Wowee!
@absoluteradio really said “hold my beer” with the award nominations this year. KILLED IT!
I feel very lucky to have had the honour to host a session on mental health. Everyone’s honesty was inspiring. I knew what I was going to talk about, I joked about how I am a “crier” but I knew I never cry in public. I speak about my mother’s alcoholism a lot, I’m healed for the trauma mainly. I’ve even spoken about it in the House Of Lords for
@nacoauk . But on this day something happened. I don’t know if it was overstimulation from the day before or the comfort of lovely radio pals. I lost it. Grief is funny that way, it can hit you from nowhere.
Then began the cycle that only those from childhood trauma will know too well. The shame. Did I say too much? Did I make a fool of myself? I ruined the show with a story that made time stand still. Pathetic, everyone will be laughing. Luckily I have years of recovery under my belt and didn’t stay with that inner critic for long. I speak about trauma because I want to break the cycle of silent shame so less children and children turned adults live alone in it, and I have the tools to do that safely. 1 in 5 children live in a home with unhealthy alcohol use in the U.K. and it is not spoken about enough.
About a year later and the shows we all did get nominated for an ARIA award which is awesome. Awards are lovely, but working for a radio station that lets us all get to the roots of our mental health struggles caused by death, menopause, ideation, neurodivergence, CPTSD and THEN make it into a show so relatable it not only helps our listeners, but is award worthy?! 🤯 Wow!
Damn that’s huge.
Like a Disney character I always have a moral of the story and today’s moral is… it wasn’t as bad as you think. In fact those ‘non perfect’ moments are human and actually being vulnerable is pretty bloody brave.
Love you mum and miss you every day 🕯️
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