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Send us a text+++ Check out the new Podcast with Tori Press: What the Mental Health?! https://bit.ly/PodWTMH +++HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich. Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTPodcast. Thank you! For more information, please visit Nathalie's website, join the podcast's Instagram page, and subscribe to the newsletter to receive updates on future episodes here.About this week's episodeToday's guest on the How to Deal with Grief and Trauma podcast is Colin Campbell. I first heard about Colin through a former guest who was deeply moved by an article he had written. Her words piqued my curiosity, and when I finally read Colin's piece, I immediately understood why—it was powerful, honest, and deeply human. We later crossed paths through mutual colleagues, and it became clear that we shared not just a passion for helping others navigate grief, but also the personal experience of child loss. That shared bond drew me to connect with him more personally, and I knew I wanted to invite him onto the podcast. Colin brings a heartfelt and courageous voice to conversations around grief, and I'm honoured to have him here today to share his story, insights, and the wisdom he's gained on his journey through unimaginable loss.About this week's guestColin Campbell is a writer and director for theatre and film. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Seraglio, a short film he wrote and directed with his lovely and talented wife, Gail Lerner. He has taught Theatre and/or Filmmaking at Chapman University, Loyola Marymount University, Cal Poly Pomona University, and to incarcerated youth. His book, Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose, was published by Penguin Random House in 2023. He wrote and performs, Grief: A One Man ShitShow which premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival and ran for a month at New York's Theatre Row. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, and ModernLoss.com. Most recently, he was a keynote speaker at The Compassionate Friends' National Conference.Website: colincampbellauthor.comIG: @colincampbellwriter Support the showFind support: Offers - free and paid Support the show: Become a supporter of the show! Starting at $3/month Join Facebook Group - Grief and Trauma Support Network Download the FREE grief resource eBook Book a Discovery Call Leave a review Follow on socials: Instagram Facebook Website
Indira Ramgarib Katwaroo is a seasoned Travel Coach and CEO of Magical Island Tours and Travel, with nearly a decade of experience guiding clients toward life-changing travel experiences. Featured in Bold Journey and LA Voyages magazines, Indira has gained recognition for her innovative approach to travel planning and advisor mentorship.She hosts the engaging podcast, "Travel Talk with Indira," where she shares invaluable industry insights, practical tips, and inspiring stories. With a passion for empowering travelers and entrepreneurs alike, Indira's mission is clear: to make travel meaningful, rewarding, and accessible — one journey at a time. Connect With Indira:Website: magicalislandtoursandtravel.comPodcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/traveltalkwithindira/Becky Livingston is a Certified Travel and Life coach and the Founder of Vital Journeys at Any Age. She is the author of the best-selling memoir The Suitcase & The Jar: Travels with a Daughter's Ashes and has been featured in The Vancouver Sun, CBC News, Journey Woman, Modern Loss, and the IBTA Magazine. She has presented on CBC Radio, at Whistler Writer's Festival, Word Vancouver, the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, and at international gatherings. Born and raised in England she now calls Canada home.Becky is an Integral Associate Coach™ and combines careers in global public education, peer support consulting, and creative writing.Connect With Becky:https://beckylivingston.com/https://www.facebook.com/livingrockcoaching/https://www.instagram.com/beckylivingston23/https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-livingston-837b4330/Arden Coutts (they/them) is a trans-non-binary author crafting queer fiction that spans romance, horror, and romantasy. Originally from Nebraska, Arden spent years traveling as an archaeologist before settling in North Carolina. Their work is driven by a mission to put dynamic, complex queer characters at the heart of action-packed stories—proving that heroes come in every form. Arden hosts virtual and in-person writing retreats for LGBTQ+ writers focused on incorporating wellness and mindfulness into writing practices. Arden can usually be found soaking up time with friends, getting lost in a good book, or exploring the natural beauty around them when they're not writing.Connect With ArdenWebsites: www.wanderingcreativelife.com and www.ardencoutts.comConnect With the Travel Coach NetworkWebsite: https://thetravelcoachnetwork.com/TCN Global Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/travelcoachnetworkInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetravelcoachnetwork/The Travel Coach Certification Program: https://thetravelcoachnetwork.mykajabi.com/the-travel-coach-programFree Beginner's Guide to Travel Coaching: https://thetravelcoachnetwork.mykajabi.com/main-email-series-and-workbookUltimate Travel Business Planner Bundle: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TravelCoachNetwork?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
We were lucky enough to connect with someone who has truly shaped the grief space: Rebecca Soffer, author, community builder, and cofounder of Modern Loss. In this episode, we talk about how Rebecca turned her personal tragedy of losing both of her parents in her early 30s into a movement that normalizes grief in all its messy, complicated glory.From her days producing The Colbert Report to creating one of Substack's top newsletters on mental health, Rebecca has been using her voice to remind us that grief isn't something to “get over”—it's something we live with, grow through, and even connect around. We get into resilience (the real kind, not the Pinterest-quote kind), the myths we wish people would stop repeating (“everything happens for a reason” can take a seat), and how to hold space for both the pain and the absurdity of loss.Whether you're deep in it or supporting someone who is, this one's for you.Going Thru it Connect with Rebecca on Instagram Modern Loss Subscribe to Modern Loss on Substack Modern Loss Handbook
As we age, we have more and more losses in our lives. We grieve ourselves and comfort friends or family members who are grieving. Our guest today, Rebecca Soffer, created Modern Loss, (modernloss.com) a website devoted to changing the dialogue around grief. She believes sharing candid and creative ideas for exploring the long arc of loss and resilience can teach us all important life lessons.Brought to you by NEXTVillageSF.orgNEXT Village SF is a neighborhood nonprofit providing services and support that empowers members to live independently.
On today's episode we chat with Clarissa Moll and her daughter Fiona about their journey through grief after the loss of Clarissa's husband and Fiona's father. They discuss the impact of grief on their lives, the importance of community and trusted adults, and how they have found healing and growth through their faith. The conversation highlights the ongoing nature of grief, the hidden gifts it can bring, and the role of parents in supporting their grieving children. Clarissa and Fiona also share insights from their upcoming book, 'Hurt Help Hope,' aimed at helping teenagers navigate their own experiences of loss.Clarissa Moll is an award-winning writer and podcaster who helps bereaved people find flourishing after loss. Clarissa's writing appears in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest and more. She co-hosted Christianity Today's “Surprised by Grief” podcast and produces Christianity Today's flagship news podcast, "The Bulletin." Clarissa's debut book, Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving After Loss, was a best-selling new release in 2022. She is the author of the Beyond the Darkness Devotional, Hurt Help Hope: A Real Conversation about Teen Grief and Life after Loss, and Hope Comes to Stay (forthcoming 2025).You can find more at https://www.clarissamoll.com/To learn more about The Rooted Truth ministry visit www.therootedtruth.com
On today's episode we chat with Clarissa Moll and her daughter Fiona about their journey through grief after the loss of Clarissa's husband and Fiona's father. They discuss the impact of grief on their lives, the importance of community and trusted adults, and how they have found healing and growth through their faith. The conversation highlights the ongoing nature of grief, the hidden gifts it can bring, and the role of parents in supporting their grieving children. Clarissa and Fiona also share insights from their upcoming book, 'Hurt Help Hope,' aimed at helping teenagers navigate their own experiences of loss.Clarissa Moll is an award-winning writer and podcaster who helps bereaved people find flourishing after loss. Clarissa's writing appears in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest and more. She co-hosted Christianity Today's “Surprised by Grief” podcast and produces Christianity Today's flagship news podcast, "The Bulletin." Clarissa's debut book, Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving After Loss, was a best-selling new release in 2022. She is the author of the Beyond the Darkness Devotional, Hurt Help Hope: A Real Conversation about Teen Grief and Life after Loss, and Hope Comes to Stay (forthcoming 2025).You can find more at https://www.clarissamoll.com/To learn more about The Rooted Truth ministry visit www.therootedtruth.com
Welcome to the Pinkleton Pull-Aside Podcast. On this podcast, let's step aside from our busy lives to have fun, fascinating life giving conversation with inspiring authors, pastors, sports personalities and other influencers, leaders and followers. Sit back, grab some coffee, or head down the road and let's get the good and the gold from today's guest. Our host is Jeff Pinkleton, Executive Director of the Gathering of the Miami Valley, where their mission is to connect men to men, and men to God. You can reach Jeff at GatheringMV.org or find him on Facebook at The Gathering of the Miami Valley.Clarissa Moll is an award-winning writer and podcaster who helps bereaved people find flourishing after loss. Clarissa's writing appears in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest and more. She co-hosted Christianity Today's “Surprised by Grief” podcast and produces Christianity Today's flagship news podcast, "The Bulletin." Clarissa's debut book, Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving After Loss, was a best-selling new release in 2022. She is the author of the Beyond the Darkness Devotional, Hurt Help Hope: A Real Conversation about Teen Grief and Life after Loss, and Hope Comes to Stay (forthcoming 2025). Clarissa is a remarried widow and lives with her large blended family in the Boston area.
Casey Mulligan Walsh joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about the search for belonging in the wake of repeated loss, learning to live with grief alongside joy, finding a purpose for our story, homing in on the aboutness, patterns and themes in our memoir, managing flashbacks and whether or not to use them, setting up the essential question for your book, whether or not to have a prologue, landing on the structure, how our writing impacts others, tightening work, consolidating scenes, and cutting where necessary, embracing life in its messy complexity, and her new memoir The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared. Ronit's upcoming memoir course: https://www.pce.uw.edu/courses/memoir-writing-finding-your-story Also in this episode: -building a book launch team -supporting other writers -the challenges and benefits of critique groups Books mentioned in this episode: The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Tap Dancing on Everest by Mimi Zieman Love in the Archives by Eileen Vorbach Collins Growth by Karen Debonis Wild by Cheryl Strayed Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody Seven Drafts by Allison K. Williams The Memoir Project by Marion Roach Smith Casey Mulligan Walsh writes about life at the intersection of grief and joy, embracing uncertainty, and the nature of true belonging. She has written for The New York Times, HuffPost, Next Avenue, Modern Loss, Hippocampus, Barren Magazine, and numerous other literary journals and anthologies. Her essay, “Still,” published in Split Lip, was nominated for Best of the Net. Her memoir, The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared, is forthcoming from Motina Books on February 18, 2025. She is a founding editor of In a Flash literary magazine and serves as an ambassador and Board member for the Family Heart Foundation. Casey lives in upstate New York with her husband, Kevin and too many books to count. Find Casey at www.caseymulliganwalsh.com. Connect with Casey: Facebook @Casey Mulligan Walsh @Casey Mulligan Walsh, Author Instagram https://www.instagram.com/caseymulliganwalsh X: http://x.com/@CMulliganWalsh Threads @caseymulliganwalsh BlueSky @caseymulliganwalsh LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-mulligan-walsh-522ba231/ Get her book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/4ZyHXNR Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-full-catastrophe-all-i-ever-wanted-everything-i-feared-casey-mulligan-walsh/21932235?ean=9798887840413 Also at your local independent bookstore and wherever books are sold.
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Anne Pinkerton joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about processing the loss of her older brother David, how brothers and sisters get short shrift when it comes to grief in our culture, her Writing Through Loss workshops, disenfranchised grief, when family members are private people, owning our story, taking breaks, giving ourselves grace, and learning how to take care of ourselves when writing about grief, treating our characters with love and care, when family doesn't read our memoirs, feeling protective of our own experience, and her memoir Were You Close? A Sister's Quest to Know the Brother She Lost. Also in this episode: -bereavement writing group -how grief messes with our executive function -providing consolation for other grieving siblings Books mentioned in this episode: The Empty Room by Elizabeth Davida Rayburn Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Wild by Cheryl Strayed Into Thin Air by John Krakauer History of a Suicide by Jill Invisible Sisters Jessica Handler 100 Tricks Any Boy Can Do by Kim Stafford Anne Pinkerton is the author of Were You Close? a sister's quest to know the brother she lost (Vine Leaves Press, 2023). Her essays and poems have appeared in the Boston Globe, Hippocampus Magazine, Modern Loss, “Beautiful Things” at River Teeth Journal, and Sunlight Press, among other publications, as well as the anthologies The Pandemic Midlife Crisis: Gen X Women on the Brink and Nothing Divine Dies: A Poetry Anthology About Nature. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bay Path University and pays the bills as a marketing communications professional. Connect with Anne: Website: https://annepinkertonwriter.com/ Were You Close? https://annepinkertonwriter.com/the-book/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnePinkertonWriter Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/annepinkertonwriter TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@annepinkertonwriter – Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories. She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and lives in Seattle with her family where she teaches memoir workshops and is working on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Sign up for monthly podcast and writing updates: https://bit.ly/33nyTKd Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Newsletter sign-up: https://ronitplank.com/#signup Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://twitter.com/RonitPlank https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers
In the latest episode of "Midlife Repurposed," I had the pleasure of welcoming back Clarissa Moll, whose journey through grief offers incredible insights into resilience and empathy. Clarissa's experience with loss and her dedication to helping others through similar challenges are truly inspiring.Here are three key takeaways from our enriching conversation:* Grief as a Journey: Clarissa highlights that grief is not a singular emotion or moment but an ongoing part of life. Rather than viewing it as a problem to solve, embracing it as part of our daily routines and personal growth can lead to profound change. She called it a journey.* Empathy in Action: Her own story shows how personal experiences of pain can develop deep empathy and compassion. Clarissa discusses how this empathy empowers her to engage with news stories in a way that connects with the humanity behind the headlines.* Balancing Information Consumption: In navigating midlife challenges, it's essential to recognize personal burdens before overwhelming oneself with global issues. Establishing boundaries around media consumption can reduce stress and enhance our ability to cope with changes.About Clarissa MollClarissa Moll is an award-winning writer and podcaster who helps bereaved people find flourishing after loss. Clarissa's writing appears in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest and more. She co-hosted Christianity Today's Surprised by Grief podcast and produces Christianity Today's flagship news podcast, The Bulletin. Clarissa's debut book, Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving After Loss, was a best-selling new release in 2022. She is the author of the Beyond the Darkness Devotional, Hurt Help Hope: A Real Conversation about Teen Grief and Life after Loss, and Hope Comes to Stay (forthcoming 2025). Clarissa is a remarried widow and lives with her large blended family in the Boston area.Quotes from ClarissaEvery new beginning comes out of a place of absence, and there is grief attached to that. It requires a reorienting time.Our woundedness gives us wisdom. . . . You can hold joy and sorrow in the same hand. You can live with both and survive. We learn how to take our grief to the grocery store, to the office, to the boardroom, to the kitchen table. We let it be a part of who we are and a part of our journey knowing that it isn't the only thing that defines us.I am a road-tripper, and there is nothing I like more than an itinerary and a map. And the reality is that grief offers us neither of these. Instead, it invites us to a journey that really goes on to the horizon. And when we take that sort of long-game perspective, we can slow down, order our steps a little bit differently, take 40 days, and meditate on what it means to include grief into your life in a way that is honest and sustainable and allows you to grow. And that's what I hope that readers will come away with as they read this book.For most of us, we've always thought until we interact with grief that it's an emotion. And emotions are something that we sort of process in our heads. We talk about with our friends. We stuff them down and pretend they don't exist. We're not quite sure how to embody our emotions. But, you know, if grief is a companion, if it's sticking around, if it's not leaving you, you can't stay in your head forever. And it helps to have concrete things that you can do that give you a sense of forward motion. Okay. I am making an effort to engage with this unwanted companion. I'm making an effort to rebuild my life.LinksClarissa on Life Repurposed (previous interview)The Bulletin–Christianity Today PodcastBeyond the Darkness Devotional – New!Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving after LossHurt Help Hope: A Real Conversation about Teen Grief and Life after LossSubstack - Hand in HandClarissaMoll.comI hope you'll tune in to our conversation! Clarissa shares so many nuggets of wisdom. And do check out her books. The devotional is a beautiful new resource that has so many practical actions with each day. Get full access to Midlife Repurposed at michellerayburn.substack.com/subscribe
Episode 425 - Gina DeMillo Wagner - Forces of Nature, A Memoir of Family, Loss and Finding HomeGina DeMillo Wagner is an award-winning journalist and author. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Memoir Magazine, Modern Loss, Self, Outside, Writer's Digest, and other publications. She is a Yaddo Fellow, a winner of the CRAFT Creative Nonfiction Award, and her memoir was longlisted for the 2022 SFWP Literary prize. Gina has a master's degree in journalism and is an instructor at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. She lives and works near Boulder, Colorado.Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss and Finding HomeGina DeMillo Wagner's brother Alan had a rare genetic disorder that caused him to veer from loving to violent. When Alan died suddenly, Gina was pulled away from the safety of her adult life and thrust back into a family she has been estranged from for nearly ten years. FORCES OF NATURE follows this rewinding of the past, Gina's caregiving journey and reckoning with complicated grief, plus Alan's Christmas-themed funeral, and an investigation into his cause of death. It's a personal story that asks universal questions: How much of ourselves should we sacrifice to those we love? And, what forces shape our sense of family and home?https://ginadwagner.com/Support the show___https://livingthenextchapter.com/podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/
Gina DeMillo Wagner is an award-winning journalist and author. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Memoir Magazine, Modern Loss, Self, Outside, CRAFT Literary, and other publications. She is a winner of the CRAFT Creative Nonfiction Award, and her memoir was longlisted for the 2022 SFWP Literary prize. Gina has a master's degree in journalism and is cofounder of Watershed creative writing and art workshops. She lives and works near Boulder, Colorado. Her memoir is Forces of Nature. Learn more at ginaDwagner.comIntro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro RecordingFollow the Writing Table:On Twitter/X: @writingtablepcEverywhere else: @writingtablepodcastEmail questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.
Welcome back to Just For This, a new podcast. Each week, host Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch (she/her) interviews women in leadership about women and leadership. Inspired by the story of Esther, we feature powerful stories of women who stand out in their fields, who have stepped up just for this moment. This week's guest is Rebecca Soffer, best-selling author and co-founder of Modern Loss. Modern Loss is a platform that provides content and community addressing the long arc of grief. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Women of Reform Judaism's Fried Women's Conference in New Orleans, LA. We speak about loss, grief, joy, and community. View the transcript here. If you're enjoying Just For This, be sure to rate and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow Just For This on instagram: @justforthispodcast justforthispodcast.com
Episode 371 - Gina DeMillo Wagner - Forces of Nature - A Memoir of Family, Loss and Finding HomeGina DeMillo Wagner is an award-winning journalist and author. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Memoir Magazine, Modern Loss, Self, Outside, CRAFT Literary, and other publications. She is a winner of the CRAFT Creative Nonfiction Award, and her memoir was longlisted for the 2022 SFWP Literary prize. Gina has a master's degree in journalism and is cofounder of Watershed creative writing and art workshops. She lives and works near Boulder, Colorado.Book: Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss and Finding HomeGina DeMillo Wagner's brother Alan had a rare genetic disorder that caused him to veer from loving to violent. When Alan died suddenly, Gina was pulled away from the safety of her adult life and thrust back into a family she has been estranged from for nearly ten years. FORCES OF NATURE follows this rewinding of the past, Gina's caregiving journey and reckoning with complicated grief, plus Alan's Christmas-themed funeral, and an investigation into his cause of death. It's a personal story that asks universal questions: How much of ourselves should we sacrifice to those we love? And, what forces shape our sense of family and home?Website: https://ginadwagner.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ginadwagnerFree Newsletter: https://ginadwagner.substack.com/Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.___https://livingthenextchapter.com/podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/
Sarah Chauncey has written and edited for nearly every medium over the past three decades, from print to television to digital. Her writing has been featured on EckhartTolle.com, Modern Loss, as well as in Lion's Roar and Canadian Living. She lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia (with her current cat, Ariel), where she divides her time between writing, editing nonfiction, and walking in nature. Links from the Episode: https://www.livingthemess.com Schedule time with Thom Become a Super-Fan of the Show Support ZEN commuter and get access to patron bonuses THANKS FOR LISTENING! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Also, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful, they help it reach a wider audience. The more positive reviews the higher in the rankings it goes. Of course that means more peace in the world. So please let me know what you think. I read ever one of them. Did you enjoy the podcast?
In this WorkWell podcast by Deloitte, Jen Fisher, editor-at-large for Thrive and Deloitte's Human Sustainability Hub, sits down with grief expert Rebecca Soffer, author, co-founder, and CEO of Modern Loss. In a wide-ranging conversation, Jen and Rebecca discuss loss and resilience, and how to overcome the stigma of grief.
In this WorkWell podcast by Deloitte, Jen Fisher, editor-at-large for Thrive and Deloitte's Human Sustainability Hub, sits down with grief expert Rebecca Soffer, author, co-founder, and CEO of Modern Loss. In a wide-ranging conversation, Jen and Rebecca discuss loss and resilience, and how to overcome the stigma of grief.
The holiday season can be joyful for some and complicated for others, particularly those of us who are mourning loved ones whom we have lost. Rebecca Soffer knows this well, having lost both her parents within just a few years of each other in her early 30s. In a career twist that she never planned for and certainly never would have wanted, Rebecca went on to co-found Modern Loss, a community and events company to support the many of us who are bereaved, without platitudes. In this episode of “Your New Life Blend” host Shoshanna Hecht talks to Rebecca about boundaries, resilience, trusting your gut about what works for you, and why, no, everything does not happen for a reason. Books: The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilienceby Rebecca Sofferhttps://modernloss.com/the-modern-loss-handbook/Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcomeby Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birknerhttps://modernloss.com/our-book/Website:https://modernloss.comSocial Media:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccasofferhttps://www.instagram.com/modernloss
Bill welcomes debut novelist Elaine Roth to the show. Elaine is a New Jersey based author who writes about young widowhood, grief, and dating as a solo parent. Her work has appeared on HuffPost, Refinery29, Modern Loss, and Scary Mommy. Her story was also featured on People.com and in the New York Times. She has two kids and an adorably neurotic rescue dog who keep her busy when she's not writing or teaching Pilates. The Midnight Garden is her debut novel.
Elaine Roth is a New Jersey based author who writes about young widowhood, grief, and dating as a solo parent. Her work has appeared on HuffPost, Refinery29, Modern Loss, and Scary Mommy. Her story was also featured on People.com and in the New York Times. She has two kids and an adorably neurotic rescue dog who keep her busy when she's not writing or teaching Pilates. You can read her story on reconstructingayearinhope.com or connect with Elaine on Instagram @thisyoungwidowlife. You can learn more on her website: https://www.elaineroth.com/ And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com Book Lights - shining a light on good books!
“Grief is not a strength-building exercise.” Clarissa writes. Clarissa Moll is an author, a podcaster, and the young widow of author Rob Moll. Clarissa's writing has appeared in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest, and more. Her husband's first book, The Art of Dying, was released in April 2021 with Clarissa's new afterword. Clarissa is the author of Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving after Loss. Episode resources:Can You Just Sit With Me: Healthy Grieving for the Losses of Life by Natasha Smith Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving after Loss by Clarissa Moll The Art of Dying: Living Fully into the Life to Come by Rob Moll Find more resources for navigating loss and grief at Natasha's website: imnatashasmith.com
On this episode, you'll hear a story by our own Allison Langer. You may have read her story in HuffPost, where she was published on Jan 16, 2023. The story ran with this title: People Say I'm A Grief Expert, But When My Friend's Husband Died, I Did Something I Deeply Regret.If you are wondering how to help a friend who is grieving or have ever felt like you don't know what to say or do when someone dies, this episode will help.After you hear the story, we'll discuss one of our biggest writing tips: be the biggest asshole in a story (but not with your editor). Allison's essay is a great example of writing to the WHY. Why do we do what we do?Allison Langer is a Miami native with a University of Miami MBA, as well as a writer and single mom to three children, ages 13, 16 and 18. She is a private writing coach, taught memoir writing in prison and has been published in The Washington Post, Mutha Magazine, Scary Mommy, Ravishly, Modern Loss, NextTribe, and HuffPost. Allison's stories and voice can be heard on Writing Class Radio, a podcast she co-produces and co-hosts that has been downloaded more than 750,000 times. Allison is currently working on a memoir.Writing Class Radio is hosted by Allison Langer and Andrea Askowitz. Audio production by Matt Cundill, Evan Surminski, Chloe Emond-Lane, and Aiden Glassey at the Sound Off Media Company. Theme music is by Justina ShandlerThere's more writing class on our website including stories we study, editing resources, video classes, writing retreats, and live online classes. Join our writing community by following us on Patreon. A Transcript of this episode is available here.If you want to write with us every week, you can join our First Draft weekly writers groups. You have the option to join me on Tuesdays 12-1 ET and/or Thursdays with Eduardo Winck 8-9pm ET. You'll write to a prompt and share what you wrote. Or Second Draft on Thursday 12-1 ET where students bring in an edited draft for feedback and help getting published. If you're a business owner, community activist, group that needs healing, entrepreneur and you want to help your team write better, check out all the classes we offer on our website, writingclassradio.com.Join the community that comes together for instruction, an excuse to write, and the support from other writers. To learn more, go to www.Patreon.com/writingclassradio. Or sign up HERE for First Draft for a FREE Zoom link.A new episode will drop every other WEDNESDAY. There's no better way to understand ourselves and each other, than by writing and sharing our stories. Everyone has a story. What's yours?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sarah Chauncey has written and edited for nearly every medium over the past three decades, from print to television to digital. Her writing has been featured on EckhartTolle.com, Modern Loss, as well as in Lion's Roar and Canadian Living. She lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia (with her current cat, Ariel), where she divides her time between writing, editing nonfiction, and walking in nature. Links from the Episode: https://www.livingthemess.com Schedule time with Thom Become a Super-Fan of the Show Support ZEN commuter and get access to patron bonuses THANKS FOR LISTENING! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Also, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful, they help it reach a wider audience. The more positive reviews the higher in the rankings it goes. Of course that means more peace in the world. So please let me know what you think. I read ever one of them. Did you enjoy the podcast?
Grief and joy can and do co-exist. That's the powerful message that author Casey Mulligan Walsh shares in this episode. Her story, which includes being orphaned as a teenager and losing her son to a car accident, is heartbreaking and inspiring. Her essay, Still, about her son Eric's death, published in Split Lip Magazine, was nominated for Best of the Net. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, HuffPost, Modern Loss and many others. Casey explores how grief morphs through time, which will be highlighted in the forthcoming Daring to Breathe. Casey and her husband serve as advocates for The Family Heart Foundation, an organization dedicated to raising awareness around the genetic cardiovascular disorder that affects her family. Casey's memoir, The Full Catastrophe, is forthcoming from Motina Books in early 2025. Find Casey at www.caseymulliganwalsh.com and on FB, IG, Twitter/X and LinkedIn. Follow us at www.BuildUponTheGood.com and social media. *Special thanks to Sean Kelly and the band The Samples for continued permission to use their song "Streets in the Rain." Follow them at www.TheSamples.com
L.E.A.P: Listen, Engage, Allow and Process on Your Healing Journey
Welcome to LEAP where we sit down with people from all over the world to hear their transformational stories and perspectives on their grief and loss journeys. In this episode, Anne Pinkerton and I will be discussing the emotional journey of Anne in her book, "Were You Close?: a sister's quest to know the brother she lost”. Anne lost her brother Dave to a tragic climbing accident in 2008, which led her to experience a heavy grieving process. In this episode, Anne takes us through the challenges she faced during this time, including the lack of grief resources for siblings and not knowing the exact details of her brother's passing. Anne Pinkerton is a poet, essayist, and memoirist. Her writing often focuses on making sense of challenging life experiences; significant themes are loss, illness, and coping. She has been published in Hippocampus Magazine, The Bark, Ars Medica, Modern Loss, River Teeth's “Beautiful Things,” the anthology The Pandemic Midlife Crisis: Gen X Women on the Brink, and elsewhere. Her first book, Were You Close? a sister's quest to know the brother she lost, is being published by Vine Leaves Press in April of 2023. Pinkerton lives in western Massachusetts where she works as a marketing communications professional. Anne shares with us the meaning behind the title of her book, "Were We Close?" and the significance of handling her brother's ashes. We also learn about the bond her brother shared with the Colorado Fourteeners and his love for extreme sports. Anne also delves into her relationship with her surviving sibling and the complexities of writing her book while trying to honor everyone in her family. She shares her experience of writing her book and the time it took her to finish it. In this episode, we also discuss the importance of self-love, and Anne shares with us what it means to her. We end the episode on a positive note with Anne's definition of hope. Tune in to this episode as Anne takes us through her emotional journey and the lessons she learned along the way. **TRIGGER WARNING** This episode covers sensitive subject matter and is not suitable for all listeners. If this topic could be a trigger for you, listen to this episode with a friend, a sibling, a loved one or a parent so you can talk about any emotions that come up for you. The contents of this episode are not intended to replace therapy and should not be taken as such. If you need immediate help, please call the crisis hotline listed below in our resources. Listen in as we talk about: [1:05] Losing her brother Dave to a climbing accident in 2008 [6:50] The lack of sibling grief resources back then [10:00] The heavy grief that comes with not knowing how exactly he passed [13:35] Why did she name her book Were You Close? [20:05] Handling her brother's ashes [22:45] The Colorado Fourteeners and the bond they had with her brother [27:10] Understanding her brother's extreme sports [33:30] The relationship with her surviving sibling [41:40] What the writing experience was like for Anne as she was trying to honor everyone in her family [47:25] How long it took her to write this book [49:45] What self-love looks like for Anne [50:20] Hope is… Resources mentioned in this episode: Rock On: Mining for Joy in the Deep River of Sibling Grief by Susan E. Casey Grief Hotline: https://www.griefresourcenetwork.com/crisis-center/hotlines/ Connect with Anne here: www.instagram.com/AnnePinkertonWriter www.twitter.com/aapinkerton www.linkedin.com/in/aapinkerton www.facebook.com/AnnePinkertonWriter www.AnnePinkertonWriter.com Connect with Susan http://instagram.com/susan.casey/ https://www.facebook.com/Susan-E-Casey-101187148084982 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDcl58l8qUwO3dDYk83wOFA http://susanecasey.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@leapwithsusan?
A Fresh Story, season 2, episode 9 Novelist Zoe Fishman is the critically acclaimed author of six novels, the most recent of which, The Fun Widow's Book Tour, was published in March of this year. She's the recipient of myriad awards, including an AJC "10 Southern Books We Loved in 2019" selection and an IndieNext Pick, and was the 2020 Georgia Author of the Year in the Literary Fiction category. We chatted with Zoe about losing her husband suddenly and how it completely changed course of her life, how living with grief feels, her relationship to writing, and her dedication to telling her story so that no one else feels along in their grief journey. Join us as we talk about her new novel, The Fun Widow's Book Tour, loss, grief, writing, and finding hope. Interviews and profiles of Zoe have been featured in Publisher's Weekly, The Atlanta Jewish Times and The Huffington Post among others and her essays have been published in The New York Times' Modern Love column, as part of The Atlanta Journal Constitution's Personal Journey series and Modern Loss.Zoe worked in the New York publishing industry for thirteen years before moving to Atlanta in August of 2011. She was most recently the Executive Director of The Decatur Writers Studio as well as an instructor, and a Visiting Writer at SCAD Atlanta. She is currently working on her next novel and raising her two young boys in Decatur, Georgia. You can learn more about Zoe Fishman on her website, and snag The Fun Widow's Book Tour here.
Theodora Blanchfield is a Los Angeles Based Writer, ketamine assisted psychotherapist, and marathon runner. Her byline has appeared on Glamour, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Verywell, Bustle, Modern Loss and Daily Burn — among others! As a marriage and family therapist she specializes in treating bereavement and depression. Her experiences as an adoptee and losing her adoptive mother to cancer have helped her redefine her purpose. As a marathon runner she believes endurance running contains many life lessons: from pacing ourselves, conserving our energy, to fueling ourselves properly to get us through the times that feel good and the times that feel not-so-good. She's also a certified personal trainer, yoga teacher, and run coach.Check out her work at:https://www.theodorablanchfield.com/https://www.shaktitherapyhealing.com/The article referenced in the episode:The Layered Trauma of Losing my Adoptive MotherFollow her on IG@theodorable@shaktitherapy--Get in touch by sending a message to robinsmithshow@gmail.com or by calling the hotline at +1 (301) 458-0883Listeners of The Robin Smith Show can now become a supporter on Patreonpatreon.com/therobinsmithshowJoin Team Robley on Kiva and help expand financial access to underserved communities
Have you ever wished you could have a conversation about grief and get really practical? How did you overcome this? How did you deal with hard emotions? How did you walk through your grief? This week on the podcast, I have this honest conversation with Clarissa Moll about her new book, *Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living With Grief and Thriving after Loss. We talk about the myths of grief and just some practical tools that really helped Clarissa after her husband passed away in a tragic accident. One of my favorite parts is when we talk about emotions and I love this classroom setting illustration that Clarissa gave me. It really resonated with me and I hope it does with you too. You do not want to miss her wisdom. Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Clarissa's book: *Beyond the Darkness. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/ukymgg/beyond-the-darkness-book-giveaway Book Recommendations: *Lament for a Son by Nicolas Wolterstorff *Seasons of Sorrow by Tim Challies Clarissa Moll (MA, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is an author, a podcaster, and the young widow of author Rob Moll. Clarissa's writing has appeared in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest and more. Her husband's first book, The Art of Dying, was released in April 2021 with Clarissa's new afterword. Clarissa's debut book, *Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living With Grief and Thriving after Loss releases with Tyndale in 2022. Clarissa co-hosts Christianity Today's “Surprised by Grief” podcast and hosts the weekly Hope*Writers podcast. She lives a joyful life with her four children and rescue pups and proudly calls both New England and the Pacific Northwest home. *Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!
The holidays are meant to be spent with people we love. But when a loved one isn't there anymore, it can make the holiday season especially painful for the people left behind. It can also be hard to know what to say when someone you care about is grieving. To help us all navigate this holiday season with grace, we're chatting with author and public speaker Rebecca Soffer. After losing both of her parents, Soffer co-founded “Modern Loss,” an organization that offers encouraging and meaningful content and community to address the long arc of grief. Her latest best-selling book is “The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience.” This episode is brought to you by Zocdoc.com/newsworthy and ROCKETMoney.com/newsworthy Get ad-free episodes by becoming an insider: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider
"Grief may turn into loss across the long arc, but it's still very much a living thing. It's not going to go away." Zibby is joined by Rebecca Soffer, the co-founder and CEO of the Modern Loss group, to talk about her latest book, The Modern Loss Handbook, which she wrote during the darkest days of the pandemic. Rebecca explains how the handbook serves as the toolkit she's always needed during her grief journey, what she prompts readers to work on within themselves, and why she is a big advocate for "going micro" as a coping mechanism. Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3SIKVB6Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3gIPcaBSubscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here.Purchase Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books merch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What Lies Beyond the Darkness of Life's Hardest Moments?Clarissa Moll's new book is a companion, a gentle guide, for those of us who are hurting from great loss. She's a writer, a podcaster, a mother of four, and a widow since 2019 when she lost her husband Rob in the prime of his life. Today's Friday Conversation is a great talk about her journey with grief, and how she decided to help the rest of us learn to move forward so we can discover the hope that lies beyond the darkness. Clarissa Moll's Official BioClarissa Moll (MA, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is an author, a podcaster, and the young widow of author Rob Moll. Clarissa's writing has appeared in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest and more. Her husband's first book, The Art of Dying, was released in April 2021 with Clarissa's new afterword. Clarissa's debut book, Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Walking with Grief and Thriving After Loss releases with Tyndale in 2022.Clarissa co-hosts Christianity Today's “Surprised by Grief” podcast and hosts the weekly Hope*Writers podcast. She lives a joyful life with her four children and rescue pups and proudly calls both New England and the Pacific Northwest home.Music by Tommy and Eileen Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe
Today on our show we share a story by our own Allison Langer. Her essay is called Writing Class Helped Me Break Down My Fascade. You will hear about the fight hosts Allison and Andrea had that prompted this episode. We'll talk about trying to make money as a writer, revisiting the same theme, and how to win a writing contest. If you think you are the only one writing about the same thing over and over, this episode is for you. See how themes can change over time and how you can win a contest when you least expect it. Writing class is more than just writing and trying to get published. It is about growth, connection, healing and everything in between. Allison Langer is a Miami native, University of Miami MBA, writer, and single mom to three children, ages 12, 15 and 17. She is a podcast producer and host, a private writing coach, taught memoir writing in prison and has been published in The Washington Post, Mutha Magazine, Scary Mommy, Modern Loss, and NextTribe. Allison wrote a novel about wrongful conviction and is actively looking for an agent. Currently, she is teaching middle school English and working on a memoir with her friend and inside student Clifton Jones (2-Tall). Writing Class Radio is hosted and produced by Allison Langer and Andrea Askowitz. Audio production by Matt Cundill, Evan Surminski and Aidan Glassey at the Sound Off Media Company. Theme music by Justina Shandler.There's more writing class on our website including essays to study, editing resources, video classes, writing retreats, and live online classes. Join our writing community by following us on Patreon. For $25/month you can join our First Draft weekly writers groups. (Tuesdays 12-1 ET and/or Wednesdays 6-7pm ET). Write to a prompt and share what you wrote. For $125/mth, you'll get 1st draft and 2nd Draft. Each week three people bring a second draft for feedback and brainstorming. Join the community that comes together for instruction, an excuse to write, and most importantly, the support from other writers. To learn more, go to www.Patreon.com/writingclassradio.A new episode will drop every other Wednesday.There's no better way to understand ourselves and each other, than by writing and sharing our stories. Everyone has a story. What's yours?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
While the fall can be exciting for many surrounding the back-to-school rush, it can also be a reminder of loss and grief as the 9/11 anniversary approaches. The tragedy affected our entire community, but grief itself is a community experience. Showing up for others in their moments of trial can make all the difference. On this episode of Celebrations Chatter, we gathered a group of experts to explore the ideas surrounding sympathy and grief and how we can understand our own feelings or support others going through a difficult time. Our wonderful, insightful guests are: Rebecca Soffer: Co-Founder and CEO of Modern Loss and 1-800-Flowers.com host of “Light After Loss” Dr. Chloe Carmichael, Ph.D.: Clinical psychologist and member of the 1-800-Flowers.com Connectivity Council Jason Troyer, Ph.D.: Psychologist and founder of GriefPlan.com Jane Hanson: Communications expert and former NBC news anchor Together, we'll have conversations on how to cope with feelings you may be facing or how to support others as they go through grief. The goal is not to provide “closure,” but to help begin the process of acceptance and learn to live with grief. New podcast episodes released weekly on Thursday. Follow along with the links below: Sign up for the Celebrations Chatter Newsletter: https://celebrationschatter.beehiiv.com/ Subscribe to Celebrations Chatter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@celebrationschatter Follow @CelebrationsChatter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celebrationschatter/ Follow @CelebrationsChatter on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@celebrationschatter Listen to more episodes of Celebrations Chatter on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/celebrations-chatter-with-jim-mccann/id1616689192 Listen to more episodes of Celebrations Chatter on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Yxfvb4qHGCwR5IgAmgCQX?si=ipuQC3-ATbKyqIk6RtPb-A Listen to more episodes of Celebrations Chatter on Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5saWJzeW4uY29tLzQwMzU0MS9yc3M?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwio9KT_xJuBAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQNg Visit 1-800-Flowers.com: https://www.1800flowers.com/ Visit the 1-800-Flowers.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1800flowers Follow Jim McCann on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim1800flowers/ Follow Jim McCann on X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/jim1800flowers (@Jim1800Flowers)
Rebecca Soffer's life changed overnight in 2006 when her mom died in a car accident, and her dad died of a heart attack on a business trip just a few years later. She never expected to be living without her parents in our early 30s navigating jobs, relationships and life. From this isolating and heartbreaking experience, Rebecca launched a platform that she desperately craved - Modern Loss - a community for real talk around grief and grieving. She knew that she wasn't alone in wanting an approach to grief that wasn't full of platitudes and toxic positivity or Band Aid solutions, but one that honored not only how people mourned and remembered loved ones, but that allowed them to process these life defining moments in whatever way made sense for them. Rebecca has authored two books on grief, including her newest, The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience. On this episode, Andrea and Rebecca talk about the messy reality of grief, how people can better support those grieving and why building resilience can be helpful and empowering during our most challenging times.This episode on Grief and Resilience, is presented by pregnantish - the first and only media site that helps people navigate the complexities of infertility and modern family building and tell their stories. For more, follow us on social @pregnantish (@pregnantishmag on Twitter) or find us online at pregnantish.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on Unorthodox, we're getting serious. It's Tisha B'Av, the Jewish day of mourning that commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. (Read more about it here.) Our Jewish guest is Rebecca Soffer of Modern Loss, who returns to the show tell us about her new book, The Modern Loss Handbook: An interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience. Our Gentile of the Week is Walter Russell Mead, who joins us to discuss his new book, The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People. He tells us why he wanted to dispel many preconceived notions about America's support for Israel, and explains why so many non-Jews throughout American history have supported the creation of a Jewish state. We're heading back on the road! Check out our tour schedule at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. Send us emails and voice memos at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Remember to tell us who you are and where you're calling from. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel. Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. Want to book us for a live show or event in your area, or partner with us in some other way? Email Tanya Singer at tsinger@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amanda de Cadenet and Rebecca Soffer. Grief and loss have become words synonymous with the last few years.Whether it is a personal loss in the form of a person or dream or the global collective loss that so many are feeling. This episode with Rebecca Soffer from Modern Loss gets into the complex feelings and some insightful tools .
How do you engage your sorrow when the world tells you it's time to move on? Young widow Clarissa Moll shares her story of loss and the brutal truth about living with grief. Yet somehow she has found deep joy. In her book, Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief & Thriving After Loss, Clarissa points your heart towards hope. Whether you have lost someone through death or divorce, or you are experiencing a painful situation, this conversation will speak to you. You'll learn: 3:00 How do you cope when your story is drastically different than you had hoped? 5:00 Receiving the tragic news of her husband's death 7:30 Talking to kids about death with real words (not figures of speech) 10:00 How do you journey through your day with grief constantly showing up? 13:00 How to know when you need to reach out to others for help 17:20 The irony of her husband's last book which was about the art of dying 22:00 How do you still find comfort after the cards and flowers of consolation have ceased? 23:50 Talking about the deceased with your kids in a healthy way 25:25 The heart compared to a classroom - a brilliant comparison 27:00 Your husband died - this didn't destroy your faith. It strengthened it. How did this happen? 28:30 What happened to her wedding ring Clarissa Moll (MA, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is an author, a podcaster, and the young widow of author Rob Moll. Clarissa's writing has appeared in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest and more. Her husband's first book, The Art of Dying, was released in April 2021 with Clarissa's new afterword. Clarissa's debut book is Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Walking with Grief and Thriving After Loss. Learn more about Clarissa on her website ClarissaMoll.com Get your free monthly resource for your home from Arlene at Happy Home University. HappyHomeUniversity.com Happy Home is sponsored in part by Trinity Debt Management. Call 1 800 793-8752 to talk with a counselor today.
Today Clarissa Moll, award-winning writer and podcaster, shares her heart on loss. Clarissa knows the landscape of loss all too well as her life changed forever in 2019 when her husband, Rob, died unexpectedly while hiking—leaving her with four children to raise alone. This gal knows the Bible says that “God is near to the brokenhearted,” but she is on a mission to help people understand what that looks like when you're lost in the darkness of agonizing grief. As we converse today, she helps unpack one of her favorite questions: How do you engage with your sorrow when the world tells you to move on? Clarissa's writing appears in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, Grief Digest, and more. She cohosts Christianity Today's Surprised by Grief podcast and hosts The Writerly Life, the weekly hope*writers podcast. She holds a master's degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is a frequent guest on podcasts and radio shows. In her debut book, Beyond the Darkness, Clarissa offers her powerful personal narrative as well as honest, practical wisdom that will gently guide you toward flourishing amidst your own loss. You can find a copy of this book anywhere books are sold after it releases on July 5, 2022. ------ It's the week of my birthday (and can I emphasize how much more meaningful a post-cancer birthday is much than a pre-cancer birthday?)… Would you join us in celebrating this special milestone birthday by gifting one of our signature tees to someone in need of hope today, whether that's you or someone else? Tap this link to grab one of these tees for yourself, a friend or family member, or as a group of friends to champion someone in desperate need of a bit of hope right now. It will mean the world to the recipient (and bring even more joy to our celebration this week, knowing people who are deeply suffering are being loved on!). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ali-christian/message
Rebecca Soffer, co-founder of the Modern Loss website and community, shares tools, exercises, thoughts and practical advice for grieving in "The Modern Loss Handbook."
Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more This Weeks is sponsored by Indeed.com/Standup Rebecca Soffer had always primarily associated the word “orphan” with waifish Charles Dickens characters. But when she was 30, her mother Shelby, was killed in a car accident, one hour after dropping Rebecca off from a family camping trip to the Adirondacks. Four years later, her father died of a heart attack while on a cruise to the Bahamas. Lucky him, unlucky everyone else. Suddenly, she was actually an orphan herself. So much loss at such a relatively young age un-tethered Rebecca. There were husbands yet to meet, puppies yet o dopt, and so many other miles yet to stone—but all of it would have to be done without her own parents' guidance, along with dealing with the logistical aftermath of each of their deaths. Dear reader, it was bad. But she wasn't alone. Together with Gabrielle and some other friends, Rebecca formed a monthly dinner party called WWDP (Women With Dead Parents, obviously). The WWDP conversations were wide-ranging, but the common denominator was a shared understanding. A general “I get it.” No apologies, no accusations, no questions asked. Other than: Who brought the chocolate cake, and can I get the recipe? Because if Rebecca couldn't have parents, dammit, she could at least have chocolate cake—not to mention friends who understood the particular nuances of going through profound loss way before they expected to. With Modern Loss, Rebecca hopes to bring that refreshing openness to a broader audience, and community, who could use their own place setting at the table of loss. Rebecca has been a lifelong organizer of communities, both public and private. From getting her masters in journalism from Columbia University, to accompanying Stephen Colbert on a Peabody Award-winning quest to get to know all 435 U.S. Representatives, to helping to grow a leading network of Jewish creatives, Rebecca has always found strength in numbers, and bringing those numbers together. She has contributed pieces across media, including TIME, NBC Think, The New York Times, Marie Claire, Refinery29, Elle Decor, and Tablet Magazine's podcast, Vox Tablet; has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning; and has spoken at Chicago Ideas Week, Amazon, HBO, and Experience Camps‘ annual benefit, where she was its 2017 honoree. She has also led Modern Loss retreats at Kripalu; keynoted for several organizations, including Good Grief and Capital One; and is known for putting her special touch of levity, depth and a bit of comfortable weirdness on Modern Loss' live storytelling events. Rebecca lives in New York and the Massachusetts Berkshires with her husband, two little boys, and labradoodle. Keep up with her on Twitter @rebeccasoffer, where she regularly tweets at 3 am because she barely sleeps these days (see the part about the two little boys). Contact her for speaking engagements, press inquiries, to book a live storytelling event, and more at rebecca@modernloss.com. -------------------------------------------------------- Toluse Olorunnipa is a political enterprise and investigations reporter for The Washington Post. He joined the Post in 2019 and previously covered the White House. Before that, he spent five years at Bloomberg, where he reported on politics and policy from Washington and Florida. A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy—from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing—telling the story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. “It is a testament to the power of His Name Is George Floyd that the book's most vital moments come not after Floyd's death, but in its intimate, unvarnished and scrupulous account of his life . . . Impressive.” —New York Times Book Review “Since we know George Floyd's death with tragic clarity, we must know Floyd's America—and life—with tragic clarity. Essential for our times.” —Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist “A much-needed portrait of the life, times, and martyrdom of George Floyd, a chronicle of the racial awakening sparked by his brutal and untimely death, and an essential work of history I hope everyone will read.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author ofThe Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the latest Black person to die at the hands of the police, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store by white officer Derek Chauvin. The video recording of his death set off the largest protest movement in the history of the United States, awakening millions to the pervasiveness of racial injustice. But long before his face was painted onto countless murals and his name became synonymous with civil rights, Floyd was a father, partner, athlete, and friend who constantly strove for a better life. His Name Is George Floyd tells the story of a beloved figure from Houston's housing projects as he faced the stifling systemic pressures that come with being a Black man in America. Placing his narrative within the context of the country's enduring legacy of institutional racism, this deeply reported account examines Floyd's family roots in slavery and sharecropping, the segregation of his schools, the overpolicing of his community amid a wave of mass incarceration, and the callous disregard toward his struggle with addiction—putting today's inequality into uniquely human terms. Drawing upon hundreds of interviews with Floyd's closest friends and family, his elementary school teachers and varsity coaches, civil rights icons, and those in the highest seats of political power, Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa offer a poignant and moving exploration of George Floyd's America, revealing how a man who simply wanted to breathe ended up touching the world. 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Rebecca Soffer, co-founder of the Modern Loss Community, started becoming an expert in grief the moment she learned that her mother Shelby was killed in a car crash. Her expertise expanded when four years later, her father Ray died of a heart attack while traveling. As a single woman in her early thirties, Rebecca needed to talk about her grief, and she really needed to hear others talk about theirs. It was this longing for an ongoing conversation and led her, along with co-founder Gabi Birkner, to start the Modern Loss Community. Nine years later, Rebecca just published her second book - The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience. It's the kind of book that many people are looking for in their grief - filled with prompts for writing, drawing, and movement practices to help people stay connected to themselves, their people who died, and the world around them. Follow Modern Loss and Rebecca on Facebook, IG, and Twitter.
Author and comedian Rebecca Soffer desperately turned to the internet for help when she was in her early 30s after her mother was killed in a car crash and her father suddenly died of a heart attack. Nothing she found was helpful for her, so she made something new: Modern Loss. Claire sits down with Rebecca to talk through the many ways the internet can change the way we grieve, and how Rebecca found support, expressed herself, and created community in her life — on and offline. Resources from the show Check out Rebecca's book, “Modern Loss: Candid Conversations About Grief. Beginners Welcome” and the handbook, “An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Resilience Do you have a question about grief or other ways you can take care of your mental health? Send Claire a question to be featured on an upcoming episode www.bit.ly/newdayask Want to connect? Join the New Day Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/newdaypod Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Do you have a question you want Claire to answer on an upcoming episode? Call 833-4-LEMONADA (833-453-6662) or email us at newday@lemonadamedia.com. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to lemonadamedia.com/show/newday/ shortly after the air date. Follow Claire on IG and FB @clairebidwellsmith or Twitter @clairebidwell and visit her website: www.clairebidwellsmith.com. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week Pete Dominick and Rebecca Soffer join Negin and talk about the shooting in Buffalo and solutions to stop something like this from happening again. Rebecca talks about her new book, The Modern Loss, and the words to use when speaking to someone who is grieving. Then, a 'cultural grab bag of topics' from himbos, big companies announcing travel support for their worker's abortions, to fast food's new approach to selling you food: horoscopes. —— Thank you to this week's sponsor: Helix Sleep - Helix is offering up to 200 dollars off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners at —— Rate Fake The Nation 5-stars on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review! Follow Negin Farsad on Twitter Email Negin fakethenation@headgum.com Support her Patreon —— Host - Negin Farsad Producer - Danielle Jones-Wesley Engineer - Stephanie Aguilar Theme Music - Gaby Alter —— Advertise on Fake the Nation via Gumball.fm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today we sit down with Rebecca Soffer, cofounder of Modern Loss. Modern Loss is a global movement offering creative, meaningful, and practical content and community addressing the long arc of grief. @modernloss Her brand new book, THE MODERN LOSS HANDBOOK: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience, is now avaialble for purchase wherever books are sold! This handbook is for anyonewho has lost their “person” or wants to give something meaningful and effective to someone who has. Dying of Laughter x Modern Loss are doing a give-away and thus giving away a few copies for FREE to DOL listeners. Peep the ep to find out how to win/receive! Rebecca is an internationally recognized speaker on loss and resilience. She writes regularly across media, including theNew York Times, Glamour, NBC, and CNN. Rebecca is a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumna and a Peabody Award–winning former producer forThe Colbert Report. Rebecca and her husband and sons split their time between New YorkCity and The Berkshires. Listen to Rebecca's first interview on Dying of Laughter here. - Say hi! @dyingoflaughter_podcast / DyingOfLaughterPodcast@gmail.com Do you like this show? Leaving a review on Apple Podcasts is extremely appreciated...I read & cherish every single one! @_ChelsWhoElse_ | www.ChelsWhoElse.com - This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp, Lantern, and Oaktree Memorials. OAKTREE MEMORIALS - Buy your modern urn here. LANTERN - Get started with end-of-life planning here. BETTERHELP - Speak with a licensed counselor here: www.betterhelp.com/DOL
Our guest today is Rebecca Soffer. Rebecca co-founded the Modern Loss website, which provides support for those who are grieving, and explores grief in all its forms. She's also the co-author of "Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief," and author of the about-to-be-published “The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience.” Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In BOG #99, I sit down with internationally recognized author and speaker Rebecca Soffer to discuss her new book, The Modern Loss Handbook, An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience. Modern Loss is a global movement and platform of content, resources and community focused on eradicating the stigma around grief while also encouraging people to find meaning and live richly. The new book covers everything you can think of as it relates to helping you grieve in the modern day. We discuss what inspired her to write this new book and some key takeaways and tools to help you navigate grief.Preorder The Modern Loss Handbook here! And check out the Modern Loss website and Instagram! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today I am chatting with Rebecca Soffer, she's the co-founder of Modern Loss, a website offering candid content, resources and community on loss and grief, also author of the upcoming book The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience. I know the topic isn't the most sexy, but it's important. We're talking about grief. I cite a statistic in today's episode that 57% of Americans reported experiencing a major loss over the last three years. And as Rebecca says —, that can be death, sure. But, grief can also be a byproduct of dissolving relationships, whether they're platonic or something more intimate. She shares her personal story of losing b th of her parents in her mid 30s, how she came to create a space to help individuals process their own grief, and then some best-practice tips for navigating it — ranging from journaling and specific thought prompts to movement and talk therapy. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Modern Loss Newsletter SOCIAL @modernloss @rebeccasoffer @emilyabbate @hurdlepodcast OFFERS AG1 by Athletic Greens | Head to AthleticGreens.com/hurdle to get 5 free travel packs and a year's supply of vitamin D with your first purchase InsideTracker | Head to InsideTracker.com/Hurdle to get 20% off the entire InsideTracker store JOIN: THE *Secret* FACEBOOK GROUP SIGN UP: Weekly Hurdle Newsletter ASK ME A QUESTION: Leave me a voice message, ask me a question, and it could be featured in an upcoming episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hurdle/message
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