It's the Christmas day episode! The episode where I ask you, The Grief Gang community, to share a memory or message for your loved one for this very special ep. I can't thank everyone who wrote in enough for sharing your loved ones with me. It's always a true honour. I am wishing you all a safe, peaceful and gentle Christmas. Big love, Amber xxx Follow and be part of The Grief Gang community: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegriefgangpodcast/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegriefgan...
Dec 25, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 15
The countdown is on and Christmas is approaching... Whether this is going to be your first or tenth Christmas without your loved one, it could be a tricky time to navigate through. In this episode, I'm offering up some tips and revelations I've learned throughout the 6 Christmas's I've spent without my mum. What works and what doesn't for me! It might be helpful, it might not be, it might just give you the tickle you need today. Big love, Amber xxx Follow and be part of The Grief Gang community:...
Dec 14, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 14
In this weeks episode, we're talking all about the things we can't let go of. This episode is inspired off the back of a recent message from a Grief Gang community member who shared how they just cannot part with their grandmothers washing up sponges, or even use them! It got me thinking about all the items I've kept that are totally useless or illogical, but will never get rid of! So in true fashion, I asked The Grief Gang community too, what are the items they can't let go go? We got... yeast ...
Dec 07, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 13
It's a death dilemma episode! Woop! This week, The Grief Gang community wrote in their dilemmas and I tried my best to help them out. Dilemmas in todays episode include: Grandmother changing her daughter's name in memorial service BACK to maiden name without consulting the children or husband Being the only women now left in the family. Losing our matriarchs. Managing relationships when grieiving. Holding everything for everyone when you yourself can't cope! Negative friends who complain about e...
Nov 30, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 12
We're in Brighton! Well we're not, but in today's episode we are! A few weeks back I was kindly invited to the inaugural Brighton Death Festival. And it was BEYOND amazing. I shared the stage with the amazing Anna Burtt who is one half of The Mother Of All Losses podcast (HIGHLY recommend you tune into their pod!). Anna and I spoke all things the DMC (Dead mums club), navigating womanhood without these staple women in our lives and the power of podcasting. We go all round the houses and I hope y...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 11
I've moved out! (Finally) Last month, I moved out from my Dad's place into my first home with my long term partner. It's unearthed a whole load of new grief as you can imagine. It's been semi tricky to navigate through, but nevertheless, I'm unpacking it all in an episode...and the ridiculous amount of boxes we still have too! In this episode, I tell you what it's been like moving into a new home that my mum has never graced her presence in. The difficulties that's presented to me and I guess, h...
Nov 16, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 10
This week I'm talking all things pet loss! Its been a topic I've wanted to talk about for a while but in all honesty have been a bit worried too because of the mess I'll be! Today I'm sharing with you the story of how we lost our family dog of 13 years in 2020. The pure grief that came with it and how it debilitated me, how It brought up old feelings of familiarity when mum died and how I compared the two. Its a snotty recount! I also asked you TGG community to share your stories of your darling...
Nov 09, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 9
This week Im speaking with Stacey Heale, writer, speaker, curator and campaigner and all round bad ass! Stacey joined this shit gang last year when her husband Greg died from bowel cancer. I found Stacey online before Greg had died and found myself following the journey of this family of 4. Quietly rooting for this family from the sidelines and sending little pocket prayers. Stacey's writing did and still does floor me. She writes so eloquently, honestly yet brutally about grief and widowhood. S...
Nov 02, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 8
This week, I'm talking all things Prolonged Grief Disorder. Now this is a topic of conversation that was extremely hot this summer and still is. It made some of the communities blood boil, whilst leaving some thinking about it more. Prolonged Grief Disorder by definition can " occur after a person close to you has died within at least 6 months (12 months for children and teens). You may feel a deep longing for the person who died and become fixated on thoughts of them. This can make it hard to f...
Oct 25, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 7
This week, I’m talking with author, journalist & presenter, Pippa Vosper. Pippa is most noted for her written features in British Vogue and as of recently, her first book “ Beyond Grief” Pippa and I found one another well over a year ago online and immediately connected. Though both coming from two extremely different bereavements, I value and resonate with so many of pippas words and anecdotes. In todays episode, Pippa takes us back to the day her son Axel died when she was 5 months pregnan...
Oct 18, 2022•49 min•Season 4Ep. 6
The body does in fact, keep the score! This week, I'm talking all about how grief might impact our bodies. A few months ago, I asked The Grief Gang community how they know grief has affected their physical wellbeing. Let me tell you, they came with RECEIPTS. In this episode, I share how grief has affected me and my body over the years. What I noticed in those very early stages of loss, and the things that have had a longer impact. Later in the episode, I share some facts I found on t'internet th...
Oct 04, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 5
This weeks guest is Rabbi Steve Leder. Steve is the senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple and author of five books! His most recent book, For You When I Am Gone, was my summer read on holiday this year. I could NOT put it down, and you’re about to find out why in this episode. Steve’s latest book tackles one of the most requested topics from the last book: writing an ethical will, or a meaningful letter about your life. (Are you now thinking what on earth is an ethical will? Keep put!) He sh...
Sep 28, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Guys, today is Grief Gang's 3rd birthday. I officially own a toddler! Time goes fast when you're grieving hey…no actually, it really doesn't. To celebrate this milestone, because to be honest I'm totally extra and will create any excuse for a celebration or party, I wanted to dedicate this weeks episode to the journey of TGG! It’s actually a bit mad, at the time this episode will be released, I’m going to be in Denmark at the first international grief conference as a speaker! Now that is somethi...
Sep 20, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Welcome to the gang…the one you never asked to be part of! You are listening to the grief gang podcast, the show dedicated to breaking down the taboo’s of grief, one conversation at a time, with me your host, Amber Jeffrey! Have I got a corker for you this week grief gang. It’s short but very very sweet. And when I say sweet, I mean sweet comedic gold. Back in may, I put a call out on the grief gang instagram page, another reason you should be following us over there so you don't miss out on the...
Sep 13, 2022•16 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome to episode 1, season 4 of The Grief Gang podcast. Harry Corin, our guest today, lost his dad Will to Suicide at the age of 12. In today’s episode, you’ll hear harry take us back to that day and what those immediate days after his dads death were like. How harry and his family were treated in their town, how their local media treated his dads death and how it was depicted, most importantly, how detrimental that was to them all and their grieving process. Language around bereavement by sui...
Sep 06, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Welcome to season 4 of The Grief Gang podcast! We're fast approaching 3 years since this show was born and what a ride it's been. I look forward to spending the next couple of months together throughout this season, sharing and talking all things...grief! Big love, Amber x Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thegriefgang . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 29, 2022•2 min
It’s the final episode of this season 3. And it’s with my big brother, Kyle. The only other person in this world who truly knows what it is like to live without our mum. I’ve wanted to record an episode with him from the very beginning if I’m honest, but the time was never right. We just weren’t ready to sit down with each other and really look at each other and see the devastation in one another’s face. The reality that we’re even having this conversation about her. Mum was something to a lot o...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 15
It's Father's day. A tough day for those missing their dad or fatherly figure in their life who is no longer with us. This episode is dedicated to you & to them. A moment to stop and reflect on who they were and the love you shared for one another. To think about those golden memories, their smile or even their annoying habits! However you mark or actually don't mark the day, I hope it's gentle to you. Remember, even your worst days only have 24 hours. Thank you to everyone who wrote in a su...
Jun 18, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Welcome back to another episode of The Grief Gang podcast. This week I'm speaking with Natalie Morris, Mancunian journalist and author of Mixed/Other, a non-fiction exploration of the joys, complexities and nuances that come with having mixed heritage. Natalie's father, Tony Morris, the well known & loved newsreader of Granada reports and BBC North West died in August of 2020 after being diagnosed with Kidney cancer in 2019. Leaving not only a bereft Natalie & her sister Rebecca behind, ...
Jun 14, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 13
On this week's episode...I'm diving into the death dilemmas, sent in by you! If you don't know what the death dilemmas are, it's a mini (ish) episode where you, the listeners, send in your dilemmas, queries, gripes and I try my best to be help you with them. FULL disclaimer, I'm not a professional or qualified, just a fellow griever lending a listening & friendly ear. A problem shared, is a problem halved. In this episode we had dilemmas coming in asking for help on: -Dating whilst grieving ...
May 24, 2022•39 min•Season 3Ep. 12
On this week's episode, I'm talking with founder of Az Magazine UK & The New Normal Therapy fund, Kei Bennett. Az Magazine is an online publication and event organisation amplifying the voices of QTBIPOC (queer, trans Black and people of colour) and The New Normal Therapy fund is Kei's most recent endeavour that's sole purpose is to raise funds for much needed therapy for those who have lost a mother/mother figure in the black community. This is how I found out about Kei & became obsesse...
May 10, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 11
On this weeks episode I'm speaking with author, Georgina Lucas. We're talking all things Grey, her son. Grey, Georgina and Mike's son, was born and lived for 21 days. Arriving on world prematurity day and dying in the arms of a mother who adored every fibre of him. Georgina went on to write "If Not For You". The powerful and extremely emotive memoir of those 21 days. I had the absolute honour to read the book before it was published. With every word and detail in both the book and this episode, ...
Apr 25, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Welcome back to this week's episode of The Grief Gang podcast. This week I'm speaking with my dear friend, June Bellebono. June's brother James died over 7 years ago to cancer and towards the end of 2020, her father too to a heart condition. In this episode, June and I discuss the influence losing a loved one can have in empowering us to live in our complete truth. For June, losing her brother and his larger than life personality, played an important part in June's transitioning. We speak on com...
Apr 13, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 9
It's Sunday 27th March 2022...Mother's Day. This episode is dedicated to all the mums & motherly figures we've lost along the way. Thank you to all of you who wrote in and shared stories & memories of your special person for this episode, it's truly my honour. In this episode you'll hear some beautiful & emotive story telling as well as some tips and advice from The Grief Gang community themselves on how they get through days like today. Whether this Mother's Day is your 1st or 20th,...
Mar 27, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 8
This week I'm talking to Nafeesa Arshad, founder of Goodness Gracious Grief. I connected with Nafeesa over a year ago and I'm so pleased to finally be bringing you this episode. Shamefully for me, this is the first episode dedicated to sibling loss and it will certainly not be the last. Nafeesa lost her trail blazing sister, Saima Thompson back in the middle of the pandemic in 2020. In this episode we cover the silence around losing a sibling, what it's like grieving for someone who was well kno...
Mar 16, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 7
This week I'm talking with Dr Kathryn Mannix. In this episode Dr Kathryn and I discuss how we can live with the end in mind. In short, how taking the time to think about what we want at the end of our lives really actually teaches how we want to live in the here and now. We talk about Kathryn's incredible career in medicine and palliative care and the people she has met along the way and so much more. Kathryn's first book "With the end in mind" changed my life and has stuck with me for a very lo...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 6
On this week's episode I'm talking to Jess Herrick and Rachel Symone Gilliam about the loss of their partners, Max & Joe. We speak about what it is really like to be young and widowed, with them both losing their partners under the age of 30. The layers of being a young carer when you yearn to be cared for yourself, grieving not only for the person who has died but for the future you had planned or dreamed of together, and sex! Now sex in the partner loss world is something I've come to lear...
Feb 16, 2022•48 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Welcome back to this week's episode of The Grief Gang podcast! I'm elated to bring to you the first Death Dilemma episode of 2022! The episode where you share your dilemmas, problems & general queries about all things grief. A problem shared is a problem halved is the ethos of these episodes. I decided for this death dilemma, two brains are better than one and invited my dear friend and sister in grief, Poppy Chancellor, Founder of @thegriefcase community. Dilemmas that were sent in include:...
Feb 03, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 4
On this weeks episode I'm talking to ITV news presenter & Loose Women host, Charlene White. Chatting all things grief and her mum Dorette. Charlene's words on a Loose Women episode around April 2021 stopped me dead in my hoovering tracks. Engrossed in what she had to say about grief and her mum, I just knew I wanted to speak with her. Low and behold 8 months later, I bring to you this beautiful conversation. In this episode, Charlene will take you back to when she was just 16 and her mum bei...
Jan 19, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Welcome to this week's episode of The Grief Gang podcast. This week I'm talking with friend, fellow sister in grief & editor-in-chief at Gal-dem, Suyin Haynes about all things "And Just Like That", the Sex and The City reboot. Now if you're not a fan and haven't the faintest idea why on earth there is an episode dedicated to SATC, I'll fill you in. Big (aka John) , a huge character in the series, very surprisingly just died at the end of episode 1 of the reboot series, leaving viewers like m...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 2
