Life Beyond Loss: The Podcast

In this episode, I’m speaking with Helen Segal who is an artist, art teacher, Arts counsellor, girlfriend and cat mother.

Her passion is to support others to find their creative outlet, to encourage and show adults and children the amazing benefits of the therapeutic creative arts.

Helen is also sharing her story of empowered childlessness and how this relates to her healing journey. During the interview, we talk about Helen’s recent programme, which you can find here. You can also join Helen’s Empowered Childlessness Facebook Group.

This is a wonderful final episode to round off season 3, so tune in...

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In this episode, I’m talking to Maxine Cook, who is a psychologist and sleep disorder specialist.

Not only is she helping to educate us about what quality sleep is, she also explains why grief affects sleep so much – and what to do about it.

Originally born in New Zealand, and now living in Wales – UK, Maxine graduated with an MSc in Forensic Psychology, and holds post-graduate diplomas in a raft of complementary therapies. She has previously worked with the police, in the prison service and with the NHS.

Maxine now works in private practice, primarily with clients all across the world with long-standing sleep problems, and whose insomnia is having a negative impact on their health, relationships and working lives.

You’re going to love this episode, so please listen in...

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In this episode, I’m talking to Rachael Field – founder of Eva & Alma. We discuss Rachael’s unique role as a Soul Midwife – tune in to find out what this is.

Rachael also shares her story of how a number of losses over a period of time, completely changed her world. After being diagnosed with a chronic health condition, coming through major surgery, losing her nan in traumatic circumstances and losing her career, she found herself on a different path to what she had planned.

As well as running a successful Health & Well-being business, Rachael is a Self Care Queen. Her mission is to support people to find inner peace in life and death. Eva & Alma (it means Life & Soul) includes ’The Soul Sanctuary’ offering various emotional and spiritual therapies (including Yoga), an online self care store and international retreats. Rachael is also a fully qualified Soul Midwife, TLC Trainer & Mentor. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram.

This episode is amazing and absolutely inspiring. Listen in...

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In Episode 2, I’m chatting with Suzanne Mountain – Business Mentor and Mindset Coach. Suzanne shares how losing her brother suddenly impacted on her whole family – especially her mother who developed signs of Alzheimer’s.

We talk about the journey of supporting her mum through Alzheimer’s and anticipatory grief, we well as how she approached dealing with the illness.

Suzanne also shares some wonderful insights in relation to how her work in mindset helped her to navigate her grief. This is a wonderful interview so please listen in.

After a long corporate career as the keeper of secrets, the organisations conscience and the spotter of hidden talents (Head of Talent, Suzanne’s on a mission to provide business mentoring and mindset coaching to small business owners who want to develop a profitable business that fits into their life through online programmes and virtual one to one mentoring and coaching.

Suzanne has been featured in HuffPost, ThriveGlobal and The Guardian plus she been nominated for 4 Awards so I’m really pleased she has shared her story on this podcast. You can visit her website or find her on Facebook.

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In Episode 6, I’m talking to Health and Wellness Consultant, Clare Green. We’re discussing something called, ‘secondary infertility’. This is a different form of loss that can trigger grief, and it’s not always acknowledged.

Clare shares how she is navigating this journey at the time of recording and talks about the “ups and downs” of the process. We discuss how gratitude can be helpful and yet is also linked to the fear around talking about secondary infertility.

She is passionate about taking a holistic approach to wellness and is also using her own experience to help women detox their bodies and bathrooms. She is passionate about pure, natural products and solely uses Tropic, which is a vegan, cruelty free brand who freshly make all the skincare in their UK beauty kitchen.

Listen in to this wonderful conversation which offers many insights and useful tips in relation to grief as a result of infertility.

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