E12: Grieving on Your Wedding Day: Ideas for Rituals, Memorials, and Meaning

Written By Shelby Forsythia

Planning a wedding after the death of a loved one is bittersweet. In this episode, I share how to honor grief, make space for absence, and infuse your celebration with memory, meaning, and love—without losing yourself in the overwhelm.

You’ll learn:

  • How to choose a wedding format that supports your grief

  • Ideas for clothing, flowers, and rituals that honor loved ones who have died

  • Tips for managing energy and emotional overwhelm

  • Stories from my wedding to my wife (We were grieving nine people between us!)

  • Why making space for grief makes joy more possible

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Shelby Forsythia

Shelby Forsythia (she/her) is a grief coach, author, and podcast host. In 2020, she founded Life After Loss Academy, an online course and community that has helped dozens of grievers grow and find their way after death, divorce, diagnosis, and other major life transitions.

Following her mother’s death in 2013, Shelby began calling herself a “student of grief” and now devotes her days to reading, writing, and speaking about loss. Through a combination of mindfulness tools and intuitive, open-ended questions, she guides her clients to welcome grief as a teacher and create meaningful lives that honor and include the heartbreaks they’ve faced. Her work has been featured in Huffington Post, Bustle, and The Oprah Magazine.

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