S2 #12 Building A More Grief Literate Society; An Interview with Lou Hynes

Lou Hynes is a Grief Specialist on a mission to create a more grief literate society and supporting those living with traumatic grief.It isn't a job for her, it's a purpose, given to her after her incredible husband Pete died suddenly in 2022, leaving her a widow, traumatised, in shock and with three grieving children. Lou re-trained and pivoted her business to supporting others in their grief and making sure the rest of the world know how to compassionately support them.Lou lives in Leeds with her three children, dog Rosie and was most recently at The Buckingham Palace Garden Party in recognition of her charitable work since her husbands sudden death.TRIGGER WARNINGS: From 21 minutes 30 seconds to 24 minutes 11 seconds Lou speaks about the decline of her husband's health and consequent passing away.From 35 minutes to 38 minutes 20 seconds Lou speaks about early pregnancy loss (aka miscarriage).In this episode we speak about:a bit about what Lou does and her visionhow we dress and the psychology of colourthe passionate and heart-led why in Lou's worksome of the awful ways people can treat a grieving person; turning their backs, asking the wrong questionsthe hurdles there can be and how poor some counselling services can be in their onboarding process (re-traumatising people)the various types of grief we can experience (and ways our body can hold it)Lou's experience(s) of matrescence and the births of her 3 childrenliving in survival mode, nervous system health and giving ourselves a break (plus giving less fucks about others' opinions!)Themes: grief, parenting, emotional literacy, counselling, early pregnancy loss, matrescence, solo parenting, nervous system careWe mention Lou's husband Pete, Jenny Evans and Samantha Murrell (Episode #109)At the end, I read a poem called 'Dash' by Linda Ellis.To learn more about Lou see here on Instagram and here for The Grief Lounge. Lou supports grieving people in 1:1 work, through her monthly FREE grief support group The Grief Lounge and is soon to be launching a private membership for those with traumatic grief.Did you enjoy this episode? If so, I would really appreciate it if you could please leave a review on the platform that you listen.For more insights and to contact me you can find me on Instagram, and/or on my website: www.lucywyldecoaching.com.