Episode 18: Catherine Beer Senses
How do our senses play their part in grief? Counsellor Catherine Beer and I discuss how sight, sound, taste, smell and touch can trigger good and bad feelings
2 Apr 202426min
Episode 17: Sid Cole
How do you go on holiday after the loss of your long term partner and travelling companion? 84 year old widower Sid Cole describes how he plucked up the courage and found a new lease of life
24 Mar 202421min
Episode 16: Ros Doherty
Ros Doherty's husband died suddenly 7 years ago. After the initial shock, she's managed to rebuild a rich life for herself and has a great deal of wisdom to share on the subject.
18 Mar 202435min
Episode 15: Rabbi Romain
Rabbi Jonathan Romain is our guest this week. He talks candidly about the loss of his 34 year old son in a tragic honeymoon accident, how his faith didn't help and how he's got on with life since.
11 Mar 202428min
Episode 14: Emily Cummin
Today's guest is Emily Cummin, founder of a fantastic resource for anyone who's grieving. It's called Untangle Grief and is an app and a website that helps its many members through the twists and turn...
4 Mar 202435min
Episode 13: Baroness Meyer
This week's guest, the Baroness Meyer has suffered more losses than most. Her two sons were abducted by their father when very small and she fought for years, unsuccessfully, for their return. And m...
25 Feb 202439min
Episode 12: Kathryn Gilbert
What happens when we die? What is it like to die? Today we tackle this last taboo and try to de-mystify what it is like when someone dies. We're guided by Kathryn Gilbert, Nurse Consultant at Thames ...
18 Feb 202435min
Episode 11: the language of death and dying
Why do we find it so hard to use the correct language around death and dying? Instead, hedging it about with all kinds of euphemisms? I talk to Catherine Beer, Pastoral Care Worker at the Thames Hosp...
11 Feb 202443min
