E46: Grief and Sleep: 11 Ways to Rest When You’re Sleeping Too Much or Not at All

Written By Shelby Forsythia

Struggling with sleep after a loss? In this episode, I explore how grief disrupts your ability to fall asleep—or makes you want to sleep all the time.

You’ll discover:

  • 11 grief-informed sleep tips based in mine and my clients’ experiences

  • What to do during the day to support rest at night

  • Gentle rituals to help you fall asleep (and stay asleep)

  • What to do when you wake up in the middle of the night

  • When sleeping “too much” might actually be okay—and when to worry

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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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