Talking Life & Death Julia Merritt

This is the second part of episode 3 where I’m talking to my friend Claire about the death of her mum. In this episode Claire talks about the final few weeks of her mum’s life and her first experience of a hospice and the care and support that her mum and her family received there.

She also talks about being honoured to be with her mum at the moment she died which is such an amazing account of a peaceful death.

Claire refers to 2 songs that are particularly poignant to the memory of her mum:

‘Supermarket Flowers’ by Ed Sheerhan that was released around the time of her mum’s illness and subsequent death and is not only a beautiful song but one that really resonated with her and was played at her funeral.

‘Smile’ by Nat King Cole which was all about her mum’s wicked laugh and wonderful smile.

Thank you so much to Claire for sharing your story so eloquently.

For professional help and further resources please visit my website at www.talkinglifeanddeath.com

This is part 1 of episode 3 of Talking Life and Death where I talk to my friend Claire about the death of her mum. Claire’s mum died of cancer in 2017 and she talks about family life growing up and shares her experience of her mum’s diagnosis and what life was like for her and her mum during that time.

For professional help and further resources please visit my website at www.talkinglifeanddeath.com

Thanks to Claire and thank you for listening.

This is a bonus episode where I share the 5 things that I have learnt following the death of my friend.  This was part of a blog that I contributed to from Life, Death, Whatever led by Louise Winters and Anna Lyons.

You can find more examples of "5 things" that people have shared at www.lifedeathwhatever.com/five-things 

If you are struggling with grief and are looking for help and support, please visit talkinglifeanddeath.com where you  can find links and resources to help.

Thank you  

This is my first episode on my new podcast - Talking Life & Death. Here I share what prompted me to start the podcast and my journey through all things death and bereavement across the last 2 years.

It's a small start, but I hope a positive one.  It has certainly helped me and I hope that it can help you in some way as part of your journey.

For rights reasons, I can't play the music I refer to in the episode, but the details are below:

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To find further resources, please visit my website at talkinglifeanddeath.com 

Thank's for listening.