Real with Ric - Life after Loss, with the Widowed Warrior
This is Real with Ric, a podcast about Life after Loss. Ric is a young widow, who lost his wife Jade shortly after giving birth to their son. Since then, Ric has been writing his way through grief and has published seven books, two adult books about living with loss and his life with Jade and five children's books inspired by his son, Hugo. In his podcast series, Ric will talk candidly about his life before the loss of Jade. How his grief has changed him, how being a single dad has motivated him and how giving back has become the single-most important aspect of his life as he seeks to help other's who too have lost loved ones.
Episodes
Episode 10 of Real with Ric.
In this episode, we find Ric in a contemplative and honest mood as he reflects on 2023. He'll chat about Growth Through Grief, raising money for a local bereavement charity and of course the success of his podcast series: Real with Ric.
He'll also dive deeply into the investigation and inquest into the loss of his wife Jade, revealing for the first time the heavy mental toll it took on him and those clo...
In episode 9 of Real with Ric, Ric will talk about the word WIDOWER.
What it means to him, how he feels about it and what it's like to be part of a club he never wanted be in.
He'll also chat about his body transformation and how that's going, visiting Disneyland for the first time with Hugo and a sign that Jade was very much with them both in spirit.
If you've unfortunately suffered loss or tragedy in your life, Ric will share his...
In episode 8 of Real with Ric, Ric will talk about how mental wellbeing is closely connected with physical wellbeing.
He’ll talk about why he began running in the first instance, his incredible weight loss journey and how he donated vast amounts of money to charity through his efforts. Ric will open up about how his fitness regime changed and the new direction he went in, the fitness & spa centre he’s built at Swallow’s Nest and wh...
In this exclusive 'extra episode' of Real with Ric, Ric will chat about his quest to find love.
What does dating look like as a widow? How does online dating feel, when you were settled before it even was invented? When and how do you know, that you're now ready to invite someone back into your life.
Ric will discuss this and more as he shares his inner most thoughts about online dating, being intimate again and moving on from loss...
This is episode 6 of Real with Ric. This time, Ric will open up candidly about the investigation into the loss of his wife, Jade.
He'll discuss his entrepreneurship in transitioning from being self-employed to running a thriving property business and the steps he took in order to do that; whilst throwing himself into becoming a full time father.
Ric will also chat about the settlement that was is...
This is episode five of Real with Ric, where Ric will discuss the setbacks that the Pandemic brought as he dealt with the feeling of loneliness during lockdown.
Ric will talk about the bond he began to build with Hugo during this time and how difficult it was whilst in the depths of grief.
He'll chat about opening up to the idea of love again and the guilt that came with it and how despite being ...
In episode four of Real with Ric, Ric begins to focus on what the future of a widowed and single parent looks like.
He'll talk about where the concept of Real with Ric came from and his first trip away with his brother, where he learned very quickly that wherever you go, your grief goes with you.
Ric will discuss how he focused his energy into running. He then set himself the challenge of running a half & full marathon in memory of...
In the third episode of Real with Ric, Ric will discuss his thoughts and feelings on returning to his and Jade's home, for the first time without his soul mate.
He'll open up about the reality of becoming a widow at 34 and a single-parent to their son Hugo.
And whilst Ric openly talks about this incredibly dark period of his life, he also shares some beautiful spiritual moments which give us all hope, that there is indeed life afte...
In this second episode of Real with Ric, we'll hear about that eventful day. A day that's etched in Ric's mind forever.
He'll discuss the elation of meeting Hugo for the very first time, the labour journey and how Jade felt throughout. He will also tackle the fear, shock and loss of soulmate Jade Hart. Listen now to an authentic, honest and real account of 8th July, 2018.
If you've unfortunately suffered loss or tragedy in your lif...
In this first episode of Real with Ric, we'll meet the man himself. He'll chat about why he wanted to make a podcast and how it's important to him and his journey through grief.
He'll discuss what Jade was like, the plans they had made and how they felt about Hugo's imminent arrival, prior to her untimely death shortly after childbirth in 2018.
If you've unfortunately suffered loss or tragedy in your life, Ric will share his own j...
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