Rebuilding a joyful life - Megan Daley

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Rebuilding a joyful life - Megan Daley

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What do you do when your world shatters, but your children still need bedtime stories and packed lunches?

Megan Daley is an award-winning teacher librarian, author, podcaster, and mother who shares the layered grief of losing her brother, her aunt, and then her husband Dan.

She takes us inside those early days of parenting through heartbreak, how stories helped her daughters process loss, and why she believes books hold a unique power in navigating the unimaginable.

This is an episode about blending families after loss, and what it means to hold space for grief while still leaning into joy and rebuilding a joyful life.

Together, Caroline and Megan chat about:

Parenting through the early days
Compounding grief and carrying the weight of others
The role of language, love and story
The power of children’s books in the grief space
Meeting someone new and blending families
Rebuilding a joyful life

Quote that resonates with Megan “Moving on as a concept is for stupid people, because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project. I refuse to rush. The pain that is thrust upon us, let no man slow or speed or fix”

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Megan’s blog on grief, widowhood and books: megandaley.com.au/grief-widowhood-and-books Megan on Instagram: @childrensbooksdaily
Megan’s books: Raising Readers and Teacher, Teacher

About The Widow Diaries
A podcast that holds space for the often-unspoken stories of grief, love, and life after loss - especially for those widowed young. Hosted by journalist and widow Caroline Winter and brought to you by First Light Widowed Support.

This is The Widow Diaries: Where no story is the same – and every story matters.

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