331: Cariad Lloyd on grief, writing, and problematic face painting

About this episode

Comedian Cariad Lloyd discusses grief, her podcast Griefcast, and her transition to writing children's books.

Our guest for this episode is the brilliant comedian Cariad Lloyd!  We talk about her award-winning podcast, Griefcast, and why she decided to stop making it after seven years. We discuss helping a friend through grief - is it ever too late to offer support? What's the best way to handle tricky times like Mother's Day? And why is death sometimes so bloody funny?  Cariad shares what it was like to have a baby four days into the first lockdown, and why she's moved into writing children's books. We talk about her fantastic picture book,  Where Did She Go? , and festive adventure  Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish . They're both  out now .  There's also some chat about Austentatious, the Jane Austen improv show Cariad appears in. And Helen tells us a thing about audiobooks that blows our minds.  As always we finish with Scummy Mummy Confessions - this time involving an unrelaxing bath, a feral child, and Ellie's husband's worst birthday ever.  For more from Cariad visit  cariadlloyd.com  and follow her on Instagram  @cariadlloyd . Dates and tickets for Austentatious are available via  austentatiousimpro.com . We…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ellie Gibson, Helen Thorn

Guest: Cariad Lloyd

Topics covered

• grief
• comedy
• parenting
• children's books
• support
• improv

Keywords

• grief
• comedy
• children's books
• Austentatious
• support
• Mother's Day
• improv

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Austentatious

Books & works: Griefcast, Where Did She Go?, Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish

More episodes of The Scummy Mummies Podcast

• 337: Rachel Bright on writing, air hostessing, verrucas and hats · June 3, 2026 · 58 min
• 336: Raising siblings and coping with estrangement, with Catherine Carr · May 11, 2026 · 59 min
• 335: Dame Mama G on panto, BGT and Bungle from Rainbow · May 6, 2026 · 49 min
• 334: People pleasing, sex, and Giles Brandreth, with Bryony Gordon · April 21, 2026 · 55 min
• 333: How to sleep better with Lorna MacDonald · April 7, 2026 · 56 min
• 332: Just the Two of Us - Helen's New Book! · March 24, 2026 · 44 min