The Raw Truth with Harriet Bremner

The Raw Truth with Harriet Bremner

The Raw Truth - sharing authentic stories to normalise conversations around grief, trauma and mental health. Join Harriet as she speaks with other rural New Zealander's who have raw and honest stories to share. The shocking, emotional reality of life is confronted as they speak up about the 'raw truths' in their lives. Unburying things that traditionally we sweep under the rug and avoid confronting, Harriet aims to help you become more able to deal with whatever life throws at you in the future. Be inspired by those who remove their masks by sharing their remarkable and relatable stories.

Episodes

September 17, 2023 67 mins
Amber Tyrrell, along with her husband Patrick run a successful glamping business in the Waitaki Valley.

At 13 years old Amber witnessed the death of her younger sister Charmaine. Following was a terrible time of grief and guilt.

Amber talks about her journey to healing and hopes to help those who listen to her story with their own journey forward.
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At 25 years old Zoe, a nurse at Christchurch hospital received the news that her father had been in a farming accident and was in critical condition. With sisters overseas and the media releasing photos before her whole family had been told the news, Zoe battled with grief and trauma in its entirety. 8 years on Zoe bravely shares her story and fantastic insight into how people helped her along the way while talking about her person...
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August 31, 2022 91 mins
Hannah, a former engineer, high achieving endurance athlete with the talent to boot whose life had a complete make-over when grief hit her hard, really hard. The traumatic loss of her best and only trusted friend amidst the heartbreaking cancer battle her father was facing.

Realising that things needed to change, Hannah, now a grief coach and writer with her own business shares her story of loss, flipping life on itself for the bet...
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May 25, 2022 88 mins
Imagine being on a plane, heading overseas for that first big family holiday but you arrive in a country that is foreign to you and your husband has passed away on the plane en route. Helen talks to her Raw Truth about that horrendous trip where she was left stranded in an airport with two small children, suddenly widowed. She speaks openly about her traumatic experience and also about the pure kindness of strangers when her world ...
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March 14, 2022 75 mins
Harry is your salt of the earth kiwi bloke who loves his family, friends and the land but he has already, in his 20s, been through insufferable loss with friends and family taking their own lives. Through his own mental health journey, Harry has shared his story at Will to Live evenings with brutal honestly bringing the raw truth about issues in our rural communities and the lack of access to mental health services. Harry has a cra...
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December 20, 2021 74 mins
A fresh 15-year-old school girl attends the funeral of her beloved mother just before 5th form begins. Catherine, looks back, sharing her story about loss through the eyes of her teenage self while sharing what she has learnt from life along the way. She knows better than anyone how harsh and unfair the world can be, yet she is such a positive uplifting and beautiful person. As her friends, we feel we let her down as we were not ed...
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October 27, 2021 67 mins
Gisborne born and bred Jess is a friend who knows grief all too well. The loss of her mother several years ago was a journey that she has been forced through. She was living at the other end of the country while her mother got progressively worse with her illness and this was nothing short of bloody hard. I was there when she got the news and watched my best friend crumble before me only some 4 months after I myself had gone throug...
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September 8, 2021 77 mins
Imagine this… you are a trained primary school teacher in a rural area in your early 20’s and there is a high school teacher shortage in the area school that you work in. Next minute you are called upon to teach a group of students in a specialised subject you have never taught before.

Then… one of your students passes away. Not that much younger than herself, Sam found herself as a teacher, a role of leadership, while having to su...
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August 24, 2021 37 mins
In this episode, Harriet talks to Elle Perriam, founder of Will to Live, a rural mental health charitable trust. Elle's story goes back to when she lost her partner to suicide.
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