Early Mourning Coffee Club
Welcome to Early Mourning Coffee Club. A brutally honest podcast about grief, with a dark sense of humour.
Hosted by Meg, a 30-year-old widow and solo parent, this weekly show explores loss without cliches, laughter without guilt, and life after everything changes.
Raw, real, inappropriate at times - exactly what grief actually looks like.
Each Tuesday morning, grab a coffee (or whatever gets you through the day), and sit with Meg as she shares her experience in a podcast that offers space to be heartbroken and hopeful all at the same time.
Hit follow, pour your coffee and let's take this one sip at a time.
Episodes
17 episodes
Episode 16: Tiny Paws Helping Broken Hearts
Grief doesn't disappear... it jusst changes shape. And sometimes healing shows up in the form of muddy paws, early mornings, and a puppy who has absolutely no concept of personal space.This week I'm talking about Honey, the chaos she's b...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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15:13
Episode 15: Happy Birthday To Me
Birthdays used to mean cake, candles and making a bit of fuss (okay... a lot of fuss)Now they mean something very different.This episode os about grief showing up where you don't expect it. In hospital waiting rooms, in quiet mome...
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18:51
Episode 14: What The Media Gets Wrong About Grief
We learn what grief "should" look like long before we ever experience it. Through films, TV, music and even adverts.But when grief arrives... it doesn't follow a script.In this episode I talk about the gap between how grief is por...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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13:44
Episode 13: The Things We Lose
Episode 13: The Things We LoseGrief isn't just about death. It can live in divorce papers.In hospital waiting rooms.In the loss of a body part.In futures that never happen.This week, my friend Gemm...
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42:59
Episode 12: Mother's Day In The Middle Of Grief
Mother's Day can be beautiful. But when you're grieving, it can also be incredibly complicated.This week on the Early Mourning Coffee Club, I'm talking about Mother's Day in the middle of grief. Whether you're missing your mu...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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15:24
Episode 11: One For Sorrow, Two For Joy
Episode 11: One for sorrow, two for joy This week, I'm talking about signs. Not the loud spooky cinematic kind. The quiet ones. The ones you question. The ones you feel more than you can explain.Magpies. Aftershave. A talking...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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16:20
Episode 10: The Science Of Grief - Brain, Body & Emotions
What if everything you've been told about grief... isn't quite true?In this episode of the Early Mourning Coffee Club, we gently unpack one of the biggest myths around loss - the "five stages" - and explore what's actually happening in y...
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17:12
Episode 9: Love, Loss & February 14th
Episode 9: Love, Loss & February 14th ❤️🩹Valentine's Day looks very different when the person you built your life with is no longer here.In this episode, I'm talking about helicopter rides over the Alps, prison massages in Th...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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16:02
Episode 8: Running With Love For Winston's Wish
Episode 8: Running With Love For Winston's WishThis week is special. I'm joined by my friend Lydia, who is running an ultra marathon in May in Alex's memory to raise money for Winston's Wish, the charity that has held me and Oscar throug...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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32:58
Episode 7: The Gentle Return Of Joy
Episode 7: The Gentle Return Of JoyAfter loss, joy can feel risky. Complicated. Even undeserved. This episode is about giving yourself permission to feel good again - not instead of grief, but alongside it.Not forced happiness. Ju...
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13:33
Episode 6: Totally Unhinged Things I Did To Process My Grief
Episode 6: Totally Unhinged Things I Did To Process My GriefA reminder that grief has no rules.You're allowed to be messy.You're allowed to laugh at the wrong moments.You're allowed to do things that don't make sense...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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16:00
Episode 5: After The Chairs Are Put Away
Episode 5: After The Chairs Are Put AwayA year after the funeral, I'm finally able to look back without flinching.This episode isn't about reliving the day. It's about what that day gave me. The love that showed up. The laughter t...
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Episode 5
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50:35
Episode 4: Becoming A Solo Parent Overnight
Episode 4 is one I never planned to make - because it's about a life I never planned to live.This episode is about becoming a solo parent overnight. Not by choice. Not gradually. But through loss.It's also about the difference bet...
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13:39
Episode 3: How To Support Someone Who Is Grieving
Grief makes people nervous.So they disappear, or say the wrong thing, or even try to fix what can't be fixed.This episode of the Early Mourning Coffee Club is for two kinds of people:- If you're grieving - I hope you feel s...
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Episode 3
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13:48
Episode 2: Where It All Began
This week on Early Mourning Coffee Club, I'm sharing why I'm spending six weeks in the French ski resort of Tignes - the place where me and Alex met - and what it means to return with our son as I teach him to ski for the first time.I'm ...
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35:34