grief/relief

Moe talks with poet and capoeira practitioner Santiago Vega about losing a beloved, the mental and physical aspects of capoeira, insomnia, and the mind/body connection. Music in this episode by Sera Cahoone. Theme music for the series is "A Bit of a Hard Time" by Julia Massey.

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Moe talks with LMHC Paula Pessotto about Brazil, existential phenomenology, dancing, and more. Music in this episode by Carrie Biell. Theme music for the series is "A Bit of a Hard Time" by Julia Massey.

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Moe talks with musician Levi Fuller about Dead Friends; how reactions to loss are complicated, the expectations we have depending on "how close" you were, the problems with having to rate friendships and categorize grief, and the many ways to memorialize loved ones. Music in this episode from the album Colossal by Levi Fuller. Theme music for the series is "A Bit of a Hard Time" by Julia Massey.

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Moe talks with afrose fatima ahmed: poet, poetic tarot reader, and embodied writing coach. They talk about the sudden death of afrose's sister Afifa, the tangle of emotions that traumatic loss brings, and the incredible poem that came from moving through the grieving process.

Music in this episode by Carrie Biell. Theme music for the series is "A Bit of a Hard Time" by Julia Massey.

Read the poem Season's Grievings: https://afrosefatimaahmed.com/2016/07/15/your-grief/

Support afrose and receive poetic gifts at www.patreon.com/afrosefatimaahmed

Support Carrie Biell: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/when-your-feet-hit-the-stars/301583754

Support Julia Massey: https://www.patreon.com/juliamassey

A preview for the full episode 11, poet afrose fatima ahmed reads her poem "Season's Grievings", written several years after the sudden death of her sister.

Read the poem Season's Grievings: https://afrosefatimaahmed.com/2016/07/15/your-grief/

Support her work and receive poetic gifts at: www.patreon.com/afrosefatimaahmed

Moe has a conversation 18 years in the making, with musician and performer of small miracles Yva Las Vegass. They talk about the grief of racism, smoking crack as relief, music, and the things in between.

Buy Yva's album: https://monikerrecordsss.bandcamp.com/album/i-was-born-in-a-place-of-sunshine-and-the-smell-of-ripe-mangoes

Theme music is "A Bit of a Hard Time" by Julia Massey.

Support Julia Massey: https://www.patreon.com/juliamassey

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The second in a two-part series, Moe talks with Molly, Cat, and Carrie Biell about their experiences as young children when their mom went blind. There are lessons about resilience, the powerful bond that siblings share, and we also manage to use a fart metaphor to discuss the importance of not minimizing one's own suffering.

Music in this episode by Moon Palace. Theme music is "A Bit of a Hard Time" by Julia Massey.

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Moe talks with Janie McDermott, who shares her grief of going blind in her early thirties, as a Deaf woman with three young daughters and divorce looming on the horizon.

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Moe talks with dancer, photographer, organizer and all-around storyteller Jordan Compton. They explore the mental health dimensions of grief, and specifically how OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) precipitated her loss of a potential career in ballet.

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Moe sits down with filmmaker David Llama. They talk grieving the militarization of the US/Mexico border, the difficult realities of walking around the US as a green card carrying Mexican, and small ways to make the world a better place.

Check out David's work at elanimal.tv Theme music is "A Bit of a Hard Time" by Julia Massey

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