Damn friends, these times are deeply heartbreaking, no? I’m sharing some ways to take action over on my Instagram account— @corpusritual. You can also sign a letter to President Biden demanding a cease fire and find other ways to connect here.
A couple months ago
reached out to me to record a podcast with her and talking about grief and how it’s “deeply disruptive, how it doesn't support the economy, is not "productive" in any capitalist sense”. (That’s Kate there.)As a person who has gone through traumatic loss, injury, long covid and other health things, and surgeries in the last few years (like sooo many other people)— I deeply relate to this idea. If we were truly tuned in, and lived in a world that honored the portal-magic of grief, we’d remember it’s really not productive, certainly not early on after a big loss, change, or death! For me, when I’ve been in these waves of loss and change, I can feel myself wanting to shut it all down, turn it all off, tune out, disappear for a little. I find myself wanting to sleep, or hike, or read, or write, listen to one song over and over, or cry— all things that for sure do not “pay the bills”.
What I struggle with is how to actually fully allow the disruption while staying afloat. As a person who runs their own business solo, as someone without generational wealth or wealth in this lifetime, this is on my mind nearly all the time. I’ve been grateful for all kinds of support over the years however I know, at the end of the day, I have to keep producing in order to survive. I simultaneously know that as someone who really loves her work, being in the work, being of service, being in a role to support others does help keep me afloat too, far beyond financially. I’ve really just been in that tension so much these past few years as I’ve taken it all month by month.
What was really special about this invitation from
was that she sent it the DAY AFTER joined me as a guest teacher to share about grief in the BreathWork program I was invited to create with Sounds True*. The alignment! The magic! It helped that I really respect both and work in the world. So of course I said yes.It’s available wherever you listen to episodes— you can listen to it below or head over to
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