Episode 30: Journey to becoming a Bereavement, Grief & Loss Specialist

Tales of Transformation with Ann Girling Date broadcast 08/04/2025 Episode 30: Journey to becoming a Bereavement, Grief & Loss Specialist

 

I’m always amazed how things happen in people’s lives and lead to incredible transformations. In this episode bereavement, grief & loss specialist and author, Sharon Rosenbloom, powerfully describes how her emotions after the tragic death of her husband, Simon, aged 41. She describes how it has helped her find her true purpose in life to help others navigate their own bereavement journeys. She also describes how she healed herself from a chocolate addiction and, through that learning helps others recover too. Finally she is a very proud author of “Widowed with Kids”

Sharon sadly lost her husband 22 years ago now when she was 39 and Simon was 41.Theyhad 2 young children of 5 and 7. Their 5 year old, now 28, has complex special needs. He has autism, dyspraxia, ADHD, learning difficulties , speech impairments and has a developmental age of about 6 or 7. Life was obviously challenging for Sharon with Oliver before Simon died When she saw Sophie, her daughter, climb into bed with Simon after he died, she just broke down and thought why me. However she can now see that losing Simon has been a gift so she can support others who are grieving. She is a psychotherapeutic counsellor specialising in bereavement grief and loss, a hypnotherapist, a life coach, a naturopath and author of “Widowed with Kids”. She was also a chocoholic and feed every emotion she felt with chocolate. Her naive brain thought addictions were drugs and alcohol but she discovered that sugar is a bigger addiction. You can live without drugs and alcohol but you can't live without food. When we went into the pandemic Sharon said she would rather die than give up chocolate. Everyone was queuing at the supermarket for toilet paper and pasta. she queued for over 2 hours one day for chocolate

 

She describes both of these experiences in much more detail in the podcast .

 

To connect with Sharon:

Website: www.sharonrosenbloom.com

If you are suffering from fear and we can have a free discovery call to see how I can support you https://www.amazon.co.uk/Widowed-Kids-until-rediscover-yourself/dp/1913501108 

 

 

To connect with me and join my group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/unlikelyguru/?ref=share

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