{"id":1243,"date":"2022-12-18T10:20:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T10:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2023-02-18T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T14:52:39","slug":"more-podcast-suggestions-including-dame-mary-berry-diane-morgan-self-esteem-and-the-rev-richard-coles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/picks\/more-podcast-suggestions-including-dame-mary-berry-diane-morgan-self-esteem-and-the-rev-richard-coles\/","title":{"rendered":"More podcast suggestions including<\/i> Dame Mary Berry, Self Esteem and the Rev Richard Coles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This time of year can be particularly difficult if you are missing someone close to you, so let\u2019s look at podcasts that have helpful conversations on grieving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard E Grant<\/strong><\/a> returned to Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner<\/strong><\/a>, who talks about his life after the passing of his wife Joan. He says what helped him is imagining conversations with her: \u201cAfter six months of thinking \u201cgod, how do I bear this?<\/em>\u201d I know after 38 years with her what her response to everything would be. Without walking around and having out-loud conversations as if I am on an earpiece, that conversation goes silently in my head. I find that is a way of navigating her absence.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ologies with Alie Ward<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>has an episode on thantalogy (a discipline that explores death from different perspectives) featuring lots of useful bits of advice. Meanwhile Rev Richard Coles<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>was also illuminating in an episode of How Do You Cope with Elis and John?<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>who talked about losing his husband David: \u201cIt is not linear, and all that stuff about the \u2018stages of grief.\u2019 The one stage of grief they leave out is the moment when you get incredibly irritated with people when you think there are stages of grief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also Griefcast<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>with Cariad Lloyd, which features conversations with people about who they miss. Recent episodes include Viv Groskop. Plus there\u2019s Let\u2019s Talk About Grief with Coleen Rooney<\/strong><\/a>, where guests talk about their personal experiences and what helped them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Christmas is a difficult time for you, I hope you have a peaceful one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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