Room to Grieve Podcast

How you continue to live life when your husband dies 9 years after your daughter with Di Goddard

Di Goddard joins Bec and Karen to bravely share her story and resilience in grief after her husband died this year, 9 years after her daughter died aged 22 from multiple organ failure. Di is raw an honest in sharing her account of loss and grief.
Its a long episode but worth a listen, expect tears and laughter! Di is an author, hypnotist and self proclaimed grief expert but not through choice, life gave her no other option.
Find Di's books here; Liana: Her Story, My Words - An inspiring true story of courage and loss https://stan.store/its_a_grief_thing/p/liana-her-story-my-words-by-di-goddard
How to Grieve a Life interrupted; What I learned from losing from daughter, my dad and my husband all too soon....and how I held my shit together (or am trying to hold it together) https://www.balboapress.com/en-gb/bookstore/bookdetails/863084-how-to-grieve-a-life-interrupted
So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together.
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Grieving for the living Losses found in Caring for a child with medical needs

A bit of a different one this week. Karen and Bec chat to Jessica Patay, founder of We Are Brave Together is a non-profit organization, rooted in Southern California, that provides an international community of support for “Caregiving Moms”—moms caring for children or adult children with any diagnosis, disability or challenge: physical, medical, mental, emotional, behavioral. Our current membership of over 3,000 moms represents all 50 states and 27 countries.
Not all losses are a loss in the typical sense of the word, there are everyday living losses too and its important we talk about these as so many carers can feel hidden in plain sight. It is an immensely difficult, tough and lonely place to be.
Since inception, We Are Brave Together primary mission is to combat the isolation, loneliness, and compassion fatigue that these mothers face, and create opportunities for education, empowerment, support and connection.
We know that our brave mothers are at great risk for burnout, depression, and anxiety, so our mission is to truly preserve and protect their mental health with all our offerings. We believe if you educate and support a mom, you educate and support a whole family. We offer a host of resources to empower mothers in their unique and difficult journeys. We also provide online support resources through our Brave Together Parenting podcast, YouTube channel, monthly newsletters, blog posts and social media feeds. Most recently we released our first anthology, Becoming Brave Together: Heroic, extraordinary caregiving stories from mothers hidden in plain sight, to raise awareness about extreme caregiving and to shout the worth of caregiving and parent caregivers.
Find more about We Are Brave Together and the work Jessica does here;
Website: https://www.wearebravetogether.org/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/wearebravetogether/
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/wearebravetogether
Our book: https://www.wearebravetogether.org/book
Podcast: http://bravetogetherpodcast.com/listen
Link to Siblings PDF: https://www.wearebravetogether.org/what-siblings-need

A Dads Persepctive of Grief

This week is just Karen on her own talking with Becs husband, Brads dad, Simon. Its an honest account of how one dad grieves following the death of his 18 year old son to brain cancer 16 months ago. Listen as Simon shares how he feels now, how he copes, what he thinks the future holds and what he struggles with the most. Its a raw, honest and moving conversation. If you are grieving and feeling alone, we think you find this one a useful listen.  Simon opens this weeks discussion saying he will talk about 'stuff' and there really is very little they do not cover! 
Both Karen and Simon were glad of a few hours peace from Bec! (shh - don't tell her!) 
We'll share a picture of Brads car on our community chat too, so keep an eye out there for it! 
So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together.
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Triggers, EMDR and Recollections in Grief

Karen and Bec discuss Karen EMDR therapy, the trauma Karen struggles to recall and how the EMDR therapy has helped her.
So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together.
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Trauma and Grief with expert psychotherapist John Pilling

Karen and Bec are joined by Psychotherapist John Pilling. With over 18 years experience of working with patients who have experienced loss and trauma, John shares insightful tips, tools and coping strategies as well as some really useful explanations as to why we experience the things we do.
This is a brilliant and informative episode - we learned loads ourselves during this..... Watch to see if it changed Bec's mind on therapy as we all know she isn't a fan!
 So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together.
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The Truth of Grief

Bec & Karen always promised to be raw, open, honest and real with their grief and this week, they are exactly that.
It's a hard hitting episode that talks about the dark realities of grief and how it impacts every part of your life.
So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together.
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GRIEF FROM A MAN'S PERSEPCTIVE

Bec talks with Karen's brother Ant, to get more of an understanding on what grief feels like for men and how he has learnt to deal with grief over the years since the loss of his dad and now his niece Emily.
Ant also shares some brilliant stories of Karen and Emily! What he felt his role was when Emily was diagnosed and how Emily dying has effected and impacted his life going forward.
So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together.
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Working in a Childrens Hospice - Guest Lucy from Derian House Children's Hospice tells all

Not sure what a Children's Hospice is or what they do? Want to learn more about what it is like to work in one and what happens when children die in the hospice then this is the episode for you! In todays episode Karen and Bec are joined by Lucy from Derian House Children's Hospice in Chorley UK, Lucy and team looked after Emily in her last few months. When the kids were dying we were surprised to learn there is so much more to a Hospice then somewhere to die. Have a listen! 
Let us know what topics you would like us to cover, any guests you would like to have on and what you want to see more of!
So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together.
Learn more about Derian House here Derian House Childrens Hospice – Caring for babies, children and young people
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Everyday Grief - Mums discuss life after the loss of their children. Back to school triggers & more

A little catch up with just us! We aimed to talk about the back to school triggers as we are finding this hard but ended up covering anything and everything - like we do!
Most importantly this episode is to thank you all for allowing us to carrying on doing this, for listening and for supporting us and for you to keep sending us the messages and getting in touch because we LOVE receiving them!
Let us know what topics you would like us to cover, any guests you would like to have on and what you want to see more of!
So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together.
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Send any questions you have for Karen and Bec relating to grief and loss to roomtogrievepodcast@gmail.com and Karen and Bec may read it out and address this on their next episode!
#griefpodcast #grieftalk #griefsupport #griefjourney #cancer #childloss

Life After Loss with Mum Natalie after loss of little boy Morgan - Part 2

In this episode we continue our chat with Natalie Ridler whose little boy Morgan died a few days before his 4th birthday. We talk about choosing hospice care, grief support, Morgan's last moments and how life looks now after every parents worst nightmare is now our reality.
We also discuss finding purpose after loss - what is Morgan's Army and the amazing work it does to help other.
So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together.
Follow Natalie and see Morgan's journey here Facebook Morgan's Army
Instagram: Morgan’s Army Charitable Foundation (@morgans_army_) 
TikTok: Natalie @ Morgan’s Army (@morgans_army_) | TikTok
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#griefpodcast #grieftalk #griefsupport #griefjourney #cancer #childloss