The Raw Truth with Harriet Bremner

Amber Tyrrell, along with her husband Patrick run a successful glamping business in the Waitaki Valley.

At 13 years old Amber witnessed the death of her younger sister Charmaine. Following was a terrible time of grief and guilt.

Amber talks about her journey to healing and hopes to help those who listen to her story with their own journey forward.

At 25 years old Zoe, a nurse at Christchurch hospital received the news that her father had been in a farming accident and was in critical condition. With sisters overseas and the media releasing photos before her whole family had been told the news, Zoe battled with grief and trauma in its entirety. 8 years on Zoe bravely shares her story and fantastic insight into how people helped her along the way while talking about her personal journey with grief, trauma and all the things that go with losing someone dear to you. You don't want to miss Zoe's honest and raw account and as she told me, listening to the previous podcasts has helped her and I know that Zoe's will help someone out there too.

Hannah, a former engineer, high achieving endurance athlete with the talent to boot whose life had a complete make-over when grief hit her hard, really hard. The traumatic loss of her best and only trusted friend amidst the heartbreaking cancer battle her father was facing.

Realising that things needed to change, Hannah, now a grief coach and writer with her own business shares her story of loss, flipping life on itself for the better and how she has moved forward and learnt how to sit with grief while giving others a safe space to do the same.

Hannah’s story of honesty and life is not only inspiring but motivating to those around her that anything is possible.

Imagine being on a plane, heading overseas for that first big family holiday but you arrive in a country that is foreign to you and your husband has passed away on the plane en route. Helen talks to her Raw Truth about that horrendous trip where she was left stranded in an airport with two small children, suddenly widowed. She speaks openly about her traumatic experience and also about the pure kindness of strangers when her world was tipped upside down.

An amazing woman, who has courage beyond her years and one hell of a story to share.

Harry is your salt of the earth kiwi bloke who loves his family, friends and the land but he has already, in his 20s, been through insufferable loss with friends and family taking their own lives. Through his own mental health journey, Harry has shared his story at Will to Live evenings with brutal honestly bringing the raw truth about issues in our rural communities and the lack of access to mental health services. Harry has a cracking sense of humour and drives to continue to advocate for change to help people while continuing to look after himself. To be able to have honest conversations with someone so young who has been through so much and tell it how it really is, which is the reality for so many people out there, this will be a chat to not be missed.