133. Surviving My Son's Suicide with Beverley Bishop

Adversity to Advantage

“By talking about him and talking about my experience, it keeps him with me”

In 2018 Bev’s son Jess, took his own life. Using her creativity to process her grief, Bev created a short film called “5 days to say goodbye” which documented the last 5 days which she spent with her son.

In this episode Bev opens up to me about her quest to find magic after the death of her son. A raw and honest conversation about suicide and the love, grief and promises surrounding it.

We discuss:

• Creativity & Laughter as coping mechanisms
  
• The meaning of magic
  
• Remembering Jess
  
• Mental health & Depression
  
• Learning to accept the choice of suicide
  
• The messy middle
  
• Avoiding sitting with the grief
  
• Release through feeling
  
• Continuing to show up
  
• Building resilience
  

You can find out more about Beverley and connect with her at www.beverleybishop.co.uk