). We've decided to put something out every day between Christmas 2021 and New Year, and five of those episodes will be small audio shorts of hope alongside the usual Friday My Why's and Tuesday The Silent Why episodes.

Hopelet 4 briefly explores how our hopes don't just guide us, but other people as well.

And because you can count all the hopelets on one hand, literally, we've illustrated them all in this way for you on our social media.

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#013. It's a super weird time of year for many people, so we decided to chat about it.

This is The Silent Why, a podcast on a mission to open up conversations around loss and grief and to see if hope can be found in 101 different types of loss.

This isn’t one of our official loss episodes, it’s us (your hosts, Chris & Claire Sandys) chatting about what it looks like to put one year behind you and see another ahead, and that strange time between Christmas and New Year. 

Who’s responsible for the amount of hope we have for a new year? How does it feel when another year arrives and life hasn’t got any easier?

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Welcome to the third small burst of hope, a hopelet if you will, from Claire Sandys (co-host of The Silent Why). We've decided to put something out every day between Christmas 2021 and New Year, and five of those episodes will be small audio shorts of hope alongside the usual Friday My Why's and Tuesday The Silent Why episodes.

Hopelet 3 briefly explores the blessings and the danger of having high hopes. 

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Welcome to the second small burst of hope, a hopelet if you will, from Claire Sandys (co-host of The Silent Why). We've decided to put something out every day between Christmas 2021 and New Year, and five of those episodes will be small audio shorts of hope alongside the usual Friday My Why's and Tuesday The Silent Why episodes.

Hopelet 2 briefly explores what to do when you feel like your hope is weak, damaged or neglected. 

And because you can count all the hopelets on one hand, literally, we've illustrated them all in this way for you on our social media. 

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