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 that 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.
You can find more about Rebecca and Modern Loss at modernloss.com
In this episode we talk about her new book, grief dreams after her mother, father, and grandmother died, and tips for grievers and those supporting a person who is grieving over the holidays.
You can find more about Grief Dreams here:
Our website – www.griefdreams.ca
Instagram and Twitter - @Griefdreams
Facebook – Grief Dreams Podcast Page and Grief Dreams Group
Looking for ways to support the podcast?
You can help support the Grief Dreams Podcast in a few ways:
1) Become a Patreon supporter (monthly financial support)
https://www.patreon.com/griefdreamspodcast
2) Buy us a Coffee (one-time financial support)
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/griefdreams
3) Subscribe to the podcast (on the platform you listen) and give a review. This improves our online visibility.
4) Support the topic by sharing the podcast or website. We appreciate any support that contributes to raising awareness on the topic.
E170 - Jason Wendroff-Rawnicki - The Power of Smell
E169 - Barron Steffen - The Final Gift
E168 - Lindsey Whissel Fenton - Speaking Grief
E167 - Julie Rennie - A Conversation With Dr. Black's Mother
E166 - Dr. T.J. Wray - Grief Dreams and the Bible
E165 - Flora Baker - The Adult Orphan Club
E164 - Philip Goldberg - Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times
E163 - Jane Edberg - The Fine Art of Grieving
E162 - Alexa Norton - Grief Shine
E161 - Gary Alan Shockley - My Heart Sings A Sad Song
E160 - John Dietsch - Graced By Waters
E159 - Erica Buist - This Party's Dead
E158 - Chelsea Rushton - The Other Side of Chelshotel
E157 - Dr. Virginia Marsico - From Bruiser to Wall-E
E156 - Guest Update - Rebecca MacDonald
Rerelease: E109 - Rebecca MacDonald - Even in Sadness, There is Beauty
E155 - Lisa Keefauver - Reimagining Grief
E154 - Dr. Sharon Prentice - Becoming Starlight
E153 - Lisa Bonneville - People Need People
E152 - Guest Update - Molly Schultz
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
We Can Do Hard Things
Let’s Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
Date Yourself Instead
Rachel Goes Rogue