Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! In today's episode, the last of the first official "season" of the Stand Alone Podcast, meet Yasmin.Born in the Middle East, Yasmin was brought up in Scotland in a conservative Muslim household, and felt as

Coronavirus Support - Monika

Mar 25th, 2020 46m 16s

Welcome to part one of two extra editions of Stand Alone's podcast - offering support and guidance for people estranged from their family in managing your mental wellbeing, your safety, and dealing with the impact that COVID-19 is having in the

Coronavirus Support - Jonathan

Mar 24th, 2020 1h 1m

Bonus

Other's Day

Mar 20th, 2020 44m 46s

In this special edition of the Stand Alone Podcast, our founder Becca Bland meets with Robyn and Emma, a.k.a. the blogging duo "All Up In My Space", who last year started a new initiative called #OthersDay."If you've lost your Mum, are estrang

Nicola

Mar 7th, 2020 50m 53s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! In today's episode, meet Nicola, who has been estranged from her parents for just over a year, and also has a fragmented relationship with her four children and therefore her grandchildren.In our conversatio

Mina

Feb 26th, 2020 48m 30s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! In today's episode, meet Mina - Mina's experience of estrangement from her family began after forming a relationship with her partner, who wasn't accepted into the family due to conflicting religions.For

David

Feb 17th, 2020 56m 35s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! In today's episode, meet David - his experience of estrangement from his three children began when he started the process of divorce from his former partner.Whilst David is in the process of reconciliation a

Aysha

Jan 26th, 2020 47m 59s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! Today, we'll meet Aysha. Aysha has been estranged from her entire family for three years now, after her family issued her an ultimatum - to either cut off her engagement with her partner, or to cut off contact

Pippa

Jan 23rd, 2020 42m 25s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! With two young daughters aged 8 and 12 years old, Pippa vowed to break the cycle of estrangement which she has experienced from other members of her family, and fill the lives of her daughters with love and com

Blair

Jan 14th, 2020 50m 57s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! Meet Blair - a University student who has been speaking in Scottish Parliament in partnership with Stand Alone on the issues of estrangement, and how it effects people in higher education."He's a really insp

Sarah

Jan 14th, 2020 58m 29s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! In this episode, we meet Sarah, who is estranged from the eldest of her two sons. Sarah shares her journey coming to terms with no longer having her son in her life, her challenges communicating with him whils

Reclaiming Your Christmas

Dec 24th, 2019 48m 24s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! This is our Christmas Eve special, in which all our guests join host Jay to unwrap the ideas and the imagery of Christmas: Getting away and holidays, charity work and volunteering, the media's messages, cultiva

Grace

Dec 23rd, 2019 52m 46s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! In this episode, we meet Grace, whose eldest daughter estranged herself nine years ago. Grace shares her journey with Jay - in particular Grace's experience with no longer being able to contact her grandchildr

Natasha

Dec 22nd, 2019 53m 50s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! In this episode, meet Natasha, who is estranged from her parents, and talks to Jay about her estrangement story. We cover themes of empathy, parental criticism, and walking away from rigid and immovable cultura

Welcome to the Stand Alone Podcast

Dec 21st, 2019 36m 58s

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! In this first episode, we hear from all ten people who have taken part in the podcast project.Throughout the podcast series, we hear from people who are estranged from parents, children, grandchildren and si