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What to Do After Loss: The First Step You Can’t Skip if You Want to Heal

When your world has just shattered, the question that races around your mind—sometimes quietly, sometimes with screaming panic is this…

Jul 3

What to Do After Loss: The First Step You Can’t Skip if You Want to Heal

Jul 3

Are You Ready for Grief Coaching? 3 Questions to Ask Before You Get Support

So you’ve experienced a devastating loss. A death, a divorce, a diagnosis, or another life-altering event that’s shaken your sense of…

Jun 26

Are You Ready for Grief Coaching? 3 Questions to Ask Before You Get Support

Jun 26

Is Grief Selfish?

What Being “Self-Centered” in Grief Really Means — and Why It Matters

Jun 19

Is Grief Selfish?

Jun 19

When Every Season Hurts: Surviving Grief Anniversaries and Death Dates All Year Long

When you’ve experienced multiple losses, no part of the calendar feels “safe” anymore.

Jun 12

When Every Season Hurts: Surviving Grief Anniversaries and Death Dates All Year Long

Jun 12

Grief Is Political: How to Participate in Activism, Even When Your Heart Is Broken

Because your loss—whether you like it or not—exists within a larger system

Jun 5

Grief Is Political: How to Participate in Activism, Even When Your Heart Is Broken

Jun 5

How to Plan a Wedding After the Death of a Loved One

Ideas for honoring loss on your wedding day from a grief coach and grieving bride

May 29

How to Plan a Wedding After the Death of a Loved One

May 29

15 Grief Affirmations for When You Feel Lost, Broken, or Alone

When the ground falls out from under you, words can help you feel steady again.

May 22

15 Grief Affirmations for When You Feel Lost, Broken, or Alone

May 22

“I Can’t Imagine What You’re Going Through” Isn’t Comforting. Here’s Why.

This common sympathy phrase hurts more than it helps.

May 15

“I Can’t Imagine What You’re Going Through” Isn’t Comforting. Here’s Why.

May 15

Why Poetry Speaks to Grief and Loss—and Opens the Door to Healing

From “grief brain” to finding the words, poems are a balm after loss

May 8

Why Poetry Speaks to Grief and Loss—and Opens the Door to Healing

May 8

5 Weird Grief Coping Strategies That Actually Work

From playing video games to wearing the same pair of sweatpants on repeat, there’s logic to these “odd” behaviors.

May 1

5 Weird Grief Coping Strategies That Actually Work

May 1

Shelby Forsythia | Grief Coach + Author

Shelby Forsythia | Grief Coach + Author

she/her

Helping grievers rebuild life after loss. 2X Author. Podcaster. Featured in Oprah Mag, Newsweek, HuffPost, Modern Loss. ♥ https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/links

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