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Down to the Bones: Grief and the Bonewoman
Night Letters Podcast — Grief & the Bone Woman
In this episode, Iris and Ellen dive deep into grief — the personal, the collective, and the ancestral — and explore what it means to sit with sorrow rather than run from it.
In this episode:
How grief is showing up personally and collectively right now — and why that's actually a source of hope
The feral, untamed nature of grief and why it resists being "polished" or rushed
Why fully feeling loss is inseparable from feeling fully alive
The pressure modern healing culture puts on "moving through" grief quickly — and why that's worth questioning
Ancestral grief: carrying the weight of generations and finding meaning in it
Practical ways Iris and Ellen have been moving with grief: crying, movement, writing, breathwork, animals, and community
The Myth of La Loba (Bone Woman)
Drawn from Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés' Women Who Run With Wolves, the story of La Loba — the wise elder who collects wolf bones in the desert and sings them back to life — serves as the mythic backdrop for this conversation. What bones in yourself are waiting to be gathered and sung back into wholeness?
Themes explored:
Grief as transformation and death/rebirth cycles
The sacred nature of dark, uncomfortable emotional spaces
Storytelling and song as acts of rebellion and hope
Breathing new life into the bones — rebuilding identity after profound loss
References mentioned:
Women Who Run With Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Maria Souza (mythologist on Instagram) — Year of Myths course
Beatle the Bard (bardcore/medieval hip hop on social media)
Beltane & the thinning of the veil
Night Letters drops every other Wednesday at 10:00 PM on all major platforms.
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By Iris Brooke and Ellen WalkerNight Letters Podcast — Grief & the Bone Woman
In this episode, Iris and Ellen dive deep into grief — the personal, the collective, and the ancestral — and explore what it means to sit with sorrow rather than run from it.
In this episode:
How grief is showing up personally and collectively right now — and why that's actually a source of hope
The feral, untamed nature of grief and why it resists being "polished" or rushed
Why fully feeling loss is inseparable from feeling fully alive
The pressure modern healing culture puts on "moving through" grief quickly — and why that's worth questioning
Ancestral grief: carrying the weight of generations and finding meaning in it
Practical ways Iris and Ellen have been moving with grief: crying, movement, writing, breathwork, animals, and community
The Myth of La Loba (Bone Woman)
Drawn from Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés' Women Who Run With Wolves, the story of La Loba — the wise elder who collects wolf bones in the desert and sings them back to life — serves as the mythic backdrop for this conversation. What bones in yourself are waiting to be gathered and sung back into wholeness?
Themes explored:
Grief as transformation and death/rebirth cycles
The sacred nature of dark, uncomfortable emotional spaces
Storytelling and song as acts of rebellion and hope
Breathing new life into the bones — rebuilding identity after profound loss
References mentioned:
Women Who Run With Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Maria Souza (mythologist on Instagram) — Year of Myths course
Beatle the Bard (bardcore/medieval hip hop on social media)
Beltane & the thinning of the veil
Night Letters drops every other Wednesday at 10:00 PM on all major platforms.