The Functioning Griefster
The Functioning Griefster is a podcast about, love, loss and still showing up anyway, with your survival kit on, whilst we bear the unbearable.
Recorded in the back of my son’s van, Dec, who died aged 24 in August 2023, I speak to fellow Griefster, who are, still grieving, still loving and still carrying their loved ones legacy forward.
These stories are real and raw,, no script, just courage, connection and unexpected moment of laughter and light.
Each episode includes a grounding tool to help anyone who is grieving or supporting someone who is.
Podcasting since 2025 • 10 episodes
The Functioning Griefster
Latest Episodes
A rising football star. A test drive. A mother’s double heartbreak
In this powerful episode, I sit down with Kerry, a devoted mum whose world changed in an instant when a tragic accident took both her husband, David, and their son, Cameron.Cameron wasn’t just any boy, he was a rising football star with ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:33:41
A TIKTOK trend. A locked door. A Mothers CPR
He’d done it before and woken up euphoric. This time, he didn’t.”“We left the house as four. We came back as three.”It was just a normal school day. Isaac rode shotgun, grabbed his favourite Doritos, and ran upstai...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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One loyal, vulnerable boy. A knife. Two fatal stabs. Three teenagers who planned it all.
A loyal, vulnerable boy betrayed. They groomed him, they lured him, they stabbed him. A murder planned online, their posts, BECAME PROOF.Olly Stephens was just 13 years old, a boy who loved doing wheelies, baking, cooking, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:21:48
It took 14 years for Brianna to blossom. The petals were torn away when hate and transphobia met obsession and betrayal
From Warrington to the world — the LGBTQ+ community mourned Brianna Ghey after her tragic murder. But this is her mother’s story. Her pain. Her insight into who Brianna truly was.Esther was a young single mum t...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:05:21
Episode 6: From Catwalks to chemo. Leah’s brave ADHD fuelled life as an influencer
“She strutted down that catwalk in shoes two sizes too big — and still looked like a queen.”In this episode of The Functioning Griefster, I sit down with Jenny, fellow young mum, ADHD soul, and mother of Leah, a teenage...
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