MORTAL
MORTAL is a podcast hosted by Gabriella Wilde that explores mortality, grief, and our relationship with the dead. Through conversations for living and dying, it invites listeners to consider how death shapes life. The series offers a thoughtful space to talk about loss, remembrance, and what remains.
Episodes
Donna Lancaster: Ageing As A Spiritual Practice
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.Donna speaks to Gabriella about why she’s always been drawn to what she calls the ‘unsexy stuff’; ‘grief
A Message from Gabriella and Olivia
A mid-season catch up from Gabriella & Olivia 🦋__Content note: MORTAL contains conversations around death, bereavement and loss 🕊️__For signposting to support for any of the topics covered in this series 🌀 https://linktr.ee/MortalPodcast__Follow us on:👉🏽 Instagram @themortalpodcast 👉🏽TikTok @mortalpod👉🏽 YouTube @mortal-pod—Created by: Gabriella Wilde & Olivia PercivalEditors: Olivia Perciv
Funeral Director Poppy Mardall: How Our Bodies Are Cared For After We Die
This week Gabriella and MORTAL co-creator Olivia go to meet funeral director and founder of Poppy’s Funerals, Poppy Mardall. In their conversation Poppy talks to Gabriella about the journey of a body after death; demystifying the process and the different options available to a grieving family.Poppy is passionate about bringing humanity and care to the funeral sector. She speaks about normalising
Merlin Sheldrake: How Mushrooms Deepen our Sense of Mystery & Connect us to Ancient Cycles of Life
Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist, writer and speaker with a background in plant sciences, microbiology, and ecology. His special interest is in studying fungi; extraordinary organisms that support our lives in so many different ways. He is the author of bestselling book, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures 🍄In this episode Gabriella and Merlin discuss h
Grief expert Julia Samuel: ‘Have the conversations well before anyone is ill’ - Why We Need to Talk about Death
Gabriella is joined by psychotherapist, author and grief expert Julia Samuel MBE. She is the founder / patron of Child Bereavement UK and the author of best selling books: Grief Works, This Too Shall Pass and Every Family Tells a Story. In 2015 Julia received an MBE for her services to bereaved children.Gabriella and Julia discuss growing up with an awareness of loss before they understood it, the
Bruce Parry: Ancestors, Belonging and Speaking to our Dead
Gabriella speaks with filmmaker and author Bruce Parry who has travelled all over the world to live with indigenous communities. In this episode Bruce shares what he's learned from cultures with a very different relationship to death; specifically a community in Sumba, Indonesia who live amongst the tombs of their dead and who continue to have a strong reciprocal relationship with their ances
Welcome to MORTAL
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.
