25 years after the host's mother’s body stopped working and her Spirit joined the Ancestors, Certified Grief Support Specialist, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, offers insights to assist you on your healing journey, regardless of what kind of grief or when it began. Each episode includes valuable learnings about grief on a wide variety of topics, including what may be considered "grief-with-a-lowercase-g" (like trauma-with-a-lowercase-t). These episodes have helped many, and will probably assist you or someone you know, too!
Guest Megan Eberhardt, a cultural activist and community songleader, shares her experience first not thinking she had any grief and attending, and now facilitating Grief Rituals, inspired by the work of Malidome Patrice Somé & Sobonfu Somé of the Dagara tribe of Burkina Faso, and Francis Weller.
These resources, and the grief ritual Megan facilitated, helped Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, Certified Grief Support Specialist, and Megan is facilitating a retreat in November in Wisconsin (info here (https://rootedinthestars.corsizio.com/event/6a086e40609670070cba5b78)).
Resources:
Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (https://www.alibris.com/Of-Water-and-the-Spirit-Ritual-Magic-and-Initiation-in-the-Life-of-an-African-Shaman-Malidoma-Patrice-Some/book/29367635?qsort=p&matches=24)
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief (https://www.alibris.com/The-Wild-Edge-of-Sorrow-Rituals-of-Renewal-and-the-Sacred-Work-of-Grief-Francis-Weller/book/31819694?qsort=p&matches=34)Northwest Grief Tending (https://northwestgrieftending.com/)Grieving Man (https://www.grievingman.com/)
29 Sept 2026
Guest: Grief after Suicide Loss
In this episode, at the conclusion of National Suicide Prevention Month, Kerri Soukup, following her own lived experience with suicide loss, creator of sentiment project (https://www.sentimentproject.com/), a space built around the belief that meaning can emerge from even our most difficult experiences through creativity, connection, and sharing our stories (https://www.instagram.com/sentiment_project/) joins Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, Certified Grief Support Specialist. Kerri is also a dedicated advocate with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) (https://afsp.org/), where she has spent years helping to break down stigma and create spaces where people feel safe talking about loss, mental health and healing. In this episode, Kerri mentions the Out of the Darkness Walk which is this Sat Oct 3rd. Listeners are invited to make a donation (https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/teams/sentimentproject) to her team which is fundraising for AFSP.
As usual, here is the link for upcoming Grief Healing Circles (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grief-healing-circles-septoctnov-2026-tickets-1994102306679?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), both online and in person in Chicago. If you're interested in a particular date/time, please feel free to contact Dr. Sarah at 444healingtogether444@gmail.com
22 Sept 2026
Mini-episode: grief-with-a-lowercase g & self-compassion
In this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, Certified Grief Support Specialist, shares a recent experience of her own extreme disappointment, or grief-with-a-lowercase-g, and invites listeners to reflect on their own practices with self-compassion when experiencing grief of any kind.
Link to online and in person Grief Healing Circles. (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grief-healing-circles-septoctnov-2026-tickets-1994102306679?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true)
Link to Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor's books (including translation into Spanish). (https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?mtype=B&keyword=mary+frances+oconnor&hs.x=0&hs.y=0)
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