‘It’s not weird or morbid’: how confronting death can give us hope

Reasons Revisited

Geoff Lloyd

Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Hello! This week we're speaking to comedian, actor and author Cariad Lloyd who's on a crusade to help us become better at talking about death and grief. Although it might not seem like the most cheerful of topics, Cariad believes that there's a lot of hope and optimism in thinking and talking about death. We discuss why the five stages are a load of twaddle, how there is no 'right way' to deal with your grief and what to say (and what not to say!) to someone who's grieving.

Plus: Geoff and Ed’s telepathy reaches new levels... for the first time in the pod’s history, they have the same reason to be cheerful!

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0:30.4	And then what that means for our lives and careers.
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