Ep 5 - Boss Talks: Grief as a Portal with Sebene Selassie and Jennye Patterson
For so many of us, grief is a near constant companion in our lives. And that loss and accompanying grief show up whether we have the space to deal or not.
As I've been exploring failure, business closures, and endings during the Summer of Failure series I've been writing these past few months, I knew I wanted to close with a conversation about grief.
Today, I discuss navigating loss and grief with Sebene Selassie and Jennifer Patterson.
Sebene Selassie is a writer, teacher, and speaker who explores the themes of belonging, resilience and well-being through mindfulness, creativity and nature. Her first book, You Belong: A Call for Connection was published in 2020.
Jennifer Patterson is a grief worker who uses plants, breath, and words to explore survivorhood, body(ies) and healing. She is the author of LOVE WHAT SURVIVES Substack, The Power of Breathwork: Simple Practices to Promote Wellbeing, and editor of the anthology Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti- Violence Movement.
Listen to the full episode to hear about:
- Why processing and exploring grief requires an embodied approach
- How community mourning practices help us move through grief
- How grief creates a portal to a new self if we can sit with it
- The tension of collective crisis and productivity culture
- How erotic disruption can allow us to tune into a multiplicity of feeling when we’re in grief
Learn more about Jennifer Patterson:
Learn more about Sebene Selassie:
Learn more about Kate Tyson:
- Wanderwell
- Connect on LinkedIn
- Read the Summer of Failure series on Kate’s Substack
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