Ep 53 | TRAILER | Becoming a Solo Dad: Navigating Loss, Healing, and Empowering Others Along the Way feat. Alec Grant

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Yeah, the consultant came out the theatre andhe didn't need to say anything. Just saw it
on his face and I just didn't want to hear it.Just didn't want to hear it.

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But yeah.
Yeah, gave me the bad news.
No words to explain. You know, hearing thatmy words can never explain, you know, that

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moment will stay with me forever.
I remember my doctor called me up, a GP at thetime, within a couple of days. He offered donances
and said, you know, if I need anything, I shouldlet him know. So, didn't see me in person,

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didn't assess my mental health or anything likethat, but was offering me medication. So I
politely refused, said no, I'll, if I feel thatI need to, then maybe. But no, and I never
did. And this is no judgment on anybody becausewe all deal with things, we all process things,

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we all work differently. But again, for me,I had to sit in it. I had to feel the rawness
of it. I didn't want to numb it. I didn't wantto blank it out. This was the life. This was
the hand that has been dealt to me.

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In fact, although I had help and support attimes, and I needed that break, I needed to
sometimes just have some nights to myself, whichpeople came over and looked after, let one
for me, but I still didn't sleep, couldn't sleep.But in some ways, looking back at it now, I

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know I needed that time. I needed space andtime for myself, but in some ways. That made
having to sit in it and have nothing to do.And so experience the rawness, the reality
of it was hard, but again, that ended up beingpart of the journey that I needed to experience.

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