{"podcast":{"title":"LATE BLOOMERS","slug":"late-bloomers-7152854","podcast_index_feed_id":7152854,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5146568.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5146568","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43544890.jpg","author":"Rich & Rox Pink","episode_count":76,"summary":"Introducing “LATE BLOOMERS” , the podcast where Rich and Rox Pink —self-proclaimed experts in how to mess up your life—share their raw and unfiltered journey from barely surviving to thriving. Between them, they’ve • Drowned in debt • Battled addictions • Survived multiple divorces • Quit countless jobs • Faced severe mental health struggles Now, with over 5 million followers and two Sunday Times bestselling books, they’re here to prove that no matter how messy life gets, it’s never too late to turn it around. Tune in for candid conversations and hard-earned lessons. This is your no bullsh*t guide to personal growth.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/late-bloomers-7152854"},"episode":{"title":"SURVIVING DECEMBER: Christmas after loss, trauma and estrangement","slug":"surviving-december-christmas-after-loss-trauma-and-estrangement","published_at":"2025-12-24T01:43:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/late-bloomers-7152854/surviving-december-christmas-after-loss-trauma-and-estrangement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/late-bloomers-7152854","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8823155","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8823155.mp3?modified=1766531661&sid=5146568&source=rss","summary":"In this deeply personal Christmas episode of LATE BLOOMERS , Rich sits down with Rox—aka “the Grinch”—to unpack the real story behind her decades-long struggle with Christmas. What starts as a festive chat quickly becomes an honest, emotional journey through grief, trauma, family estrangement, alcoholism, shock, and the impossible pressure to feel joyful when your whole world has collapsed. Rox opens up about losing her mum and grandad within days of each other, navigating her dad’s long-term affair, spending Christmases alone in a basement flat with cider and a microwave dinner, the years of numbing, running, self-injury, and trying—and failing—to hold it all together. She also shares the complicated love of still wanting your dad, the devastation of being blocked, and the strange relief that comes when a door finally closes. But this isn’t just darkness. Rich and Rox trace the long road back: therapy breakthroughs, sobriety, chosen family, stepchildren, new traditions (including the legendary New Year’s Eve Fairy), and the slow, unexpected return of seasonal joy. If you find Christmas overwhelming, lonely, painful, or loaded with memories you can’t hold by yourself, this episode is for you.","meta_description":"In this deeply personal Christmas episode of LATE BLOOMERS , Rich sits down with Rox—aka “the Grinch”—to unpack the real story behind her decades-long str…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1945,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/late-bloomers-7152854/episodes/surviving-december-christmas-after-loss-trauma-and-estrangement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/late-bloomers-7152854/surviving-december-christmas-after-loss-trauma-and-estrangement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}