Sean Loots | Starting Over and Life Changes Something Shifted | Stories of Identity, Loss and Life Transitions

"The things I hadn't dealt with." | Childhood loss and delayed grief recovery

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Josh was 12 when his life changed. But the enormity of that moment took years to surface.

This episode explores delayed grief, childhood bereavement, and how children process loss without the language to understand it at the time.

It also looks at how creativity becomes a form of survival, and how storytelling can help us make sense of what we couldn’t process when it first happened.

Listen to Josh's song "Life as a Fleeting Bird" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0EkW0sS6uYlfXB7InWl40o?si=40c3280ab1ed497c

www.somethingshifted.co.za
Recorded at Latitude Podcast Studio
Chapters
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:16 A miracle baby and a mother with lupus
  • 05:12 The Sunday morning everything changed
  • 09:18 Dodging the wrecking ball
  • 14:37 University, drama and the question: who am I?
  • 17:11 The dream, the weeping, the hard reset
  • 20:05 Writing a song for his mom
24 Mar English South Africa Personal Journals · Documentary

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