The Functioning Griefster
The Functioning Griefster
Podcast Description
The Functioning Griefster is a podcast about, love, loss and still showing up anyway, with your survival kit on, whilst we bear the unbearable.Recorded in the back of my son’s van, Dec, who died aged 24 in August 2023, I speak to fellow Griefster, who are, still grieving, still loving and still carrying their loved ones legacy forward.These stories are real and raw,, no script, just courage, connection and unexpected moment of laughter and light.Each episode includes a grounding tool to help anyone who is grieving or supporting someone who is.
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The podcast centers around the themes of grief, love, and legacy, weaving personal narratives that explore the complexities of loss. Episodes delve into specific experiences, such as giving birth to a stillborn baby in Sharon's story and sharing the journey of grieving mother, Dec. Each episode concludes with grounding tools that provide support to listeners who may be navigating their own grief or supporting someone else through it.
The Functioning Griefster is a podcast about, love, loss and still showing up anyway, with your survival kit on, whilst we bear the unbearable.
Recorded in the back of my son’s van, Dec, who died aged 24 in August 2023, I speak to fellow Griefster, who are, still grieving, still loving and still carrying their loved ones legacy forward.
These stories are real and raw,, no script, just courage, connection and unexpected moment of laughter and light.
Each episode includes a grounding tool to help anyone who is grieving or supporting someone who is.
He’d done it before and woken up euphoric. This time, he didn’t.”
“We left the house as four. We came back as three.”
It was just a normal school day. Isaac rode shotgun, grabbed his favourite Doritos, and ran upstairs like he always did. A few minutes later, Lisa called him for dinner. When he didn’t answer, she assumed he was playing a prank. But when she broke down the locked bathroom door, everything changed.
Isaac had used his school tie to take part in a dangerous social media challenge — one he’d tried before and survived. This time, he didn’t.
In this devastating episode, Lisa shares the moment she fought to save her 13 year-old son’s life, performing CPR on her own child while her daughter called 999. She talks about the surreal days in hospital, watching Isaac’s body begin to shut down, and the heartbreaking decision to say goodbye surrounded by family.
At 3:41pm on the 9th of March 2022, Lisa’s world changed forever.
Now, alongside other grieving parents, she’s turning her pain into purpose, fighting to educate young people and schools about the risks of online challenges, and preserving Isaac’s legacy through awareness, love and action.
In this honest and emotional conversation between two grieving mothers, we also talk about what grief really feels like — how the silence fills your house when they’re not in it, how you become transfixed on medical equipment, and how your entire identity shifts when your child dies.
This episode also pays tribute to the support Lisa received from COSMIC (Children of St Mary’s Intensive Care). https://cosmiccharity.org.uk/
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