Room to Grieve Podcast

Working with teenagers with cancer

Karen and Bec chat with Teenage Cancer Trust Youth Support Worker Angie Burns to find out what it is like to work everyday with teenagers who have cancer. Angie works in the Proton Beam Centre in Christies Hospital Manchester and joins us in this episode to tell us what her job entails, why she loves it so much and the research she is doing to make a difference.
So grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and lets journey through grief together.
We hope you enjoy!
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Sibling Loss - Brads sisters tell their story

Karen and Bec are joined by Brads sister Sydney (25) and Morgan (23) who share their experience how hearing Brads diagnosis felt for them and how grief how been so far. Morgan doesn't mind us sharing that she also has learning difficulties and disabilities, making the who experience for her that little bit tricker (as if it wasn't hard enough anyway). 
 
So grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and lets journey through grief together.
We hope you enjoy!
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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!

Its a New Year for us

Karen and Bec catch up as we head into 'a new year' without the kids. July marks the start of another 12 months without them. We've kept ourselves busy, made ourselves ill and even make space for a few laughs and giggles over cheetahs, safaris and elephants! We do whatever we can just to get through! So grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and lets journey through grief together.
We hope you enjoy!
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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!

How grief has changed over the years with guest Jude Hill

Karen and Bec are joined by Jude Hill whose 4 year old son Adam sadly died from cancer 32 years ago.
Jude now a Life after Loss Mentor helping others through a similar journey, has built her own online community called Sadness to Sunshine and is an author to a book of the same name.
Jude saw a shift in her grief around the 20 year point and went through what she describes as a transformation change discovering energy healing and staying connected. In this episode Jude discusses very openly with us about her grief journey, how this has changed and evolved and how she has brought her son Adam with her throughout her journey.
So grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and lets journey through grief together.
We hope you enjoy!
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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!
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The Pressures in Grief

Another weekly catch up with Karen & Bec as we approach Em's 1 year anniversary. Talking about the pressures we feel and create for ourselves in grief and the weird, hard to describe complexities of it all. We also want to know your favourite biscuit! Let us know in the comments! ..........
Grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and lets journey through grief together.

Navigating DIfficult Dates in Grief

Grief continues to surprise us with things we hadn't thought of. How we are finding purpose in this mess and balancing that within the whole family dynamics and BALANCING the different emotions.
Grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and lets journey through grief together.
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Bradleys Story

The heart wrenching story of one 18 year old lads fight to get help in his dying weeks. How professionals told him he had a zero percent chance of survival, yet they were discharging home without support. 
Brads Mum tells his story of courage and fight as they fought as a family in the hope Brad could overcome the dismal brain cancer diagnosis he had been given. 
You've heard Emily's story and why Karen finds herself here, now its time to hear about Bec's son Brad. 
 

The Little Things in Grief

Its the week running up to Brads first anniversary and its been a tough one. Karen and Bec talk all the little things that people often don't think about when it comes to grief.... until they happen that is.  So grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we'll journey through grief together.

A Griefy Catch Up

t/w: Discusses grief, dying and loss. Karen & Bec catch up to discuss their week so far and how different things can affect their mood. Expect topics such as messages from a medium, making simple, small steps of progress, moving house, what to do with a loved ones bedroom.........and ironing! A relatively normal week for grieving parents. Helping to normalise grief, help others feel less alone and bringing awareness to people who don't quite know our journey. So grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we'll journey through grief together - because its easier that way!

Emily's Story

The heartbreaking story of knowing your child is going to die.
Listen to Emily's story in full as told by her mum, hear the heartbreaking reality of child loss and what that looked like for Emily and her family after Em's Brain Cancer diagnosis. #podcastclips #childloss #grief #griefsupportgroup #newepisode