Modern Loss
@modernloss.bsky.social
Candid content, community & resources on loss & resilience. A bit of attitude; zero platitude, by @rebeccasoffer (author of the bestselling THE MODERN LOSS HANDBOOK).
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⭐️ My SXSW grief & wellness Substack roundup is out with my favorite encounters/event —like @alokvmenon & the new Marc Maron doc, “Are We Good?” Plus, a wide-ranging, intimate view of how the pandemic has shaped our @modernloss.bsky.social community’s lives. open.substack.com/pub/modernlo...
I wore an "I Cry at Work" shirt to SXSW
Also: readers share intimate COVID-19 stories, Beck's loss-y vibes, and we're a Substack bestseller 💙
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March 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
⭐️ My SXSW grief & wellness Substack roundup is out with my favorite encounters/event —like @alokvmenon & the new Marc Maron doc, “Are We Good?” Plus, a wide-ranging, intimate view of how the pandemic has shaped our @modernloss.bsky.social community’s lives. open.substack.com/pub/modernlo...
🎧 New Substack is up 🎧 In which I share our collaborative playlist (which you can still add to!), some choice SNL grief skits, and how I’m hopping onto the quiet self-care wagon (hint: it involves a little Tony Soprano and a lot of Steven Van Zandt). open.substack.com/pub/modernlo...
🎧 A grieftastic playlist just for you
Songs from the community to reflect and remember; plus, leave me alurn.
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March 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🎧 New Substack is up 🎧 In which I share our collaborative playlist (which you can still add to!), some choice SNL grief skits, and how I’m hopping onto the quiet self-care wagon (hint: it involves a little Tony Soprano and a lot of Steven Van Zandt). open.substack.com/pub/modernlo...
When everything feels overwhelming, direct the love you have into someone — or something — that is better off for having received it. 💙💛
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When everything feels overwhelming, direct the love you have into someone — or something — that is better off for having received it. 💙💛
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My husband wrote a beautiful essay for @modernloss.bsky.social, about this past Rosh Hashanah, when his father died, and our daughter, a recent cochlear implant recipient, heard the shofar for the first time modernloss.com/chemo-stole-...
Chemo Stole My Dad's Hearing. Then, My Daughter Heard Her First Sound.
Our family’s circular journey through cochlear implants, loss, and vibrations.
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February 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My husband wrote a beautiful essay for @modernloss.bsky.social, about this past Rosh Hashanah, when his father died, and our daughter, a recent cochlear implant recipient, heard the shofar for the first time modernloss.com/chemo-stole-...
Sorry. Just really feeling it today.
January 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sorry. Just really feeling it today.
People who know: try to not rush through the grieving process
Me:
Me:
January 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
People who know: try to not rush through the grieving process
Me:
Me:
💧I find crying fascinating (good thing, as I’ve been doing a lot of it lately?) Maybe if we learned more about it and viewed it less as a weakness and more as a powerful connector to ourselves and others, we’d sink into the need as it arises.💧
image credit @getsoundrx (IG)
image credit @getsoundrx (IG)
January 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
💧I find crying fascinating (good thing, as I’ve been doing a lot of it lately?) Maybe if we learned more about it and viewed it less as a weakness and more as a powerful connector to ourselves and others, we’d sink into the need as it arises.💧
image credit @getsoundrx (IG)
image credit @getsoundrx (IG)
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And still we have been called to no collective grief ritual.
January marks the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. The virus would go on to kill 1.2 million Americans and disrupt countless lives.
Vulnerable Americans live in the shadow of COVID-19 as most move on
Most Americans have developed some level of protection against severe disease from previous COVID-19 infections, vaccinations or both. But immunocompromised people like Scarbro, who has common…
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January 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And still we have been called to no collective grief ritual.
We’re awkward & uncertain around grief; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit.
Here’s Vol. 1 of “Sending this is fine. Going further is better.” Please share & inject some compassionate action into this weary world.
Here’s Vol. 1 of “Sending this is fine. Going further is better.” Please share & inject some compassionate action into this weary world.
January 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We’re awkward & uncertain around grief; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit.
Here’s Vol. 1 of “Sending this is fine. Going further is better.” Please share & inject some compassionate action into this weary world.
Here’s Vol. 1 of “Sending this is fine. Going further is better.” Please share & inject some compassionate action into this weary world.
Whatever this means to you today, please know we’re here for you.
But: please make yourself send that text to a friend, move that body of yours in a way that feels good, listen to that song that somehow makes it better for 3 minutes, eat or drink something that feels necessary. We love you.
But: please make yourself send that text to a friend, move that body of yours in a way that feels good, listen to that song that somehow makes it better for 3 minutes, eat or drink something that feels necessary. We love you.
January 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Whatever this means to you today, please know we’re here for you.
But: please make yourself send that text to a friend, move that body of yours in a way that feels good, listen to that song that somehow makes it better for 3 minutes, eat or drink something that feels necessary. We love you.
But: please make yourself send that text to a friend, move that body of yours in a way that feels good, listen to that song that somehow makes it better for 3 minutes, eat or drink something that feels necessary. We love you.
Hi, Bluesky. Happy to be here. Our first post is for LA and all of its people, places, and very special creatures. modernloss.substack.com/p/notes-on-e...
January 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Hi, Bluesky. Happy to be here. Our first post is for LA and all of its people, places, and very special creatures. modernloss.substack.com/p/notes-on-e...