Room to Grieve Podcast

In this weeks episode Karen & Bec talk to the UK's 1st Widow Coach about coping with the loss of a partner or spouse and the choices we have in grief. So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together. Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/room_to_grieve/ Join our Facebook group here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550631693157 RS...

Well, can therapy help in grief ? Karen and Bec discuss that its got to be the right therapy, needless to say the first attempt at therapy wasn't great! Bec takes some convincing to keep trying to get the help she needs. Anger in their grief is high at the moment and Karen shares her difficult week and maybe her non politically correct way of dealing with challenges. As usual expect tears, rants a...

In this video we talk with Danni about dealing with the loss of an infant. Danni (The Loss Mum) shares her story about living her life after losing her beautiful baby girl Olivia-Grace, a true HIE warrior, 26-02-19 to 04-04-19 Child loss, whether through miscarriage, infancy, childhood or the loss of an adult child, is one of the deepest and most complex griefs a person can endure. Danni chats to...

We should say Happy New Year, but is it really?! Nothing has changed, our grief is just as intense, life continues to move all around us but we survived it.  Karen and Bec are back after the holidays and in this first episode of 2025 they share how they coped with the festive season and going into the New Year (which is so hard and no one ever warns you about!) Listen to them share how they found...

Karen & Bec's final episode of 2024 as they take a few weeks break over the holiday period and will be back in 2025. Both grieving mums are approaching Christmas differently this year so join them as they prepare for the difficulties of the festive season.  So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together. Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram...

This week Karen & Bec chat to Anne Marie whose ex-partner took his own life leaving her and their eldest son to find him. Anne Marie now faces not only her own grief but that of her two young boys. To help them navigate what life looks like now, Anne Marie has started The Seddon Legacy Project in her ex partners name to help provide support to children across Northamptonshire who are bereaved....

As Karen's Son turns 21, Karen & Bec discuss how hard it is to celebrate those special days after the loss of a child and hard it is to navigate your surviving kids grief. Another slightly weepy episode but with special dates and Christmas looming, life is feeling extra griefy.  So, grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfortable spot and we can journey through grief together. Follow us on Instagram...

Join Karen and Bec's weekly therapy session with each other as they discuss their grief, how it makes them fell day to day and how they cope with it. This weeks focus is on anger, whether its because the Christmas holidays are approaching and emotions are frayed but anger is this weeks unwanted guest. Its another light hearted episode that should bring you a smile and make you chuckle but hopefull...

This weeks visual is not up to scratch and we apologise for that! Bec was in a lightening storm and lost signal for large portions of it and therefore dips in and out, this also meant we had to recover the footage and work hard to restore it! Karen and Bec were joined back in September this year with fellow loss mum Angela Moseley who son William was diagnosed with a brain tumour 10 years before h...

Join Karen and Bec as they discuss life, a little bit of grief and food! A lighter conversation this week with a more focus into our day to day life's. Grief feels repetitive at times and the episodes sometimes feel like that is how they come across, so let us know what you want to hear from us and what questions or thoughts you may have, including what grief food is your go too! So, grab yourself...

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, lif...

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 membershi...

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 a...

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. Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/room_to_grieve/ Join our Facebook group here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550631693157 RSS Hosted on Podbean https://www.pod...

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 i...

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. Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/room_to_grieve/ Join...

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 you...

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...

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...

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 yours...

We are joined by Natalie Ridler whose 4 year old son Morgan died in June last year (2023) from a rare type of cancer. Morgan was diagnosed in 2021 after his mum was dismissed by doctors multiple times when raising her concerns, eventually she was listened to and their world then changed forever. Listen to Natalie share their fight to be heard and how they have chosen to live life in memory of thei...

This week Karen and Bec are joined by Soul Midwife, Funeral Celebrant and Death Educator Katie Costello. One of only 1000 soul midwifes in the world, Katie joins us to talk about what a role of a Soul Midwife is, what she has learned from working with the dying and people at end of life. We talk about resilience and why we need it as well as how societies view on grief and death has changed over t...

This week Karen & Bec talk with Louise Fox who also lost her 13 Year old son Gorgeous George in 2022 to glioblastoma, a Grade 4 terminal, aggressive brain cancer. Louise shares George's story and how life has changed after loss and how she manages her grief. A raw, insightful, honest and heartfelt discussion between 3 mums all connected via the loss of their children. We chatted until it was d...

Karen and Bec catch up this week to discuss the raw elements of grief and how we naturally compare ourselves to others, worry about the choices we made on this journey and constantly think about how others around us are feeling. They also share more stories about Emily and Bradley growing up. Definitely expect lots of laughter AND a few tears for this one. So grab yourself a cuppa, find a comforta...

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 co...