Grieving Daughters Club.

In this episode of the Grieving Daughters Club podcast, I meet with Heidi to talk about her complex journey through grief after the loss of her father, Mark. Heidi shares details about her father's life, their relationship, and the complexities of navigating grief amidst difficult family dynamics and a global pandemic. She discusses the challenges she faced during her father's illness, the emotion...

In this episode of the podcast, I meet with Louise to talk about one of the most disorientating overlaps grief can bring, becoming a first time mother while simultaneously losing your own. Louise was nine months pregnant when her mum, fit, well, and full of life was given a terminal diagnosis. There was no time to adjust, no space to prepare. Just the shock of impending birth alongside impending l...

In this episode of the podcast, I meet with Holly, who speaks about her experience of losing both of her parents. Holly shares the impact of her father's death as a teenager in a pivotal moment in her life and the challenges of navigating her mother's early onset dementia whilst raising young children years later. The conversation delves into the hugely emotional toll of caregiving a paren...

In this episode I met with Meera. She shares her heartfelt journey of losing her mother,  just two weeks after her 70th birthday party. Meera reflects on her mother's vibrant personality, the suddenness of her passing, and the complexities of navigating grief as the eldest daughter. The conversation delves into the emotional conflicts that arise during mourning, the impact of cultural expectat...

In this episode I met with Rebecca, who opened up about the quiet, powerful lessons her dad left her with, lessons she didn’t fully realise were shaping her life until after he was gone. Rebecca talks about watching her dad retire, finally giving himself permission to enjoy his days… and how that changed the way she now moves through the world. Not in a forced “live every day like it’s your last”...

In this first episode of Series Two of the Grieving Daughters Club Podcast, I talk to Katie, who shares her honest and heartfelt story of losing her beloved dad, Kevin. Having previously faced the devastating loss of her brother, Katie reflects on how this previous life changing experience, impacted her and how she viewed death and dying. She shares how this knowledge helped her approach her dad’s...

In this sixth and final episode of the first series of the Grieving Daughters Club Podcast, I sit down and talk to Soph, who shares the devastatingly short chapter between her mum’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis and her death just 26 days later. Soph talk about the shock of a life flipped upside down overnight, the chaos and numbness of the diagnosis and the days that follow. Soph speaks honestly ab...

In this fifth episode of the Grieving Daughters Club Podcast, I sit down and talk to Charmaine who lost her mum to ovarian cancer in her 20s. Charmaine reflects on her mother’s vibrant spirit, the heartbreak of her illness, and the raw emotions that surfaced in those early days of grief and how it has an impact now 13 years later. Charmaine also shares how repressed grief showed up in her life, an...

In this fourth episode of the Grieving Daughters Club Podcast, I sit down and talk to Tam who lost her dad suddenly without warning. Tam talks about the shock of losing her dad out of the blue. She also speaks about the process of grieving while trying to be there for her children, and the bittersweet sting of facing big family moments without him. We talk about how deeply personal grief is, and w...

In this third episode, of the Grieving Daughters Club Podcast, I sit down and talk to Clare about double parent loss.  Claire opens up about losing both of her parents in her 30s within 18 months of each other. She also talks about the tradition of Irish funerals and the impact this had on her grieving process and the quiet ways she continues to honour her mum and dad. We talk about: Losing both p...

In this second episode of The Grieving Daughters Club Podcast , I sit down and talk with my sister Steph. We talk what it was like for Steph to lose mum whilst being 8 months pregnant and how hard it was to give birth only 5 weeks later and navigating early grief while becoming a first time parent. This is an honest and deeply personal conversation about the heartbreak of losing our mum and the im...

Hi I am Elle, a UK counsellor and a Grieving Daughter having lost both of my parents in my 20s and 30s. In this first ever episode of  The Grieving Daughters Club Podcast, I talk about the day my world changed the day my mum died when I was only 25. This is a honest and deeply personal conversation with my sister about what it was really like losing her,  the pain, the cancer, the trip to Mexico,...