Coming Back: Conversations on life after loss

This episode features a clip from an interview with Joanne Fink discussing the personal and individual intersection of grief and religion, emphasizing how faith can be a path to connection during loss.

This episode features an interview with author Diane Zinna about how people decide when to share their grief stories and the non-linear nature of grief, as explored in her novel The All-Night Sun.

This episode features an interview with author Kim Peacock about coping with the sudden death of her daughter, exploring grief, faith, and healing after tragic loss.

This episode features an interview with Tammy Faulds about using mortality awareness and feminizing grief to live more intentionally after loss.

The host honors the Black Lives Matter movement and protests against police violence, calling on listeners to engage with Black grief and cultivate radical empathy.

This episode explores how to better listen and support others through grief, featuring author Michael Sorensen discussing his book 'I Hear You' and practical insights for navigating loss and relationships.

This episode features an interview with artist Joanne Fink about how her husband's death impacted her identity and how creativity can help in the grieving process.

This episode features an interview with Mona Luna about recognizing and addressing childhood and relationship trauma, offering support for those struggling with grief and self-work.

This trailer introduces 'Grief Grower,' a new podcast offering expert interviews, practical tools, and hopeful conversations to help people navigate various types of loss and build meaningful lives.

This episode features an interview with Lindsay Joy Taylor, who creates remembrance jewelry to help people honor loved ones after loss, inspired by her own experience of her mother's unsolved murder when she was a toddler.

The host reflects on grief as a state of transition, sharing personal experiences of moving and loss in the season finale of this grief support podcast.

This episode features a conversation with therapist Dr.

This season 10 finale of Coming Back podcast focuses on normalizing grief experiences, offering support resources, and addressing collective grief during the pandemic and election aftermath.

This episode features an interview with Melissa Bottorff-Arey about her podcast The Leftover Pieces, discussing life after suicide, including topics like rage, mental health, identity changes for mothers, and systemic failures in education.

This episode explores the dangers of romanticizing grief through a conversation with love and dating coach Gabrielle Valdes about breakups, loss of identity in relationships, and grieving people who are still alive.

This episode features an interview with Stephenie Zamora about her book 'Unravel' and explores topics like grieving people who hurt us, grief as a root cause of PTSD, and rebuilding after difficult life seasons.

Host Shelby Forsythia interviews Victoria Markham about her documentary on her son's death, discussing guilt, grief rituals, and long-term mourning.

This episode features an interview with comedian and former nurse Kelli Dunham about using storytelling and humor to navigate grief after experiencing the deaths of two partners, including one through medically-assisted death.

This episode features an interview with author Janet Reich Elsbach about her book 'Extra Helping', exploring how to care for others through food while navigating grief and shifting from resistance to receiving support.

This episode explores the controversial topic of experiencing happiness, joy, and peace immediately after a loved one's death, featuring Jennifer Matthews and her TED Talk.

This episode features an interview with Art Shake, founder of the Circle It app, which helps people leave a legacy by delivering messages and gifts to loved ones after their death.

This episode features an interview with Jana DeCristofaro from the Duggee Center about understanding and supporting children who are grieving, challenging common stereotypes and offering practical advice.

Shelby Forsythia interviews Miami Knight, a grief coach and anti-gun violence advocate, about her journey through multiple losses, including her son's death.

This episode features a clip from an interview with mental health advocate Emily Washcovick, discussing how society often stigmatizes mental illness and drawing parallels to grief.

This episode features an interview with Denise Soler Cox about finding belonging and identity through sharing personal stories of grief and loss.

This episode features a death doula discussing and debunking the stereotype that grief workers are morbid or goth, sharing personal anecdotes with humor.

The host shares a clip from an interview with Sarah Nannen about the importance of being present and listening authentically during conversations about loss.

This episode features a conversation with Rachel Whalen about the taboo of comparing griefs, particularly in the context of parenting dead versus living children after losses like miscarriage and stillbirth.

This episode features an interview with Rachel Wilkinson about using witchcraft, occult practices, and spiritualism to find acceptance after the loss of her dream of becoming a mother.

This season finale episode introduces the Life After Loss Academy, offering grief support and resources for those navigating loss.

This episode features an interview with ultra runner and author Katie Arnold about using running to cope with grief after her father's death shortly after the birth of her second child.

This episode features an interview with osteopath, doula, and zero balancer Avni Trivedi about how to use body movement to process grief, cope with physical separation during COVID-19, and overcome feelings of being stuck after loss.

This episode features an interview with Rachel Reichblum about her experience of losing both parents and her husband, discussing grief and healing on the Coming Back podcast.

This episode features an interview with author Kristine Carlson about her journey from heartbreak to wholeness after the sudden death of her husband, Dr.

This episode features an interview with Sara Chizek about grief embodiment, exploring how to practice grief through body movement to foster wholeness, creativity, and sensuality after loss.

This episode features an interview with Kelley Lynn about her viral TED Talk on grief, the sudden death of her husband, and how she uses humor and love to help others navigate loss.

This episode features an interview with Kristen Meinzer about grieving the sudden loss of her job in 2018 and exploring what it means to grieve as a 'do-aholic'.

This episode explores the disenfranchised grief of pet loss, discussing why it's devastating, the guilt around euthanasia, and how to cope with an empty home after a pet dies.

This episode features an interview with Mana Bhatt Sanghvi, founder of Treasure Texts, discussing grief support, distinguishing emotional states, and Hindu rituals for comfort after loss.

This episode features a replay of a live conversation with author Cheryl Strayed about navigating grief and honoring mothers after their death, particularly around Mother's Day.

This episode features an interview with social worker Christina Cipriano about providing grief support, focusing on how death can strengthen families, the role of cultural values like family pride in Latino grief, and the importance of expressing grief in one's first language or the language of the heart.

This episode features an interview with author Jan Warner about her book 'Grief, Day by Day,' discussing normalizing despair and suicidal thoughts in grief, measuring progress after loss, and supporting others.

This episode offers a meditation on navigating grief and anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic, providing support and reflection for those feeling overwhelmed by uncertainty.

This episode features an interview with Victoria Albina on how to use body awareness to heal from grief and loss.

Musician Frankie Orella discusses navigating grief, including becoming comfortable with its mystery, how stability can trigger grief spirals, and the healing process of hope after loss.

This episode features an interview with Gary Shockley about his book for grieving children and discusses why children are often overlooked as mourners in families.

This episode features an interview with Dara Kurtz about her book 'I Am My Mother's Daughter,' exploring how old letters from deceased loved ones can provide wisdom and healing in grief.

This episode features an interview with author Rob Bell about finding spiritual meaning in grief and reframing loss as an opportunity for curiosity and growth.

In this episode, host Shelby Forsythia interviews Hope Edelman, an author and coach specializing in grief, to discuss the experiences of motherless daughters and strategies for coping with loss.

Host Shelby Forsythia interviews mental health advocate Emily Washcovick about her bipolar diagnosis and how it parallels grief, exploring identity shifts, boundary-setting, and the journey to self-trust.

Shelby Forsythia introduces Alua Arthur, a death doula and founder of Going with Grace, after sharing an excerpt from her 2019 book Permission to Grieve.

Sarah Nannen describes becoming a military widow and solo mother in 2014 after an aviation accident killed her husband in Japan.

Christina Rasmussen describes losing her 35-year-old husband to cancer in 2006 after studying grief theory and facilitating hospice groups.

Coming Back host Shelby Forsythia introduces Dr.