Coming Back: Conversations on life after loss

Gabrielle Valdes is a former hopeless romantic on a quest to help others live better by learning to love better. On this breakup + relationship geared episode, we're talking about how romanticizing grief keeps us isolated, why the grief of betrayal and loss of trust hurt so much, and how to navigate the strange world of ambiguous loss—in other words, grieving someone who is still alive.

Gabrielle's work: https://www.gabriellevaldes.com/

Get grief support for just $3/month! Support Coming Back on Patreon and receive weekly grief journaling prompts, LIVE grief guidance calls with me, and fun podcast swag: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

Have your friendships been impacted by grief? Share your story here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/friends

Apply for private grief guidance with me: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-guidance

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• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

In her book Extra Helping, Janet Reich Elsbach shares the beauty and bounty of receiving through food. This week, we're talking about how to slow down and be more present while caregiving, how to stop tying receiving to "weakness" or "inability," why food politics surrounding chemo, cancer, and health have no place in the meal train, and how food has the incredible power to give us our humanity back.

Janet's work, book, and recipes! https://www.araisinandaporpoise.com/

Get grief support for just $3/month! Support Coming Back on Patreon and receive weekly grief journaling prompts, LIVE grief guidance calls with me, and fun podcast swag: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

Have your friendships been impacted by grief? Share your story here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/friends

Apply for private grief guidance with me: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-guidance

Subscribe to Coming Back:

• Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE
• Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k
• Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr
• YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil
• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

Stephenie Zamora was on top of the world until the sudden suicide of her recent ex-boyfriend brought it all crashing down. Her new book Unravel takes grievers deep into the world of loving and grieving people who abuse us, understanding traumatic grief as a major root cause of PTSD, and recognizing that grief totally turns everything from our work to our friendships upside-down and inside-out.

Stephenie's book Unravel: https://theunravelbook.com/

Stephenie's work and coaching: https://stepheniezamora.com/

Get grief support for just $3/month! Support Coming Back on Patreon and receive weekly grief journaling prompts, LIVE grief guidance calls with me, and fun podcast swag: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

Have your friendships been impacted by grief? Share your story here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/friends

Apply for private grief guidance with me: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-guidance

Subscribe to Coming Back:

• Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE
• Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k
• Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr
• YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil
• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

How often have you felt HEARD, I mean REALLY HEARD in your grief? Michael Sorensen is the author of I Hear You and we're talking about the tool of emotional validation i.e. helping people feel heard and understood. This week, we'll touch on why we're all starving for validation, how to get friends and family to really hear us instead of trying to fix us, and what to do when it feels like listening to someone else's story is a burden. Plus, I'm announcing a tiny change to Coming Back's structure going forward.

Michael's work and book, I Hear You: https://michaelssorensen.com/

Get grief support for just $3/month! Support Coming Back on Patreon and receive weekly grief journaling prompts, LIVE grief guidance calls with me, and fun podcast swag: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

Have your friendships been impacted by grief? Share your story here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/friends

Apply for private grief guidance with me: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-guidance

Subscribe to Coming Back:

• Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE
• Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k
• Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr
• YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil
• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

Her TED Talk has a disclaimer because it's so controversial! What happens when we're happy, joyful, or even at peace when our loved one dies? Jennifer Mathews is expanding what it means to grieve because when her partner died from cancer she did not grieve in the traditional way. We're talking about the cultural myths that make death and grief more painful, how to connect with "that which never dies," and why laughter is an invitation to connect with a new way of feeling.

Jennifer's work, writing, and TED Talk: http://jennifermathews.com/

Get grief support for just $3/month! Support Coming Back on Patreon and receive weekly grief journaling prompts, LIVE grief guidance calls with me, and fun podcast swag: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

Have your friendships been impacted by grief? Share your story here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/friends

Apply for private grief guidance with me: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-guidance

Subscribe to Coming Back:

• Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE
• Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k
• Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr
• YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil
• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

When her three-and-a-half-year-old-son, Koa, died suddenly in a home accident, Victoria Markham was thrust into the world of grief. Her documentary RE:MEMBER is an inside look at working with the beauty and pain of grief. Today, we're talking about releasing guilt associated with the death of a loved one, avoiding cultural appropriation in grief rituals, and how grief shows up… even years and years later.

Stream or download Victoria's RE:MEMBER Documentary: https://www.rememberdoc.com/

My Bizarre Childhood Wish Showed Up in My Mom's Cremains (on Modern Loss): https://modernloss.com/my-bizarre-childhood-wish-showed-up-in-my-moms-cremains/

Purchase a copy of my latest book, Permission to Grieve! http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/permission-to-grieve

Get grief support for just $3/month! Support Coming Back on Patreon and receive weekly grief journaling prompts, LIVE grief guidance calls with me, and fun podcast swag: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

Have your friendships been impacted by grief? Share your story here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/friends

Apply for private grief guidance with me: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-guidance

Subscribe to Coming Back:

• Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE
• Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k
• Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr
• YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil
• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

What would happen if we gave kids space and support to grieve? This week, I'm talking to Jana DeCristofaro from the Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families. We're discussing why repeating the facts of what happened is often necessary for kids, why you might consider making a scrapbook or written story of a child's grief, and how those of us who are childless/child-free can support the grieving kids around us.

The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families: https://www.dougy.org/

Purchase a copy of my latest book, Permission to Grieve! http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/permission-to-grieve

Get grief support for just $3/month! Support Coming Back on Patreon and receive weekly grief journaling prompts, LIVE grief guidance calls with me, and fun podcast swag: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

Have your friendships been impacted by grief? Share your story here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/friends

Apply for private grief guidance with me: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-guidance

Subscribe to Coming Back:

• Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE
• Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k
• Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr
• YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil
• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

Religion is a touchy subject in grief. But for some like Joanne Fink, it's the touchstone for their coming back.

Joanne Fink's work, books, cards, and Caremojis: https://zenspirations.com/ https://whenyoulosesomeone.com/

Season 8 of Coming Back premieres January 1, 2020!

In the meantime...

1. Enter to win one of three scholarships to Life After Loss Academy by entering your email address here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/giveaway-coming-back-podcast
2. Purchase a copy of my latest book, Permission to Grieve! http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/permission-to-grieve
3. Set sail on the 2020 Bereavement Cruise: http://comingbackcruise.com

Subscribe to Coming Back:

• Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE
• Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k
• Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr
• YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil
• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

What would happen if we saw mental illness through the same lens as physical illness? Bipolar advocate Emily Washcovick riffs on the validity of mental illness as REAL illness.

Emily Washcovick's work: https://www.bipolarbroughtbalance.com/

Season 8 of Coming Back premieres January 1, 2020!

In the meantime...

1. Enter to win one of three scholarships to Life After Loss Academy by entering your email address here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/giveaway-coming-back-podcast
2. Purchase a copy of my latest book, Permission to Grieve! http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/permission-to-grieve
3. Set sail on the 2020 Bereavement Cruise: http://comingbackcruise.com

Subscribe to Coming Back:

• Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE
• Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k
• Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr
• YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil
• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

There's no skeletons, black lipstick, or bats here! There's a perception that grief and death are morbid… but Alua Arthur and I are turning that myth on its head.

Alua Arthur's work: http://www.goingwithgrace.com/

Season 8 of Coming Back premieres January 1, 2020!

In the meantime...

1. Enter to win one of three scholarships to Life After Loss Academy by entering your email address here: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/giveaway-coming-back-podcast
2. Join me for LIVE Grief Support on Patreon December 16: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia
3. Purchase a copy of my latest book, Permission to Grieve! http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/permission-to-grieve
4. Set sail on the 2020 Bereavement Cruise: http://comingbackcruise.com

Subscribe to Coming Back:

• Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE
• Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k
• Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr
• YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil
• Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t
• TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl

Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/

To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email [email protected].

Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/