Coming Back: Conversations on Life After Loss
What does life look like after the funeral? After the divorce is final? After the diagnosis? Whether your loss is a person, a relationship, a job, a pet, or a dream, loss shapes who you are and how you choose to live in the world. Join Shelby Forsythia, Intuitive Grief Guide as she explores the ideas, resources, and stories that help us "come back" to life after death, divorce, illness and more.
Episode Archive
E136: SEASON 10 FINALE: Your Grief Belongs + A Big Announcement!
E135: Everything Is Spiritual (Including Grief!) with Rob Bell
E134: Shaping the Story of Grief with Diane Zinna
E133: Technology That Leaves a Legacy with Art Shaikh
E132: Coming Home to Yourself with Mona Luna
E131: Moving the Body Through Loss with Avni Trivedi
E130: Embodying the Practice of Grief with Sara Chizek
E129: Transmitting Unspoken Gratitudes with Mana Bhatt Sanghvi
E128: Grief in the Language of the Heart with Cristina Chipriano
E127: Experiencing Grief in the Body with Victoria Albina
E126: Honoring Kids, the Forgotten Mourners with Gary Shockley
E125: I Am My Mother’s Daughter with Dara Kurtz
Season 10 ↑
E124: SEASON 9 FINALE: Grief Is a State of Transition
E123: The Leftover Pieces with Melissa Bottorff-Arey
E122: Getting Curious in the Midst of Grief with Dr. Jenn Hardy
E121: Grief in the Jewelry Box with Lindsay Joy Taylor
E120: Being Known and Finding Belonging with Denise Soler Cox
E119: Divining My Way to Acceptance with Rachel Wilkinson
E118: Running Into Grief with Katie Arnold
E117: Speaking Grief with Lindsey Whissel Fenton
E116: My Husband Is Not a Rainbow with Kelley Lynn
E115: Grieving When a Pet Dies with Kevin Ringstaff
E114: Motherless Mother's Day with Cheryl Strayed
E113: Grief Day by Day with Jan Warner
Season 9 ↑
E112: SEASON 8 FINALE: A Coronavirus Uncertainty Meditation
E111: My Hope Is Still Healing with Frankie Orella
E110: Freedom Is Acknowledging "I Don't Understand" with Kim Peacock
E109: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Weirder with Kelli Dunham
E108: Spoiler Alert! You're Going to Die with Tammy Faulds
E107: The Dangers of Romanticizing Grief with Gabrielle Valdes
E106: How to Give and Receive with Care with Janet Reich Elsbach
E105: Unravel with Stephenie Zamora
E104: I Hear You with Michael Sorensen
E103: Death Is Inevitable; Grief Is Not with Jennifer Mathews
E102: The Merciless Mother Scream with Victoria Markham
E101: Supporting Grieving Kids with Jana DeCristofaro
Season 8 ↑
In the Meantime: God Is Joanne Fink's Path to Connection
In the Meantime: Emily Washcovick Validates the Impact of Mental Illness
In the Meantime: Death Doula Alua Arthur Is Anything but Goth
In the Meantime: Sarah Nannen Prioritizes Being Human
In the Meantime: Rachel Whalen and I Talk About Comparing Griefs
E100: SEASON 7 FINALE: Introducing Life After Loss Academy
E99: Creativity for the Bereaved with Joanne Fink
E98: Winning the Worst Kind of Lottery with Rachel Reichblum
E97: From Heartbreak to Wholeness with Kristine Carlson
E96: When a "Do-aholic" Grieves with Kristen Meinzer
E95: You Can't Break Up with Grief! with Emily Washcovick
E94: I Met God at the Sunrise with Miami Knight
E93: Motherless Daughters with Hope Edelman
E92: Making Space for Grace with Alua Arthur
E91: There's More Than Surviving with Sarah Nannen
E90: Parenting a Dead Child with Rachel Whalen
E89: Second Firsts with Christina Rasmussen
Season 7 ↑
In the Meantime: Marlie Rowell Knew Hopelessness Was Not an Option
In the Meantime: Richard Pryor Takes Things One Second at a Time
In the Meantime: R. Glenn Kelly's Coworkers Stopped Visiting His Office
In the Meantime: J Mase III Reads the Grieving Bill of Rights
In the Meantime: Neil Davis Discusses Music As Nonverbal Grief Support
E88: SEASON 6 FINALE: Make Your Own Meaning + A Giveaway!
E87: Modern Loss with Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner
E86: Suicide Widow Etiquette with Marlie Rowell
E85: Taking the Butterflies and Rainbows Out of Grief with Richard Pryor
E84: When Grief Professionals Grieve with Cole Imperi
E83: Honoring Grief in the Workplace with R. Glenn Kelly
E82: It's All Good with Kat Bonner
E81: Empathy Is My Jam with Non Wels
E80: Living WITH Fear Not IN Fear with Susan Angel Miller
E79: Heartbreak Is... with J Mase III
E78: We Are Not Our Losses with Julie Cluff
E77: Not Better with Neil Davis
Season 6 ↑
In the Meantime: Emily Ruth Pays Me a Compliment
In the Meantime: How a Shared Death Experience Immediately Changed Dr. Sharon Prentice
In the Meantime: Vivian Nunez Creates Space for Latina Grief
In the Meantime: Kate Manser Believes Most People Are Good
In the Meantime: What Katie Huey Finds Beautiful Today
E76: SEASON 5 FINALE: Who Am I Now? + A Giveaway!
E75: Endless Stories with Jessica Waite
E74: Like Being on a Crashing Plane with Emily Ruth
E72: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop with Vivian Nunez
E71: Grief is a Clusterfuck with Alison L. Miller
E70: Dead Moms Club with Alica Forneret
E69: Allowing Grief to Be Holy with Rabbi Anne Brener
E68: An Invitation to Joy with Melissa Lyons
E67: Nailing My Feet to the Floor with Catharine H. Murray
E66: Perspective is a Hell of a Drug with Kate Manser
E65: Living in the Baby Steps with Katie Huey
Season 5 ↑
In the Meantime: What I Know for Sure
In the Meantime: I'm Gonna Have a Pizza
In the Meantime: Our Bodies Remember Grief and Trauma
In the Meantime: A Couple of Wedding Stories
In the Meantime: Why I Still Listen to My Hometown Radio Station
E64: SEASON 4 FINALE: The Power of Finding Your People + A Giveaway!
E63: Doing the Grief Shuffle with Glen Lord - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E62: Giving Men Permission to Grieve with Herb Knoll - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E61: Wearing Grief Shoes with Lynda Cheldelin Fell - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E60: Learning to Dance Again with Robin Chodak - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E59: Grief at a Round Table with Peggy Langenwalter & Trish Comer - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E58: Giving People Back to Themselves with Cathy Cheshire - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E57: There Is Life Beyond Bereavement with Annah Elizabeth - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E56: Choose to Heal with Barbara J. Hopkinson - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E55: The Energy of Grief with Sharon Ehlers - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E54: Comfortable in the Surreal with Diane Speer - Bereavement Cruise 2019
E53: Joy and Grief Can Coexist with Linda Findlay - Bereavement Cruise 2019
Season 4 ↑
In the Meantime: Chelsea Leigh Trescott on Why We Need to Be Alone (Sometimes)
In the Meantime: Why Michele Neff Hernandez Misses Her Dead Husband When It Rains
In the Meantime: Ruth Ungar on Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors"
In the Meantime: What Kim Skarritt Would Do With a Day Off
In the Meantime: Debbie Augenthaler Laughed and Cried at Her Husband's Funeral
In the Meantime: Megan Devine Doesn't Want a Memory Box
E52: SEASON 3 FINALE: It Comes Down to Choice + A Giveaway!
E51: Let You Guide You with Chelsea Leigh Trescott
E50: "Look at All Those Widowed People!" with Michele Neff Hernandez
E49: When My Story Ends with Ruth Ungar of The Mammals
E48: Tender and Fierce with Marni Henderson
E47: A Life on the Edge of Loss with Tara Caffelle
E46: Blessing and Releasing Senior Dogs with Kim Skarritt
E45: Layered Losses with Debbie Augenthaler
E44: You Can't Outrun Grief with Sunny Joy McMillan
E43: Coming Back... One Year Later
E42: Grief Works with Julia Samuel
E41: Refuge In Grief with Megan Devine
Season 3 ↑
In the Meantime: How Caleb Wilde Wants to Die
In the Meantime: Kerry Egan on Love After Death
In the Meantime: Joshua Black Helps People Open Up About Grief Dreams
In the Meantime: Candyce Ossefort-Russell Recommends a Book for Talking About Death
In the Meantime: Darwyn Dave on Keepsakes
E40: SEASON 2 FINALE: You've Gotta Say Yes + A Giveaway!
E39: "Heartcore" Grief Science with Candyce Ossefort-Russell
E38: Dealing with My Grief with Darwyn Dave
E37: A Different State of Mind with Katie Scoggins
E36: On Living (and Fumbling) with Kerry Egan
E35: Confessions of a Funeral Director with Caleb Wilde
E34: How to Survive a Miscarriage with Karin Holmes
E33: Finding Tranquility in Loss with Kimberly Wilson
E32: Death Dialogue with Morgan Brown
E31: Grief Dreams with Joshua Black
E30: From "Why Me?" to "A Why to Live For" with Harriet Cabelly
E29: The Good Goodbye with Dr. Gladys Ato
Season 2 ↑
E26: When Bad Things Happen and We Need to "Do Something"
E25: Unforgettable Faces and Stories with Eileen Doyon
E24: Becoming More Me with Alexia Leachman
E23: Joy in the Void with Maureen Magauran, M.D.
E22: This Moment Is My Destiny with Catherine Rains ("The Hotel Artist")
E21: Surrendering to Grief with Lila B
E20: FUN ONE! Grief and The Five Love Languages
E19: Sobbing in the Grocery Store with Heather Kelly
E17: 30 Days of Epic Wallowing with Tracey Lewis Stoeckel
E16: From Broken to Badass with Courtney Violet Bentley
E15: Addicted to Being Right with Vasavi Kumar
E14: Mourning Myself with Eve Chalom
E13: Finding Purpose Within the Pain with Christina Lerchen
E12: Racing to Save a Dying Man with Cindy Klinger
E10: FUN ONE! Grief On The Golden Girls
E9: Where Is Your Heart? with Holly Worton
E8: Walls Where There Used to Be Doors with Stephanie Zamora
E6: Honor What You're Going Through with Sharon Ehlers
E5: The Six Grief Myths (And Why They Suck)
E4: Grief is Wild with Iris Rankin
E3: How to Comfort Someone Who's Grieving
E2: The Truth Is Transformation with Arielle Nóbile
Season 1 ↑
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This podcast was a lifeline in the darkest part of my life.
— Chris J LCSW, Apple Podcasts Review
Shelby has so much humanity and warmth. Without doubt one of the best podcasts about grief and loss on the Internet.
— Lentridge, Apple Podcasts Review
Shelby’s insights on loss, grief, and healing as well as interviews with others regarding their losses, have been like a warm blanket to wrap myself in while I navigate the loss of my mother. I could not be more grateful to have found her.
— Rae D., Facebook Review