CATHERINE WILLIAMSON LOUISE BATES PODCAST INTERVIEW
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When Leamington’s Catherine Williamson embarked on her new podcast, Gobsmacked! little did she anticipate how much it would reignite her own buried emotions. In this new series, she introduces us to some of the guests which have most inspired her.
This month we meet Louise Bates from Leamington. You can listen back to Louise’s podcast interview here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/39U6F1w471E8V9otmVP3a X?go=1&sp_cid=c9254973d7fb7bd76b1b0c4fe7a1abcd&utm _source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dls i=21bfdc9635524408
Since losing her son to a rare cancer eight years ago, Louise Bates has learned the route to nourishing her own recovery is through helping others with theirs.
Two books, a blog, and now a podcast, dedicated to supporting people through the grief process, have proved to be an emotional lifeline for the entrepreneur, from Leamington.
In Letters To Matthew: Life After Loss she shares with readers inspirational quotes and insights into her journey of self-discovery. The book, which has sold hundreds of copies since it was published
five years ago, also includes heartfelt tributes from Matt’s father Bill and sister Sarah.
A Gift of Grief, released three years later, looks at all the healing techniques which helped Louise, including advice, therapy information, meditations and case studies of some of her holistic therapy clients.
Twenty episodes into her podcast of the same name – launched on Matt’s birthday last year - and she continues to inspire a growing audience who also find solace in her guests’ stories.
Matthew had recently started his new dream role as a journalist, after graduating from Brighton University, when he was diagnosed with Type 2 Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma in 2014, an extremely rare and aggressive tumour that affects only five per cent of kidney cancer sufferers.
But it was more than two years before the severity of the condition was to become known.
Louise, 65, reflects: “We were in complete shock. The bottom of our world just fell out. But then a survival mechanism kicks in. It still feels unbelievable today that this happened to our family.
“When he was told, the consultant came in and held his hand.
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