What I Learned From Walking Dad Home
Join me for a deep dive into my grief journey so far, plus a how-to guide on how to bottle up your favourite person (or people) before you lose them.
This week I was delighted to sit down with the team from Good Grief HQ to reflect on how I’ve grown through my grief in both caring for Dad and losing him.
In this deep and powerful conversation, hosts Ryan, Calie and I talk:
Parenting through grief
The gift of getting to be someone’s advocate in their darkest hour
What happens when everyone else’s life goes back to normal and yours doesn’t
What we learned from losing my beloved mother-in-law in 2019, and the one thing it made us do differently with Dad
What happened when I went into labour with my daughter that blew our minds
How to interview anyone in your family to capture them forever
The helpful things that made a difference during the acute grief phase, and what to do if you’re supporting someone on a grief journey
The greatest gift I ever received for my 40th birthday, thanks to my best friend and husband
How I honoured Dad while he was still here
How I’m different since losing Dad, including my surprising definition of success
How our current abundance of knowledge isn’t helping us to live better, and how the people we love hold the key to closing the gap between knowledge and action
We laugh (a lot), cry (multiple times) and leave no stone unturned in this touching chat I’m deeply grateful for. Check it out wherever you get your pods, or I’ve dropped the Youtube and Spotify links for you below. I hope you enjoy it, if so - please let me know what resonated for you in the comments, and share this with someone you love.
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Next Of Kin is written by health journalist Casey Beros to create a space where we can all become better Next Of Kin for each other and the world at large. If you know someone who would benefit from my musings, do me (and them) a huge favour and send this on. You can follow me on Instagram here and find out more about my work here.