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.
The Functioning Griefster
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 cancer warrior and TikTok creator whose light continues to shine even after her passing.
Leah was studying childcare, juggling two jobs, falling in love, and had just won Miss British Isles when her life was turned upside down by a diagnosis: Ewing’s sarcoma — a rare form of bone cancer.
She fought. She filmed. She shared it all.
And when remission came, the fear didn’t go. Fifteen months later, she thought she had the hangover from hell. But it was back — this time in her lungs.
Jenny and I talk about:
•What it’s like to grieve with ADHD
•Parenting when you know your child is dying
•Living in hospital rooms
•And the pain of hearing “She’s out of pain now” when you’re still in agony every single day
Leah’s honesty, humour and defiance gave thousands of people strength. And now, her legacy continues through Leah’s Little Sunflowers — raising funds to buy a wheelchair-accessible caravan by the sea for families of terminally ill children to just be together.
Why “Coldplay Yellow” Because it’s Leah loved yellow, and the stars now shine for her.
🌻 Support Leah’s legacy here:
👉 https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/leahs-little-sunflowers
