Fall Portal Mourning Series

For the second week of this fall series (releasing, grounding, letting go of anxiety and fear that surrounds our grief) I want to share the seastar shimmer with you.

In the video above you’ll learn how simple somatic movements- inspired by seastars- can help with processing grief. Give it a watch and let me know if any questions arise as you shimmer like a seastar with your belly on the ground.

I’ll be sharing a mourning support video and recipe each week for the rest of our fall portal for paid subscribers. If you’d like to go on this release journey with me, you can opt into a paid subscription for the rest of this season - or if you’re experiencing economic hardship - email me and I’ll gift you a paid subscription for the rest of this year.

Video Credits:

• I originally made this video as a bonus resource for my self-guided mourning ritual bundle. Check it out if you’re in need of support processing acute or lingering grief about the death transition of a loved one (human or companion animal), ecological grief, or the death of a circumstance (i.e. relationship, job, home).

• The ocean and moon (the waves) created the score for this video.

Pumpkin Soup Three ways…

One of my favorite takeaways from a grief literacy training (Being Here, Human) I underwent was likening grieving to digestion. If we don’t process our grief, it can lead to both physical and mental un-wellness (stagnation and frozenness in the body, depression etc), and eventual death; just as if we don’t absorb nutrients from food, and release our bowels, we will become ill, and eventually die. Thus- pumpkin soup!

Pumpkin is the patron saint of digestion in my home, after experimenting with soup making for many seasons, I’ve found these three variations are tasty. All of the recipes below make a large batch.

It may be rather literal of me, but I do find that when our digestion is moving smoothly, it’s easier to move grief around in the body.