The Functioning Griefster

The Functioning Griefster is a podcast about, love, loss and still showing up anyway, with your survival kit on, whilst we bear the unbearable. Recorded in the back of my son’s van, Dec, who died aged 24 in August 2023, I speak to fellow Griefster, who are, still grieving, still loving and still carrying their loved ones legacy forward. These stories are real and raw,, no script, just courage, connection and unexpected moment of laughter and light. Each episode includes a grounding tool to help anyone who is grieving or supporting someone who is.

The Functioning Griefster is a health podcast hosted by Alexandra Spencer, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Alexandra Spencer hosts The Functioning Griefster, a health show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  A rising football star. A test drive. A mother’s double heartbreak

  Nov 5, 20251h 34mS1

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>In this powerful episode, I sit down with Kerry, a devoted mum whose world changed in an instant when a tragic accident took both her husband, David, and their son, Cameron.</p><p>Cameron wasn’t just any boy, he was a rising football star with a professional contract and a heart that lived for his friends, his family, and the game. Kerry opens up about the day that shattered her world, the shockwaves that followed, and the strength it takes to keep breathing when everything feels impossible.</p><p>Together, we talk ab...

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  Episode #9

  A TIKTOK trend. A locked door. A Mothers CPR

  Aug 27, 20251h 5mS1

  <p>Send us a text</p><p><b>He’d done it before and woken up euphoric. This time, he didn’t.”</b></p><p>“We left the house as four. We came back as three.”</p><p>It was just a normal school day. Isaac rode shotgun, grabbed his favourite Doritos, and ran upstairs like he always did. A few minutes later, Lisa called him for dinner. When he didn’t answer, she assumed he was playing a prank. But when she broke down the locked bathroom door, everything changed.</p><p>Isaac had used his school tie to take part in...

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  Episode #8

  One loyal, vulnerable boy. A knife. Two fatal stabs. Three teenagers who planned it all.

  Aug 20, 20251h 22mS1

  <p>Send us a text</p><p><b>A loyal, vulnerable boy betrayed. They groomed him, they lured him, they stabbed him. A murder planned online, their posts, BECAME PROOF.</b></p><p><b>Olly Stephens was just 13 years old, </b>a boy who loved doing wheelies, baking, cooking, making people laugh, and standing up for others. He was a son, a brother, a friend.</p><p>But his loyalty and vulnerability were exploited. Groomed by older boys who glamorised gang culture, and lured to a park by a girl he once called a friend, Olly was ambushed only yards...

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  Episode #7

  It took 14 years for Brianna to blossom. The petals were torn away when hate and transphobia met obsession and betrayal

  Aug 13, 20251h 5mS1

  <p>Send us a text</p><p><b>From Warrington to the world — the LGBTQ+ community mourned Brianna Ghey after her tragic murder. But this is her mother’s story. Her pain. Her insight into who Brianna truly was.</b></p><p><br/></p><p>Esther was a young single mum to two beautiful children — Brett and his sister. Life was full of memories until a “three became four” when she met her husband, and their family felt complete. Brett was openly gay, gymnastic-loving, and full of life, but lockdown hit hard. At 14, Brett blossomed into Brianna — a beautiful, makeup-loving young woman...

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  Episode 6: From Catwalks to chemo. Leah’s brave ADHD fuelled life as an influencer

  Aug 6, 20251h 20mS0

  <p>Send us a text</p><p>“She strutted down that catwalk in shoes two sizes too big — and still looked like a queen.”</p><p>In this episode of The Functioning Griefster, I sit down with Jenny, fellow young mum, ADHD soul, and mother of Leah, a teenage cancer warrior and TikTok creator whose light continues to shine even after her passing.</p><p>Leah was studying childcare, juggling two jobs, falling in love, and had just won Miss British Isles when her life was turned upside down by a diagnosis: <b>Ewing’s sarcoma</b> — a rare form of bone ca...

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