{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"E69: Allowing Grief to Be Holy with Rabbi Anne Brener","description":"Rabbi Anne Brener stumbled across traditional Jewish mourning rituals as she was preparing for her wedding. Her fascination with these ancient prayers and rituals plus knowledge of psychology and a collection of her own personal griefs called her to deeply explore the world of Jewish mourning and write the book Mourning &amp;amp; Mitzvah:&amp;nbsp;A Guided&amp;nbsp;Journal for Walking the Mourner\u2019s Path Through Grief to Healing&amp;nbsp;. Today we're talking about how God can be described as &quot;a place&quot; for mourners, the unfortunate reality that everybody dies in the middle of a conversation, and how death requires our hearts and minds to jump from a physical relationship to a spiritual relationship. Also this week, I'm talking about the language of grief... and the subtle significance of switching from &quot;is&quot; to &quot;was.&quot; Rabbi Brener's book Mourning &amp;amp; Mitzvah:  http:\/\/www.jewishlights.com\/page\/product\/978-1-68336-673-7 LIVE grief support + so much more when you support Coming Back on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/shelbyforsythia Apply for private grief coaching with me: http:\/\/www.shelbyforsythia.com\/grief-coaching\/ Subscribe to Coming Back:  Apple Podcasts&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/apple.co\/2CMqhhE Spotify&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/spoti.fi\/2CMr16k Stitcher&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/bit.ly\/2m08eJr YouTube&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/bit.ly\/2m1JWil Google Podcasts&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y8elxq9t TuneIn&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/bit.ly\/2F469Fl  Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/thegriefgrowersgarden\/ To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, leave a voicemail or text&amp;nbsp;312.725.3043&amp;nbsp;or email&amp;nbsp;shelby@shelbyforsythia.com. Because even through grief, we are growing.&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.shelbyforsythia.com\/ ","author_name":"Coming Back: Conversations on life after loss","author_url":"http:\/\/www.shelbyforsythia.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8450159\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88a24d\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/8450159"}