Following the deaths of her parents four years apart, Rebecca Soffer, a political satirist at the time, was inspired to fill the hole they left by helping others live richly through their loss. To that end, she co-founded Modern Loss, a place to share the unspeakably taboo, unbelievably hilarious and unexpectedly beautiful terrain of navigating your life after a death – beginners are welcome.
Modern Loss: A Conversation With Rebecca Soffer
Modern Loss: A Conversation With Rebecca Soffer
About Our Guest
Rebecca Soffer
Rebecca Soffer is cofounder of Modern Loss, which offers creative, meaningful and encouraging content and community addressing the long arc of grief. She is also coauthor of the book Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome (Harper Wave, 2018), which The Strategist named a best book on loss for a younger generation, and the author of the forthcoming The Modern Loss Handbook, an interactive guide through loss and building your resilience (Running Press, 2021). Rebecca also runs the Modern Loss Substack newsletter, a longform monthly deep dive into various themes stemming from grief. She has been featured across media, including on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, NY1, MSNBC, Fox, and CTV; led retreats at Kripalu; and spoken nationally on loss and resilience at Chicago Ideas Week, HBO, Capital One, and Amazon. Her writing has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, Marie Claire, Glamour and NBC. Rebecca is a former producer for The Colbert Report and a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumna. Visit the website modernloss.com for more about Rebecca.
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