Coming Back: Conversations on life after loss

Jessica Waite's husband, Sean, called her from an airport shuttle... but never got on the plane. Today we're talking about the struggle to get Sean's body home from another country after his death, conjuring up strong "almost final" memories when final memories just don't do the trick, and how we don't have to be good at grief in order to recover. Also this week, I'm recapping my favorite moments from the 2019 Bereavement Cruise and reading an article of "fun funeral facts" that my sister sent my way.

Sign up for a Bereavement Cruise in 2020: https://www.journeysofhopehealingandhealth.com/

Jessica Waite's work: https://endlessstories.love/

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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

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• 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, leave a voicemail or text 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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

Emily Ruth is VERY in tune with her body. Several miscarriages, the premature birth and death of her twin sons, and an ectopic pregnancy were "tipped off" by dreams, feelings, and premonitions. Today, we're talking about the grief of not being believed by doctors and medical professionals, the slow, painful journey of reclaiming a body that feels like it no longer belongs to you, and the divorce of her first marriage that felt like a death in and of itself. Also this week, I'm sharing the workshop I'm leading on the 2019 Bereavement Cruise: Honoring Secondary Loss.

Emily Ruth's work and Instagram: emilyruthcoach.com https://www.instagram.com/emilyruth_/

Emily Ruth's recommended resources: http://www.alchemicalalignment.com/ https://www.instagram.com/stopchasingpain/ https://www.randibuckley.com/healthy-boundaries-for-kind-people

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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

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, leave a voicemail or text 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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

The death of her premature daughter and the diagnosis of her husband launched Dr. Sharon Prentice into a rage against god. An incredible, unexplainable Shared Death Experience (SDE) rushed her straight into the arms of the universe and opened her eyes to the true nature of god and where she now believes we go when we die. Today Dr. Sharon Prentice is taking us on the journey of her SDE... and talking about how this one moment inspired a new career path and her book Becoming Starlight. Also this week, I'm talking about the weird, intuitive, unexplainable stuff that happens to us in grief—and how we can share those stories with others.

Dr. Sharon Prentice's work and book, Becoming Starlight: https://sharonprentice.com/

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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

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, leave a voicemail or text 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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

Vivian Nunez was Too Damn Young—too young to lose her mom at 10 and too young to lose her grandma at 21. Now, at 26, she's the founder and creator of Too Damn Young, a website that helps teens and young adults who have lost someone they love. We're talking about creating a personal vocabulary for grief when textbooks fail, coping with the anxiety of waiting for the other shoe to drop, what dating is like as a young grieving person, and how Vivian is making room for Latina grief in a space that is very, very white. Also this week, a quick reminder about Monday's Google Hangout!

Vivian Nunez's work, podcast, and community: http://toodamnyoung.com/ https://www.instagram.com/vivnunez/

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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

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, leave a voicemail or text 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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

Get ready for grief-appropriate language! Alison L. Miller and her husband, Chuck, had a life and a future together. In just three weeks' time, he was dead and sitting in an urn in the passenger seat of her car. Committed to make good on a promise she made to her dying husband, Alison is on an Odyssey of Love driving across the country in a bright pink car so Chuck can find her out on the road. This week we're talking about how the five senses help us process grief, how grief makes us mad at colors, objects, and words, and how even if you think you know all about grief, you're never REALLY prepared to experience loss. Also this week, I'm acknowledging the need for grief to exist outside the labels of "negative/positive."

Follow Alison L. Miller's Odyssey of Love: http://www.happilyhomelessismoonstruck.com/

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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

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, leave a voicemail or text 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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

Alica Forneret's mom was sick for most of her life. But her dad always reassured her that if things got bad enough, he would tell Alica when she and her sister needed to come home. That day came in October of 2016 when Alica's mom died in the ICU. This week, we're talking about how love sometimes looks like control and planning, the power of having people with similar losses around, how you can use your gifts to help someone who's grieving, and where Alica got the idea for her popular Dead Moms Club lapel pins. Also this week, I'm exploring the icky occurrence of using grief to hold other people hostage.

Alica Forneret's work and Dead Moms Club pins: www.alicaforneret.com

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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

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, leave a voicemail or text 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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

Rabbi Anne Brener stumbled across traditional Jewish mourning rituals as she was preparing for her wedding. Her fascination with these ancient prayers and rituals plus knowledge of psychology and a collection of her own personal griefs called her to deeply explore the world of Jewish mourning and write the book Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing . Today we're talking about how God can be described as "a place" for mourners, the unfortunate reality that everybody dies in the middle of a conversation, and how death requires our hearts and minds to jump from a physical relationship to a spiritual relationship. Also this week, I'm talking about the language of grief... and the subtle significance of switching from "is" to "was."

Rabbi Brener's book Mourning & Mitzvah: http://www.jewishlights.com/page/product/978-1-68336-673-7

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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

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, leave a voicemail or text 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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

Melissa Lyons is not a grief expert. But her mysterious message-turned-children's-book I Will Always Love You is helping grievers all over the world feel peace, comfort, and even joy after a loved one dies. We're talking about how each of us is served the crappy buffet of grief, what to do when we're charged with a mission from the Universe, and how the emotion of joy gets marginalized in grief. Also this week, I'm digging into those moments when grief makes us feel like a failure.

Melissa Lyons's work: https://www.melissa-lyons.com/

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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

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, leave a voicemail or text 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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

Catharine H. Murray's middle son, Chan, was diagnosed with a rare and complicated form of leukemia at the heartbreaking age of five. After Western medicine did all it could do, Catharine, her husband, and her three boys moved to a remote cabin in Thailand where Chan spent his final months. Today we're talking about her book Now You See the Sky, a beautiful memoir that recounts the devastating reality of the loss of her child... and how death asked her to "nail her feet to the floor" to stay present throughout. Also this week, I'm acknowledging the reality of relationship loss (divorce, separation, breakup) after death.

Catharine H. Murray's work: https://catharinehmurray.com/

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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, leave a voicemail at 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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

Three back-to-back losses left Kate Manser with a severe case of death anxiety. Mortality was lurking around every corner. When the freak death of a friend on Mount Everest marked the fourth death in a short amount of time, Kate had a flash of insight: "I might die tomorrow." This profound statement became the fire under her ass: "If I might die tomorrow, I'm going to build a life I love today." We're talking about how death anxiety feels in the body, how grief makes us diagnose ourselves with not-at-all-real deadly diseases on WebMD, and what Kate calls her, "deathbed meditation." Also this week, I'm sharing my five favorite grief books for 2019.

Grieving? Check out These Five Books in 2019. https://bit.ly/2CYZqNF

Kate Manser's work (and stickers!): http://www.youmightdietomorrow.com/

LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia

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, leave a voicemail at 312.725.3043 or email [email protected].

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