Planning a funeral, rituals and why marking endings is vital with funeral director, Poppy Mardall.

This week I'm talking about anticipatory grief. It's been a topic I've wanted to cover for some time, but never quite found the words to share my experience with it. I hope this episode can make all those who resonate with it be seen and heard in their experience!Big love,Amber xFollow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's an emotional bonus ep today folks, I'm sharing with you my London 2024 marathon experience and my takeaways from the day, and really what it's taught me about my own grief and resilience.Thank you all so much for your love, support and donations. You're the best!Big love,Amber xFollow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have I got a corker of an episode for YOU!This week I am speaking with my dear friend, psychotherapist, educator, and consultant, Meghan Riordan Jarvis. We are speaking all things grief, the brain and the nervous system. Meghan offers her abundance of knowledge on how grief can impact our brain in multiple ways in a digestible, thought provoking and humourous way. What's also handy is there are some tips to help you get started on helping your brain and nervous system out! I personally have taken so much from this episode for my own wellbeing so I hope you can too.Find Meghan on Instagram here and her website where all the resources she mentioned in the episode here. Big love,Amber xFollow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this weeks episode, I'm talking about feeling like I made my loved ones up! It might sound bonkers I know, but I doubt I'm alone in this.Have you ever felt like you made your loved one up? Like they weren't really real? Perhaps like a dream, or part of a story book? Then this is the episode for you. I'm sharing my own experiences on this and hopefully it can bring you some comfort that you're not alone.Big love,Amber xDonate to my London Marathon BHF fundraiser here!Follow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks episode I'm speaking all things datings and relationships with Victoria Shalet. Victoria is a psychotherapist and relational life therapist. Victoria in this episode offers up her expertise, knowledge and compassion as we discuss some of The Grief Gang's questions around dating and grief. It's a goody and one that has been highly requested for years!You can find Victoria and her brilliant work here on Instagram and her website here. Big love,Amber xFollow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this weeks bonus episode, and it's a death dilemma!It's been a while since I've done a DD so it feels good to bring them back. In this episode, I'm sharing two dilemmas that tackle:Feeling guilt for past arguments had with a loved one before they died.Navigating and feeling different to family members on how you grieve for a loved one.Want to send in a death dilemma? Email yours to [email protected]. Happy listening!Big love,Amber xFollow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, I'm speaking with Poppy Mardall. Funeral director and owner of Poppy's funerals! In this episode Poppy and I discuss:How she came into this line of work.What are the actual steps when organising a funeral?Championing advocacy for end of life wishes!Rituals and what they really can be and look likeChallenging why we are so bad with 'endings' as a wholeI thoroughly enjoyed this episode with Poppy, it was a total delight. It's always amazing how talking about the dead and the dying can actually be completely life affirming. Find Poppy and Poppy's funeral services here. Be sure to check out the My Funeral Wishes service here if you're curious about planning what you want at the end of your life, or just to get the conversation going.Big love,Amber xFollow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks bonus episode, I'm thinking about the end. That's right, the end of our lives! I promise, it's not as morbid as you think. I'm sharing how when we live with the end in mind, how it can actually make us think about how we live, truly. How you can get started documenting what you might or might not want and why it's important to!Big love,Amber xFollow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I'm celebrating and reminiscing on 100 episodes of The Grief Gang podcast! 100 episodes on grief, wow. You thought I'd have run out of things to say by episode 10, never!Thank you to everyone who shared what TGG means to them for this special episode. The show wouldn't be what is it today without you.Big love,Amber xFollow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this weeks bonus episode! This week I'm talking about expectations and timelines of grief and how outside expectations might effect how we feel we should be grieving!Big love,Amber xFollow and be part of The Grief Gang community:Enquire about Grief Gang 1:1 and group circle mentoring hereBook onto a Grief Gang group circle hereInstagramTwitterFacebookYoutubeTikTokSubstackWebsiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.