Finding your happiness; with Nick Treloar

This week’s episode tells Nick Treloar’s story about the death of his Mum, Anne, in September 2012 at the very beginning of his final year at college.Nick speaks about his desire to protect his sister from the traumatic final moments of their Mum’s life as he gave her CPR and how he went into school the very same day to explain why he might have to take a few days off to his head teacher (?!)We go into detail about how it took him many years to begin acknowledging his grief and how at that point it had already impacted his behaviour in a really negative way towards himself and towards the people he cared about. But we also touched on how difficult it is to explain these emotions to people who don’t understand what you’re going through.Nick ended up reaching out to a counsellor whilst at university (big up Lancs Uni!) and it changed his life for the better.We also exchange dead parent jokes, discuss social anxiety whilst grieving and how difficult and painful it is to try and remember your parent when your thoughts are clouded with the painful memories of their last moments.Although Nick’s story is incredibly sad and it’s clear that he really struggled to navigate through his grief in those early years, he gave such a positive recollection of his story and give some brilliant insights into living with such a heavy loss. He’s learnt how to put himself first and to look after his wellbeing and even nodded to how the passing of his Mum has fundamentally helped his grow as a person.A huge thank you must go to Nick for coming onto the podcast and for being so positive!  MOTHERLESS MOTHER'S DAY EVENT!Click here to register onto my very first ever LIVE and RECORDED podcast! Where you can ask me any questions you like live on the show at 6pm (UK time) and 10am PDT time! Find us:Instagram - @deadparentclubpodcastTwitter - @dpcpodcastFacebook - Dead Parent ClubWebsite - www.dpcpodcast.co.ukEmail - [email protected]  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deadparentclub. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.