22 episodes
Living with dying Dilys Morgan
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- Society & Culture
Living with dying is a podcast where we try to smash the taboos around death and dying and open up the subject. We'll all encounter death at some stage so why are we so shy of talking about it?
I'm Dilys Morgan and when my husband Michael Barratt died last year I felt really lost. We'd been together 47 years and he was 19 years older than me - so I should have been prepared! But as I stumbled around trying to rebuild my lie, I felt there was so much to learn, and I wished he and I had spoken about it more.
Join us here for some healthy chat around death and dying - and surviving a loss.
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Episode 22: Joan Bakewell
Dame Joan Bakewell feels strongly that we should all talk more about death and dying. In a timely interview for Dying Matters Awareness Week, she shares those strong views here:
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Episode 21: Victoria Kibble
Have you ever thought of having a submarine for your coffin? All in a day's work for funeral arranger Victoria Kibble when asked by the family of a submariner:
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Episode 20: Catherine McClaughlin
Catherine McLaughlin, CEO of the Thames Hospice, tells how she was drawn to this work after watching her husband die
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Episode 19: Shrewsbury Strollers
What is it about walking and talking that feels so therapeutic? I discuss this here with Sharon Jones and Shirley Gennoe of the Severn Hospice where the Shrewsbury Strollers are based
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Episode 18: Catherine Beer Senses
How do our senses play their part in grief? Counsellor Catherine Beer and I discuss how sight, sound, taste, smell and touch can trigger good and bad feelings
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Episode 17: Sid Cole
How do you go on holiday after the loss of your long term partner and travelling companion? 84 year old widower Sid Cole describes how he plucked up the courage and found a new lease of life