Cariad Lloyd

Katherine launches her new podcast The Clearing with British actor, comedian, author and 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction judge Cariad Lloyd. Together they explore Cariad’s vision of a dream retreat; a place she would conjure given the opportunity, and of course the privilege, to rest and retreat. The result is pure joy. A Tolkien-esque riot of ancient oak trees, moss and mythical creatures merging into a Brambly Hedge world replete with tiny mice making jams and apple crumble. At a time when the world feels more uncertain than ever, allowing ourselves to dream of hope and rest feels indulgent but also vital and restorative. Cariad does not hold back in letting her imagination run wild, dancing her way through the chaos and sharing with us, briefly, the blissful, joyous and often hilarious inside of her brilliant mind. Cariad’s Links Cariad's Instagram Cariad's Substack Cariad's website where you can order her books Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club - Podcast Things mentioned in the episode Empire - Podcast Brambly Hedge (@bramblyhedgeofficial) • Instagram photos and videos Blue - Album by Joni Mitchell | Spotify Mothers Who Write Winterfold candles Visit The Clearing website https://katherine-may.co.uk/the-clearing-podcast to discover how to enjoy the episodes ad free Buy Katherine’s books: Enchantment | Wintering | The Electricity of Every Living Thing: UK / US Follow Katherine on Instagram Visit Katherine’s Website Production Credits Guest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan Hutchins Substack Manager - Rebecca Armstrong Producer - Alice Lloyd Music - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grief, peace, and the search for steadiness of soul - comedian, writer and Griefcast host Cariad Lloyd joins Elizabeth Oldfield to talk about the gift and absurdity of grief. Cariad opens up about her father’s death, comedy as survival, and the small, sacred acts that keep her grounded. She also shares what it means to raise her kids with honesty about loss and how humour helps us stay human in the face of death. --- 🎙️ Follow The Sacred: linktr.ee/sacredpodcast 📖 Follow Elizabeth Oldfield: www.elizabetholdfield.com/ 💡 Produced by the ‪@thinktanktheos‬ www.theosthinktank.co.uk/ 👉 Listen to Cariad's Griefcast Podcast: https://cariadlloyd.com/griefcast Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:42 What is Sacred to you? Cariad Lloyd answers 11:43 Growing up spiritual 18:30 Grief, Spirituality and Doubt 24:32 Grief becomes a part of you 27:14 The Role of Comedy in Grief 35:00 Sharing Grief Stories 38:52 How to be there for people who are grieving 44:07 Are there gifts in grief? 50:02 Death in children's books? Keywords: Cariad Lloyd interview, The Sacred podcast, Elizabeth Oldfield, grief podcast, grief and loss, dealing with grief, how to talk about death, finding peace, mental health, anxiety, parenting, motherhood, faith, spirituality, meaning, purpose, finding what’s sacred, inner peace, steadiness of soul, moral courage, emotional resilience, grief and comedy, using humor to heal, British comedian, Griefcast host, You Are Not Alone book, Where Did She Go book, grief for children, death in children’s books, coping with bereavement, mindfulness, self-compassion, anxiety and rest, the power of rituals, modern spirituality, finding calm, spiritual grounding, how to support someone grieving, death and culture, secular spirituality, community and loss, talking about death honestly, creative process, storytelling and healing, grief and art, grief and performance, how to live with loss, moral honesty, authenticity, being a decent human, emotional honesty, spiritual strength, learning from pain, comedy and tragedy, British podcasts about meaning

This week's book guest is Where Did She Go? by Cariad Lloyd. Sara and Cariad are joined by award-winning children's book illustrator and author Nadia Shireen. In this episode they discuss career changes, illustrators, child development and Daniel Bedingfield. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Where Did She Go ? by Cariad Lloyd is available to buy here . Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here . Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here . Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Recorded by Ben Williams and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are welcoming podcast, comedy and writerly royalty to the show. It's the amazing Cariad Lloyd ! Cariad is the host of the podcasts Weirdos Book Club, alongside former guest Sara Pascoe, and the award-winning Griefcast, plus a book based on the podcast You Are Not Alone . She is an actor, comedian and improviser and has just released her first children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe (plus another one soon - revealed exclusively during the show!) We talked to her about helpful reading habits, the importance of a great booklight, good books about grief and a surprising literary obsession (with a former guest). Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Cariad Lloyd - You Are Not Alone Cariad Lloyd - The Christmas Wishtastrophe Lili Anolik - Didion and Babitz JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit Brian Jacques - Mossflower Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes AA Milne - Winnie the Pooh Brothers Grimm - Fairy Tales Lynne Reid Banks - Fairy Rebel Anne Fine - Diary of a Killer Cat Terry Pratchett - Colour of Magic Tove Jansson - Tales from Moominvalley Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Longstocking Nadia Shireen - Grimwood Nadia Shireen - Billy and the Beast Nadia Shireen - Bumblebear Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Jill Murphy - Worst Witch Philip Pullman - Northern Lights Jeffrey Archer - As the Crow Flies Roger Lewis - Erotic Vagrancy Lucy Ellmann - Ducks Newburyport George Saunders - Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders - Swim in the Pond in the Rain Guadalupe Nettel - Still Born Madeline Linford - Out of the Window Tessa Hadley - Free Love Joe Heap - Rules of Seeing Hilary Mantel - Mirror and the Light Charles Darwin - Bleak House George Eliot - Middlemarch Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Douglas Stuart - Young Mungo John Ransom - The Whale Tattoo John Ransom - The Gallopers Cariad Lloyd - Where Did She Go Tom Percival - Ruby's Worry Tom Percival - Meesha Makes Friends Tom Percival - Perfectly Norman Julia Donaldson - Paper Dolls Oliver Jeffers - Heart and the Bottle Frances Hodgson Burnett - Secret Garden Nikki May - This Motherless Land Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Nikki May - Wahala Ann Patchett - Tom Lake Ann Patchett - Bel Canto Octavia Butler - Kindred Hosted on Acast. See <a s

This week's book guest is The Christmas Wish-tastrophe by Cariad Lloyd. Sara and Cariad are joined by fellow author Dr Susan Cahill with her own children's book The World Between The Rain to discuss magic, fairies, grief, nature, emotions and portals. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! The Christmas Wish-tastrophe is available to buy now. The World Between the Rain is available to buy now. You can find Susan on Instagram @susancahillwrites and Twitter @scahill Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here . Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here . Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grief is one of those things that many of us still have no idea how to talk about. Whether we've lost someone or know someone who has lost someone it can be very uncomfortable to know what to share, when & even how to just broach the subject. This struggle is one Cariad Lloyd knows well. After losing her dad at 15, she says she only really started to understand her grief when she was 34 and pregnant and decided to start her award winning podcast Griefcast. Running since 2016, the podcast has helped a whole host of people to process & verbalize their grief & Cariad's book encompasses some of those lessons. Cariad is a comedian & author of You Are Not Alone. Want to become a podcast sponsor, got some feedback for me or just fancy a chat? Email me - thatshelpful@edstott.com CONNECT WITH US Connect with ⁠That's Helpful on Instagram. Find Cariad on Instagram⁠ & via her website. BOOKS You Are Not Alone PODCASTS Griefcast The Grief Gang Good Mourning TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:30 - What is the grief club? 00:02:30 - Why did Cariad start Griefcast in 2016? 00:06:00 - What enabled Cariad to start to grieve? 00:08:30 - Myths about grief 00:10:30 - Victorian time limits on grief 00:12:24 - What is grief? 00:14:20 - The physical sensations of grief 00:16:20 - How processing grief changed Cariad 00:18:19 - Grief never goes away & that's okay 00:24:09 - Why the 5 stages of grief are complete BS 00:30:30 - Dual process theory 00:34:00 - Why we should all be talking about death more 00:38:00 - What to say & do for someone who's grieving 00:44:05 - The best thing to do / say if an acquaintance loses someone

Alex is thrilled to introduce our latest, ‘This is a Token’ podcast episode with the brilliant Cariad Lloyd. After a varied path both on and off screen, Cariad is now well known for her hugely successful podcast, ‘Grief Cast’, where she and her guests discuss grief in a friendly and approachable way. She has a natural warmth when talking about a subject that is often tough to tackle. Cariad and Alex talk in depth about her new book, ‘You Are Not Alone’, which details her own journey with grieving those she’s lost; and how jewellery pieces can be a great transitional object (Cariad’s fabulous term) for bringing someone they love back to the foreground of their thoughts. Listen in for a kind chat between Alex and Cariad as they delve into the stories behind some of her most treasured jewellery pieces. It’s a really heartwarming listen. Here are some useful links for further reading on topics discussed by Alex and Cariad: You can follow Cariad on Instagram here and on Twitter here You can also follow Cariad on via Grief Cast Instagram here You can listen to Cariad’s podcast here Illustration by Connie Bella Monroe Edited by Emily Sandford Music by Daniel Patrick Cohen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our Q&A episode, writer, comedian and podcaster Cariad Lloyd talks about the bleak joy she finds in the Moomins books. She also talks about her favourite places to write, her routine and the last book she read that she really, really loved. Cariad's new book, 'You Are Not Alone', is inspired by her award-winning podcast, Griefcast, and is out now via Bloomsbury. When Cariad Lloyd lost her father at the age of fifteen, people didn't talk about death. Years later, when she created Griefcast, it started a conversation that people didn't realise they needed until it was there, about one of the most significant events in a person's life: its end. In You Are Not Alone, Cariad shares all that she has learned from Griefcast. She reflects on her own grief, the grief of others, and the psychology and science behind how our society deals with death and loss. Funmissing them - this is grief in all its sad, surprising, awkward, tender and sometimes funny forms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Cariad talks to the brilliant Hollie McNish about her Gran, who died during the 1st lockdown. As ever we talk grief, dressing up and the original Santa. Please note: This episode mentions Father Christmas - you may want to avoid listening with young children around! You can follow Hollie on Instagram @holliepoetry and Twitter @holliepoetry You can follow the Griefcast on Twitter + Instagram @thegriefcast. Griefcast is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded remotely in Cariad's living room, artwork is by Jayde Perkin, stop motion social media clips by Alice Loveday and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone. Cariad's book, You Are Not Alone , is published by Bloomsbury Tonic and available now. https://www.waterstones.com/book/you-are-not-alone/cariad-lloyd/9781526621832 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/griefcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome back to The Shift. Somehow we're onto our 11th season and I'm thrilled to start 2023 with podcasting legend, the creator of Griefcast herself, Cariad Lloyd. If you’ve been unfortunate enough to join what she calls The Grief Club, chances are you’ve already encountered Cariad, through her conversation-changing, taboo-busting, award-winning podcast Griefcast. A much-needed place to talk about the many messy faces of grief. Now in her 40s, Cariad lost her dad, Peter, to pancreatic cancer when she was just 15. In the late 90s, nobody talked about death, let alone what it was like to join "the dead dad club" in your mid-teens. Now she’s written a funny, frank book about her experience, You Are Not Alone: a new way to grieve. Cariad is also a comedian, actor, improviser and writer who has appeared on Peep Show, Have I got News For You and QI amongst others. So whilst this episode is moving, illuminating and thought-provoking, it is far from sad. I promise. Cariad joined me to talk grief (of course), how pregnancy, therapy and approaching 40 collided, doing "grief maths", why thinking about the future makes her twitchy and how she feels about approaching the age her dad died. We also compared our inner goths and she advised me on how to ask your partner if they want to be buried or scattered! You can listen to Griefcast wherever you get your podcasts. * You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at The Shift bookshop on Bookshop.org , including You Are Not Alone by Cariad Lloyd and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too , by me. The Death Book is available from Victoria Health . * And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including transcripts of the podcast, please consider joining The Shift community. Find out more at https://steadyhq.com/en/theshift/ And if you already subscribe - did you know you can buy a Gift Membership of The Shift for a friend at https://steadyhq.com/en/theshift/gift_plans • The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Cariad talks to stand up comedian, writer and TV presenter Tom Allen about his dad who died suddenly from a heart attack in 2021. As ever we talk grief, the unhelpfulness of logic and Fleetwood Mac. You can follow Tom on Instagram @tomindeed and Twitter @tomallencomedy You can follow the Griefcast on Twitter + Instagram @thegriefcast. Griefcast is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded remotely in Cariad's living room, artwork is by Jayde Perkin, stop motion social media clips by Alice Loveday and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone. Cariad's book, You Are Not Alone , is published by Bloomsbury Tonic and available now. https://www.waterstones.com/book/you-are-not-alone/cariad-lloyd/9781526621832 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/griefcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Cariad talks to...well, actually the amazing Poorna Bell is talking to Cariad about her new book, You Are Not Alone, which is out on Thursday 19th January. As ever we talk being grief elders, anger + laughing at the things people say. You can follow Poorna on Instagram @poornabell and Twitter @poornabell You can follow the Griefcast on Twitter + Instagram @thegriefcast. Griefcast is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded remotely in Cariad's living room, artwork is by Jayde Perkin, stop motion social media clips by Alice Loveday and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone. Cariad's book, You Are Not Alone , is published in January 2023, by Bloomsbury Tonic and available for pre-order now. https://www.waterstones.com/book/you-are-not-alone/cariad-lloyd/9781526621832 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/griefcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.