The Twenty Something Podcast
Like many of us, my 20’s haven’t been plain sailing and at times I have felt completely lost, questioning my decisions and wondering if I’m on the right path. Don’t get me wrong, I still feel like this sometimes! On the flip side, they’ve been filled with huge highs - like many things, it’s been a journey that hasn’t been linear.
This is the podcast I needed when I was younger. When I was going through the ups and downs of navigating the wild roller coaster ride of my 20’s. I’ll be interviewing a whole range of people from entrepreneurs and life coaches, to marathon runners and people who have overcome addiction.
I want to Normalise our 20’s, and the years beyond. I want to make it relatable to you, so that you can take away something positive from it each week.
I’ll be showing you that it’s okay to feel lost and like you don’t know if you’re on the right path but that there’s always a way to change and to make your life what you want it to be.
The Twenty Something Podcast
#10 Shane Stewart - Grief in your 20's: be nice and chill with your parents.
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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