EWG :: 01. Voices in our heads

Embodied Writing : Grief series

Welcome to another series of Embodied Writing. Over the next sixish months, we will be exploring trauma, grief, our blocks to grief, embodiment, and their intersections. These series are an added benefit for paid subscribers and the first email in the series is available to all subscribers.

The Embodied Writing journey loosely follows the path of Inanna's descent to and ascent from the Underworld.  There is a three part cycle that repeats seven times. The first email will explore a singular aspect of grief; the second email will be focused on "being in the Underworld,” being in liminal space, caring for ourselves, and finding compassion around the aspect we explored the previous week; and the third week an “ascention” into the world, reclaiming this aspect of grief and our Self on our own terms.  

We begin with the stories and voices we carry in our minds around grief.  The narratives we have been taught by both culture and our families of origin.  These are the stories of what and w…