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  • To round off the third series, I've compiled this highlights episode where we will hear once again from all of my guests from throughout this series:

    Matilda Heindow, Curtis Stewart, Jude Rogers, Marcus Elliot, Suzie Fletcher, Si Martin, Dr Lesel Dawson, Stephen Wilson Jr, Jo Ritchie & Laura McDonagh, Turt Summers, Carly Attridge & Annie Frost Nicholson and Chris Kage.

    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how their creativity has helped them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand ourselves and reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


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  • This week my guest is Chris Kage, an artist/producer from Brooklyn New York. Through the years, Chris has primarily operated behind the scenes, as a songwriter in bands and as a backing musician, touring with the likes of Willie Nelson (and his sons Micah, Lukas) and Kris Kristofferson. In his mid-twenties, after ending up on a psychiatric ward for three days, Chris was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. But rather than be totally destroyed by this, Chris decided to turn it into a collection of songs to share with others; these songs would become his debut album 'Cycles'. Chris states that this album is about trying to emotionally communicate his truths, in a way that can support others with theirs.


    In addition to inspiring the songs written for Cycles, Chris' experiences with his own mental health also led him to start Sound Mind Live, a non-profit organization whose mission it is to create a shared space where music and mental health can coexist.


    You can find Chris on Instagram @chriskageofficial

    Sound Mind Live - visit their website: https://www.soundmindlive.org/


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can connect with Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • This week my guests are Carly Attridge founder of the Loss Project and Annie Frost Nicholson a multidisciplinary artist from London. Both of them have worked on projects which have focused on how we can use creative practices as a catharsis for our grief. Carly started The Loss Project (a social enterprise focused on helping people find ways of processing grief) after she reflected on her own wellbeing struggles following various losses in her life and realised there was something lacking from what was on offer to support people.


    Annie's own devastating loss happened in 2011 when several members of her close family died in a tragic accident. Ever since, grief has been a subject she’s explored in a myriad of ways, including a film ‘Into Your Light’, a monthly Grief Mixtape that she hosted on Soho Radio and more recently, the Fandangoe Whip, Skip and the Grief Rave, which in turn, would spawn the Fandangoe Discoteca, their latest touring collaboration where bereaved people could dance out their grief.


    For more information on

    The Loss Project visit their website: https://www.thelossproject.com/

    Annie Frost Nicholson visit her website: https://www.anniefrostnicholson.com/


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can connect with Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Turt Summers, a vocalist/rapper/songwriter from South London and one half of the jazz rap group Summers Sons. They have released 4 albums as well as working with some of the UK's and Germany's finest producers. They have also toured with Children of Zeus, Melodiesinfonie & Flo filzz - solidifying themselves as one of the UK's best underground trios. Their 2019 album The Rain focuses on the grief Turt felt following the loss of his stepdad Bill. In this episode we discuss the making of the album 'The Rain' and the impact opening up about his grief in song has had on Turt.


    You can purchase 'The Rain' over on Summer Sons Bandcamp page here:

    https://summerssons2.bandcamp.com


    Songs featured in this episode include:

    Never Walk Alone - Summers Sons

    The Rain (pt.1) - Summers Sons

    The Rain (pt.3) - Summers Sons


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can connect with Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Stephen Wilson Jr. a singer/songwriter from rural Indiana (USA). As a teenager Stephen moved to Nashville to pursue a degree in Microbiology. After completing his degree, he worked for several years as an R&D scientist at Mars until one day, faced with the prospect of a life climbing the corporate ladder, Stephen decided to take a leap of faith and pursue his dream of becoming a songwriter. A few years later his father – Stephen Wilson Sr - died at 59 and this set Stephen on a path to becoming an artist in his own right. He is quoted as saying that music was the only thing that had any ability to help him understand grief. The proof of this is in Søn of Dad, his debut album which came out to critical acclaim in 2023


    You can find more information about Stephen's music at https://www.stephenwilsonjrmusic.com


    Songs featured on this episode include

    twisted by Stephen Wilson Jr.

    Father's Søn by Stephen Wilson Jr.

    Grief is Only Love by Stephen Wilson Jr.


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can connect with Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guests are Jo Ritchie and Laura McDonagh, the team behind 'Projecting Grief'. Projecting Grief tells the stories of people finding comfort, distraction or hope in a creative pursuit after losing someone they love. After losing her brother Jack in 2017, the last thing photographer Jo Ritchie wanted to do was pick up her camera. But as she started to search for others who had been through a similar experience, she was intrigued to meet many whose grief had been the catalyst for a creation. Fascinated and uplifted by this discovery, Jo began actively searching for people using a creative practice for distraction, relief or an expression and asked to take their portraits.


    In 2019, she enlisted the help of writer Faye Dawson to interview sitters and write up their stories. Faye worked on the project for three years before deciding to take a step back from Projecting Grief in 2022. 

    Laura McDonagh’s mum Anne died suddenly in 2019. Afterwards, Laura felt compelled to write about family, identity and home; to get things down before anything else could be lost. Laura was featured on Projecting Grief in 2020, before joining the team as an interviewer and writer. 


    You can see more of Jo’s photography at www.joritchiephoto.com

    You can find Laura at www.heylauramc.com


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can connect with Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Dr Lesel Dawson, an academic at the University of Bristol. Lesel is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Bristol, her academic research explores grief, literature and the history of the emotions. She is currently writing a book on grief and creativity.

    Her work includes co-producing two short films on children, grief and creativity; partnering with charities on an article on mandatory grief education; collaborating on an illustrated booklet on grief and baby loss; writing the screenplay for a fiction film about disenfranchised grief; and working with theatre company Crowded Room on an audio story. Lesel is also the Arts and Culture Lead of the Good Grief Festival.


    In this episode we discuss what initially drew Lesel into exploring society's relationship between grief and creativity and what insights she's gained regarding the benefits of pursuing creative endeavours in the wake of loss.


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can connect with Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Si Martin, founder and managing director of Heads Above the Waves, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to help young people deal with the root causes of self-harm. Having experienced self-harm himself as a young person, Si wanted to share his experiences and let others know that they weren't alone. As well as spending his time creating what HATW does, Si Martin is also a drummer for his band Junior and renowned Welsh act Novo Amor.


    In this special live episode we discuss how Si turned to drumming as his healthy coping mechanism and how music helped him overcome his desire to self harm. We discuss how this led him to want to help others find their creative outlet and healthy coping mechanisms.


    During this conversation Si offers advice to those seeking ways to alleviate their stress, anxiety and harmful behaviour.

    If you're affected by the issues covered in this episode; you can find more information about Heads Above the Waves on their website: https://hatw.co.uk


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    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


    You can connect with Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Suzie Fletcher, a Master English Saddle Maker and the resident leather expert on BBC One's The Repair Shop. Originally from Oxfordshire she has been in the restoration and repair industry for over four decades. She is an avid rider since early childhood, which lead to her career in saddle making, leather goods and leather furniture making. Through various commissions Suzie was offered a position in America and she soon found herself running her own business and working all over the US.

    Suzie specialised in designing and making saddles for the female rider and settled on a homestead farm on the Eastern plains of Colorado with her husband Rob and a collection of horses, dogs and cats.

    Her life all changed in 2013 when her husband passed away after a short illness. Suzie returned home to the UK and soon found herself in front of cameras for a new BBC program called “The Repair Shop” alongside her brother Steve.


    In this episode we discuss Suzie's memoir, "The Sun Over the Mountains" in which Suzie writes about overcoming some of life's most difficult challenges, from complicated relationships to grief. She talks about how putting these experiences down on paper became an incredibly cathartic exercise and how her work as a master-saddler and her love of animals have brought her immense healing over the years.


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can connect with Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Marcus Elliot, a saxophonist, composer and educator from Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is the current director of the University of Michigan's Creative Arts Orchestra and his compositions and improvisations have been described by the New York Times as "convincing and confident, evolved in touch and tone...", and the Detroit Free Press has said that, "Marcus Elliot represents the next generation of jazz".


    Marcus has experienced several pivotal life changing moments over the last few years. Not only was his first child, a son, Elijah born but also his father, who had suffered a debilitating stroke in 2017, sadly passed away. These experiences became the inspiration for a newly commissioned piece, “Fill the Room With Light” - which was performed for the first time last September with New Music Detroit.


    In this episode we discuss the creation of the piece “Fill the Room With Light” and how Marcus' music has given him an insight into grief and the gifts that his father gave him.


    Marcus says:

    A week after I began writing the music, my father was put into hospice care. My visitations with my dad were filled with prayer, meditation, singing, listening to music, and playing music for him.

    This commission allowed me to take the time to emotionally process the heavy, beautiful moments I had with my father. It allowed me to channel the emotions I was going through and transform them with music. For that, I am forever grateful.


    You can find more information about Marcus by visiting his website: https://www.marcuselliotmusic.com


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Jude Rogers, a Welsh journalist, lecturer, arts critic and broadcaster. She is a music critic for The Guardian and also regularly writes features and articles for The Observer, New Statesmen and women's magazines such as Red. Rogers published her first book, The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives in 2022, an account of the emotional and psychological impact that music has on us as humans but also a part-memoir of Jude's own ever-evolving relationship to music.


    In this conversation we discuss the impact that losing her Dad at the age of 5 had on Jude and how she has found comfort and inspiration in writing and in music.


    You can find more information about Jude by visiting her website: http://www.juderogers.com/

    The Sound of Being Human is available now from White Rabbit Books : https://store.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/products/the-sound-of-being-human


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Curtis Stewart, a four-time GRAMMY award nominated violinist from New York City, USA.

    Stewart was born into a musical family – his father is avant jazz tuba pioneer Bob Stewart and his mother was Elektra Kurtis, a soulful Greek jazz violinist.

    As a soloist, Curtis has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in the USA. He has made special appearances with Wyclef Jean; and sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden with Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, and Seal.


    In this episode we talk about his latest album "of Love" which is a requiem of sorts, dedicated to Curtis' late mother who died of brain cancer in 2021, aged 66.

    We discuss how he turned to composition and music during the caretaking and grieving process for his mother.


    Songs featured on this episode include

    low by Curtis Stewart

    Thalassaki Mou by Curtis Stewart

    Embrace by Curtis Stewart

    Drift to Wake by Curtis Stewart


    You can find more information about Curtis by visiting his website: curtisjstewart.com


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Matilda Heindow, an artist and mental health advocate based in Stockholm. She founded the much-loved Instagram page @crazyheadcomics, using it as a creative outlet for her colourful cartoons that cleverly skewer our collective experiences of mental health. She has shared over 700 unique pieces of art to her global following, which now totals over 500k, and her work is often used by mental health professionals and schools. In 2021, Matilda delivered a TEDx talk on 'The Art of Mental Health Advocacy'.


    We talk about her new book "The Art of Feeling Better" in which Matilda shares personal stories and down-to-earth advice to help you understand:

    - How to turn that negative inner voice into a friend

    - How to recognise the habits that put you on a downward spiral

    - What to do with difficult feelings, so that you invite better ones in


    You can find more information about Matilda by following her on Instagram @crazyheadcomics

    Purchase links for The Art of Feeling Better can be found here.


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.

    These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • To kick off the third series of Feels like Healing, here's a taster of some of the conversations you can expect to hear over the coming weeks.

    Featuring Matilda Heindow, Suzie Fletcher, Marcus Elliot, Jude Rogers, Curtis J Stewart, Jo Ritchie and Laura McDonagh.


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've turned to creativity as a way of healing.


    These conversations are here to inspire and to show how we can find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • To round off the second series, I've compiled this highlights episode where we will hear once again from all of my guests from throughout this series:

    Frank Turner, Carmody, Sam Genders, Jamie Lawson, Carys Eleri, Hannah Daniel, Gavin Porter, Jamie Adams and Tara Bethan.


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.


    These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Tara Bethan. Born in North Wales, the actress, singer and presenter started out on the West End at the age 13 in Bugsy Malone. In 2008 she found herself in the final 10 of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s search for “Nancy” in BBC One’s “I’d do Anything”. Her latest musical incarnation is as 'Tara Bandito' a name she borrowed from her Dad's career as a wrestler nicknamed 'El Bandito'.


    We talk about the origins of her song "Six Feet Under" which she wrote in the aftermath of losing her father in 2009.


    You can find more information about Tara by following her on Instagram / Twitter @tarabandito


    Music featured in this episode:

    '6 Feet Under' by Tara Bandito

    'Blerr' by Tara Bandito


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.


    These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is Welsh film-maker Jamie Adams. A British Independent Film Awards [BIFA] nominated director and writer best known for his films Black Mountain Poets (2015), Love Spreads (2021) and Wild Honey Pie! (2018). Black Mountain Poets was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film and screened at SXSW in Austin, Texas. His latest film 'She is Love' was a BFI London Film Festival Official Selection for 2022 and is out now on general release.


    We talk about the origins of the film "Balance, Not Symmetry", which was a collaborative project about the loss of a parent and was co-written with the singer Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro. We discuss the loss of Jamie's Mum, who died when Jamie was 19 and the affect this had on Jamie's creative output.


    You can find more information about Jamie by following him on Twitter and Instagram: @Jamiedadams1 / @jdadams1


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.


    These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guests are once again the Welsh actresses + writers Carys Eleri and Hannah Daniel and director/documentary maker Gavin Porter.


    This is the second part of our conversation recorded live at St John's Church in Cardiff on the 25th January 2023 in front of a live audience.


    Carys Eleri is a Welsh actress, singer, writer, composer and presenter. Her debut show - Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff) – described as a one-woman science comedy-musical about the neuroscience of love and loneliness won her many accolades and was performed at the Edinburgh Festival and last year adapted into a radio show for BBC Radio 4.

    Carys is also an accomplished singer and is a member of Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon. Her memoir 'Dod Nôl At fy Nghoed' (To return to my trees) was released in 2021.


    Hannah Daniel is a Welsh actress and writer from Cardiff, best known for her roles on TV series such as the dual language hits Hinterland and Keeping Faith and most recently in the Channel 4 drama 'The Light in the Hall'. In 2020 she co-wrote, directed and starred in the BBC short film 'Burial' in which she plays three identical triplets bashing out their grief at their father’s funeral. A story of love, pain and reconciliation. A grieving daughter’s attempt to make sense of the madness of grief.


    Gavin Porter is a film/documentary/theatre maker from Butetown in Cardiff. He has previously won a BAFTA Cymru award as director of best short. He has worked for many years in collaboration with the National Theatre of Wales and in 2021 they put on his first major theatrical work Circle of Fifths. A live documentary performance, told through real life stories, rooted in tradition, music and memory.


    Together we discuss how my guests have used their creativity to help them through their grief.


    Read Hannah Daniel's piece about grief and losing a parent on the VOGUE website here.


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief has shaped their art.


    These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guests are the Welsh actresses + writers Carys Eleri and Hannah Daniel and director/documentary maker Gavin Porter.


    This is the first part of our conversation recorded live at St John's Church in Cardiff on the 25th January 2023 in front of a live audience.


    Carys Eleri is a Welsh actress, singer, writer, composer and presenter. Her debut show - Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff) – described as a one-woman science comedy-musical about the neuroscience of love and loneliness won her many accolades and was performed at the Edinburgh Festival and last year adapted into a radio show for BBC Radio 4.

    Carys is also an accomplished singer and is a member of Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon. Her memoir 'Dod Nôl At fy Nghoed' (To return to my trees) was released in 2021.


    Hannah Daniel is a Welsh actress and writer from Cardiff, best known for her roles on TV series such as the dual language hits Hinterland and Keeping Faith and most recently in the Channel 4 drama 'The Light in the Hall'. In 2020 she co-wrote, directed and starred in the BBC short film 'Burial' in which she plays three identical triplets bashing out their grief at their father’s funeral. A story of love, pain and reconciliation. A grieving daughter’s attempt to make sense of the madness of grief.


    Gavin Porter is a film/documentary/theatre maker from Butetown in Cardiff. He has previously won a BAFTA Cymru award as director of best short. He has worked for many years in collaboration with the National Theatre of Wales and in 2021 they put on his first major theatrical work Circle of Fifths. A live documentary performance, told through real life stories, rooted in tradition, music and memory.


    Together we discuss how my guests have used their creativity to help them through their grief.


    Read Hannah Daniel's piece about grief and losing a parent on the VOGUE website here.


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief has shaped their art.


    These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This week my guest is the award-winning singer-songwriter Jamie Lawson. Jamie has so far released five studio albums and his single, "Wasn't Expecting That", became a word-of-mouth success firstly in Ireland before its popularity then began to grow further afield in 2015, when he became the first signing to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records. The single went to number 3 in Australia and number 7 in New Zealand. The single hit the number 6 chart position in the UK on 8 October 2015 and was certified silver on 20 November 2015 by the British Phonographic Industry. Later in 2016 Jamie Lawson won the prestigious Ivor Novello award for 'Best Song Musically and Lyrically', beating his mentor and friend Ed Sheeran to the highly prized Ivor Novello award.


    His self-titled third album, Jamie Lawson, was released worldwide on 16 October 2015, under Gingerbread Man Records and reached #1 in the UK Album Charts. It was certified gold by the BPI, denoting sales of over 100,000.


    We talk about the origins of the songs "Wasn't Expecting That", "Sing to the River" and "The Years in Between" the latter two of which discuss the loss of Jamie's Dad, who died when Jamie was 19.


    You can find more information about Jamie by visiting his website jamielawsonmusic.com or following him on Instagram / Twitter @jamielawsonmusic / @jamielawsonuk


    Music featured in this episode:

    'Sing to the River' by Jamie Lawson (Listen here: https://bit.ly/3YdLGFN)

    'The Years in Between' by Jamie Lawson (Listen here: http://bit.ly/3wJhLcQ )

    'Wasn't Expecting That' by Jamie Lawson (Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Dtcqdv )


    Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.


    These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.


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    You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcast

    Produced / Edited by Al Lewis

    Theme music by Al Lewis


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.