A welcome space for grief
“Is there a threshold that we cross in our grief journey? Because I do think maybe in the beginning there's some resistance, or trying to detach [where] things that are dedicated to grief we might avoid. But then I wonder if there's a moment or maybe we attend our first thing or something shifts in our own landscape and suddenly that becomes a welcome place for us.”
~ Naila Francis
In this episode, inspired by our powerful conversation with communal grief tender and song circle leader, Alexandra “Ahlay” Blakeley, we discuss our own experiences with song circles and how they impacted us — as well our thoughts on community grief spaces in general, and how grief support is so much broader than the stereotypical basement circle for story sharing that people are used to. We share our “safe” places to cry and reflect on the varied responses we receive to working in the grief space — Naila with her workshops and classes and Sarah when she tells people she co-hosts a podcast about grief. Our dads also make an appearance when we start talking about what our beloveds leave behind, and what we do with their “stuff.” And there’s that prophetic dream thread that we just couldn’t ignore after Ahlay shared two incredibly vivid dreams with us in our conversation with her. Have you ever had a dream that’s informed your path? We’d love to hear it or anything else that strikes a resonant note with you from our time together.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Ahlay Blakeley:
Land Alliance Folk School and Retreat Center
To the woman I saw today who wept in her car by Bianca Lynne Spriggs
All There Is with Anderson Cooper
Good Grief (Trailer)
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