Ample + Rooted

Grief is universal. We all will experience grief at some point. We all are currently experiencing a collective grief as this pandemic continues to uproot our lives and take the lives of 4.55 million people worldwide.

The colonization of living and dying has disembodied us from our full experience of grief; our full experience of love. How can we grieve when there is no law in the U.S. that requires employers to offer bereavement leave? And if you are lucky to work for a company that offers it, it’s typically 3 days.

How can we grieve when we live in a culture of “fix it” mentality and because there is no “fixing” grief we learn to remain silent? We send our condolences. We send the flowers. But do we really hold space for each other to feel grief? Grief doesn’t get healed and go away. Grief actually doesn’t need healing- it’s the way we talk about (or don’t talk about) grief that needs healing.

I’ll be sharing a bit more in our monthly email about my own grief journey and how embodied awareness and somatic practices were transformative to my relationship with grief and resilience. I’ll also be sharing a guided meditation on grief. If you’re not on our email list, you can get access through the link in our bio!

Coming in with some facts again for y’all. While this study was done in 2016, the lack of gender affirming care in eating disorder spaces remains. This also means trans* and gender diverse providers are harmed as well.

I’m so grateful to have been asked to share more about this for the TEDD WIND Inclusivity Conference. Tickets are still for sale and you have access to the recording after so please sign up if you’re interested! Check out the INCREDIBLE line up of speakers and topics !

And, I’m beyond excited to welcome Sand Chang to the Ample + RootED Community. They’ll be facilitating our Community Circle on Friday and I’m grateful they’ll be sharing their wisdom. If you’d like to join us, you can learn more at the link in our bio!

Study citation: Duffy, Henkel, Earnshaw (2016) Transgender Clients’ Experiences of Eating Disorder Treatment, Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

Powerful words by .rd! It is incredibly important to incorporate trauma informed assessment into all that we do.

Want to learn more? Join us for Whitney’s webinar on “Eating Disorder and Trauma Informed Care in BIPoC Clients”! Link in our bio.