We can be active and productive and acquire and acquire but if we don’t let go, things get seriously toxic. On all levels. And it’s not something we’re very good at.
This is a soulful, sweet meandering conversation in which we cover all kinds of letting go. As well as death, there’s funerals, loss, hope, the menstrual cycle and what that teaches us about letting go, compost, menopause, grieving in covid times… all the best taboo topics.
Lottie wears loads of different hats, they’re a celebrant, a creator of queer-centred cycle magic, an educator and facilitator, a coach and animist, a walker-between-worlds who’s also worked in mainstream mental health for a long time. I came across them on Instagram where you can find their heartfelt, thoughtful posts at @know.your.cycle
Together we explore:
- Lottie’s journey to becoming a celebrant
- The healing possibilities of funerals
- The ingredients for a really good funeral
- How funerals can connect us back to our communities and hope
- The connection between death and the menstrual cycle
- The potential of the menstrual cycle to practice letting go
- Rituals and practices that help with this
- The menstrual cycle as a magical framework for change
- Pondering menopause and how to throw a party to say goodbye to menstruation
- How to celebrate the life of a loved one while we’re in a pandemic
- The importance of giving permission to ourselves to feel grief and allow it in other
- Progressive ways of disposing our remains
- Bokashi composting
- And how to grow the best courgettes
Though they really didn’t want to, I squeezed Lottie till they let out a fabulous top tip too.
Here are some handy links:
Red School
Recompose – compost funerals
The Natural Death Centre
Death Cafe’s
Bokashi composting tips
Here’s Lottie’s Instagram
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topics we discuss, you can message me through Instagram or have a look at here where you’ll find a wealth of free resources.
You will find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes and many more platforms soon. It would be wonderful if you would pop over to iTunes to rate and subscribe to Life – An Inside Job to encourage more people to nourish their inner lives.
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Music
Trust Me (instrumental) by RYYZN
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Artwork
Portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles
