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World Service,21 Feb 2025,26 mins

The only thing certain in life

Heart and Soul

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In 2019, performer and writer Rochi Rampal found herself attending 10 funerals in one year. To contend with this, she embarked on her own “crash course” to better deal with death, and felt she had found a new attitude to both grief and dying. But Rochi was then given a new diagnosis that forced her to face the threat to her life that she thought she was ready for and the composure she thought she had was shaken. So Rochi wants to begin again and turns to faith and spirituality for answers while looking back on her personal connection to faith. If you are suffering distress or despair and need support, you could speak to a health professional, or an organisation that offers support. Details of help available in many countries can be found at Befrienders Worldwide, www.befrienders.org Presenter: Rochi Rampal Producers: Silvia Malnati and Jesse Lou Lawson Consultant: Dermot Daly Executive producer: Anishka Sharma (Photo: Rochi Rampal with her mother and father. Credit: Rochi Rampal)

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