Reimagining Grief

Reimagining Grief Lisa is a podcast host and author of Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Visit www.lisakeefauver.com to learn more.

She is a social worker, widow, and grief activist on a mission to chamge the narratives of grief one conversation at a time.

Sunday morning doodle reflections…on how I’m seeing life these days. These phrases, images, and ideas came to me during ...
05/24/2026

Sunday morning doodle reflections…

on how I’m seeing life these days. These phrases, images, and ideas came to me during ceremony at the gorgeous retreat I was honored to host at in Peru last month.

What would you want to add? Share in the comments.

🎉This is 55🎉📸 This carousel is a highlight of the VERY different versions of me that I’ve been since my 52nd birthday - ...
05/22/2026

🎉This is 55🎉

📸 This carousel is a highlight of the VERY different versions of me that I’ve been since my 52nd birthday - which was about two weeks into chemotherapy to treat Triple Positive Breast Cancer. There have been so many hard days. And so many joyous days too - mostly because of the soul-filled friendships I have (you know who you are).

There have been so many days, even today, where I don’t quite recognize myself in the mirror. Both cancer and aging have a way of doing that.

What I do see is a strong, creative, warm, funny, smart, and generous woman who knows that:

💖 every day is a blessing,
💖 living is about practicing, learning & playing
💖 life is such a gift, one to be savored
💖 Eric is with me, always
💖 giving generously and receiving generously matters, and to do one with out the other is selfish
💖 And that I’m done getting in my own way of being present to the gorgeous mystery of it all.

Happy birthday to me. My gift to myself is paying attention to the beauty around me.

Cheers to 55🥂🎂🎉

Birthday girl,
Lisa

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When I’m not packing for my move in two days, this is what I’ve been playing with. Getting lost in reflecting and creati...
05/18/2026

When I’m not packing for my move in two days, this is what I’ve been playing with. Getting lost in reflecting and creating beauty. Love being a learner. Right now I’m just learning by doing. Next month I’m taking my first art class - oil painting for beginners. Yippie.

Trying Something New. Practice. Messy. Fun. When is the last time you made space to try something you have little to no ...
05/12/2026

Trying Something New. Practice. Messy. Fun.

When is the last time you made space to try something you have little to no experience with?

Look at all the smudges. The lopsidedness. The odd color combos. I love all of it because I let myself play.

Having this sketchbook as a place to play, not create “works of art” is so freeing. I’m new to all of this. Welcome, me. Good job practicing.

🌟NEW EPISODE🌟Oooooh you’re going to love this conversation! Sandi Serling, creator and host of , joins host Lisa Keefau...
05/12/2026

🌟NEW EPISODE🌟

Oooooh you’re going to love this conversation!

Sandi Serling, creator and host of , joins host Lisa Keefauver on this new episode of podcast to explore the profound connection between grief, love, and spiritual healing. Sandi beautifully shares her wisdom on how fear shapes the nervous system, perception, and our identity. Together, they explore the role of fear and how we can reshape our relationship with it. Through awareness, we can learn to elevate our frequency to connect with loved ones who have passed and more.

This episode is for anyone carrying fear or anxiety in their grief, and for those hoping to find more ease and feel their loved ones’ presence in their lives.

🌟 LISTEN NOW on all platforms.
🌟WATCH NOW on the Tube

Mostly staying off here…as I focus on wrapping the podcast season, working with individuals, delivering some workplace g...
05/08/2026

Mostly staying off here…

as I focus on wrapping the podcast season, working with individuals, delivering some workplace grief talks and designing some in-person events coming soon.

Oh yeah, plus preparing to move across town in less than 2 weeks.

Instead of scrolling in my non-work time, I’ve been trying another new art medium -neo pastels. So different than watercolor but I’m having fun and I love the vibrant colors and the texture. It’s all play and discovery. As a beginner, I found designs online to work from but the creation is my own.

❓Are you making space for creativity and play? Tell me about it, please!❓

One of the gatherings I’m planning will be around nature and creativity as a balm to grief. Stay tuned.

Poet. Therapist. Survivor of Su***de Loss. Lover of life. Mother. Partner. Friend. Daughter. Creative. My incredible gue...
05/07/2026

Poet. Therapist. Survivor of Su***de Loss. Lover of life. Mother. Partner. Friend. Daughter. Creative.

My incredible guest and I explore the impact of loss on our sense of identities and the road to rewriting and living into the emerging story of ourselves and our lives in this NEW EPISODE of podcast out now!

🎧 LISTEN NOW your favorite podcast platform
👀 WATCH NOW on the Tube lisakeefauvermsw

05/06/2026

🌟POWERFUL NEW EPISODE🌟

On the brand new episode of podcast, joins host Lisa Keefauver for an honest, courageous, and vulnerable conversation exploring the both/and of living, loving, and the devastating grief and trauma we experience in the wake of death by su***de. She has been drawn to grief poetry ever since her mother Susan’s death in 2018. Sara offers deep compassion for her mothers choice to end her life, speaks about the complexity of being a clinician who also works with people experiencing thoughts of su***de, and she shares how and what she did to metabolize her mother’s death - including producing 7 extraordinary books of poetry. She reflects on what allows her to be present and love authentically, not out of fear, but because of the preciousness of this life.

🎧LISTEN NOW wherever you find your favorite podcasts.
👀WATCH FULL EPISODE on the Tube of You at lisakeefauvermsw

Ooh just tried oil pastels. Soooo fun. I’m hooked. (Copied design, not my own).
05/06/2026

Ooh just tried oil pastels. Soooo fun. I’m hooked. (Copied design, not my own).

“When I summon the courage to tell you I feel broken, please don’t try to convince me that I’m whole.” - Grief is a Snea...
05/05/2026

“When I summon the courage to tell you I feel broken, please don’t try to convince me that I’m whole.” - Grief is a Sneaky Bitch.

We’re approaching two years since my book was published by , and I’ve been reflecting on the notes that people send me about which messages are resonating the most. This one is near the top of the list.

I’m in the midst of a move for the first time in four years and I have a dozen advanced reader copies of my book. I wondered what to do with them and since I’m in a season of my life where I’m exploring new forms of creativity, I thought I’d take my favorite pages and practice turning them into art. This may be a series, it may not be, but I thought I’d share the first one with you.

What do you think? Have you read the book? What page should I do next? Share below.

🎨 Pastel pencils, oil pastels, watercolor, fine point marker.
📕 Pick up a cooy of the book at your favorite independent bookseller. There are signed copies at and here in San Diego.

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