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Dead Parent Club
by Dead Parent Club
The Dead Parent Club is a community of like-minded young adults all grieving a similar loss. Each week, Kat and Emma speak candidly about their own grief journeys and are joined by guests and experts with the aim to help you as you navigate this new normal. This podcast will be your friend: it'll make you laugh, cry, and feel connected to people that really get it. A This Is Distorted Production Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deadparentclub. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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What's Your Grief? Community & Coping Strategies; with Litsa Williams
Welcome to the LAST episode of this mini series of the Dead Parent Club Podcast.. before Kat has her baby VERY soon! In this episode we're chatting with one of the dedicated founders of What’s Your Grief, a grief support network and website that serves circa 5 million people per year. It’s truly…
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How writing could help you navigate your grief
We hear that writing in a journal can help when you're in the midst of grief - but why? And how? And what about when you're feeling extra #griefy 10,15,20 years down the line, is it still helpful then? In this episode, we discuss how we got into writing as a way to process our grief and why we…
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The final words to your parent: Expectations vs. Realities: with Chloe Kent
Each of our experiences of saying goodbye to our parent/s for the last time are different. Whether you were with them when they passed, travelled to the hospital afterwards, or had to find your own individual way of saying goodbye - it's never what we quite expect. In this episode, we chat with...
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Grieving at work #DyingMattersWeek
This week is #DyingMattersWeek in the UK - and the topic this year has been focused on grief in the workplace, and how we can provide support to grieving colleagues and staff members. This is something that has impacted so many of us, whether that's at university, college, in your first job or in...
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The Physical Symptoms of Grief: with Meghan Riordan Jarvis
In this week's episode we chat to clinical psychotherapist, writer, podcast host and Tedx speaker Meghan Riordan Jarvis about how grief manifests itself into both your mind and your body. Both Kat and Emma struggled with different illnesses, both mental and physical, after the death of their...
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Pregnant and grieving mum: with Kat Hooker and Emma Jones
WE'RE BACK! In this week's episode, Emma asks me ALL the questions about my pregnancy, and how I'm navigating it without my mum - including all the emotions I expect to feel once the baby is here. We also shared your comments on how you feel about becoming parents without yours around. This is...
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Grieving on TikTok: with Chloe Kent
Are more grievers heading to TikTok? Welcome to our FINAL episode of Season 3! We can not believe we're here already... In this week's episode we interview TikTok'er and future sitcom writer (you heard it here first) Chloe Kent! Chloe headed to TikTok to create videos relating to the death of her...
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5 Years Later: Do you return to your pre-DPC self?
Someone once said that you 'won't start to feel more like your normal self until 5 years after the death'. Is this true? Is it partially true? Does it really ever happen? In this episode we discuss how our emotions and sense of self changed between before-Mum-dying (BMD) and after-Mum-dying (AMD)…
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The support we need when we're grieving: Emily Untangle Grief
This week Emily Cummin - Founder of Grief Community and Companion App Untangle - joins us on the podcast to share her own experiences of grief. And how these experiences, and the difficulties that came with navigating all of those practical and emotional elements of the death of someone you love...
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I needed to be reminded that I am still me: Rebecca Soffer
This week we're joined by Co-Founder of Modern Loss and Author Rebecca Soffer. Rebecca found herself without her mum or her dad by her early thirties. In this episode we share how the death of her mum then her dad affected her differently, navigating life as a young person who still wanted to…
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The surviving parent: with Stacey Heale
What's life like as a surviving parent? How do you navigate your children's emotions AND your own? In this week's episode we're taking a new perspective on life as a member of the DPC and we got down and griefy with the PHENOMENAL Stacey Heale. If you don't follow her on Instagram yet (what are…
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Navigating grief's mix of emotions
We feel a LOT after our parent/s have died. And it can be pretty overwhelming knowing what to do with the different types of emotions you experience. In this episode, we share our own experiences of the emotions we felt both before and straight after our mum’s died, as well as all the emotions we...
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Tonal whiplash: Your worst/funniest grief moments
This week's episode is dedicated to the most awkward moments as a member of the DPC that can’t help but make you laugh, with a number of stories that were submitted by you - our listeners. From a DJ dedicating a song to your mum at your wedding to your children making 'your dad' jokes and fist...
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I realised what was really important: Amy Voce
This week we're joined by presenter and podcaster Amy Voce, who now has a beautiful 3 month old daughter that she was pregnant with when we first recorded this episode earlier this year. Amy's dad was a pilot and was a much-loved father of her and her three siblings. In this episode, Amy shares…
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Diving deep into grief dreams; with Dr Joshua Black
This week our guest is Dr Joshua Black, a leading academic researcher in grief dreams. Josh began his research after realising that there’s not a lot of talk on the subject - despite so many of us experiencing grief-related dreams - and wanted to raise awareness of it. Grief dreams are something...
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An armour made of glass: with Shaughna Phillips
In this week’s episode we sit down with former Love Islander, influencer and all round pocket of positivity Shaughna Phillips. Shaughna talks to us about her dad Eddie who died when she was just 22 and shares the impact it had on her life as a young adult and how she approaches her grief now. In...
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Anticipatory Grief
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deadparentclub. Anticipatory grief refers to a feeling of grief occurring before an impending loss. Typically, the impending loss is the death of someone close due to illness. But it can also happen when your parent is an addict or you’ve lost touch…
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Emotions demand to be felt: Kimberly Hart-Simpson
This week we’re joined by actress Kimberly Hart-Simpson, who’s Dad died in 2007 when she was just 20. Kimberly is commonly known for playing Nicky Wheatly in Coronation Street - a job that her dad always dreamed of her getting after being a huge fan of the show all his life. Some of the topics we...
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Grieving Through Big Life Events
Grief and big life events… SO many of you wanted an episode covering this topic. And we get why. Doing simple things like food shopping, driving to work, even sleeping can feel impossible when you’re grieving, and it’s hard to imagine how you’ll ever get through the big stuff. Now we haven’t...
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Grief Just Is: with Alex Brooker
SEASON 3 IS HERE! And our first episode is with presenter and comedian Alex Brooker; best known for his work on Channel 4’s The Last Leg. In May 2019, his Dad Gordon passed away suddenly while Alex was at a corporate event hundreds of miles away. In this episode, Alex shares the huge impact the...
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CHRISTMAS EPISODE: Rockin' around the DPC
'Tis the most griefy time of the year... You've made it this far through the festive season - well done!! But Christmas Day can feel like this HUGE hurdle that we need to cross. As with anything in the DPC, sometimes the weeks leading up to the actual day can be so much worse. But if you're…
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Looking back at Season 2's best bits
Somehow, we've already reached episode 18. And with that comes the end of Season 2 of the Dead Parent Club Podcast. In this episode, we look back at some of our favourite bits from this week's season, sharing some unbeatable snippets of advice from some of our many guests. It's been a whirlwind...
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How grief changes friendships
A lot of things change after our parent/s die, including your friendships and how you maintain and approach those relationships going forward. In this week’s episode, we share our own experience of changing friendships after grief and navigating these relationships during the most turbulent times...
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Get Men Talking: Grief makes the best people; with Jake Quickenden
From grief stories and mental health to fatherhood, we’ve released a number of exciting episodes this month with some fantastic advocates for men’s grief as part of our Get Men Talking mini series. For the final episode, we’re joined by the brilliant and charismatic Jake Quickenden. Jake is a...
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Get Men Talking: Losing dad; with Robbie Savage
To mark the upcoming Father’s Day in the UK, we’ll be focusing each and every episode in June on men’s grief. From grief stories and mental health to fatherhood, we have a number of exciting episodes lined up with some fantastic advocates for men’s grief. This week we’re joined by former...
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Get Men Talking: Grief & Toxic Masculinity; with Guvna B
To mark the upcoming Father’s Day in the UK, we’ll be focusing each and every episode in June on men’s grief. From grief stories and mental health to fatherhood, we have a number of exciting episodes lined up with some fantastic advocates for men’s grief. This week, we're sharing our conversation...
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Get Men Talking: Grief and Fatherhood with Steve Bland
To mark the upcoming Father’s Day in the UK, we’ll be focusing each and every episode in June on men’s grief. From grief stories and mental health to fatherhood, we have a number of exciting episodes lined up with some fantastic advocates for men’s grief. This week, we’re kicking off our campaign...
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Getting back to socialising
Getting back to everyday activities can seem like an impossible task when you're in the depths of grief. In this week's episode, we share our own experiences of getting back to socialising and catching up with friends, family and strangers at events or one-on-one after our parents died. We talk...
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The life of a Funeral Director
They’re with us during some of the most testing times in our lives, but how much do we really know about life as a Funeral Director? In this week’s episode, we find out just that - and more - with the help of Lee Solomon from Lilies Funerals. We had a barrage of questions to ask Lee and he was a...
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Grief and dating
When your parent/s dies, you lose a piece of your identity, and with that can be your confidence to put yourself out there and date again. In this week’s episode, we share our own experiences in dating after grief, including the end of our then-relationships and how we navigated meeting new…
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How siblings grieve differently; with Sam Jones
Everyone grieves the same loss differently, even twins. This week we’re joined by Emma’s twin Sam Jones for an open and real conversation about grieving as siblings. We discuss their own individual experiences with grief - where they differ, and where they’re similar - as well as their different...
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Grief and motherhood; with Katy Colins
Navigating parenthood is one thing, but when you add grief on top of it the pressure can feel overwhelming. In this week’s episode, we’re joined by author Katy Colins who’s Dad died suddenly while out on a walk with his five month old grandaughter, Katy’s daughter Everleigh. In this episode, Katy...
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Wills & Probate; Katherine Booth-Law
The added stress of managing someone’s estate and dealing with probate after your loved one has died can be overwhelming. And we rarely get given any information before it’s happened, so so many of us go into it completely blind sided and unaware of exactly how much is involved. In this week’s...
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Losing mum and dad; with Giles Paley-Phillips
Losing both of your parents from a young age has a profound impact on your perspective on life as an adult and your approach to grief, loss and love. This week’s guest is writer and podcaster Giles-Paley Phillips, best-known for his award-winning children’s books and the novel One Hundred and…
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Supporting grieving friends
Knowing how to support someone who’s lost a parent can be difficult and people often find it easier to say nothing at all than to confront the emotions and feelings face on. In this week’s episode, Kat and Emma discuss how to support someone that’s lost a parent both emotionally and physically,...
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Losing a loved one to COVID; with Helen Smith
Losing someone to COVID comes with a whole host of emotions and situations that no one ever would have expected to deal with. In this week’s episode, we spoke to the lovely Helen from the online community Lockdown Grief. Helen shared her own story with us, from losing her Dad to COVID back at the...
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Grief & Guilt; with Dr Tom
Feelings of guilt come hand in hand with grief all too often, and it can be hard to understand why. In this week’s episode, we were joined by clinical psychologist Dr Tom Cliffe to discuss why feelings are guilt are so common when we’re grieving and what we can do to navigate them. We asked Dr.…
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The aftermath
No one understands those immediate moments, hours, days, months or years after loss like the people that have been through it. In this week's episode, Kat and Emma talk about those immediate days after their Mum's died, how our grief affects us in different ways as we get older and how no matter...
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Season 2 - Losing a Mother
Losing a Mother as a young adult changes your life forever. And don’t Kat and Emma know it. Welcome to episode one of Season 2 of the Dead Parent Club podcast! Mother’s Day is a difficult time of year for so many of us for a whole host of reasons. So we thought today would be the perfect...
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Season 2 is coming
Talking about grief and death is still considered a taboo subject. People feel uncomfortable bringing it up, and many people tend to shy away from the subject entirely. Here at the Dead Parent Club podcast, we’re passionate about speaking candidly about grief. Especially when it comes to our dead...
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Season 1 finale - it's an emotional one! And some BIG news!
OH MY GOD - it's happening. It's the final episode of the never ending season of the Dead Parent Club podcast. I will be back VERY soon - but to find out more, make sure to give the podcast a listen right to the end. In this episode, I'm taking you on a journey. Sharing some of my favourite…
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Caregiving, expiry dates on loss and grieving as an ex-pat; with Daniel
WELCOME TO THIS SEASON'S LAST GUEST EPISODE Daniel has lived a life full of travel, originally from Canada he has lived in Germany, Vietnam, and Hong Kong over the past ten years. However, a lot of this travel and desire to start his career and live a life similar to his friends was impacted by…
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Discovering the meaningful connection between grief and food after losing both parents; with Alex Locker
In this week’s episode I'm joined by Alex Locker from The Grief Kitchen, as she shares her own grief story of losing her Dad very suddenly when she was 18, to then coping with the death of her Mum just 7 years later. Leaving her without either of her parents at the age of just 25. We talk about…
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‘My Dad is my motivation to do better, and be better.’ What death is REALLY like, friendships, grief guilt and living positively - with Georgia Borne
Funded by you, for you If you'd like to support the running of the podcast (please do!) follow the links below: Click here to make a one-time donation. Hi guys! I’m so excited to share this week’s episode with you. It’s jam full of open and honest conversations and laughter and I’m just so...
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“We’re all we have, and we have to put ourselves first.” Learning to treat yourself with the respect and love you deserve; with Genell Gorman
Funded by you, for you If you'd like to support the running of the podcast (please do!) follow the links below: Click here to make a one-time donation. Genell Gorman is a holistic healing coach. She fell in love with the work she did to heal herself and knew there were so many others fatherless...
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‘Buried pain can never lead to anything good.’ Losing a parent to suicide and finding self-love; with Jordan Beck
Funded by you, for you If you'd like to support the running of the podcast (please do!) follow the links below: Click here to make a one-time donation. This is a story about loss and self-love. After losing his Mum to suicide in July 2014 while he was working in Cyprus, Jordan underwent his own...
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“There’s more pity with cancer but there’s a taboo around addiction”. Grief, addiction and living with loss; with Natalie Marsh
Funded by you, for you If you'd like to support the running of the podcast (please do!) follow the links below: Click here to make a one-time donation. While living with her Dad’s alcohol addiction and balancing life as as a student, Natalie’s Mum was suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer and...
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“There isn’t a one size fits all when it comes to grief support.” Expressing your grief and the person you’ve become with Ann from Grief Kid
Funded by you, for you If you'd like to support the running of the podcast (please do!) follow the links below: Click here to make a one-time donation. I’ve been so excited to share this episode that we recorded before Christmas because I am just obsessed with Ann and her page ‘Grief Kid’ and the...
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SHITMAS EPISODE - sharing your beautiful moments from a difficult year
MERRY SHITMAS TO ONE AND ALL. This year has been more difficult than most. And Christmas is fast approaching like a dark, thick cloud up ahead. And I know a lot of us are really struggling right now. However, throughout the year, a lot of us have also experienced some beautiful moments too. From...
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“We got her ashes back via FedEx.” Losing his Mum during a pandemic, finding comfort in shared experiences and grieving with mild Asperger’s syndrome; with James Matthewson
Funded by you, for you If you'd like to support the running of the podcast (please do!) follow the links below: Click here to make a one-time donation. Welcome to this week's episode of the Dead Parent Club podcast! This week I welcomed James Matthewson to the podcast, to share his story about…
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The Dead Parent Club is a community of like-minded young adults all grieving a similar loss. Each week, Kat and Emma speak candidly about their own grief journeys and are joined by guests and experts with the aim to help you as you navigate this new normal. This podcast will be your friend: it'll make you laugh, cry, and feel connected to people that really get it.
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Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deadparentclub.
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