“The Modern Loss Handbook” with Rebecca Soffer and Stacy London

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The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience is what author Rebecca Soffer wished she had after her parents died, offering a welcoming space in which to grow thoughts and feelings as they evolve and create a personal roadmap toward resilience. With warmth, wit, and disarming humor, Soffer and Stacy London, CEO of State of Menopause and co-host of What Not to Wear will unpack the wisdom of the book and discuss how the long arc of loss can be woven into our lives in a way that is practical, creative, comforting, provoking, and, finally, hopeful. 

Rebecca Soffer is cofounder of Modern Loss, which offers creative, meaningful and encouraging content and global community addressing the long arc of grief. She is also the author of the bestselling The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience (Running Press, 2022) and coauthor of Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome (Harper Wave, 2018), which The Strategist named a best book on loss for a younger generation. Soffer has been featured across media, including on CBS Mornings, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, NY1, MSNBC, CNN, and CTV and her writing has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, TIME, Marie Claire, and NBC Think. She is an original producer for the Peabody Award-winning The Colbert Report and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.  

Stacy London is one of America’s foremost style experts. In 2021, she became the founder and CEO of State of Menopause, a holistic product line for women which addresses the symptoms associated with menopause and perimenopause. In this new phase of her career, London is doing what she has done her entire career as a stylist: help people from suffering silently, raise their confidence and self-esteem by alleviating external symptoms, and removing the shame that surrounds them. She is also widely known as the co-host of TLC’s iconic show, What Not to Wear. Following that success, she hosted and executive produced 3 seasons of Love Lust or Run. Stacy has written two books, Dress Your Best, which was published to stellar reviews, and The Truth About Style, a New York Times bestseller. In 2020, she hosted a podcast discussing mental health, Could Be Better, tbh, in collaboration with the Crisis Text Line and The Jed Foundation (JED). 

Photo Credit: Rebecca Soffer © Emma K. Rothenberg-Ware.