Grief Forward (Episode 38)

05/25/22 • 24 min

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Grief is something that is present for a lot of us. There's lots to be sad about, so what's the best way to process the grief arising from it? Do we have an obligation to feel sad all the time given the daily tragedies in our world? We shine light on our own ongoing griefs and explore what it means to feel safe enough to feel all our feelings, even as we try and keep up with the needs around us. We also touch on counters to grief — which seem to fall somewhere between will and joy — and the meaning we can make as we grieve in community.
Links:
Untangled by Lisa Damour, the book Rebecca mentions
Couples Therapy, the show Rebecca mentions
How Long Should it Take to Grieve? in The New York Times and Grief and Conspiracy 20 Years After 9/11 in The Atlantic, two essays on grief we found insightful
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Thinking Big with Anna DeShawn (Episode 37)

Nat and Bec chat with Chicago-born digital media artist and social entrepreneur Anna DeShawn. We reminisce about the Podcast Movement conference in LA, church as preparation for life as a performer, and Anna shares some insights about creating when you don't fit in any box, doing many things at a time, and developing a self-care regimen that enables thinking big to flourish.
Anna Deshawn is the founder of The Qube and E3 Radio, which are riding media into its next era by using digital media streams to center and celebrate BIPOC and QTPOC creatives.
Links:
Check out Anna's website for more of her work, and give her a follow on Twitter and Instagram.
Discover the best music and podcasts by BIPOC and QTPOC creatives (and join the app waitlist) at The Qube. Also check out E3 Radio for queer music and news.
The books Anna mentions are Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes and The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks.
We also wanted to put a spotlight on the podcast Hello, I'm Listening, a rebrand of the podcast Translating Love where hosts Dani (from America) and Wolfgang (from Austria) explore their unique relationship. It's a refreshingly fun podcast where they talk about life, important issues, and fun stuff while growing together as a couple and both always bring a different perspective.
We love hearing from our listeners! Leave us a voice message, write to the show email, or send us a DM on any of our socials.
If our conversations support you in your own reframing practice, please consider a donation on our Patreon. Subscribe to the Sister On! Newsletter. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram too.

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Being More Than One Thing with Jessica Hiemstra (Episode 39)

We are all multi-hyphenate. How can we reframe what it means to be more than one thing and embrace our multiplicities? We talked to artist Jessica Hiemstra, whose work spans many different mediums, from essays and poetry to children's books to murals to large-scale installations, about how she navigates doing a lot. Our wide-ranging conversation spanned how we embrace being big in the world to the tabs we keep open in our lives to what we can learn from beavers.
Jessica makes. Have a look.
Links:
Follow Jessica on Twitter and Instagram
While the Forest is Sleeping (out now)
The Thinking Heart: the Etty Drawings (1983–1984) by Claire Wilks (a collaboration coming soon)
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