PODCASTS
Most people won’t tell you that university can be lonely at times.
Overwhelming feelings of loneliness are common in grief. Podcasts are an incredible resource to put on in the background during our daily tasks like cleaning, going to the gym, shopping, and revising so that we feel less isolated.
Listening to other people talk openly and honestly about grief can also allow us to feel more connected to a community of fellow grievers.
Below are some incredible grief focused podcasts:
It’s Time Miniseries
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In our Online Community, you will find our mini-series that focus on a whole range of grief topics.
It’s Time To Talk episodes cover Health Anxiety, Career Advice, How to Talk About Losing a Parent, Sibling Experiences, and Parents Dating New People.
In Growing Around Grief, the amazing host Libby interviews guests on their experiences of how loss, grief, and growth can coexist.
Good Mourning Podcast
“A grief support group in a podcast…”
Hosts Sally Douglas and Imogen Carn describe Good Mourning as ‘a grief support group in a podcast, it’s a space where you’ll feel understood, connected to others and even have the odd ‘aha!’ moment where everything you’re experiencing starts to make more sense’.
Funny, honest, and enlightening, Good Mourning never shies away from difficult topics when it comes to grief.
Their ‘Grief Tip Tuesday’ bonus episodes give advice on coping when people say the wrong things, surviving Christmas, dealing with shock, and surviving the really sh*t days.
The Grief Gang Podcast
‘Welcome to the gang… the one you never asked to be part of’.
The Grief Gang podcast was created by host Amber Jeffrey whose mother died unexpectedly when she was just 19.
‘Through sharing her own experiences, the highs and the really low lows, the funny bits, the naff bits and the really confusing bits, this show aims to show you that you are never alone in your grief and feelings’.
Amber speaks to a series of guests who share their own grief stories openly and honestly.
Dead Parent Club
Season 4 of Dead Parent Club is currently underway, where hosts Kat and Emma ‘speak candidly about their own grief journeys’ to guests and experts every week on a different topic around navigating grief: ‘the new normal’.
Some episodes that are particularly relevant to students and young adults facing grief:
Grief Cast
Recently celebrating its 5th year anniversary and launching its 8th season, Grief Cast is ‘a weekly interview podcast where media personalities share stories about loved ones they’ve lost’.
The podcast is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, a British actor and comedian who lost her father to pancreatic cancer when she was 15.
Every week Cariad talks to a different guest about their loved ones, covering a whole range of grief topics. Guests include comedian Jimmy Carr, songwriter Tom Rosenthal, and singer and TV presenter Fleur East, amongst many, many more.
Spoken Grief
Spoken Grief podcast answers the question: ‘Why don’t we openly discuss grief if ultimately everyone will experience it?’
Host Shuma Rouf lost her mum in 2015. She shares her own experiences as well as stories from others.
Shuma has also created ‘The Guided Grief Journal’.
Just a few of the things that it contains:
Mood trackers
Prompts / questions
A section for memories
Shapes of Grief
‘Through the recounting of our grief stories, integration can begin to happen, both for the teller and the listener. Everyone has a story of loss and everyone’s story offers hope and inspiration to other grievers’.
The podcast is hosted by Liz Gleeson, an Irish grief therapist.
Liz has interviewed over 100 guests who have experienced a whole range of losses. You are almost guaranteed to find a story that you can relate to in some way.
Listening to Shapes of Grief is touching, refreshingly open, and therapeutic.