Grief Magic: Rituals, Tarot & Creativity for Seasons of Loss

This is a gentle exploration of the grief that come up when we look at patterns in our childhoods and families in more detail. I am sharing what is coming up for me since my mum passed, what helps and what I am orienting towards. I mentioned two books by Clare Alexander: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/287509/claire-alexander and the ACA newsletter: https://adultchildren.org/email-subscriptions/here is the invite to the free winter solstice tarot workshop: https://wonderful-term-81242.myflodesk.com/s4b5ao1vu9Sending love,Yarrow

This week I’m joined by Georgia Wall, a ceremonial teacher and artist based in New York City, who weaves grief, creativity and ceremony together with such care. We begin with a reading from her book, The Circle Room: a book in ceremony. I really loved her October letter! We talk about how grief threads through everything we love, what it means to turn 40, and what her five-year-old twins are teaching her about impermanence.Georgia also shares how art school, a decade as a teaching artist and years of spiritual seeking led her into ceremony work, and how she made her book from a residency to a small fabric-bound print run. We also talk about Sacred Bridge, her six-week online group experience for anyone moving through a transition, with its next cohort starting in January. You can sign up for her monthly Love Letters newsletter, and if you’re in Brooklyn on 22 November, she’s hosting a live grief circle with writing, altar work and space to hold whatever is showing up for you. You can learn more about Georgia's work, her book and classes over here: https://www.theceremonialist.earth/Thank you so much for joining us!Love,Yarrow

I feel re-energized around my tarot practice and I know many people return to their decks this time of year, so I wanted to record a little episode on approaches that can help us deepen our relationships to our decks and read in a way that feels more meaningful without adding a whole lot of faff that no one needs. Here is the invite for the free winter solstice tarot workshop: https://wonderful-term-81242.myflodesk.com/s4b5ao1vu9and here are the discounted readings I am currently offering: https://griefmagic.com/tarot/Thank you as ever for listening!Love,Yarrow

Hi friends,I am popping in to make two announcements today. Firstly, I decided to make my Grief Glimmers course free this season! I made it with so much love and I care so deeply about changing the culture around grief. If you feel curious about tarot, writing and creativity as a way to hold us through loss, feel free to sign up here: https://griefmagic.com/freecourse/Secondly, I am offering discounted tarot readings this month - these are custom, asynchronous readings that you can listen to over and over again. They are currently £50 instead of £80 and include a custom guided meditation just for you. You can request one here: https://griefmagic.com/tarot/Thirdly, I am offering a free winter solstice tarot workshop on Sunday the 20th of December and would love to have you, you can sign up here: https://wonderful-term-81242.myflodesk.com/s4b5ao1vu9If you have any questions for the podcast, you are so welcome to send me a voice note here: https://www.speakpipe.com/yarrowmLove,Yarrow

You know, just a casual question on a chill Friday. Of course, I don't have any clear answers, but I wanted to take you along on my mental exploration. What I am hoping is that we can manage to embrace imperfection in ourselves and others, that we utilize new technologies when they are genuinely helpful and improve access and inclusion and that we come to an embodied orientation towards beauty, pleasure and the spirit of things. No small feat, but so worthwhile. Here is more info about the glimmer sessions I mentioned: https://griefmagic.com/club/Love,Yarrow

...I am not trying to be dramatic, but these things really have made such a big difference and I really wish I had embraced them earlier in my life, it would have made things so much easier. From creating your own daily rituals to jomo, good boundaries and even better pyjamas I am sharing eight ways in which I adapt my everyday life to suit my neurodivergent brain. If you'd like to receive my newsletter, you can join here: https://griefmagic.com/free/Love,Yarrow

This episode is for you if you feel a bit disconnected from your creativity and you want some easy, low energy ideas that can help you reconnect with this part of you. You might have most of the things needed already at home and they're a great way to get ready for a softer season, mark the change of light and bring in some of the changing leafs. If you like, you are also still welcome to join us for Glimmer Sessions: https://griefmagic.com/club/Thank you for listening!Love,Yarrow

This is a little waffle episode - updates from my summer, tales of neurotic furniture moving, the slow timeline of creative dreams unfolding over years and what I am doing at the moment to stay connected to each moment and a sense of hope. You can send me questions over here: https://www.speakpipe.com/yarrowmand you can join our monday sessions over here: https://griefmagic.com/clubLove,Yarrow

Just a short & sweet one to say Glimmer Sessions start tomorrow - these are quiet, low pressure Zoom hangouts on a Monday evening, 7-8pm UK time with lovely creative company!Find out more and sign up here: https://griefmagic.com/club/and feel free to send me a question over here: https://www.speakpipe.com/yarrowmBlessings on your seasonal transition,Yarrow

This week I'm continuing the Google-questions format and turning to something that comes up so often: why some friendships don't survive grief and loss.Before I get into it, a reminder that Monday sessions are back, come as you are, no pressure, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds: https://griefmagic.com/club/ I'm also now offering seasonal readings, a custom card pull with an audio recording, a picture, and a guided meditation you can return to again and again: https://griefmagic.com/grief-blessings/I sit with three questions. Why do friendships fall apart during grief? I talk honestly about my own experience after my accident in 2020, becoming visibly disabled and navigating a friendship that struggled to hold space for how I was rethinking my future, and why sometimes a friendship falling away isn't a failure so much as a sign that your needs or values have genuinely shifted.How do you ask for help without feeling like a burden? I unpack why that word does so much damage, and talk through what's helped me be more specific and vulnerable when asking for support, including a little detour into British politeness and pre-emptive excuse-making versus more direct ways of asking.Why does grief make some friendships closer and others disappear? This is where I talk about the friendships I've built since losing my mum, the people who skip the small talk with me now, and why that kind of intimacy after loss feels so different and so good.Thanks for listening!Love,Yarrow