E20: How to Keep a Loved One’s Memory Alive Using a Signs + Symbols Library

Written By Shelby Forsythia

How do you keep a loved one’s memory alive after they die? In this episode, I share how to use a Signs + Symbols Library—a powerful tool that helps you feel connected to someone you’ve lost through your five senses. Whether you believe in signs from the afterlife or just want intentional ways to remember your person, this episode is for you.

You’ll hear about:

  • How to use sensory memory to feel close to your person

  • What to do if signs feel “made up” or like you're "faking it"

  • Ideas for losses without direct memories (such as miscarriage or estrangement)

  • Spiritual and non-spiritual approaches to staying connected to a loved one who died

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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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