Grief Stricken Parenting

How Did We Get Here?

Sony Music

Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Danielle’s husband passed away 4 years ago from cancer. She is increasingly anxious about parenting her teenage children on her own whilst suffering with grief. If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice. To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered. Other helpful organisations: NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123 MIND - www.mind.co.uk The Good Grief Trust - www.thegoodgrieftrust.org Cruse Bereavement Care - www.cruse.org.uk OCD Action - www.ocdaction.org.uk No Panic - www.nopanic.org.uk WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance You will find the transcript for episode 12 here: https://somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode12.txt How Did We Get Here? is a Somethin' Else Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Something that's...
0:07.0	People talk about baby brain when you're pregnant and you lose words and grief is does the same to you.
0:13.0	The carpet being ripped out from under you and tumbling.
0:17.0	I'm not know who you are and that.
0:19.0	Things that used to be so simple that I do without thinking suddenly become so much harder.
0:27.0	Hello and welcome to How Did We Get Here? The podcast where me, Claudia Winkerman and my fantastic friend,
0:33.0	clinical psychologist Professor Tonya Byron, look at challenges people are facing with those closest to them.
0:40.0	Tony talks to people in one to one sessions whilst I'm listening in from another room.
0:45.0	In the break and at the end I asked Tony a bit about her process and explore the issues that were raised.
0:52.0	This time we meet Danielle who is understandably finding life very hard after a husband died four years ago from cancer.
1:00.0	Danielle had her own business but recently gave up work to better support her two children aged 20 and 17.
1:07.0	She finds parenting in these circumstances overwhelming.
1:12.0	What you recognise it's your anxiety that is causing this loss of perspective with your children.
1:21.0	Yes.
1:22.0	What you're about to hear are the key parts of a one time unscripted session with a real person.
1:28.0	We follow up with our guests after the recording passing on links and contacts, some of which you'll find in the notes of this episode.
1:36.0	Thank you for listening and now let's go and meet Danielle.
1:42.0	Hello.
1:43.0	How are you?
1:45.0	I'm very well, thank you.
1:46.0	Thank you so much for coming in.
1:48.0	Oh, it's a pleasure. Tell us why you're here.
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