In this episode, I speak with writer, astrologer, and recently bereaved mother Damascena Tanis.

Damascena lives on the shores of Lake Erie with her three earthbound children. Currently, Damascena is most involved with learning how to parent a fourth child who has journeyed beyond the veil. She writes about this journey, astrology, spirituality, and her messy human life on her popular website.

Damascena's writing has been a heart-opening resource for me since becoming a mother, including and especially anything she writes about her losing her son Tanner and the journey with grief.

Witnessing the depth of love for her son and her devotion

In this episode, we speak about:

-how mothering can continue beyond the veil and what that looks like for Damascena

-vulnerability and what it's like to share the deepest parts of ourselves online

-opening to eros through grief

-the patterns that stop us from grieving fully

-motherhood and grief

-grief as aliveness

-birth as a roadmap to teach us how to grieve

-what we can learn from the ancient practice of keening

This is an intimate conversation that had us both in tears.

I also had a big a-ha! moment in real-time and we honor Damascena's son, Tanner, throughout.

I loved it and I think you will, too.

You can find all of Damascena’s work, including her