Episode 31: A Work in Progress
“Medicine is really what we create for healing in our grief journey.”
Ken Breniman
This episode is part of a Breathing Wind miniseries titled Meaning Making, Mortality and Medicine, hosted by Ken Breniman, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified yoga therapist, plant medicine integration specialist and a thanatologist. Ken’s miniseries explores finding ways to bring meaning in our grief journeys, making sense of being mortal and and making the most out of life, and healing medicines, which he defines as “what we create for healing in our grief journey.”
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What is meaning making, mortality, and medicine? In this episode, Ken Breniman from Season One (ep 08) and Sarah Davis, founder of the Breathing Wind podcast, talk about belonging, medicine, ritual and normalizing healing.
Ken and Sarah talk about:
His use of ritual in the podcast and how music became the backdrop for his episodes
The meaning of meaning making, mortality and medicine
Normalizing healing and cultivating welcoming spaces for grief stories
Related resources:
Ken’s website (kenbreniman.com)
Madeleine Bachan Kaur’s website (Episode 32, coming soon)
Dave Koz’s website (Episode 33, coming soon)
Ken’s episode 08 from Season One
Wikipedia article on Thanatology
Wikipedia article on Avengers’ Thanos
Healing Nation by Bachan Kaur
Planting Seeds: Ayahuasca as a Potential Intervention for Prolonged Grief Disorder, article written by Ken Breniman
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