In this episode Andrea and Rebecca welcome poet and spoken word artist, Andrea Gibson to talk about love, mortality, embracing the chaos and when fear turned into grief, which became awe. Andrea shares their "stage 4 wisdom" and the three wind through hyperbaric chambers and the cosmos with laughter, insights, and of course, poetry. 
 

You can find Andrea Gibson at 
www.andreagibson.org
on Instagram @andreagibson
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AndreaGibsonPoetry/

More About Andrea:

Andrea Gibson is one of the most celebrated and influential spoken word artists of our time. Best known for their live performances, Gibson has changed the landscape of what it means to attend a “poetry show.” Gibson’s poems center around LGBTQ issues, spirituality, feminism, mental health and the dismantling of oppressive social systems. Andrea is the author of seven books, most recently “You Better Be Lightning.”

Every story is unique and in this episode Tia Houston shares her adoption story and the threads of love that bind her and the grief that can ebb and flow as an adoptee. In the end, it as a story of love and family and an ending any mom could hope for.
 
Follow Tia @1rock1heart on Instagram

In this episode Andrea and Rebecca talk with Cheryl Slover-Linett, co-founder of Lead Feather - an organization that provides immersive, supportive wilderness journeys that empower a connection with your true nature. 
This beautiful conversation reflects on the healing power of nature, the ways that Mother Earth can hold us in our grief, and how deepening this connection to the lands around us can heal us and our planet.

Find out more about Lead Feather, Cheryl, and their team at:
Www.leadfeather.org

A special shout-out to our NEW (and incredible!) editor John Mattaliano
johnvincent.productions

In this episode Rebecca & Andrea chat with Alma McKinley, author of the new memoir The Shape of Me.  Through laughter and tears the three discuss how Alma's memoir about her breast cancer odyssey took them on a journey of love, friendship, grief, renewal, and into liberation.
Take a listen and then click on the link below to order your copy!

To purchase The Shape of Me:
https://a.co/d/bQAZCEO

Find Alma at:
https://almamckinley.com/

and on IG:
@AlmamcKinley_author
https://www.instagram.com/almamckinley_author/

On this episode Andrea and Rebecca introduce a new theme - examining grief on the screen. The Tepic will be explored throughout the podcast using different TV shows, movies, and documentaries to explore how grief is portrayed .
In this episode your hosts talk about the hit Apple TV show, Shrinking and all of the layers of grief that each character in the show experiences.
Major spoiler alert if you haven't watched the series but there is so much left unsaid that it's worth a listen followed by watching the series! https://tv.apple.com/us/show/shrinking/umc.cmc.apzybj6eqf6pzccd97kev7bs

In this episode Rebecca and Andrea interview Maggie Miller, a coach for adults caring for aging parents. Through the discussion we explore the grief of shifting expectations and roles between parent and child and how caring for our aging parents allows us to face our own mortality and think about our own approach to aging. 

Find Maggie at https://www.maggiemiller.org

Or on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-miller-coaching-and-consulting?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

Show Notes: 
How to be sick

How to Be Sick (Second Edition): A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers

On this episode we have guest Willow Meili who helps us understand and explore Estrangement Grief. We chat about the complexities of estrangement, sometimes it is forced upon us, sometimes it is because we set necessary boundaries, but almost always comes with deep loss.

Link to Marisa De La Peña's beautiful "deck" (Tarot heck) Rebecca references: https://www.etsy.com/listing/791704451/the-circo-tarot-by-marisa-de-la-pena-78?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

Resources from Willow and find her on IG  @onepreciouslife_companioning and @thegriefwellvillage

Estrangement Definition by Dr. Alejandra Vasquez: https://www.joincake.com/blog/authors/dr-alejandra-vasquez-jd-ct/

https://www.togetherestranged.org/

https://bandbacktogether.com/

https://www.standalone.org.uk/

https://sitwithwhit.com/

The Beauty of What Remains by Steve Leader https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623578/the-beauty-of-what-remains-by-steve-leder/

Ashley Judd on Anderson Cooper's All the Is https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-there-is-with-anderson-cooper/id1643163707?i=1000641144024
*side note Andrea knows Ashley's mom is Naomi and her sister is Wynona...


For more info on Rebecca and Willow's book club on Francis Weller's book The Wild Edge of Sorrow go to www.rebeccaluttrell.com

In this episode we explore the concept of performative grief and parasocial relationships, as well as reflecting on our own judgy relationship to these topics.

In this episode Andrea and Rebecca talk about the weight of miscarriage, the hushed conversations about them, carrying the loss, and shining a light on the grief of what could have been. So that no one has to bear the loss alone. 

In this tender hearted return to recording, after a series of unexpected losses,  we offer a timely discussion about holiday grief. Our first guest, Rebecca's good friend, Sandra Traganos (a mother, homesteader, and healer), who lost her stepson to suicide eight years ago in October, shares how she navigated those first holidays and how she oscillates between the grief and the joy during this complicated time of year. We hope your heart finds solace here.  
Suicide Hotline 988

Sandra's Socials!
www.mamasaunas.com 

https://www.facebook.com/JaydensPlace?mibextid=LQQJ4d

https://instagram.com/jaydens_puppy?igshid=MmVlMjlkMTBhMg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr