Working Through Your Grief with the Co-Founder of Modern Loss, Rebecca Soffer

I’m joined by the Godmother of Grief, the Co-Founder of Modern Loss, writer, speaker, and big inspirer of SSFYL, Rebecca Soffer. When Rebecca was 30, her mother 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 vacation. So much loss at such a relatively young age.

She began to navigate life as a parentless only child and co-founded Modern Loss as a place to share the unspeakably taboo, unbelievably hilarious, and unexpectedly beautiful terrain of life after a death. With Modern Loss, Rebecca hopes to bring that refreshing openness to a broader audience, and community. Her wit can only be matched by her vibrance. She is a true leader in this space with the delicate way she can weave a jovial spirit into a scene of darkness.

Her two books:

Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience

Modern Loss: Candid Conversations about Grief

Episode Highlights:

• Rebecca’s stories of loss 
• Traumatic sudden loss versus prolonged expected loss: how grief differs and brings different loads to carry
• The loneliness of being an only child navigating loss
• Psychotherapy, EMDR, talk therapy, medication and other means to support healing in grief and loss
• What inspired her to write her books
• Bracing yourself for “trigger days” or grief seasons
• How she finds determination to find joyful moments and hope in everyday life

**This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit www.BetterHelp.com/SSFYL for 10% off your first month of therapy**

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