“Grieving people don’t need wise words. They need lasagna.”
Death. It happens to all of us - and to everyone we love - but no one wants to talk about it.
In Western society, death is hidden away. Out of sight. Out of polite conversation. As a result, many of us simply don’t have the language to talk about it.
Several of my dear friends have recently had loved ones die, and I find myself not knowing what to say. And then the worse thing happens, I say nothing at all.
And then there is the practical side. We’ve built a formulaic approach to funerals - one that often strips away the person’s personality, their story, their identity. And compassionate leave. Three to five days to “get over” the death of someone you love. What utter BS.
Grief doesn’t work like that. It’s not linear, it’s not tidy, and it doesn’t fit into a policy.
In todays conversation with ‘Why Aren’t We Talking About It’. I’m speaking with Poppy Mardall, founder of Poppy’s Funerals, a business changing the conversation around death - and helping us find a new way to face it.
Two weeks into 2026, the resolutions are in the bin, the fresh faced unstoppable January energy has faded, and you are now right back in the treadmill of life. Plodding on, doing the same old thing.
But, what if, instead, you paused for a second and asked yourself this important question 'will I give these people one more year of my life?'. This can apply to work, but it can also apply to friendships and relationships.
In todays conversation with Richard Robinson we talk about what happens if the answer is no, what can you do about it (spoiler its not go out and burn it all down). And, conversely what can you do if the answer is yes, what can you do now to make sure that if the answer ever became a no you are set up for success.
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Hosted by me, Carly Osman-Holme, on a quest to dodge a full-blown existential crisis. I’ve reached that point in life where I’m asking the big questions: How did I get here? What do I actually want? And why didn’t they teach us any of this in school?
