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Waking up from grief 🍉🫶🏾🌱
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Dear community I took a long break from writing to find my compass again. I realised I had lost my boundaries due to grief. Grief of what I expected, of my ancestors, of the world. Grief of how I have harmed others and others have harmed me. (How I harmed others is right edgy one) Triggered, like many, by the pyramid of cards falling after Trump’s actions this last 18 months. I have found my way back to my compass. It feels like a building, structurally sound, covered in moss. So clear. Like many, I lost a lot of work this last 12 months. Losing purpose also. I have realised that purpose and action were my glue at times. But the glue is deeper than that. It’s the connection to something beyond just us. A visceral connection. It's a connection with someone inside us. Yes, woowoo 🤣 But none of us would be doing this if we weren’t connected to something beyond us. Someone once said, as we get old, we stop believing in Santa Claus and start believing in something else. That’s where capitalism and shopping get most people! 🤣 What do you need to truly grieve today? Grieve it. Make it. Shout. Scream. Dance. Cry. Once it moves, it’s messy. Gosh, so messy. The garden afterwards is beautiful. Joy is past this grief. And so is a new path. Money back guaranteed. **Events - email me for the invites** 🍉PROJECT 10⁹ Amplifiers Session (online) - 5 May, 1pm UK time - Practicing decolonial activism through equanimity and praxis - https://project109.carrd.co/ 🫶🏾 Men in Social Impact - Tender Masculinity (online) -7 May 7.30pm UK time - Play, dad jokes, and I’ll slide in some deeper work on relationships. 🔥💧 Tending to the Social Justice Community (Camden London!!!) - SAVE THE DATE 12–3pm, 17 June - A space to ground, breathe, be together, grieve and then find forward motion. 🌱 Rise in Our Roots (Sheffield) - Nominations needed please! Starts 28 May https://riseinourroots.carrd.co/ All are pay as you feel, even nothing is OK. Taking action from a place of groundedness is the only requirement. Music Annoyingly, this is stuck in my head.
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Mohammed Ali (The Innovation)
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