E57: 7 Practical, Gentle Ways to Ask for Help After Loss (Even When Your Energy Is Low)

Written By Shelby Forsythia

Getting support is important after loss, but it can feel hard to ask for it. Today, I’m sharing seven practical, gentle ways to ask for help after loss—especially when your energy is low and even naming what you need feels overwhelming. I'll talk about how to get support with both the logistics of daily life and the emotional weight of grief.

You’ll learn:

  • The difference between needing help living vs. help grieving—and why it matters

  • How to ask for specific, tangible support without overexplaining yourself

  • Simple ways to invite others into remembering and honoring your person or loss

  • How to make asking for help feel more doable on low-energy days

  • Where to go for more hands-on support if you're in crisis

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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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