In part two of my conversation with Estelle Thomson, we talk about triggers. I’ve got them; I’ve got contempt for them. I’m cheerleading for anti-fragility, after all: facing the world head-on no matter what headspace we’re in.

What a way to wrap up my trio of podcasts with the beautiful Estelle Thomson. We talk about how to remember who we are and what we’re made of, regardless of life’s curveballs: a rallying cry for vitality. Huzzah!

Estelle and I are sisters in grief, though in this podcast conversation we travel far beyond that — relevant (I hope!) for all of us in states of change, longing, and reflection. I am so happy to share part one.

Near the end of 2020 I had a cozy, far-ranging conversation with Mark Vander Ark for his DESPITE THE ODDS Podcast, as featured on Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global network.

Ed Hart and I talk about the curious wilderness of post-loss faith; how we can help our kids move through an uncertain world; and why creativity can save us. Ed is a Christian, and we wandered into spiritual territory, a first for me in-conversation.

“Randomness is not the domain of pessimists. It’s empty soil, a blank slate. The profound rarity that you ever came to be at all! That you are you as opposed to any other billion permutations of this microscopic lottery, that I am me. Despite it all, here you are, as you are.”

I’m at the ever-excellent Modern Loss community with my why-and-how of Animal Husbandry for Dragons: How will I stop either spitting or swallowing fire every time someone asks how I’m doing? Heat, loves. Heat is where fortitude grows.

Jonathan Field’s The Good Life Project Podcast is a stunning array of fascinating people in conversation. Please listen, and share! This one’s a big hit for the book, and Jonathan’s voice and thoughtfulness and spark are such a delight.

With thanks to the Atlantic Book Awards and the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia, and cheers to all the nominees and winners! Our region overflows with talent, and I was thrilled to walk in the fog with some of the people I admire so much.

I’m thrilled to go to St. John’s, Newfoundland and spend time with an incredible posse of writers and poets from my Atlantic region, many of whom are long-standing friends and mentors. Thanks, Atlantic Book Awards! I’m chuffed.

In episode ten, Tim and Tuesday of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST talk to author and collaborator Kate Inglis on the parallels of how we can be light-keepers despite impossible loss as human beings, and impossible odds as change leaders.

The second clip from Penguin Random House Audio is live! “Having given anger a voice, you’ll grow a deeper appreciation and sensitivity to things suddenly feeling peaceful. You’ll get there faster, and laugh louder when you do. Ask any punk.”

I’m over at Modern Loss with a fresh take on resolutions: “Bracing yourself for a new year without someone important? Kate Inglis offers four ways to grieve differently in 2019 (hint: before it ebbs, it has to rage). This is one to share the hell out of...”

I had such a great conversation with Kristen Chase of Cool Mom Picks—I love how she turned our time together into an audio guidebook for all griefs, from all angles, in all circles. What to do no matter where you stand in relation to loss, Medusa or not.

The wonderful PRH Audio is releasing excerpts of the audiobook, as read by me in a three-day marathon inside a little black cave-room in Nova Scotia. Reading aloud, re-living, time-travelling. And feeling very much with you, with us.

Hey! I’m on CTV Morning Live Atlantic talking about how to navigate grief with an open heart. It’s the day before my first life-after-death salon, tomorrow night in Halifax—a spirited evening I hope will happen more than once.

ViewPoint Gallery and Bookmark II present an intimate salon with NOTES FOR THE EVERLOST author Kate Inglis—with stimulating conversation and shared creative work to explore the riddle and illumination of living healthfully with loss.

The Coast covered the run-up to my salon in Halifax this Monday night, and it’s wonderful. Steph knows grief, and as a fellow novelist, she asked: is it taxing to retread raw ground when I talk about the book? Yes. But everyone else has some, too.

NOTES FOR THE EVERLOST is in the world and I am on the moon. Kind of stunned, if I’m being honest, that eleven years of pain and growth and love and blood and sweat have culminated in something you can hold in your hands.

The third video reading—direct to you from the closet!—is on the silver lining of a heart full of holes. All the things that work exactly as they’re supposed to thanks to their holes: sponges, souffles, the foam inside lifejackets. And me, and you.