More than Meets the Eye Mita

**This episode comes with a tigger warning, topics of grief, trauma, child trauma and death are discussed. ** 
 
This episode discusses the trauma of loss and one woman's quest to find herself, honour the love she felt and how she is learning to pay it forward to others and her daughter. This episode is emotional, but it is also uplifting, allowing you to understand how grief is not linear and how seeking the right support can help you build a life around the grief and how keeping the memory of a loved one alive through sharing stories and photographs can help you deal with the intense feelings of grief one experiences following a tragic and sudden death of a loved one.

If you have been affected by any of the topics discussed on this episode then please see the links below for support:
 
⁠https://www.bereavement.co.uk⁠
 
⁠https://www.childbereavementuk.org⁠
 
⁠https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-support/supporting-children-and-young-people⁠
 
⁠https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/feelings-and-symptoms/grief-bereavement-loss⁠

Welcome to the 2nd episode of More than Meets the Eye, on today’s show we hear the wonderful life story of Juliette Coffey.  An integrative therapist who has over 15 year’s experience working with people who have a wide range of issues such as trauma, anxiety, loss, abuse, depression and life-threatening illnesses. Juliette shares with us her incredible knowledge of helping others, her wisdom she has built from working with the most vulnerable people and studying and exploring psychology within a theology framework.

 

Juliette discusses her love of listening to people from the youngest age and how that inner need to help people followed her through to her late teens.  Following a stressful pregnancy Juliette eventually found her purpose and calling in life and set about to re-train gaining a Masters in Integrative Psychotherapy .  She imparts incredible information on how we can use therapy to help ourselves overcome the biggest challenges in life and how walking in the shoes of those we want to help will allow us to truly help those on a healing journey.

 

For more information about South Bucks Hospice - Butterfly House and what they do, please follow the link:

https://sbh.org.uk/our-new-hospice



If you loved hearing the incredible work Juliette and her team are doing at South Bucks Hospice and would like to donate, please use the following
link:

https://sbh.org.uk/donate



Your donation can help optimise the lives of those facing life threatening and life limiting illnesses, here is a summary of how your support
can help:

£5 – could buy aromatherapy oils to provide relief from pain, anxiety, stress and to promote better sleep

£10 – could help towards funding our support groups

£20 – could provide bereavement support for someone who has lost a loved one

£50 – could pay for a consultation with a palliative care nurse or lymphoedema specialist



The books we discussed are:



Thomas A Tarrants, Consumed By Hate, Redeemed by Love

Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search For Meaning

Mark Stibbe, From Orphans To Heirs

 

The quotes Juliette shared are:



A.A. Milne’s Winnie The Pooh, ‘You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and loved more
than you’ll ever know’.

The Serenity Prayer, ‘God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and
wisdom to know the difference’.

 

 

In this episode of More than Meets the Eye we explore the incredible journey of Roland Crosskey.  A pancreatic cancer survivor who describes how his early childhood shaped him, how his military training set him up for success and how his curiosity and need to understand how things work keep him going. Roland explains how his determination to stay alive is also rooted in love for his incredible wife, family and strong friendships. He takes us through a journey of his beautiful life that shaped who is today and gives us an insight of the teachings he has picked up along the way that help him continue to beat the odds against such a deadly disease.