My guest this week is Shane Stewart. Shane has shared his journey with grief since losing his dad in 2023. He has since founded a run club, Step by Steppers helping others to navigate grief.

In this episode we discuss the taboo around grief, why Shane wanted to share his journey to help others and how it has helped himself. We also discuss grief triggers, how grief impacts different people, why grief feels so unfair when grieving the future life someone has missed out on, and anticipated grief surrounding terminal illness.

Shane discusses the importance of community and the power in people which led him to start his own run club, his advice for supporting someone going through grief, the importance of showing up and getting back to ‘normal’ life after grief. We finish the episode by hearing Shane’s advice for his younger self, and listeners, including why we should chill with our parents if we are lucky enough to be able to.

Grief is something we ultimately will all experience in our lives but there’s no guide book in how to live with it. I hope by having discussions like these we can help just one person. A big thank you to Shane for sharing his story.

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You can find Shane on Instagram at @officialshane and follow his run club at @stepbysteppers

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