In this episode, Akilah S. Richards reflects on the journey so far inside What I Let Die, pausing to honor how physical death has shaped her relationship with non-physical losses. She weaves in the concept of Kananápo—the grief that comes from endings that don’t involve a body—and explores how tending to body death can grow our capacity to hold what we can’t see but deeply feel.

Grief and joy show up together here, as they often do. With metaphors rooted in permaculture and practices from the ILID course, Akilah reminds us that our grief-tending skills are also joy-growing skills. This one is an offering of tenderness, clarity, and invitation.

In this episode:

• A reflection on body death and its teachings

• The grief-joy connection, grounded in everyday language

• An invitation to keep practicing with what grief leaves behind

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