On this week’s episode of Grief Encounters, Sasha and Venetia speak to DJ and Radio Presenter Andy Preston. His voice will be familiar to many, as it accompanies Dublin offices and homes throughout the workday, but Andy’s backstory is one that is largely untold.

Sadly death and grief has played a large role in Andy’s life from an early age, and is something that has accompanied him closely, for many years. Andy is the sole remaining member of his birth family, and has also suffered the loss of a best friend; fellow radio companion Tony Dixon.

He first experienced loss when his sister Elaine died from an undiagnosed lung condition when Andy was 18 years old. This loss affected Andy on many levels, and in the interview he discusses with Sasha and Venetia how the loss turned him into an extremely angry young man.

The conversation looks a lot at how Andy managed to learn something in grief, and cary that through to other stages in his life. In the case of his sister's death, this anger was able to evolve into Andy becoming a more mindful and considered person going forward into adulthood and beyond. Andy’s personal journey in grief is one filled with many highs and lows, and honest account of his own shortcomings and failures is what makes this such an interesting listen.

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