Grief Works Julia Samuel
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Death affects us all. Yet it is still the last taboo in our society, and grief is profoundly misunderstood. Hosted by Julia Samuel – a grief psychotherapist with over twenty five years’ experience of working with the bereaved – we hear stories from those who have experienced great love and loss – and survived.
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Julia Samuel meets journalist and author Decca Aitkenhead
In this episode, Julia meets journalist Decca Aitkenhead whose life changed forever on a beautiful beach in Jamaica when her four year old boy was pulled out to sea by a wave. Her partner, Tony, swam out and saved their son's life - then drowned before her eyes.
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Julia meets Cathy Rentzenbrink
Death affects us all. Yet it is still the last taboo in our society and grief is still profoundly misunderstood. Julia Samuel is joined by Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love and now A Manual for Heartache, to discuss how her happy family was torn apart by an unthinkable tragedy when she was a teenager.
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"Grief is the price we pay for love" - Julia Samuel meets Sir Anthony Seldon to discuss life as a recent widower
In this episode, Julia speaks to British schoolmaster and contemporary historian Sir Anthony Seldon about the recent loss of his wife, Joanna, who died at the age of 62 following a long illness.
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Teenage Grief: Losing Dad with Cariad Lloyd
In this episode, Julia Samuel meets British comedian, actor and writer Cariad Lloyd to discuss the sudden death of her father while she was in her teens, and the repercussions of this loss through her adult life.
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Sudden loss and a life torn apart: Julia meets Victoria Milligan
Julia talks to Victoria, whose whole life changed in 2013 when her beloved husband, Nicko, and beautiful daughter, Emily, were killed in a speed boat accident. They discuss the aftermath, how to approach family and friends, and how to find respite from the agony of sudden loss.
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Grief Works Teaser
Stories of Life, Death and Surviving from grief psychotherapist Julia Samuel
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Customer Reviews
Spot On
Thank you, Jill, for presenting just the right approach. Your empathy transmits to your interview subject — and the listener, as well. Your voice is a spot-on match, too, to what my still-wounded inner child needs to hear. I’m in my early fifties and my last remaining parent (my mother) died in 2020.
I have been struck by my *lack* of grief over their absence. Or rather, at how my emotional state did not change, because I grieved them while they lived. My relationship with them was fraught with the conflicts caused by a mom and dad with narcissistic and quite probably borderline personalities. I’ve learned now (through your and Cyriad’s casts) that I have grieved for 25 years the death of an entire adult life as I had hoped it would be — with hard work rewarded in just the right way, with people living up to expectations, with God coming through in the nick of time. Is my grief (and the anger that accompanied it) over the death of God, or at least, my flawed concept of the Divine? I am working through that, and actually feeling more peace, as a result.
I recommend this podcast if you are newly bereaved or, like me, you’ve carried a generalized grief for a very long time. It’s a good beginning on your journey through it.
I already feel better
This podcast is powerful, touching, and healing. I’ve learned so much about my own grief over the loss of my beloved parents (they’ve been gone 15 years and 12 years ago, and I just can’t let go of them), along as helping me to understand how to approach and help others who are grieving. Thank you so much for helping us to get through the hardest and the worst days of our lives.
Thank you
I lost my 20 year old nephew a month ago. My first experience with loss .. thank you so much for this podcast ❤️