**You will feel calmer and kinder after listening to this episode.** 👉Shelby is one of those people you meet who just exudes compassion but will push you to move in the direction you’re meant to go. This makes her a truly gifted grief coach.
In this episode: 🚑 Shelby’s story of the time she had a grand mal seizure ALONE in her apartment and how her life was saved
🩵 How to be more compassionate in your everyday life & tips to help you build your own “compassion muscle”
💝 How grief can be perceived as part of the sweetness of life
👓 Shelby explains what “grief glasses” are
💔 How to talk to people who are grieving
🥪 The weird story of visiting the spot Shelby laid mom's ashes & what it has to do with the best sandwich ever
🪴 How to be a good friend by skipping the effort & doing totally boring normal things together & so much more
...And so much more
Sorry if I come off a little fan-girly on this one…I am, in fact, a fangirl of this woman. I can be intense and have rough edges that are totally “me...” AND Shelby is an example of the love and authenticity I hope to be and share in my life. Both of these can be true, and this goes for all of our “conflicting” personality traits and hopes.
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👉Key points
(00:00) Starting the Day with Gratitude
(00:45) Introducing Shelby
(01:49) Shelby's Journey and Expertise
(03:49) Life After Loss Academy
(07:17) The Concept of Growing Through Grief
(08:30) Personal Reflections and Metaphors
(09:38) Empowering Through Grief
(12:36) Integrating Grief into Life
(14:11) The Impact of Grief on Life Choices
(26:48) The Preciousness of Life and Voice
(40:13) Exploring Compassion and Boundaries
(40:39) The Impact of Grief on Compassion
(40:57) Recognizing and Responding to Suffering
(42:09) Personal Stories of Compassion
(44:24) The Gift of Space Holding
(46:01) The Universality of Grief
(48:15) Near-Death Experience and Its Impact: My grand mal seizure
(51:53) Life After a Near-Death Experience
(01:04:32) Romanticizing the Mundane
(01:16:38) Celebrating Life and Being Present
(01:18:14) Closing Remarks and Gratitude
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Shelby Forsynthia
Shelby Forsythia (she/her) is a grief coach, author, and podcast host. In 2020, she founded Life After Loss Academy, an online course and community that has helped dozens of grievers grow and find their way after death, divorce, diagnosis, and other major life transitions. Following her mother’s death in 2013, Shelby began calling herself a “student of grief” and now devotes her days to reading, writing, and speaking about loss. Through a combination of mindfulness tools and intuitive, open-ended questions, she guides her clients to welcome grief as a teacher and create meaningful lives that honor and include the heartbreaks they’ve faced. Her work has been featured in Huffington Post, Bustle, and The Oprah Magazine.
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