Josea Tamira Crossley
Is it possible that you might be avoiding your grief, but still suffering? Here are three signs of being stuck in complex grief. You might be: 1.) FROZEN and unable to feel the depths of your pain because of a trauma response. This is really common when we are dealing with complex grief (grief layered …
It feels like time is moving extra fast these past few weeks, and I find myself blinking hard in disbelief every time I look at the calendar – mid-August!! How did we get here?? I have so much to share with you – a LOT is transpiring behind the scenes here at Dark Woods of grief, so expect …
I’ve been envisioning “home” for these last few months in a big way – probably partly spurred by being pushed to move by our current landlords since they are moving into their house. I’ve moved literally over one hundred times in my 42 years – as a single mom for almost 12 years, housing was …
It’s May, and my poppies are starting to bloom. I expect they’ll be in full flush in the coming weeks. A male robin is clearly staking our tiny backyard as his territory, evidenced by his perch on the fence behind the poppies. His mate is most likely tending a hidden nest in the trees above, …
It’s Sunday morning as I draft this, and I’m sitting on my deck in the spring sunshine looking at my poppies, and wondering if I might have any luck if I try to transplant them. They are green and full leaved at the moment. I made this garden in our postage-stamp suburban yard, adjacent to our …
I will say it again: Grief work is innately both personal, transpersonal and political. We cannot heal fully without addressing the systems of oppression that are making us sick. 💛 We are all connected. 💛 In February we released a podcast interview with Daniela & Caroline Abedrabbo – Daniela is a counsellor on the Dark …
Today I’m grateful for the little bits of birdsong that are beginning in my region. Yesterday it snowed here (which is a bit rare on the West Coast) but there are so many other signs of spring all around us. Dear ones, most of you are gathered here in this community as a kind of …
It takes a lot of courage to turn towards our grief. Often it can feel easier to turn away or “numb out.” Even just holding curiousity about how you might be able to tend to your experience differently is a powerful step – and by being here, you are doing it. As my teacher Francis Weller says, “We …
Today I’m feeling grateful for the last of the leaves turning & falling here in the Pacific Northwest and their colours even as they fade. I’m also grateful for walks by the the ocean and rooting ever deeper into my own ancestral lineages & traditions of grief tending. It’s also been heartbreaking to witness what is happening in the …
Today, I have a very specific grief topic to share with you – this is for women who are in the perimenopause or menopause time of life – if that’s you, amazing. If not, please consider who you might know and love that could benefit from this offering & forward them this post! 🍂 Between …
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