Grief is a way of loving that which has slipped from view and love is a way of grieving that which is not yet done so. In today’s episode, I am speaking with Stephen Jenkinson who is a storyteller, activist, author, and farmer. He graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in theology as well as a master’s degree in social work from the University of Toronto. His journey thereafter led him in and out of palliative care and hospice organisations. He is renowned for his workshops and teachings that accompany him around the world and is the founder of the Orphan Wisdom School.
Grief is something I have always felt close to yet a difficult sensation to sit with and here in the Southern Hemisphere it is the season of grief, Autumn invites this elder to dine with us in a way we are not culturally used to or taught to welcome. Tending to grief is a lifelong task, one that you must stay close to. May it be the letting go of old parts of yourself, that feeling when night sets in and that day has ended, or even the simplest way a conversation ends. There are many ways to grieve and tis the season to befriend this backbone that sets its twin flame, love, free.
In This Episode We Explore:
- Grief as a way of loving what is
- The architecture of grief
- Human freedom and the future of connection
- Ways to honour rite of passages
- The connection animals play on farms and how that connects us to life / death
- Stephen's perspective on the state of the world and how to be with this
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