Colin Campbell - Finding the Words

When Colin Campbell’s two teenage children - Ruby & Hart - were tragically killed by a drunk driver, he and his wife Gail, were plunged headlong into a grief so devastating they felt they might lose their minds.  One second, they’re going on a family drive to their new holiday home.  The next, their entire world had been extinguished.

In his remarkable & courageous book Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope & Purpose, Colin shares their unique journey through agonizing grief and shines a desperately needed light on a new vision for mourning catastrophic loss.  This includes demanding that others speak about their beloved children, from a society that’s all but programmed to send well intended but ultimately trite condolences – like - “there are no words”.  

Because there are words.  We just have to be courageous enough to access them and hold space for others’ agony, as uncomfortable and awkward as that might be.

Colin’s one person show titled, Grief: A One Man ShitShow, channels his shock, anguish and rage into a tragic-comic exploration of our culture’s inability to talk about grief.  It premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival where it won a Best of Broadwater Award.

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CREDITS:

Creator, Host & Executive Producer: Tammi Faraday

With thanks to my special guest: Colin Campbell

Audio Editor: Melissa May

With very special thanks to George Weinberg and Ursula Ferguson 

BRAVE JOURNEYS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we record this podcast on, the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrungwho are part of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.