The Beautiful Side of Grief

Is your pet your lifeline? Your absolute best friend, who provides you with unconditional love no matter what life is throwing at you? Perhaps you've even lost your treasured companion and are grieving and suffering in silence because it feels like nobody understands the impact their death is having on you...   Then listen up! I have a guest today who is going to shed some beautiful light on honou...

What makes someone resilient? Is it their ability to navigate a life-long disability? Is it learning to cope to with the pressures that come with that disability - being left out, feeling different, not fitting in? Overcoming anxiety and panic attacks? Is it suffering not one, or two, but multiple job losses when you are the bread-winner? Is it being left to raise a young baby as you also work, an...

So you think life is going swimmingly well... then out of the blue your partner chooses to take his life, leaving you with a one-year-old, having to deal with disgruntled family members, plus a whole host of other issues to sort through!   This is what my guest, Alexandra Wyman experienced. She shares her story with an honesty, vulnerability, and an openness, that comes from having to face the wor...

Imagine crying yourself to sleep every single night from a young age because of all the grief you felt... that's what highly sensitive and multi-spirited Tracee Dunblazier did.   Tracee is a highly respected authority on grief and in this episode we take a look at her book - Transformative Grief: An Ancient Ritual of Healing for Modern Times . This is a book helps people think differently about gr...

Do you feel like very single day is a balancing act? One moment you are okay, and then the next moment you are spiralling out of control. Your thoughts are all over the place. You feel that nobody will understand what you are going through. You feel isolated, alone on this journey, even if you are surrounded by family, workmates, friends, a room full of people. You live in fear that you are crazy....

Falling ill as a doctor dramatically changed Dr Alex Joannou's life. His search for an alternative to surgery led him to exploring a variety of natural healing options including the Chinese philosophy of medicine to improve his own health.   As part of his practice, he developed an integrative form of acupuncture incorporating Indian and Chinese philosphies, designed to raise people's levels of co...

WooHoo! The Beautiful Side of Grief has hit 100 episodes!! I am so grateful to YOU for listening 🙏   And what better way to celebrate than to understand what your clutter is saying to you! Yes, your clutter talks. It tells the story of what you fear, what you're hiding, what you need to feel safe... And so much more.   Star Hansen is known as the Clutter Whisperer. Her approach is probably unlike...

Parenting - best job in the world, right? Not if you lose a precious child in unimaginable circumstances. Not if you are a parent having to hide the shame, guilt and embarrassment of the choices of your children make.     When her young teen boys found themselves caught up in substance abuse, Marsha Vanwynsberghe desperately sought a solution to help them. It was a dark, hidden world of masks, sha...

Like me, you have probably grown up knowing about the 5 types of love language and may even know yours (mine is physical touch!). Growing up in a home devoid of love, full of anger and several failed relationships, it is surprising to find my guest, Paul Zolman's, life focused around love and the role of love.   Through pivotal life experiences, including his mum having 3 children die, the loss of...

March 20, 2012, at 4:00 AM, my nightmare began. My Kaleb gained his angel wings. I still, years later can remember every single detail of the night he died. It is a trauma I never will forget.   Despite knowing Kaleb's day would come sooner than most, June was shocked when it happened unexpectedly. She felt alienated. That she had to walk alone in her grief. It was a year later that June made the...

What does abundance have to do with grief I hear you ask. It's about understanding the foundation of abundance, so when you are ready to take your new normal to another level, your life can be everything you want it to be...whether that be getting your finances back on track, attracting another soul mate, or simply being in a place of peace and harmony.   Rebecca Whitman is a master at helping ove...

It's hard enough to lose your mother in her prime. Though to lose her to a random shooting, well that's even harder to get your head around. In this episode Farah shares how she embarked on a journey to understand the mysteries of her mother's death in tragic circumstances... Why would she choose for her mother to be shot? What was there to learn from this? As she unravelled these questions and mo...

Are you looking to know how you can talk about your loved one? Or how to have healthy conversations about your loved one? Or maybe you want to understand what your loved one coming to you in your dreams signifies...   My guest today, Katie Cosgrove is going to help you out with that and so much more. Katie is a beautiful, compassionate soul whose dad died when she was 15, after an 18-month illness...

' It's all in how you choose to look at the situation. And happiness is a choice' - Clay Boatright   Clay has definitely lives by these words. He nursed his wife and cherished friend, through two bouts of cancer, the later taking her life. And in between all of that, they their raised twin daughters, Paige and Mia, with severe disabilities, along with their elder daughter Blaine. Through this jour...

What are your thoughts on what happens to us once we die?   Dr Lynn Carey is a chiropractor, author and entrepreneur who believes there is no death, only changing forms.   Her experience as an only child, being a perfectionist, worrying about everything, having her father pass over at a young age, her battle with scoliosis, all led her to the discovery of healing from within. Whilst figuring out w...

Families! We all have them, though I secretly suspect many of us have harboured the thought of wishing we could magically belong to someone else's family. I know I certainly did. Toxicity in families is real. It exists. Yet, it is often swept under the carpet to deal with another time - or not at all. My guest today, Susan Gold, experienced an unimaginable childhood! From a very young age she adop...

Seriously, how much does one person have to endure over a lifetime? It seems that some people get more than their fair share of BIG life-changing challenges.   My   guest today, Clint   Hatton is one such person. At 12 years old he lived with   his mum having suicidal ideation. He was an addict, was divorced by his late 20's, tragically lost a 17 year old son in a plane crash, experienced multiple...

This episode is dedicated to all dads, or would-be dads, who have suffered the crushing loss of losing a child through miscarriage. May your thoughts, feelings and emotions be heard through what Tsombawi shares today. And if you have been going it alone, trying to understand why this little being meant so much to you, I hope this episode can be the stepping stone to you being able to reach out and...

Are you a hot emotional mess?   You know when you feel EVERYTHING - your brain goes into overdrive, and when you feel pain it's unnaturally intense, and the struggles you face seem to be on another level compared to others.   Well I've got a guest today who I hope is going to help you make sense of all this and let you know it doesn't have to be this way. Her name is Jennifer Moore and she is a mu...

When you get married you are thinking of the foreverness of it all - a life with your partner by your side, someone you can confide in and who has your back, exciting times a head, a home, a family, the feeling that this is what life is all about. For some though, this dream is cut short.   Jen Zwinck will never forget the moment that changed her life. In 2011, her husband was walking home from a...

I had the pleasure of interviewing John Lodal, a former Hewlett Packard engineer for 32 years and self-confessed problem solver, on what he discovered following the death of his adored wife, Pam, to cancer. Used to thinking analytically and logically, he was unprepared for his world imploding and the storm of emotions he experienced when things quietened down after the funeral. Fortunately, a frie...

Note - this episode does mention suicide (though with the most wonderful outcome!). Listener discretion is advised, and please ensure you are well-supported on your grief journey.   First off he shouldn't even be here. He has a rare genetic disease that wasn't diagnosed for years and years. Seriously, he was 36 before he found out he had Muckle Wells Syndrome! He's had over 40 operations between t...

I would like to let you know that this episode deals with suicide. This may be sensitive and triggering topic for some so please use your discretion and ensure you are well supported.   It must rate as one of life's most distressing situations - having a loved child take their own life. This is what happened to Marinda K Dennis, my guest today, in the past year. Her bright   vibrant 15 year old ma...

Think back to a time that you were deeply disappointed that things didn't work out - a job, a relationship, a marriage, parenting, not travelling, or perhaps you're living with a body or illness that is simply not playing ball with how you want to look or feel. What you may not realise is that all of these things come with their own signature of grief. Throw that into the mix of what you are curre...

IT'S NOT A RUMOUR - A Rock and Roll Journey through Life and Alzheimer's. This is the incredible story of an unsung hero of 70's & 80's music scene - Freddy Moore or Rick Moore as he was known off-stage. For years, Freddy was center stage. A prolific singer/songwriter/musician who sold out iconic Los Angeles clubs and opened for headlining bands like The Police, The Knack, and The Motels.. yet, de...