Suzanne Rizk on the challenges of her mother’s death during Covid
<p>In this profoundly moving episode, Suzanne opens up about all the challenges that surrounded her mother’s death during Covid-19. Covid was an incredibly difficult time for all of us but the greatest challenge had to be the heightened complexity of a Covid death. Many of you will resonate with Suzanne’s moving story and the psychological difficulties the Covid restrictions imposed on all of us.</p><br><p>In this episode, we discuss: </p><p><br></p><ul><li>The heightened complexity of a Covid death and the mental toll caused by the restrictions.</li><li>How we grieve for the future as well as the past.</li><li>When anger contaminates all your feelings, you should turn to a 4 step tool to help you release it.</li><li>Why it’s never too late to have rituals when someone has died - nor is it ever too late to mourn.</li><li>Grief is held in the body and often feels like fear. </li><li>While we internally acknowledge that we are mortal, we never acknowledge that we will all be bereaved at some point in our lives.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Support links: </strong></p><p>Cruse Bereavement Support: <a href="https://www.cruse.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cruse.org.uk/</a></p><p>Grief Works App: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/grief-works-self-care-love/id1558867513" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/grief-works-self-care-love/id1558867513</a></p><p>Grief Works Book: <a href="https://juliasamuel.co.uk/books/grief-works" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://juliasamuel.co.uk/books/grief-works</a></p><br><p><strong>Find Julia: </strong></p><p>Website: <a href="https://juliasamuel.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://juliasamuel.co.uk/</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/juliasamuelmbe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/juliasamuelmbe/</a></p><br><p>Produced by Georgie Rutherford</p><p>Edited by Nick Kingswell</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>