The Silent Why: finding hope in grief and loss
Claire Sandys is on a mission to see if it's possible to find hope in 101 different types of loss and grief (occasionally joined by husband Chris). New ad-free episodes every other Tuesday. With childless (not by choice) hosts, this podcast is packed with deep, honest experiences of grief and hope from inspiring guests. You also get: tips on how to navigate and prepare for loss, blogs, experts, exploring how loss is handled on TV, and plenty of Hermans. For more visit: www.thesilentwhy.com.
The Silent Why: finding hope in grief and loss
BLOG: My Why: The story of Herman
Many years ago, in 2021, The Silent Why podcast launched with one specific last question it wanted to ask all its 101 loss guests - What's your Herman?
Since then, it's been an exciting journey collecting Hermans (answers to this question). However, this year, in January 2024, I launched The Herman Company and all of a sudden (after a year of hard work!) Hermans became a real thing.
So, how and why did all this come about exactly? Well, that's what this episode is going to tell you.
Welcome to another My Why from Claire Sandys (co-host of The Silent Why podcast). My Why episodes are audio versions of my latest blog post. If you'd prefer to read it, you can find it here: https://www.thesilentwhy.com/post/thestoryofherman
If you're new to the podcast and have no idea what a Herman is at all, then you might want to listen to/read this (super short) episode first:
https://www.thesilentwhy.com/podcast/episode/4b7bd2bc/whats-your-herman
(you can also search on your podcast player for 'What's your Herman?')
This episode is about filling you in on how we got from just a question about Hermans to the real, live, little fellas being out in the world. It's the story of Herman.
To find out more about Hermans: https://www.thehermancompany.com
To buy a Herman: https://www.thesilentwhy.com/product-page/herman
To listen to our guest's Hermans you can listen to any of our 101 loss episodes:
https://www.thesilentwhy.com/101losses
Or check out our Hermontage episodes where every now and then we put them all together:
https://www.thesilentwhy.com/podcast/episode/7b969faa/blog-my-why-hermontage
https://www.thesilentwhy.com/podcast/episode/79337336/blog-my-why-hermontage-ii
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Written blog transcript available at: https://www.thesilentwhy.com/post/thestoryofherman