#062. Ever felt the pain of a broken dream? Those great expectations which turned into even greater disappointment? Hopefully this episode will restore some hope that new beginnings can be found, whatever the dream you lost. 

This is The Silent Why, a podcast on a mission to open up conversations around loss and grief and to see if hope can be found in 101 different types of permanent loss.

Loss #40 of 101 - Loss of dreams

Meet Sheridan Voysey, a writer, speaker and broadcaster who moved from Australia to England just over a decade ago, pursuing a new beginning with his wife, Merryn, after finally accepting their dream of having children was not to be. 

Their decision to move across the world and start again was to be the making of Merryn and her career, but for Sheridan it also meant the crushing end of a dream career he'd been cultivating and pursuing for many years. 

In 1995, Sheridan conceived the idea of the Open House show, a talk radio show that interviewed guests from around the world on issues of life and faith. It was a further 10 years of work before that dream became a reality and even longer before Sheridan got to host it. And it was this dream career and blossoming reputation that he had to give up to start again on a new continent where he was unknown.

Sheridan speaks openly and honestly about his experience of childlessness, identity shifts he had to come to terms with, grieving broken dreams, facing new beginnings (even when they involve sad endings), and the unexpected blessings that he's unearthed along the way.

For more about Sheridan visit: https://sheridanvoysey.com

For his books and projects:
Resurrection Year: Turning Broken Dreams Into New Beginnings - https://sheridanvoysey.com/resurrectionyear/
The Making of Us: Who We Can Become When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned -  https://sheridanvoysey.com/themakingofus
The Creed: https://sheridanvoysey.com/thecreed
Friendship Lab (new project in development): http://www.friendshiplab.org

Merryn's acceptance speech: https://sheridanvoysey.com/an-invitation-to-buckingham-palace

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