How can we use ritual to create a life of joy and meaning when our world is turned upside down? What's a no-bullshit zone, and how can we dress ourselves in psychological teflon?

Tune in to this conversation with Myra Sack, author of 57 Fridays, and find out. 

When Myra's daughter Havi was diagnosed with a fatal neurodegenerative disease in 2019, Myra knew nothing would ever be the same. In this deeply moving conversation, Myra shares the sacred family rituals and "shabirthdays" that brought joy and holiness into their devastation.

With candor and wisdom, Myra opens up about creating a "no bullshit zone" to shield her family, building "psychological teflon" to navigate the outside world, and the profound lesson that grieving is a way to keep expressing love. Myra also shares why she founded E-Motion, a nonprofit ensuring community, movement and ritual as rights for the grieving.

Whether you're walking a path of loss or want to meaningfully support someone who is, Myra provides indispensable insights on:

• Inhabiting the "both/and" of grief and joy
• How our loved ones can tell us what they need without words
• The power of yearning over fear in grief
• Integrating loss through small, manageable ritual acts
• Why community is crucial, but so often lacking, for grievers
• How workplaces can become grief-literate to better help employees
• And so much more

Learn more about Myra:
57 Fridays
Instagram
E-Motion

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