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Grief Coach. Death Midwife. ▫️1-on-1 + group grief support/ritual▫️Community grief rituals @salttrailsphilly
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✨FINAL EPISODE OF SEASON 7✨ Check out this carousel and you’ll get a glimpse of the incredibly powerful, insightful, and moving conversations I had the honor of having with these extraordinary guests this past season. Thank you to ALL my guests and to every single one of you who took the time to listen, share the show, or left a review. Please listen to this episode because it’s not only a reflection on the conversations that happened, it’s a preview of the shifts happening in Season 8 which starts NEXT WEEK! 🔗 IN BIO or comment PODCAST and I will DM you the link.
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There are places inside of us that 1:1 psychotherapy cannot touch. There are dark rooms of hidden grief that can only light up in ceremonial and ritual space: through song, art, poetry, authentic sharing, communing with nature, and softening our hearts to tend to our grief together. To remember we are not alone, together. In a time where so much literal and symbolic death is happening — including the death of our communal fabric — simply being at ease in groups of others feels like much needed work. It such a treat and blessing to have dear friend and co-facilitator, Naila, come all the way out from Philly! And a big thanks to Matt who supported us by holding down the rhythm and beat during the ritual. We are so grateful to the group of brave and tender hearts who chose to show up and feel in a time where there is so much draw to “numb and purchase, numb and purchase,” as adrienne maree-brown says. Thank you for showing up, doing the hard work of keeping your heart alive amidst the collective numbing of our times, and helping others find their courage through you. It truly takes a village to make these gatherings be such potent portals of healing, and these trees are definitely part of it! We can learn so much from these trees who rely on one another by fusing their shallow roots together to weather the wind and storms. It felt so surreal to feel the collective wisdom of their survival as we felt the heavy charge of the internal and collective winds and storms as we interlocked our care to support this sweet pop-up village. May we continue to create these refugias, these homing beacons, these felt senses of what community is and can be, and find our way together through the dark, together. #griefretreat #griefandnature #collectivehealing #griefgroup #redwoods
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Our annual community processional takes place next weekend 🖤 Together we honor the shared weight of sorrow through movement, music, and ritual. Rooted in collective care, this gathering invites participants to walk together in remembrance, solidarity, and the sacred act of grieving in public. Grief does not look the same for everyone. It may be expressed through silence, song, movement, tears, conversation, prayer, art, memory, or simply the choice to show up. This gathering welcomes the full range of those experiences. We invite people of all ages, racial and cultural identities, genders, sexualities, faiths, abilities, and relationships to loss. We welcome you wherever you are in your grief, whether it is silent and still, or loud and moving. We ask everyone to help create a space where grief is treated with dignity. 💧Sixth Annual Grief Processional 🗓️Saturday, October 17, 2026, 1–3 p.m. [Rain date: Sunday, October 18, 2026, from 1–3 p.m.] 📍Race Street Pier, Race Street and North Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19106 🪻Free to attend (donations welcome) 💀You are invited to “wear your grief,” however you interpret doing so. All griefs are welcome. More details, including information on accessibility and parking, can be found on our website (link in bio): https://www.salttrailsphilly.com/writings/carrying-our-grief-together-6th-annual-community-grief-processional #salttrailscollective #grievingtogether #griefprocessional #griefritual #carryingourgrieftogether
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What does it mean to wear your grief? For some, it may be a patch with a name or phrase. It may be a loved one’s shirt, jewelry, or another treasured object. It may be a color, a texture, flowers, handmade adornments, or something that only makes sense to you. It might mean symbols like tears, religious iconography, beings from nature, etc. There is no single right way to express grief—and you do not need to wear anything at all. Your grief may be visible, subtle, private, changing, or beyond words. For this year’s Carrying Our Grief community processional, we re-invite you to wear or carry what your grief calls for, with care for the cultures and traditions that are not your own. Draw from your own memories, relationships, and experiences rather than imitating sacred symbols or mourning practices from another community. Draw from the brilliance of the many expressions of grief we have witnessed and worn together in year’s past. Join us October 17 from 1–3 p.m. at Race Street Pier in Philadelphia. Rain date: October 18. #WearYourGrief #GriefProcessional #CommunityCare #CollectiveGrief #PhiladelphiaEvents
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Due to the forecast of rain on Sunday, we are postponing Held by the Earth: A Grief Careshop to Sunday, October 25 from 1 to 3 P.M. Come with whatever grief you are carrying —from the personal to the planetary— for this gentle time of tending our sorrow in community with Mother Earth and one another. Copy and paste to register: https://fscaston.org/events-retreats/402/held-by-the-earth-a-grief-careshop/
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Llevo semanas intentando escribir. Me ha removido profundamente la caída de alguien que durante dos años fue una referencia importante para mí. Pero, sobre todo, me ha removido todo lo que esta historia abre: la idealización, el poder, la confianza, el abuso, el silencio, la responsabilidad y la reparación. También me ha obligado a mirarme a mí misma: ¿qué significa ocupar un lugar de autoridad? ¿Qué hacemos cuando otras personas nos colocan arriba? He investigado, leído, escuchado e integrado mucho. Las voces de Holly Truhlar @hollytruhlar, Lissa Rankin @lissarankin y Heather Plett @heatherplett, entre otras, me han acompañado en este proceso. Siento que estamos atravesando una gran sacudida, con muchas repercusiones, mucho más allá de Francis Weller. He necesitado escribir algo largo, sin respuestas fáciles. Aquí tienes un resumen. El texto completo lo envié a todas las que estáis suscritas a mí newsletter y está publicado en mi Blog. www.mujerciclica.com/blog Ojalá puedas leerlo. Gracias por todas las respuestas hasta ahora 🙏🏽 ¿Que se mueve y abre en tí? Un abrazo, Sophia #FrancisWeller #AbusoDePoder #Autoridad #Discernimiento #Duelo
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The work of moving through despair, and creating space for grief, rage, joy, embodiment, empowerment, and connection is a growing collective need. Facilitation and grief tending are skills that belong to all of us, and more and more of us will need them to be able to live and die well together in troubled times. Easing the Passage is a prerecorded course for those birthing worlds where grief is held as sacred and held with many hands. FT workshops with the incredible @dorimidnight @collective_rest @thishallowedwilderness and @camillesaparabarton ! Discounted for early birds through 10/15 🍂🦇 Scholarships available See 🖇️ in bio for details! Art by @kot___ko , words by me #griefworkers #deathcare #deathdoulas #griefcare facilitators
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Our annual community processional takes place next month! Together we honor the shared weight of sorrow through movement, music, and ritual. Rooted in collective care, this gathering invites participants to walk together in remembrance, solidarity, and the sacred act of grieving in public. Grief does not look the same for everyone. It may be expressed through silence, song, movement, tears, conversation, prayer, art, memory, or simply the choice to show up. This gathering welcomes the full range of those experiences. We invite people of all ages, racial and cultural identities, genders, sexualities, faiths, abilities, and relationships to loss. We welcome you wherever you are in your grief, whether it is silent and still, or loud and moving. We ask everyone to help create a space where grief is treated with dignity. 💧Sixth Annual Grief Processional 🗓️Saturday, October 17, 2026, 1–3 p.m. [ Rain date: Sunday, October 18, 2026, from 1–3 p.m.] 📍Race Street Pier, Race Street and North Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19106 🪻Free to attend (donations welcome) 💀You are invited to “wear your grief,” however you interpret doing so. All griefs are welcome. More details, including information on accessibility and parking, can be found on our website: https://www.salttrailsphilly.com/writings/carrying-our-grief-together-6th-annual-community-grief-processional #salttrailscollective #grievingtogether #griefprocessional #griefritual #carryingourgrieftogether
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Gently tend your grief in this sacred place. Come spend some time reconnecting to Mother Earth on the sacred, beautiful, beloved grounds of Our Lady of Angels Convent. Through poetry, journaling, and embodied practice, we will listen for what wisdom she may have to offer to meet the sorrows we carry. �All griefs, from the personal to the planetary, are welcome. Copy this link to register: https://fscaston.org/events-retreats/402/held-by-the-earth-a-grief-careshop/
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📣 WEATHER UPDATE FOR TOMORROW 📣 Our event with @thishallowedwilderness is still on for tomorrow, Saturday, September 26, but please read below for a few important changes including new time and location. With rain in the forecast and our rain date looking even worse, we still want to hold space tomorrow for those who need support, so we’ll be gathering in a more abbreviated format from 12pm–1pm at the pavilion. We’ll also do our best to have some of the goats join us weather permitting, just no goat walk. 🐐 So recapping: Saturday, September 26 12pm-1pm 📍 The pavilion We hope this gathering can still provide a meaningful space for connection and reflection for those who were relying on us for this important event. 💚
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New episode 🎙️ We sat down with Rose, founding artistic director, of Bearded Ladies Cabaret, and Naila, grief coach, ahead of Priority Hoarding, an immersive fake airport built out of sixteen years of costumes, props, and archived chaos from the company’s history. Sort through storage units, scan tags to unlock secret stories and old footage, and declare your own baggage at “customs.” There’s a live cabaret series every Saturday through mid-December, ranging from a heavy metal band roasting grant portals to an intergenerational drag show. Also in there, a story about wearing a cardboard toilet on your head in honor of the late Dito van Reigersberg. Installation runs through December 20th at 444 N 3rd Street. ✈️🎭 #nowboarding #BeardedLadiesCabaret #PriorityHoarding #PhillyTheater #FringeFest
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We just finished Writing with the Mystics with @mirabaistarr and our Wild Heart dream team!!! Each retreat just gets sweeter and we left dripping with mystical poetry ready to bring the luminosity of love language into this wild world. @willow__brook @fourmoonshowl @thishallowedwilderness @resonatewithsara @themannyfesto Thank you Manny Fassihi @themannyfesto for the photos ✨
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