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Glittering a Turd: Maren Sheldon on Parenting Through Grief and Celebrating Her Twin's Life

Glittering a Turd: Maren Sheldon on Parenting Through Grief and Celebrating Her Twin's Life

Happy Mum
Sep 22, 2026 1h 8m
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<p>Trigger warning: this episode includes discussions around bereavement and cancer. If you feel this may be a difficult listen, please choose another episode x</p><br><p>Giovanna is joined this week by her good friend and CoppaFeel! co-founder Maren Sheldon.</p><br><p>Maren opens up about navigating first-time motherhood alongside her twin sister Kris's incurable breast cancer diagnosis. and shares the honest, sometimes heartbreaking, and often unexpectedly funny realities of parenting through grief.</p><br><p>The new edition of Kris Hallenga's memoir <a href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/glittering-a-turd-finding-joy-when-its-all-gone-tits-up-kris-hallengamaren-sheldon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glittering a Turd</a>, featuring new material from Maren and a foreword by Dawn French, is out 24th September.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Head to <a href="https://coppafeel.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CoppaFeel!</a> for more helpful information and resources xx</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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