The Wild Edge of Sorrow: The Sacred Work of Grief with Francis Weller | EOLU Podcast

My guest Francis Weller is a psychotherapist and the author of the book The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief. He discusses the importance of engaging grief in our personal lives and as a community and shares stories of the power of grief-work to change our lives. Learn more about his work at his website:
http://www.francisweller.net/

This episode includes:
🍃 Why we need to honor grief in order to save the planet
🍂 The capacity of nature to help us heal our grief
🍃 How to help children establish a relationship with grief
🍂 How grief has become attached to other emotions like fear and anger
🍃 The intimate connection between grief and joy
🍂 How we enter the experience of grief through different portals ( the “5 gates”)
🍃 A simple ritual for sharing our collective grief (for healthcare workers and others)

“The broken heart has the capacity to respond to the sorrows of the world with meaning … and love.”
-FRANCIS WELLER

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