Learning to navigate the new normal that comes after the death of someone close, in my case my mother. Talking grief, life, love and all that’s in between. Making those connections and feeling just that little less alone. Follow me on Instagram at Jada JD
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When people try to tell you how to live your best life in this your new normal
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With special guest @katgriefcoach Kat is also a member of “the club no one wants to be a member of”, has her own podcast and is a grief coach. It was great talking and laughing when I couldn’t see how that would even be possible at this time... but there is the old adage, “if you don’t laugh you’ll cry...” Conversing, laughing, reminiscing, sharing…
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Working my way through my mothers first posthumous birthday since her death 5 months ago. How it feels to have a day meant for celebrating another year shout so loudly that there is not another year to be had. How it feels when others around you, even close family, just don’t get the affect that this day can have. How you acknowledge, or honour the…
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This is about making memories, taking pictures, capturing those moments to come back to later. Pictures to show your children, to give you something tangible alongside the memory that is emblazoned in your minds eye....
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When you seem to gravitate to others who have lost and share your stories. It also touches on the need to be mothered and how deep that pain is knowing you have lost this....
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What helps you “push through”? What takes the edge off the overwhelming grief? For me it’s film and escapism and so talking about the power of a good movie and about movies that are intrinsically about life, loss and seizing the day.
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When that song, that smell, that taste, takes you back and how you handle it. When someone passes they don’t take all the memories with them if anything they are stronger and more fragrant and full of colour. You choose how they affect you, you decide how to take that song or that meal although it can sucker punch you and leave you reeling.…
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This is a short episode on finding your tribe. What friendships can do for you during grief, how important connections are and asking for help and showing your vulnerability. Don’t be scared to, no mans an island
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The day I could finally speak after our new normal began
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This is the moment I could put into words the feelings that churned inside me and the mixed emotions after a mothers death. Hopefully this episode will resonate with someone out there following their own loss and working to understand the feelings that they have and the void they’ve been dropped in. We are told to be strong and accept but acceptanc…
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Introduction to The Club No One Wants To Be A Member Of
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Here I am giving you a little bit of background on the moment our lives were rocked forever. I’m letting you into my new normal, the grief over the loss of a mother and how it all came about. Let’s talk life, loss and the journey it takes us on.
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