Reimagining Grief

10/12/2026

I’D LOVE YOUR VOTE ✅

(L I N K - I N - B I O)

Have I ever told you that In the beginning of 2019 I googled, “how do you record a podcast?” By May of that year, I had created and launched my own show, GSB Podcast podcast.

This has been one of the best and most rewarding leaps I’ve taken professionally. I’ve loved it so much I even recorded all the way through Breast Cancer Treatment.

I’ve had the honor of interviewing more than 130 guests, and my show has been featured on magazines, tv, and heard by listeners around the world. It’s approaching nearly 750,000 downloads which puts me in the top 1% of shows. That still blows my mind.

AND YET, it has been one of the many projects I’ve navigated alone and with no financial or logistical support as a solo entrepreneur. I’m just wrapping Season 7 and planning to launch Season 8 soon. I’m hoping I won’t have to do it alone and with no funding, and that’s where you come in.

I’ve recently entered the Top Host contest. I’m nearing the lead to win a chance to lead my own podcast produced by take home $25,000 and be a guest on an episode of On Air with Ryan Seacrest On Air with Ryan Seacrest

I would LOVE YOUR VOTE by October 15th to help me make it to the next round. Please vote and if you’d be willing to share this request with your friends, family, colleagues, I would be so grateful. Tag me so I can say thanks!

✅ PLEASE VOTE. LINK IN BIO. OR https://tophost.org/2026/lisa-keefauver

🥰Comment below when you do so I can thank you!

10/11/2026

Are you a fan of my podcast?

I have a favor to ask! I'm competing to win a 25k prize and have my podcast hosted by iHeart radio and interviewed by Ryan Seacrest but I need a lot of votes!

Will you please give me a VOTE TODAY? Deadline is October 15 to get to the top so I can make it to the next round.

Will Lisa Keefauver be a guest on an episode of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, win $25,000, and lead a podcast produced by iHeartRadio?

10/10/2026

Poetry as a guide to living.

I think you could live a full rich life based on the poetry of Mary Oliver. I’ve been spending time with this one quite a lot this past year.

10/09/2026

Grief in Community.

I am speaking and moderating a panel at the Reimagine Summit on October 15.

It is a free day online about grief. Not fixing it, not getting over it. Just making room for it, together.

I have the honor of moderating Every Body: Navigating Illness, Health, and Identity, at 11:40 PT with Marisa Renee Lee and KELTIE KNIGHT ✨ Our bodies carry our stories, and when illness, disability, or unexpected health changes alter the course of our lives, they can also transform how we understand ourselves. This conversation explores the many ways health challenges reshape identity, relationships, purpose, and the experience of grief, whether we are living with illness ourselves or caring for someone we love. 

More than thirty sessions across seven tracks, and over fifty voices. Come for the whole day or drop in for one thing.

Free to register: summit.letsreimagine.org

10/08/2026

These women are incredible!

A life enhancing energy exchange in Bath, with Lisa Keefauvor founder of Reimagining Grief and GSB Podcast visiting from San Diego, Lizzie Pickering author of When Grief Equals Love and Jane Harris The Good Grief Project
We all work independently supporting grieving clients, offering workplace talks and training, keynote speeches and our books. 2 bereaved mums and a widow. Serious conversation and so much laughter!

What a joy to come together as friends who share so much life, work and understanding of grief.

Don’t forget you can still join Lisa and Lizzie this evening (Thursday 8th Oct) for their in-conversation, live from Lizzie’s cottage in the Cotswolds.
Check out The Good Grief Project the charity run by Jane and her husband Jimmy Edmonds for the next Active Grief Retreat for bereaved parents and adult siblings booking now for June 2027.

10/07/2026

I was astonished last night and I just know Mary Oliver would be so proud. She gave us instructions for living: “Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell About it.” and I’m doing just that.

It happened immediately after returning home from viewing the gorgeous new Sense and Sensibility film at a sweet little theater here in the Cotswolds (where I’m staying with my friend Lizzie Pickering Grief Investigation . On our way into the cottage, I happened to look up just in time to notice a brilliant shooting star burst across the night sky. It took my breath away, as awe often does.

After allowing the experience to wash over me for a time, I said, “What if I hadn’t have looked up? Think of this beautiful moment I would have missed.” That’s when I found myself telling Lizzie about the Starry Sky metaphor I’ve carried for more than two decades since training in narrative therapy. It serves as a guide for myself and my clients; a lifeline particularly when feeling lost, untethered, or stuck in a loop.

If you’re feeling a bit lost, you might find my latest essay, We’re More Than the Big Dipper, to be a guide.

READ at 🔗 in bio or comment STAR and I’ll DM you the link.

💖 Lisa

10/01/2026

Plea from someone who recently had Breast Cancer on this first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

From an essay earlier this year:

“Last Thursday I found myself scrolling Instagram. I know, I know! I promised myself (and I think you) that I’d do less of that. How’s it going? I’m mostly keeping that promise. Mostly. At least I’m focusing on engaging with creators offering substance. While perusing, I came across a post with the headline using a phrase that sounded like the proverbial nails on the chalkboard. Screeeeeeeech. (Does that reference work for anyone after Millennials?)

It’s hard to pick a singular word or phrase I despise most when it comes to the cliches surrounding illness, death, and grief, but this one is near the top. In part, because it is so ubiquitous in our culture. What’s the phrase? “They lost their battle with cancer.” F**k no! Surprisingly, it was by someone I really thought knew better. Knew how harmful that is to say. How it perpetuates our culture of blaming the victim. How it harms the grievers left behind. Plus, it’s denying the fact that 100% of us will die. Sorry, but it’s true.

If you’re an AFGO with Lisa Keefauver subscriber, read my book, or listen to my podcast you know that I’m always focusing on the impact of the stories we tell in big C culture (media, policies, laws) and in our little c culture (workplace, community, family, religion). Words and stories make worlds. They’re prescriptive, not descriptive. We have to be thoughtful about the narratives we’re upholding, especially when it comes to people experiencing the depths of despair and grief.

So after messaging that creator privately to share my concerns, I posted this note on Substack... And WOW, has this post struck a chord.”

➡️ READ FULL essay at 🔗 in bio or DM me ESSAY and I’ll send link!

09/29/2026

Sometimes a metaphor can unlock a new way of approaching life.

Recently, the metaphor of taking the “scenic route” as a way to navigate life after loss resonated for a client of mine who is navigating life after the death of her husband. It helped her tap into the way she wants to feel more often and we explored if that phrase can be a kind of guide to help her with the little and big decisions that the past version of her would have made without pausing to discern, how does this align with her goal to feel more at peace.

If you’re in a season of loss, change, or uncertainty and feeling lost, I’d love to be your guide. Visit lisakeefauver.com/support or comment GUIDE and I’ll DM you the link.

09/27/2026

Attempted a little landscape in my sketchbook to go with my new essay out today, Wonderment and Wandering: Stumbling Upon the Scenic Route.

Still early in teaching myself watercolor. Grappling with perspective and details. Grateful for other artist sharing their beautiful works online so I can use them as a model to play with as I increase my skills and confidence in creating my own.

I’m taking the scenic route in life and this metaphor is serving my clients too. You can learn more about how in my new essay at AFGO with Lisa Keefauver on the Stack or comment SCENIC and I will DM you the 🔗.

With love,
A beginning painter.

09/27/2026

✨NEW ESSAY✨

Wonderment, wandering, and the metaphors that help us shift the sticky patterns keeping us from centering aliveness.

I was once called the queen of metaphors, and I think it’s quite possibly the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me. I’m not sure why my brain works that way, but I will gladly accept that jeweled crown on my head.
Metaphors are such a helpful way of distilling a perspective or accessing a truth that feels too difficult to comprehend with straight-forward language. It’s also a way to tap into our soul, who’s often too tentative to let us in. I believe it was the poet Emily Dickinson that said metaphors are truth told slant. I just love that description.

In this essay, I shared a story of a Scenic Route metaphor that came up in a 1:1 session with a widow that has been allowing us to dive deeper into a sticky pattern she has been interested in shifting.

READ NOW at AFGO with Lisa Keefauver on the stack or comment ESSAY and I will DM you the 🔗

Happy Reading!