That Grief Relief Podcast Katie Overy

Last year, James was told he had approximately 18 months left to live due to, the absolute b*tch that is, cancer.  So what did he decide to do?  He held his own funeral and #fakewake… an event he simply did not want to miss out on!



In one of the most incredible, and weirdly funny, episodes I’ve recorded, James talks me through the emotions he felt when he was told he was going to die, he tells me what we need in the event of a zombie apocalypse and we briefly develop a new reality game show, Cancer Factor, that we don’t think will ever be given the green light!



Links from the episode:

Evil Genius podcast

The Undead book series by RR Haywood

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Jody, aka the 'Beyonce' of childless women, was just brilliant from the very start.  As always, I knew nothing of her story, her journey or her disenfranchised grief, but she kindly shared all.  Including why she's childless as opposed to child-free and her mission to helps other by creating Gateway Women.

Oh if you were born after say 1990 and/or are not from the UK, I would recommend Googling "Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen" ahead of time!

Links from the episode:

Jody’s book, Living the Life Unexpected

The Full Stop Podcast

Selfish, Shallow and Self Absorbed by Meghan Daum

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Music: @joemango_official

Artwork: @moodysquirreldesign

When he was 19, Joe lost his Mum after an 11 year battle with cancer.  He was a bit lost and confused, so googled how to cope with the loss of a parent.  Discovering that there wasn’t a huge amount available for young people, Joe decided to start his own podcast, giving young people a place to talk and share their stories.

As much as I love Joe for the good things he’s doing for young people in the grief community, I do question his life choices as I discover during this episode that he legitimately likes ‘Parma Violet’ sweets… shocking!  We also covered our lack of London geography knowledge, Tom Cruise and the perfect #QOTD.

Links from the episode:

Joe’s instagram @livingwithloss

Grief Encounter's Instagram

Option B by Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant

The Joe Rogan Experience podcast

Jack Maate’s Happy Hour podcast

Friends with Friends podcast

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Follow on Instagram:

@thatgriefreliefpodcast

@iamkatieovery

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Music: @joemango_official

Artwork: @moodysquirreldesign

Emma & I ‘met’ on Instagram and I was instantly drawn to how open she was with her story (and how wonderfully aesthetic her Instagram account is, not jealous at all!)

Emma was just 15 when her mum died suddenly and far too soon; she was just 42 years old.  Emma, with a very level head on her relatively young shoulders, decided she was going to be strong for the whole family.  This was all going swimmingly until she went to uni and things came crashing down.  Emma took her coping mechanism from drinking to journaling to blogging to starting a podcast and she can now say that she’s actually fine instead of just pretending to be fine!

Links from the episode:

@thegirlwithgrief

@punhub

The Grief Sofa Podcast

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Follow on Instagram:

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@iamkatieovery

Credits:

Music: @joemango_official

Artwork: @moodysquirreldesign

I was connected with Nadim on LinkedIn (how professional are we?!) as he writes a lot about his grief journey after suffering big losses as a young adult.  We covered plenty of topics; TikTok, moving countries, FRIENDS, 'adulting', therapy, Les Mills, blogging, Costa vs Starbucks, oh and of course dead parents!

Nadim was so easy to talk to, so much so that a couple times in this episode the podcast-er became the podcast-ee and he was the one asking all the questions!  Another great episode (even if I do say so myself!), but of course that’s all down to my guests being so brill!

Links from the episode:

Nadim’s LinkedIn

@nadsreviews

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A Singer

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Follow on Instagram:

@thatgriefreliefpodcast

@iamkatieovery

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Music: @joemango_official

Artwork: @moodysquirreldesign

Okay, first off… we had a few Zoom issues, so please bear with it :) I approached Crystal via Instagram as she was so open about her grief.  I was taken back slightly as she was sooooo excited because she said she has been trying to share her story for years… even on TikTok like all the cool kids do!
Crystal has experienced so much grief; she has lost many loved ones including her estranged mother, she watched her grandmother suffer terribly with Alzheimer's and she also had to have a hysterectomy at the age of 35!  All this and Crystal is still this wildly bright, fun and vibrant person that wants to help others and the world needs more people like that!
Links from the episode:
@crystal.renee.drake
Nora McInerny’s podcast ‘Terrible, thanks for asking’
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Watch all the episodes on YouTube.
Follow on Instagram:
@thatgriefreliefpodcast
@iamkatieovery
Credits:
Music: @joemango_official
Artwork: @moodysquirreldesign