Today marks two years since I launched The Grief Lounge.

In this opening episode of Season 3 I take a moment to pause, reflect and honour what these last two years have held. Two years of living without Chris. Two years of learning how to be a widow. Two years of showing up behind this microphone and speaking honestly about grief, loss, death and everything in between.

I share what those early days of grief really felt like. The fog, the physical pain, the shock of surviving something you never imagined you would have to. I speak directly to those of you who are in that place right now, in the trenches, wondering how you will make it through the day.

I also reflect on how I have changed. How grief has shaped me. How I have grown stronger with my boundaries, more intentional with my time and more protective of my energy. I talk about guilt, about learning to feel joy again without shame, and about refusing to hide my grief to make other people comfortable.

This episode is a thank you to those who have walked alongside me since the very beginning. And it is a message of hope to those who are just starting out.

Grief does not disappear. But it changes shape. And so do we.

Welcome to Season 3.

If you would like to work with me or connect you can find me on my website www.thegrieflounge.com or you can connect on instagram @the_grief_coach_uk

Or if you are looking for a community of fellow grievers come and join us in The Grief Lounge Community Group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegrieflounge/

Grief changes everything — how we feel, how we think, and how we live in our bodies.
In this special conversation hosted by The EFT Centre, Sadie explores how Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) can help us navigate grief in all its forms — from the loss of a loved one to the quieter griefs of change and uncertainty.

Through this heartfelt discussion, she shares how grief lives in the body, how tapping can calm the nervous system, and how self-compassion and gentle emotional release can bring us back home to ourselves. Sadie shares her personal experiences and how using EFT herself helped her navigate her own grief and how becoming a trained practitioner in EFT has enabled her to help many others.

Sadie talks about anticipatory grief, trauma, emotional expression, and the courage it takes to feel deeply and heal gently.
This isn’t about fixing grief. It’s about creating space for it, learning to live alongside it, and finding freedom through feeling.

If you would like to work with Sadie with EFT you can find out more on her website here thegriefcoachuk.com

You can find Sue Beer and Emma Roberts at The EFT Centre here https://theeftcentre.com/

If you would like to be part of the The Grief Lounge Community on Facebook you can join here www.facebook.com/groups/thegrieflounge/ or join me on instagram here @the_grief_coach_uk

In this episode, Sadie shares something deeply personal. On the second anniversary of her husband’s death, she returned to the beach in Norfolk, a place filled with memories and where she always feels connected to him. She spent time with her morning rituals – journaling, pulling cards, and sitting with her grief. The words she pulled that day were gather, wonder, and love. They felt powerful as she gathered her thoughts and memories, wondered where he might be and if he would be proud of her, and sat with the love that will always remain.

Grief is heavy, and anniversaries can feel especially hard. But what Sadie is learning, and what she hopes this episode offers listeners, is that love can sit alongside the pain. We can gather our broken pieces, hold space for wonder, and lean into love as we remember those we’ve lost.

For anyone navigating grief, feeling the weight of anniversaries, or needing to know they are not alone, this episode offers compassion, connection, and hope.

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