by NalaWalla | Jul 3, 2026 | conscious collapse, griefwork, liberation practice, lineage repair
ON GRIEF, GRATITUDE AND THE MATRIOTIC DUTY OF NATIONHOOD As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, I’ve been sensing something stirring. Not patriotism exactly. It’s something more like “matriotism,” as there is a distinctly motherly...
by NalaWalla | Jan 21, 2025 | ancestors, ancestral healing, ceremony, griefwork, ritual, ritual skills
For years, I’d been dutifully visiting my psychotherapist to sit upon soft cushions and “do my work.” And, though I had made some progress initially, I could sense there were lava floes brewing in the depths. As the daily sorrows and furies of this...
by NalaWalla | Apr 23, 2023 | griefwork, liberation practice
ARE THE TONE POLICE THE MODERN VERSION OF THE THOUGHT POLICE?The weaponization of NVC is a topic I’ve been wanting to broach for, I dunno, probably twenty years already. When I grew up, I’d heard the stories about the dreaded “thought police”...
by NalaWalla | Jan 2, 2022 | griefwork, liberation practice, poems, the eros of grief
As someone who has been tasked in this world as an incurable wailer, I journey into the moist realms grief nearly everyday of my life. There is no way that I could avoid noticing how erotic a good grief-session can be. Take this poem for example—- Seduced By...
by NalaWalla | Apr 1, 2021 | ancestors, griefwork, ritual skills, Uncategorized
I had a busy day planned. A dental appointment was scheduled out of town, then I had to be back home for a session with a client in the early afternoon. And I had to hit the supermarket on the way. I left the house a half-hour later than planned, which meant that my...
by NalaWalla | Mar 12, 2019 | ancestors, griefwork, liberation practice, Uncategorized
“Time is constantly running out, it seems. Seeking solutions leads to the discovery of new problems I cannot unknow. I miss the days of elementary school when it felt that just giving enough fucks was enough to move mountains, to feel that success was...
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