Inside Grief with Miranda Obiora

Miranda is a rare bird, she has an absolutely golden heart. She’s a sensitive truth-teller, super-smart, a sharer of joy and beauty and my mate. She tells strangers on the street that they have a lovely smile. That kind of person. I blooming love her. We’ve had loads of great conversations over the years but one theme that keeps resurfacing is about grief; time passing, bereavement, the whole ache and joy of it all. We also talk about our experiences of birth, bringing up children and living with teenagers. So I asked her if she’s come and do a podchat because I knew you’d love her as much as I do.

I didn’t realise when we arranged the date for the podchat that it was the anniversary of Miranda’s friend’s death, so it’s a raw, tender conversation. We are so blooming lucky that she agreed to share her worldview. We spoke about:

• The cost of the loss of connection
• Which is the most messed up class in the UK
• The problem with the English culture
• The power of vulnerability
• The challenges facing teenagers today
• The beauty contained within grief and the rebirth that follows
• Managing judgement
• How to develop confidence
• Managing loneliness and shame
• Being a mum, parenting and the grief that comes with it
• How to get hugs out of your teenage kids
• The experience of the emotional body and the body of emotions

 And I even managed to wrangle a top tip for a wonderful inside life too.

The artist Miranda talks about who looked into peoples’ eyes is Marina Abramovic and you can find a video of the event on this link

I’d love to hear your thoughts on grief and parenting, you can find me on Instagram or why not have a look here where you’ll find a wealth of free resources.

You will find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes and many more platforms soon. It would be wonderful if you have a minute to pop over to iTunes to rate and subscribe to Life – An Inside Job to encourage more people to nourish their inner lives. If you have two minutes a review would be just brilliant too!

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Music
Trust Me (instrumental) by RYYZN
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Artwork
Portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles