“It’s really tough” Robin Bailey opens up about coping with grief during isolation as she launches new podcast.

ROBIN Bailey has opened up about the difficulty of dealing with grief while self isolating, but she is using this time to help other families navigate isolation in a new podcast.

ROBIN Bailey has opened up about the difficulty of dealing with grief while self isolating.

The breakfast radio star, who has launched a new podcast helping families navigate coronavirus, told The Courier-Mail isolation has been “really, really tough”.

Bailey has teamed up with 97.3FM newsreader Monique Dews, launching a podcast Keeping Up With Corona which provides family-related coronavirus news, expert discussions and personal experience.

Brisbane's 97.3FM's Robin Bailey said self-isolation has been “really tough”. Pic Peter Wallis

Bailey, who tragically lost her husband Sean Pickwell to cancer last year, said she is thankful to have her sons with her during self-isolation.

“I’m still grieving my husband’s death which is coming up for eight months, and so that is very pronounced because I’m spending a lot of time on my own,” Bailey said.

“Weekends particularly are really, really tough. I dread them.

“I think it’s very up and down, emotionally it’s really tough I’m not going to lie, but I think it’s lovely having my boys around.”

Robin Bailey with her 3 boys, Lewin, Piper, and Fin. Pic Mark Cranitch.

Bailey said her three boys Fin, 20, Lewin, 18, and Piper, 15, have risen to help her during tough times.

“I sat them down a couple of weeks ago when this all started and I said, I’m the one that’s working the most out of the four of us, so I need you guys to step up,” she said.

Her youngest has become the chef of the house, her middle child helping out with the washing – badly, which she adds – and her oldest taking care of the yard.

Bailey said in the past five years she has become proficient at working out ways to cope with grief.

“The problem I’m finding now is that things that I’ve used to cope are being really curtailed. On a positive, I do a lot of meditation and I’m a mad exerciser, so I do a lot of running,” she said.

“My mother still asks me if I’m running to something or running away from something, that depends on the day is usually my answer.”

97.3FM newsreader Dews said the podcast delves into important topics for parents, such as navigating family life.

Monique Dews and Robin Bailey new podcast will be released every Tuesday and Thursday.

“My daughter actually features quite a bit in the podcast because she has had a bit of “corona angst”, she is an extravert, a dancer and singer, and she loves her friends,” Dews said.

“She has really struggled with the isolation at home, and that’s something we talk about in the podcast.”

Two episodes of Keeping Up with Corona will be released weekly on a Tuesday and Thursday indefinitely available through iHeartPodcast Network or Spotify.