A close friendship of almost three decades.  How their intimacy grew during her dear friend's last year of life, and how she moves through the loss.  


Cheryl's classes on the dead: 
 https://wayoftherose.org/take-back-the-magic-workshops-with-perdita-finn/

Cheryl & Perdita chat about losing people through death and creating magic in our lives.

Watch conversation on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/3Awgv6B16Bs

Partnering Episode 15 - MY CLOSE FRIEND WHO DIED 

Perdita Finn:
The co-founder with her husband Clark Strand of the international fellowship The Way of the Rose and the book by the same name. She is also the author of the forthcoming Take Back the Magic (Running Press, 2023.) She teaches popular workshops about getting to know the dead and collaborating with the ancestors.
Classes with Perdita Finn: 
https://wayoftherose.org/take-back-the-magic-workshops-with-perdita-finn/
The Way of The Rose Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wayoftherose
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/perditafinn/

The Reluctant Psychic: A Memoir by Suzan Saxman & Perdita Finn

The podcast's first male guest to share a story of a close friendship that faded away a few years after college.  


If you have a personal story of a friendship breakup you'd like to anonymously share on this podcast, please reach out to:  [email protected]

Her  journey of cutting ties. 

Jessica Joy
https://www.jessicajoyintuitive.com/

The Shaman's Cave TV
https://shamanstv.com

Tarot of Transformation Deck
by Jasmin Cori & Willow Arlenea

Watch Episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/KISY4d2SrkE

Cheryl & Shelley come together to chat about "blindspots."  Meaning toxic behavior within a friendship that a person can't see.

P.S.  Please forgive Cheryl's external mic which must not have been on while we recorded. 

Shelley Daniels is a writer for theatre, television, film, and created the television series 
THE RESENTFUL ANGEL.  Both Cheryl & Shelley co-executive produced its pilot which received great notice and awards in film festivals around the world.   The series is currently being shopped around to networks.   If interested in learning more about the series, please reach out to Cheryl at: [email protected] 

Have a story of a friendship breakup you'd like to share on this podcast?   
Email:  [email protected]

“I Don’t Want to Pick Up the Pieces Anymore” 

She met her dear friend in college in the 70's.  They were like sisters, each other's chosen family.  Then, in their mid-twenties when she broke up with a girlfriend ... 

She grew to become aware of her own needs and how to communicate her needs through wise speech. 

Oren Jay Sofer’s book: Say What You Mean
https://www.orenjaysofer.com

Cheryl and Shea chat about the practice of relational hygiene, micro-communication, the idea of relationships not having conflict, and the courage to be seen. 

Watch Episode on YouTube
https://youtu.be/AkefBtkAsnM

Shea in the Catskills
https://www.sheainthecatskills.com

Chris Maxwell Rose & Charlotte Rose a.k.a. The Pleasure Mechanics  
Podcast: Speaking of Sex with The Pleasure Mechanics
Listen on iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speaking-of-sex-with-the-pleasure-mechanics/id625276860
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/6Gz992fCrF5Hl4uxrINWGr?si=c3c0b1d693614ba2

Breńe Brown
https://brenebrown.com

Adrienne Maree Brown
https://adriennemareebrown.net/book-me/

Alexis Pauline Gumbs
https://www.alexispauline.com/about

 Movements for Transformative Justice
https://transformharm.org/transformative-justice-a-brief-description/

"There's something you don't know." 

Best friends who in high school found love & romance with two other best friends, until ...

She met her friend while interning at the friend's place of employment. 
They became fast friends until several cracks over the years lead up to a final fracture.  


Buddhist Organization
https://www.sgi-usa.org

Podcast - How to Use Your Buddhist Practice (SGI)
https://buddhability.org/podcast/

The guest's perspective on the dynamic between black and white women in America, and how it may have figured into the friendship.