Show Notes
MORTAL is a new podcast hosted by Gabriella Wilde, exploring mortality, grief and our relationship with the dead. Launching Autumn 2026. Follow us at on Instagram @themortalpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gabriella is joined on MORTAL this week by coach & author Donna Lancaster. Donna has spent more than three decades supporting people through grief and the many losses and changes that shape a life. She is the co-founder of The Bridge Retreat and author of The Bridge and Wise Words for Women.
This week Gabriella and MORTAL co-creator Olivia go to meet funeral director and founder of Poppy’s Funerals, Poppy Mardall.
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