Collective Grief
Grief Heals11 Nov 2024

Collective Grief

Host Lisa Michelle Zega leads a thoughtful and introspective discussion on the state of the United States and the human condition. Zega explores themes of unity, division, grief, and the need for collective healing and understanding. She reflects on the complex history of the country, the lasting impacts of systemic oppression, and the importance of expanding our capacity for empathy, compassion, and love. Zega draws connections between individual and collective experiences, highlighting how our internal states and unresolved traumas manifest externally. She emphasizes the power we have to change our own mindsets and states of being, in order to show up more fully for one another and work towards positive change.

Questions for Further Reflection

  1. How can we cultivate a deeper sense of interconnectedness and empathy within our communities and society as a whole?

  2. What steps can we take to better understand and acknowledge the historical injustices and systemic oppression that have shaped the current landscape?

  3. In what ways can we each work to expand our emotional resources and resilience, and how might that contribute to collective healing?

  4. What role does personal growth and development play in our ability to show up for one another and create positive change?

  5. How might recognizing our shared humanity, beyond national or other divisive identities, help us move towards a more just and equitable future?

  6. What practical strategies can we implement to foster more compassion, love, and collective mourning in response to societal challenges?

Episoder(87)

Gardens and Grief

Gardens and Grief

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Grief Humanizes

Grief Humanizes

Lisa reflects on a question that's been sitting with her: What if we renamed this podcast? From Grief Heals to Grief Humanizes because maybe that's the truer thing grief does.She traces the thread fro...

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Gifts of Grief

Gifts of Grief

Grief gives gifts. If that’s true, it opens up a conversation that asks what are the gifts that grief has given me. The first gift that comes to mind is that my life is more than this body. Before Chi...

30 Mar 26min

How Did I Get Here Part Two

How Did I Get Here Part Two

Last time I sought to answer the question, “How did I get here? What happened to (for) me?” to  become a woman that my Bible college, homeschooling, good christian, pastor’s wife selves, would not rec...

16 Mar 28min

How Did I Get Here?

How Did I Get Here?

I asked myself, “How did I get here? What happened to (for) me?” and this is what came out. There are lots of tears as I trace my journey and think about how I became a woman that my Bible college, ho...

3 Mar 38min

The Opposite Of Self Criticism: Notice Without Judgment

The Opposite Of Self Criticism: Notice Without Judgment

For nearly six months my girlfriend was pushing down the thought that she can’t stand her hubs – especially because he was sick. What kind of woman is contemplating divorce after her husband is diagno...

2 Feb 14min

When Anger is A Voice of Love

When Anger is A Voice of Love

Stop. Will you pause for a breath?When I pause and notice, it reminds me that I am alive and I am being lived. What do you notice?This week’s Grief Heals episode is an offering, not a lesson. A slow, ...

19 Jan 29min

Salt, then sour, then sweet… and a sky wide enough for all of it

Salt, then sour, then sweet… and a sky wide enough for all of it

Before I recorded this, I listened to, Salt, then Sour, then Sweet, which plays at the end of Come See Me in the Good Light. It surprised me when I slid down the wall, feeling the weight of my body to...

5 Jan 31min

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