Who taught you, dear griever, that tears are the only way to show you care? 😭 If you're living in the aftermath of loss and wondering
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In more than ten years working of with grieving people, I've noticed the same three underlying stories come up again and again: 😵‍💫 "I'm crazy." 🫥 "I'm alone." 🥀 "My life will be like this forever." Whether or not a griever actually says any one of these sentences out loud is not the point. The point is—thanks to the society we live in—grievers are made to feel like they are not okay for feeling their feelings, that no one gives a shit about their grief, and that because their loss is perman
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Many grieving people thing there's something wrong with them because they can't cry after a loss. 😢 But tears are not the only evidence that we cared about the person or thing that we lost. Episode 48 of Grief Grower addresses the question: "If I'm so sad, why can't I cry?" with five reflection questions that help you figure out why the tears aren't coming. (Hint: there's nothing wrong with you!) Listen: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-grower-podcast-archive/48-5-reasons-why-you-cant-cry-
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It’s a big week over here. 🙌🏻 I’m recording the audiobook for Of Course I’m Here Right Now: Three ACTUALLY Helpful Things to Say to Someone Grieving in New York City! The audiobook is available for pre-order now on @librofm and @audible. Because goodness knows listening to a book can be much easier than reading one when you’re grieving. … #ShelbyForsythia #OfCourseImHereRightNow #Audiobook #GriefSupport #Author
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Words are POWERFUL. ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ And when you're grieving, the wrong words cut like a knife, and the right words wrap you in blankets of comfort and care. On Episode 45 of Grief Grower, I'm covering what to say to someone grieving—whether you're a friend, family member, coworker, neighbor, or total stranger. (Because "sticks and stones" is bullshit, and we all know it.) Listen: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-grower-podcast-archive/e45-supporting-someone-grieving-5-ask-shelby-what-do-i-say-to-som
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META GRIEF: The grief you feel about the fact that you're grieving 🤯 You can grieve the fact that you didn't choose your loss Or that grief doesn't look like you expected it to Or that you don't have time or energy to process everything you've lost Or that the world keeps dishing up more and more reasons to grieve To learn more about meta grief, check out my recent blog on this new term for "grieving about grieving": https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/blog-archive/what-is-meta-grief-navigating-gri
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One of my students once described not having the time or energy to grieve as being in "grief debt," and every new loss only increased the depth of the hole she was trying to emotionally climb out of. If you're grieving not having the time, energy, money, or community to grieve all the losses life has thrown at you, you might be experiencing META GRIEF, or "grieving about grieving." I talk all about it on Episode 27 of Grief Grower: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-grower-podcast-archive/27-
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DON'T contradict their reality! 🛑 After my mom died, hearing things like, …
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