In this episode Meghan enlists friend, teacher, and healer Christine Goulding (http://www.christinegoulding.com; http://www.thedynamicself.com/) to discuss the sacredness of life and how we may honor that sacredness through the felt experience of the emotions of Grief, Rage, Love, and Hope, both individually and in relation.

Note: This episode was recorded in early February 2023, just following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and makes mention of that tragedy.

We also mention the work of spiritual teacher Thomas Hubl (https://thomashuebl.com/) and Dr. Gabor Mate (https://drgabormate.com/).

In this episode Meghan is joined by Juan Lube to discuss the paradox of the living perfection of the moment always entwined with the grief of its passing. They engage with William Douglas Horden's chapter on the Nahuatl difrasism of Flower-and-Song as it relates to how we meet each moment, each relationship, and indeed the whole world with grace and compassion.

This episode was recorded in the fall of 2022.

In the episode we reference Soulfire Farm (https://www.soulfirefarm.org/), Sylvanqua Farm (https://www.sylvanaqua.com/), Edible Acres (https://www.edibleacres.org/), and the work of Tricia Hersey (http://www.triciahersey.com/), Martin Prechtel (https://floweringmountain.com/), and Stephen Jenkinson (https://orphanwisdom.com/).

In this episode Meghan is joined by Che Broadnax (https://ko-fi.com/chebroadnax) to discuss scarcity-mindedness, the meaning of survival, and the liberating capacity of pleasure and joy.

A correction from the episode: I (Meghan) misquote Layla Saad as saying "Blackness is the agenda that saves us all," but the actual quote, significantly, is "Blackness is the agenda that FREES us all." That quote can be found in the Good Ancestor Podcast #032, released October 1, 2020.

Also important to note, several times Che and I reference Baldwin, that is James Baldwin, the late preeminent author and activist (if you're not yet familiar with his work, do yourself a favor--The Fire Next Time is one of my most sacred texts).

Welcome to the Living in a Time of Dying podcast! This podcast will discuss the issues and themes arising in the eponymous book, Living in a Time of Dying: Cries of Grief, Rage, Love, and Hope (2021), co-authored by host Meghan Elizabeth Tauck and Taoist mystic William Douglas Horden. The book can be found in print wherever books are sold, and the audio version is forthcoming--stay tuned!