Light After Loss Ep. 26: How to Attend Holiday Gatherings When A Loved One Is Gone w/ Priya Parker

Modern Loss’ Rebecca Soffer speaks with Priya Parker on creative ways to incorporate memories of loved ones into holiday gatherings and how to consider saying yes (and no) to attending during a festive season that can feel overwhelming to those living with loss.
Priya is a facilitator, strategic advisor, acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters, and executive producer and host of the New York Times podcast, Together Apart. Trained in the field of conflict resolution, Parker has spent 20 years guiding leaders and groups through complicated conversations about community, identity, and vision at moments of transition.
Rebecca is the cofounder of Modern Loss - which offers creative, meaningful, and encouraging content and community addressing the long arc of grief - and the bestselling author of The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience.