Josh was 12 years old when the phone rang on a quiet Sunday morning. He was home alone, mid-game of WWE SmackDown, when a voice on the other end broke the news.<br /> <br /> In this episode, Josh talks honestly about delayed grief, the way children absorb loss without the language to process it, and how the stories we tell - through music, through art, through conversation - can become the very thing that saves us.<br /> <br /> He also reflects on identity: growing up the happy one, finding his voice as a storyteller, and learning to answer the three questions his drama lecturer once posed: who am I, why am I here, and is that okay?<br /> <br /> This is a conversation about grief that arrives late, creativity as survival, and the slow, ongoing process of becoming who you were always meant to be.<br /> <br /> Listen to Josh's song "Life as a Fleeting Bird" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0EkW0sS6uYlfXB7InWl40o?si=40c3280ab1ed497c<br /> <br /> www.somethingshifted.co.za<br /> Recorded at Latitude Podcast Studio <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2PGntgE4y6RG6wxTxUqgJI?si=CA9uGd2wRRaKQOpJ8-VrmQ">Listen to Something Shifted: The Soundtrack on Spotify</a>