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Grief is not just an emotion. It is a skill we learn over time. In this episode, Day Schildkret shares how loss, ritual, and creativity can help us stay open when life changes shape.
Grief changes us. Sometimes all at once. Sometimes slowly. And often without a clear map forward.
In this episode of The Life Shift Podcast, I sit down with Day Schildkret to talk about what it means to stay present when life falls apart. Day shares how the loss of his father and the end of a relationship led him into a quiet season where nothing felt stable. Instead of rushing through it, he slowed down. He listened. And through simple creative rituals in nature, he discovered a way to metabolize grief rather than avoid it.
This conversation is about thresholds. The space between goodbye and hello. The moments when endings and beginnings overlap. And how creativity, ritual, and attention can help us remain open instead of closing our hearts.
If you are navigating grief, change, burnout, or a season of uncertainty, this episode is an invitation to soften your grip and remember that something meaningful can still emerge.
What You Will Hear
Why grief is not something to fix but something to practice
How slowing down can become a form of healing
The role of ritual and creativity in navigating loss
Learning to hold endings without shutting down
Why pleasure still matters in heavy seasons
How meaning often appears in the in between
Guest Bio
Day Schildkret is an award-winning queer author, artist, ritualist, and teacher. He is internationally known for Morning Altars, a practice rooted in nature, art, and ritual that helps people navigate grief and life transitions with intention and care.
Connect with Day
Morning Altars website and newsletter
https://www.morningaltars.com/
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https://www.morningaltars.com/teachertraining
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https://www.morningaltars.com/hellogoodbye
Purchase Morning Altars
https://www.morningaltars.com/morningaltarsbook/1
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Timestamps
00:00 Why grief is not something to get over
04:30 Slowing down when life collapses
10:45 Creativity as a way through loss
18:20 Ritual and remembering
26:00 The space between goodbye and hello
36:00 Staying open without rushing healing
48:00 Finding meaning that lasts
