Naja is a child and family therapist with a specialty in childhood trauma, and works in decolonizing clinical constructs in the world of therapy. In this episode, Naja brings beautiful wisdom on topics like supporting kids in grief, why social media is addictive, how isolation translates as danger, the chemical origins of love, and why “we need to be invested in each other if we’re going to survive.” 

While some of this episode is about kids it's not for kids. We ended on a sentence that contains the trifecta of uncomfortable English words including the mother of all swears. Be ye warned.

Where and how do you find validation? Could it actually be healthy or even possible to seek it outside of yourself? What does living in love look like? Do you experience in-the-moment tranqility? Can you let chaos just be chaos without responding? We know. It’s all easier said than done. But...how ready are you?

Updates, housekeeping, technology struggles, naps, juggling life, cookies from the universe, etc. You know. Just checking in with our friends. (That’s you.)

Behold, a conversation full of laughter and love with our friend Kim De Los Reyes, aka Kim of the Kings. Kim walks us through how grief made her lose The Music, and the beautiful way she found it again in nature, in movement, and in coming back home to herself. We discuss how we shake it to channel destruction into prayer, the wisdom of how movement can start as simple as going for a walk, and so much more. Come dance with us. Get movin.

Put on your sexy hat, cuz this week we explore movement and pleasure with Jenny Gal, Ayurvedic Post-Partum Doula, Somatic and Sexological Bodyworker, and Erotic Blueprint Coach. Jenny works to help clients in reclaiming sacred sexuality in motherhood, and supporting women's healing and thriving in post-partum care. We expose a LOT of proverbial skin here, so listen with...well...we'll always tell you what to listen with in our intro.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennygalofficial/

D and Micki join Kiva Siani - burlesque dancer, strip tease artist and creator of the Sensual Moms Group - for more yummy fun pleasure tidbits about moving through grief. Kiva uses the principals of practice, pleasure and play to help us re-parent and re-write ourselves in our lives. 

Instagram: @kiva.siani ; @sm_circle

The first episode of our newest theme, Moving Through Grief, is a chat with Jamie Asdorian, a Tharavada Yoga Instructor helping us find our way back to self-trust and inner wisdom through slow, meditative practices. Jamie is also a practitioner of Vegetation, a unique type of meditation discovered through her yoga and life experiences and learnings. Jamie talks with us about ancestors, the roots of yoga, how connection is there for everyone costing a sum total of $free.50, and reminds us that everyone has worth. Sit with us!

Find her on IG - @tharavadayoga

This week D and Micki join in a conversation with Gina Harris, CEO of Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep, a non-profit providing the gift of remembrance portraits to parents experiencing the death of a baby. Gina uses her beautiful and candid ability to tell us her own personal stories of loss, her work with NILMDTS, and the importance of how we capture love and treasure memories.

https://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/

In this episode of Season 2, Dark Matter, D and Micki get to speak with Joe'l Simone Anthony, aka The Grave Woman. Joe'l is a Sacred Death & Grief Care Practitioner, a Course Creator & Educator, a Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer, and an Insurance Agent & Preplanning Specialist. She is a prolific educator teaching from seemingly every angle of grief, death and planning - financial to spiritual - especially for people of color. This one has it all: astrology grief guidance, healing regrets while you still can, following your path and passions, meeting middle earth people and aliens... Join us. It's fun over here.