Feathermane Soul Wisdom

Radical acceptance is a powerful tool that can help ease anxiety and stress. Drawing upon the Buddhist belief that attachment/desire causes suffering, radical acceptance allows us to see things as they truly are and then work from there to make any desired changes.

This episode references Tara Brach’s work including her book Radical Acceptance.

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We’re continuing our journey through grief by talking about three types of grief that aren’t really discussed by most grief coaches or even therapists. These types of grief are very common among those who are neurodivergent, queer, chronically ill, or disabled. Listen to find out what they are and how changing the conversation around grief can help.

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CW: This episode talks about disordered eating, food intolerance, weight loss, and restrictive diets.

Now that I’m starting to feel better, I’ve been thinking a lot about my relationship with food and how it’s completely tangled with my neurodivergent brain. That’s led me to restrict my food intake, follow rigid rules, and have a lot of shame around eating and to some extent that has continued after I was diagnosed as neurodivergent.

This episode works to break down the intersection between executive function, wanting vs. needing to change your food intake, how that is impacted by being neurodivergent, and where grief comes into play.

I talk about my alpha gal, but imagine a lot of what I’m discussing works with those who deal with food intolerance and allergies.

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The show has been on a hiatus the last couple of weeks because I’ve been dealing with some health issues mainly stemming from an Alpha Gal diagnosis and learning how to manage the symptoms and what triggers them. Since talking about the diagnosis with some individuals, one of the questions that comes up is: What purpose do ticks serve anyway? Aren’t they just parasites?

That’s an important question, but also a dangerous one. Since it’s disability pride month, I thought I’d talk about what “useless” really means, what role ticks play in the environment, how this connects with Wild Spirit Storytelling, and what Alpha Gal has to do with it and with disability and our definition of it.

We’re diving into the deep end. Put your favorite non-mammal seasonings on your popcorn and let’s get started.

Alpha Gal Resources:

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A newsletter recently promoted that if I just did more yoga and pranayama (yogic breathing) then I’d be able to manifest better. I laughed. A lot. And then I got angry and had to blog about it. You’re in luck. This is that blog.

I’d love to hear what your thoughts are on the topic and encourage you to think about what manifesting means to you, what you think about it, and maybe why the reasons that could be. Just remember, you’re not broken. You’re not “made wrong”, and they put their pants on one leg at a time just like you do, I bet. (And if you can jump into both legs at once, that’s awesome!)

Enjoy this blogcast. Text can be found in the transcript here or in the blog post linked to earlier in the show notes.

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I recently heard a discussion about the Arrow Sutra, the story that the Buddha told about the two arrows. The first is the unavoidable suffering that happens as a part of life; the second is how we perceive the suffering. Now I’m going to stop and tell you that this blog is not about just thinking about our suffering different, but rather, this is how wild spirit storytelling, ecosystem restoration, and living in a body filled with pain collide and how our stories are that second arrow. I encourage you to explore this thought with me.

Want to visit the blog post? Check it out on my website.

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For our final episode of pride month, I’m talking abut how we can take up space and claim membership in communities even when we don’t feel welcome, and how self-abandonment relates to that. Without getting technical or into psychology jargon, the first step is to stop abandoning ourselves.

I begin by defining and talking about self-abandonment, then discuss more broadly how to take up space or make space for yourself, even when you’re a community of one. I hope that this episode helps you feel less alone and perhaps helps you to see that you matter, you are not alone, and you are a member of the community.

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In this week’s horse wisdom blog, I think about how the horses really enjoyed treats when the farrier came and how too often we don’t make time in our own lives to enjoy the good things.

You can read the blog here.

Sometimes when we’re grieving or because we’ve internalized stories that we’ve been told, we don’t think we deserve good things and this is very far from the truth. We all deserve good things, and we all deserve time to slow down and enjoy them. What are you going to enjoy today?

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In this week’s body theology blog I talk about when your body doesn’t feel sacred. If you’re dealing with a chronic illness, disability, food allergy, burnout, or just don’t feel “good”, then there’s a chance you don’t see just how sacred your body is.

I offer you powerful tips to start seeing every aspect of your body, even the unpleasant ones, as sacred and discuss just how powerful accepting your body however it is at the moment can be.

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In last week’s show I talked about the grief of feeling like you’re excluded from the communities that you are a part of and how that especially feels for neurodivergent and disabled individuals. This week I’m speaking to the communities themselves and talking about what they can do to help people feel more included.

Disabilities aren’t always visible, and the vast spectrum of neurodifferent brains also means that you can’t tell by looking at someone whether they are neurodivergent or not. This means the responsibility is on community leaders, on groups, and on each individual community member to look around them and say “Who isn’t at this table? Who isn’t giving their views and who are we excluding?”

In this week’s episode, I invite you to look around your communities, find out who isn’t there or who is being excluded, and change that.

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