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E33: Feeling Hopeless in Grief? 8 Small Ways to Keep Going When It All Feels Too Heavy

E33: Feeling Hopeless in Grief? 8 Small Ways to Keep Going When It All Feels Too Heavy

Update: 2025-10-23
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There are days when grief makes everything feel pointless—as if nothing will ever be good or meaningful again. If you've been there (or you're there now), this episode is for you.

I'm sharing eight small but meaningful ways to keep going when everything feels impossibly heavy. These are the low-pressure, real-life practices I've used myself and taught inside Life After Loss Academy—not to fix grief, but to help you move through it.

You'll hear:

  • One mindset shift that can take the pressure off healing

  • How to create a "Nope List" instead of a to-do list

  • A defiant (and kind of hilarious) way to muster up hope

  • Why noticing beauty can help you keep going

  • The one word I use to soften catastrophic thoughts

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E33: Feeling Hopeless in Grief? 8 Small Ways to Keep Going When It All Feels Too Heavy

E33: Feeling Hopeless in Grief? 8 Small Ways to Keep Going When It All Feels Too Heavy

Shelby Forsythia, Grief Coach and Author