Coming Back: Conversations on life after loss
What does life look like after the funeral? After the divorce is final? After the diagnosis? Whether your loss is a person, a relationship, a job, a pet, or a dream, loss shapes who you are and how you choose to live in the world. Join Shelby Forsythia, Intuitive Grief Guide as she explores the ideas, resources, and stories that help us "come back" to life after death, divorce, illness and more.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 169
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
E44: You Can't Outrun Grief with Sunny Joy McMillan
After "unhitching" herself from her high-conflict marriage, Sunny Joy McMillan ran... FAR. After three years of running, she was hit with massive grief for her ex-husband and the life she no longer l…
E43: Coming Back... One Year Later
Coming Back turns 1! I'm celebrating my first year as a podcaster and inviting you to my exclusive, hour-long Facebook LIVE party on Wednesday, 5/16 in The Grief Growers' Garden.
Join me live on Face…
E42: Grief Works with Julia Samuel
Julia Samuel was fed up with people mentally and emotionally attacking themselves in midst of their grief. So she wrote Grief Works, a book that not only normalizes grief, but reminds us that we all …
E41: Refuge In Grief with Megan Devine
An everyday activity turned into a nightmare for Megan Devine who watched her partner, Matt, drown during one of their usual "quick dips" in the river. Her community, Refuge In Grief, and new book, I…
In the Meantime: How Caleb Wilde Wants to Die
Funeral Director Caleb Wilde has seen beauty in death. This week, he shares how he would like to die.
Caleb Wilde's work: https://www.calebwilde.com/
Season 3 of Coming Back returns May 2, 2018!
In t…
In the Meantime: Kerry Egan on Love After Death
Kerry Egan believes our love for deceased loved ones doesn't end—it changes. Do you agree?
Kerry Egan's work: http://kerryegan.com/
Season 3 of Coming Back returns May 2, 2018!
In the meantime...
- E…
In the Meantime: Joshua Black Helps People Open Up About Grief Dreams
Joshua Black talks about the healing power of bringing grief dreams to the masses.
Joshua Black's work: http://www.griefdreams.ca/
Season 3 of Coming Back returns May 2, 2018!
In the meantime...
- En…
In the Meantime: Candyce Ossefort-Russell Recommends a Book for Talking About Death
Candyce Ossefort-Russell shares her favorite book for starting conversations about death and dying.
Candyce Ossefort-Russell's work and free grief e-book: http://www.deepcenterforgrowth.com/candyce-c…
In the Meantime: Darwyn Dave on Keepsakes
Darwyn Dave finds comfort in the physical objects his father left behind.
Darwyn Dave's work: http://www.dealingwithmygrief.com/
Season 3 of Coming Back returns May 2, 2018!
In the meantime...
- Ente…
E40: SEASON 2 FINALE: You've Gotta Say Yes + A Giveaway!
It's the end of Season 2 of Coming Back! I'm leaving you with my take on this season's "theme" and lots of exciting upcoming events, including a giveaway of two copies of The Grief Recovery Method® H…
E39: "Heartcore" Grief Science with Candyce Ossefort-Russell
Candyce Ossefort-Russell went from having a healthy husband to a dead husband in a matter of two months. A bizarre heart-consuming virus was at the root of it all, taking Candyce's husband out of her…
E38: Dealing with My Grief with Darwyn Dave
Darwyn Dave has been dealing with his grief since the age of 10, when his father was shot and killed in the convenience store that he owned and ran. Grief has given Darwyn lots of lenses on life enab…
E37: A Different State of Mind with Katie Scoggins
It's so important to feel our shit. But Katie Scoggins had no idea HOW important until multiple car accidents gave her two concussions and a permanently altered brain. We're talking about how hard it…
E36: On Living (and Fumbling) with Kerry Egan
Hospice chaplain and author Kerry Egan lost her father... and her mind. Her dad's loss led her journeying, and she hiked the Camino de Santiago. Her postpartum psychotic break led her inward, where s…
E35: Confessions of a Funeral Director with Caleb Wilde
Caleb Wilde is not your average undertaker. In fact, he's a sixth-generation funeral director who uses his innate introversion, empathy, and fascination with theology to "be the heart when hearts are…
E34: How to Survive a Miscarriage with Karin Holmes
Karin Holmes miscarried her baby after just six and a half weeks of pregnancy. Her miscarriage and the trauma of a necessary D&C plunged her into the crashing, lonely isolation of an invisible loss w…
E33: Finding Tranquility in Loss with Kimberly Wilson
Kimberly Wilson's first major loss occurred in 2012 when her beloved Gramma died. But she was brought to her knees three years later, with the loss of her dog, Louis the Pug. We're talking a lot abou…
E32: Death Dialogue with Morgan Brown
Fellow grief millennial Morgan Brown was frustrated with people's responses to her grief over her mom's sudden death. She channeled her frustration into regular blog posts that became the foundation …
E31: Grief Dreams with Joshua Black
Joshua Black's life changed forever after a dream of his departed father. He is now a leading researcher on grief dreams, something many grievers have but don't talk about. We're upacking his turbule…
E30: From "Why Me?" to "A Why to Live For" with Harriet Cabelly
Harriet Cabelly's dream of the perfect child was shattered when her daughter was diagnosed with neurological deficits at just nine months old. "Why me?" became her mantra. Another medical crisis in h…