Grief Heals

Lisa goes solo to talk about her trip to Eugene, Oregon and dedicates the episode to the people she met who work with the homeless there. She discusses ways to investigate and think about sensations in the body, as well as emotions and feelings.

Lisa goes solo to talk about Mother's Day in relationship to grief.

Lisa and Eric have a conversation sparked by a short segment of an interview with philosopher, David Bently Hart, then discuss nondualism in relation to their fundamentalist pasts, as well as to grief.

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Lisa remembers her sister, Misty, and shares her experiences with grief and healing through nature and community. She reflects on her own process of growth and reconnection, emphasizing the importance of self-compassion. She discusses how grief can lead to growth and how tshe has been working on growing her capacity for peace, rest, and joy. She shares stories about her sister, and how her legacy has impacted her life.

Lisa and Eric talk about their experiences in their effort to define or understand what it means to be human, given that the healing of the human person is finally expressed in the wholeness of one's humanity. In the course of their conversation, Eric and Lisa talk about a funeral and a person's range of influence; the dark night of the soul and St. Silouan of Athos's advice to "keep thy mind in hell, and despair not"; the importance of being with others in their grief; the metaphor of the acorn and the tree for being oneself; James Hollis and individuation; and more.

Using bell hook's 2000 book, All About Love as a springboard, Eric and Lisa share their personal experiences with grief, love, and spirituality, grappling with the challenges of discussing these topics in a post-truth world. They explore the complexities of love, discussing how it is often misunderstood or misdefined in our culture. They also engage in a thought-provoking conversation about manipulation, interpersonal relationships, and the importance of self-awareness. Throughout the conversation, speakers emphasize the need to recognize and address emotions like shame and self-love in order to foster personal growth and healthy relationships.

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Lisa and Eric go into further detail discussing Jim Forest's book, Writing Straight with Crooked Lines. They talk about some of Jim Forest's influences, his movement from Catholicism to Orthodoxy, and the impact he has had on them.

Eric gives some feedback from our audience, including a personal clarification for his co-worker. Lisa talks about reading James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree, and the conversation revolves around the image of woundedness, both the wounds of the oppressed and the oppressor, carried by grief, as an entrance into healing.

Lisa and Eric discuss bell hooks's 2000 book, All About Love: New Visions with a focus on the mystification of love in a consumer society.