#066 - Dealing With Death (Julia Samuel MBE)

10/07/18 • 60 min

Renegade Ape - Psychology, Philosophy, and the Overton Wasteland

Julia Samuel MBE joins us to discuss her work as a grief counsellor and how encountering death so frequently affects her own mental health, why death is such a taboo subject and the price we pay for this, whether it’s justified to classify prolonged grief as a mental illness, and we also explore some of the most and least helpful ways to deal with the death of a loved one. *** PATREON *** https://patreon.com/myownworstenemy *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "Grief Works" by Julia Samuel https://amzn.to/2ympaAc *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/myownworstenemyorg Twitter: http://twitter.com/dannydwhittaker *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: Marcela https://flic.kr/p/tWtrS6 DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

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