About this episode

Piers Cross explores the connections between grief from loss and the boarding school experience in a deeply personal narrative.

When my wife Michelle died in 2025, I expected grief. What I did not expect was that her death would reconnect me with another loss that had remained hidden for decades. The loss of my mother. The loss of my family. The loss of home. The loss of safety. The loss that began when I was sent away to boarding school. In this deeply personal episode of An Evolving Man Podcast, I explore the striking similarities between bereavement and the boarding school experience. Drawing on the work of Joy Sch...

People in this episode

Host: Piers Cross

Topics covered

• grief
• loss
• boarding school
• bereavement
• personal experience

Keywords

• grief
• boarding school syndrome
• loss
• bereavement
• personal story

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