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Do you wish you had a caring guide to accompany you in the darkness of grief? You are not alone. Receive comforting, practical wisdom each week as grief coach and author Shelby Forsythia answers anonymous letters from people facing death, divorce, diagnosis, and other major life transitions. It’s possible to live a good life after devastating loss. This is your way forward.
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This podcast explores death, dying, and the afterlife from multiple perspectives - physical, psychological, spiritual, ethical, historical, societal, and more. Join me on my mission to make death less taboo by bringing forward the many lessons death can teach the living, so that we can live more intentional and purposeful lives.
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Coming Back: Conversations on life after loss

Shelby Forsythia, Intuitive Grief Guide

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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 and author of Permission to Grieve as she explores the ideas, resources, and stories that help us "come back" to life after death, divorce, illness and more. New episode every Wednesday at 5:00pm Central Time.
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Heal Your Heartbreak with your Break Up Bestie is a weekly podcast where each week I walk you through a topic as it relates to healing your heartbreak and helping you move through your break up. Topics include breaking up, healing, dating, and moving into happier and healthier relationships. The goal of this show is to provide hope, support, tips, and to remind you that you're not alone and don't have to go through this alone.
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The Heart of Hospice Podcast

Hosted by Helen Bauer, BSN RN CHPN

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The Heart of Hospice podcast is dedicated to helping personal and professional caregivers who are caring for someone with serious illness. We're here to provide information and education so people can make informed choices about end of life care.
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Seeing Death Clearly is a show that challenges you to think about your beliefs about death, dying, grief, and living life. I am your host, Jill McClennen, a death doula and end-of-life coach. As a death doula, I found through first-hand experience that the more I came to terms with my thoughts and feelings about death and dying, the more present I became in my everyday life and I hope to share that with you too, how you can live a better life by having a healthier relationship with death and ...
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Grief: A Love Story - the podcast

Tara Caffelle: Grief + Relationship Coach and Writer

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Brave conversations with people from all corners of life about life, death, grief and all that lies between. Listen in on the conversations you wish you could have when you experience loss or any one of life's endings.
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A podcast for women and nonbinary people who are ready to take up space in podcasting and share their voices with the world while making the best sounding show they can. Rue Spence started Sonivia after years of not feeling represented in the podcasting industry and not finding tutorials that suited her voice. She's worked with other women and gender nonconforming podcasters as a podcast editor, podcast consultant, and podcast launch specialist to help other people take podcasting up and oct ...
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In part 2 of our grief series with Grief Coach Shelby Forsythia, Shelby talks about identifying your grief allies, different grief styles, and how to create continuing bonds with the ones you’ve lost. As founder of Life After Loss Academy, she uses what she’s learned in the years after her mother’s death to help other grievers make their way throug…
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In today's episode I interview grief expert Shelby Forsythia. In her interview we talk about her path to becoming an expert in grief, what the 5 stages of grief got wrong, why breakup is a very valid grief, her G.R.I.E.F. method (which is so impressive and all encompassing) and much much more. To join Shelby's online courses or connect with her. To…
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As co-founder of Empowered Endings, Dr. Bob Uslander, is working to shift the paradigm of End of Life Care by supporting, guiding, and teaching an empowered approach to Palliative and End of Life Care. He became aware of the gaps in hospice and palliative care that cause patients to struggle. The deaths of his parents and a dear friend provided a p…
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Overwhelmed by multiple, heart-shattering losses including childhood abuse, estrangement, and abandonment, a listener wonders where to begin the process of grieving. … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/…
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In today's episode I'm talking with Michelle Demaree who is known on Instagram as @missdiamondring. In our interview we talk about the extremely tough decision she made to end the relationship with her long time partner and her child's father and her journey to healing. We talk about all the different things she threw herself into to heal, the comm…
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Indra Rinzler is an astrologer who has been on a spiritual journey for over 50 years, specializing in Vedic astrology and the Enneagram of Personality. His work focuses on helping people discover their true selves, beyond who they think they are. With a unique perspective shaped by his extensive time in India and a deep commitment to spiritual grow…
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After three consecutive losses, a fed up letter-writer is angry her friends aren't more supportive. … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/free-workshop Submit your anonymous letter for Dear Grief Guide: h…
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Dr Dan O’Brien is a historian of death in eighteenth century England. His research focuses on the development of the funeral trade and the funerals which it performed. He has also focused on funerary journeys and the exciting topic of death at sea. And these are all the cool things we talk about on this episode! Enjoy! __________________________ Co…
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In today's episode I interview Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby about breakup recovery. I learned SO much in this interview as we discussed why breakups are so hard, the different stages of a breakup, how to navigate obsessive thinking about your ex, what's going on in our brains as we fight to get over someone, and so much more. I highly recommend everyone go…
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Stephanie Chevrier, an artist based in Vancouver, Canada, has found herself deeply immersed in the exploration of death, reality, and what it means to be human. As an artist, she primarily works as a tattoo artist and illustrator, with a strong affinity for black ink. However, her curiosity extends far beyond her artistic pursuits, as she delves in…
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Grief Coach Shelby Forsythia is teaching us how it’s possible to grow through grief. As founder of Life After Loss Academy, she uses what she’s learned in the years after her mother’s death to help other grievers make their way through a grief journey. Shelby uses mindfulness techniques and open-ended questions to guide her clients to welcome grief…
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Despite having lost both her sister and her mother, a listener feels as if she still hasn't grieved their deaths. … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/free-workshop Submit your anonymous letter for Dear …
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Rev. Christine Davies, the director of pastoral care at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, shares her journey into hospital chaplaincy. As an ACPE supervisor and seminary professor, she teaches the art of hospital chaplaincy and educates clergy. Christine’s path began with a deep connection to her local Presbyteri…
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Dementia practitioner Mary Anne Oglesby-Sutherly is on a mission to transform the landscape of dementia care. As co-founder of Veranda Ministries, a 501(c)3, Mary Anne has spent two decades telling the stories of people dealing with dementia. Supporting dementia caregivers is her gift, and helping them to remember their person’s legacy is a top pri…
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A grieving daughter is the only person in her circle of friends and family who hasn't received a sign from her dead mom. … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/free-workshop Submit your anonymous letter fo…
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Marie Carter is a writer, tour guide, and tour guide developer. Her Scottish upbringing is responsible for her fascination with macabre, strange, forgotten, and ghostly histories. Combining that with her passion for New York City, she became a licensed tour guide, as well as researcher and developer with Boroughs of the Dead over nine years ago. He…
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In today's episode I interview therapist Sheva Rajaee. Sheva is an expert in anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and specifically relationship OCD which is what we discuss in this episode. In our interview we talk about what OCD is, what's the difference between relationship OCD and anxious attachment style, Sheva's thoughts on soulmates …
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Yvonne Caputo, from Southeastern Pennsylvania, is deliciously semi-retired after a varied career. She began in education, moved to the area, and leveraged her second master's degree in clinical psychology to work in employee assistance. Eventually, she became the vice president of human resources for a retirement community, which was her last full-…
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Welcome to Season 9 of The Heart of Hospice Podcast! Occupational Therapists Emilia Bourland and Dr. Brandy Archie are sharing how OTs can improve the quality of life for patients and caregivers on hospice care. OTs are underutilized in end-of-life care, but they’re an essential part of the hospice interdisciplinary team. There’s a lot of support O…
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An outraged letter-writer was recently insulted by a friend for taking time to tend to her grief over her father. When someone shames you for grieving, how do you respond? … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythi…
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In today's solo episode I talk about what it means to get stuck in breakup limbo or breakup purgatory. We discuss why it is so harmful to get stuck in this place, why it causes so much anxiety, and why even though it's so painful it's a place we'd prefer to be because then we don't have to come to terms with the relationship actually being over. I …
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In this episode, George Ackerman, also known as “Sharon's son George”, shares his deeply personal journey of caring for his mother, who battled Parkinson's disease. He lost his mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman, on 1/1/2020 due to Parkinson's Disease. To honor his mother and continue helping in the Parkinson's awareness cause, George started TogetherFor…
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Erin Whalen, founder of Compassionate Coaching, is working to help end of life and grief professionals love their work again. Using her unique gifts, Erin and the Compassionate Coaching theater troop employ “playback theater” to develop engaging programming that centers around giving and receiving empathy. They work with end of life teams to mitiga…
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A grieving husband misses the physical intimacy he shared with his wife, who recently died from cancer. … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/free-workshop Submit your anonymous letter for Dear Grief Guid…
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Candice Johnson is a transformational coach, but she's also an alternative cancer treatment advocate and concierge nurse and death doula. Her vision in the clinical industry is for patients and family members to understand what other options outside of the pharmaceutical fear complex are available for them and their treatments. On this episode, she…
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In today's episode I talk with author, therapist, and speaker Todd Baratz (@yourdiagnonsense). We talk about his new book How to Love Someone Without Losing Your Mind. We talked a lot about the ideals that social media gives us for relationships and how so much of that is not true, we talk about how certain terms are overused on social media like n…
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Dr. Marie Gasper Hulvat, hailing from Canton, Ohio, originally grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. She is a human design specialist, an intuitive EFT practitioner, and a trained Reiki master teacher in the Tibetan Usui tradition. Her journey began with Reiki, where during her Reiki One training, she encountered disembodied souls for the first time, an inte…
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Pharmacist Ellen Fulp is passionate about using medications appropriately to care for patients who are at their most vulnerable. As a part of the hospice interdisciplinary team, Ellen collaborates with the hospice director and nurse to ensure quality of life is supported, and a patient’s suffering is reduced. Caregivers and patients often misunders…
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A listener is convinced they'll never have another friend like the one they lost. How do you keep living after your confidant and safety net dies? … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/free-workshop Submi…
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Today I interview a duo, Jennifer Mann and Karden Rabin- founders of Somia and experts on holistic nervous system regulation. In this interview we talk about the physical sensations that come with not feeling our feelings, the difference between thinking about feelings and feeling feelings. Karden leads us through a beautiful visualization exercise…
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Funeral director and author Jodi Clock knows personally how each person finds a grief style that’s the best, healthy fit for themselves. As host of the “I Woke Up Dead - Now What?” podcast, Jodi is having conversations about our common experiences with death, shares best practices, and asks the tough questions in order to prepare for end-of-life re…
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A "working stiff" feels uninterested in his job after several major losses in his life. … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/free-workshop Submit your anonymous letter for Dear Grief Guide: https://www.s…
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Aoife is a doctoral researcher at the University of Bradford in archaeological and forensic sciences. Her research focuses on the display and acquisition of 18th-19th century anatomical specimens, and how they are viewed in museums today. She runs a blog called Pathological Bodies Project and an online magazine called Mortiferous Muse. She is also …
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In today's episode I interview entrepreneur, podcaster, author, and speaker Lisa Bilyeu on all things confidence. We talk about how important a partner can be in either fueling or draining your energy, why breakups can be such a drain on confidence, how to actually increase your confidence through competency, why breakups can be so powerful, and mu…
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Sean Lynch has been writing his whole life. His first poetry book was published over a decade ago in 2013; since then, he's released four more. His latest book, “Halo Nest: poems on grief” is a deeply personal collection about grief, began nearly seven years ago after his mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2016. Sean's mother battled the d…
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Hospice nurse Eileen Spillane of Befriending Death has learned to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. Eileen is the Founder of Befriending Death and has been a Registered Nurse for over thirty years, specializing in Oncology, Critical Care, and Obstetrics. She is a certified Life Coach from New Ventures West, a former Zen Hospice Project Volunte…
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Since her father's death from cancer, a grieving woman is tortured by recurring nightmares of his final days. … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/free-workshop Submit your anonymous letter for Dear Grie…
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In today's episode I interview country singer and songwriter Tiffany Woys. We talk about how she got into being a country singer and songwriter, we talk about her broken engagement (her ex called off the wedding 6 weeks before the big day) and how she navigated that, where she gets her confidence from, how songwriting has helped through her healing…
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Shelby Forsythia helps grieving people move through the pain and overwhelm of loss to experience peace, purpose, and joy again. She believes everyone deserves a good life, even if it’s not the one they thought they’d be living. Shelby Forsythia (she/her) is a grief coach, author, and podcast host. In 2020, she founded Life After Loss Academy, an on…
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“What do I need to know about you as a person to take the best care of you?” This is how integrative palliative medicine physician Dr. Delia Chiaramonte starts conversations with her patients. It’s a Dignity Question that lets her patients know she cares about them as a person. Delia works in integrative palliative medicine to care for the whole pe…
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A letter-writer is bothered by their friend's unsupportive actions and comments after the death of their cat. … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/free-workshop Submit your anonymous letter for Dear Grie…
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K. Krombie is the author of "Death in New York: History and Culture of Burials, Undertakers and Executions", a freelance writer, journalist, and founder of boutique NYC walking tour company Purefinder New York. She's a fucking blast, full of knowledge based on deep research, and gives some amazing tours! On this episode, we chat about all things NY…
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Today we have a juicy interview with Thais Gibson where we talk about attachment style (in a new way you probably haven't heard), we talk about how our subconscious mind plays such a big part in both heartbreak in healing, we talk about how to reprogram around deep wounds and shadows that we all have, and we talk about the concept of limerence and …
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Dr. Jeffrey Sankoff, originally from Montreal, Quebec, Canada moved to Denver over two decades ago, where he has been practicing as an emergency physician while raising their children. Outside of medicine, Dr. Sankoff is an avid triathlete and triathlon coach, hosting a podcast on the sport. He shares how early-career doctors often grapple with fee…
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End of Life Doula Trina Wacasey works to ensure that clients and families have the kind of personalized death care they want. Using family-guided care customized to fit their beliefs, needs, and wants, Trina guides caregivers through deaths, post-mortem care, and rituals after death. After working in the corporate world, Trina was drawn to the work…
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A recently bereaved father thought he would feel more after the death of his young son. Is he an emotionless monster? Or is something deeper going on? … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/free-workshop S…
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In today's episode I give a long list of ideas of how to make it through each day as you're going through a breakup. Ideas ranging from morning routine, how to handle work, what to do if a panic attack hits, how to not be tempted to stalk social media, and so much more. Many of the ideas in this episode are from my Instagram followers and there wer…
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Lisa Pahl is a licensed clinical social worker in LA, she has extensive experience in community mental health, domestic violence, and supporting survivors of torture. Early in her career, she worked at the Florida Center for Survivors of Torture, and after moving to LA, she worked in community mental health for several years. She then switched to w…
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Today’s guest Dr. Qwynn Galloway-Salazar is a Veteran, death doula, compassionate educator, and the founder of In Their Honor, a national initiative raising awareness and addressing Veterans' unique challenges as they approach the end of life. Qwynn is also the spouse of a combat veteran and understands the role of veteran caregivers. 1 in 4 Medica…
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After the sudden deaths of her cousin and uncle, a grieving niece wonders how she can bring her 70-something aunt happiness and joy in the final years of her life. … Ready to find your way after devastating loss? Check out my FREE workshop: Grow Through Grief: 3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck and Start Moving Forward: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/fr…
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