This week's guest built something extraordinary out of the worst thing that ever happened to her. Leesa lost her mum to lung cancer within nine months, a diagnosis nobody saw coming. In the depths of that grief, unable to sleep, on a rising dose of medication that left her numb, she started walking. Just walking and talking with a friend, at every hour, because it was the only thing that helped.

That walking group grew. And grew. Until it became Rant and Ramble, a movement of women across the country who gather to walk, to talk, to dance without a drink in hand, and to feel less alone.

We talk about the coffee raves that started with twenty people and grew to five hundred. About the retreats that began because Leesa needed somewhere to switch her own brain off. About the power of sound healing and reiki for a woman who walked in convinced it was nonsense. And about the incredible collaboration coming this July with Davina McCall and the Begin Again podcast.

This is a conversation about grief, about community, and about what happens when you turn your pain into something that helps thousands of other women feel that bit of joy.

Find Leesa

Website: Www.rantandramble.co.uk

Instagram: @rantandrambleuk and @leesacollinge
 

New virtual world launching this week, with all retreats, coffee rave dates and tickets in one place.

Joy Rebellion

If Leesa's story has reminded you how powerful it is to not do this alone, come and find your community in the Joy Rebellion. → Be a JOY Rebel!

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