63: Grief, Persephone And The Power Of Spiritual Wintering

Winter can become a sacred season for grieving, composting pain, and remembering who you truly are.Lisa Marie Rankin shares a deeply personal reflection on wintering after the sudden loss of her mother, describing how grief feels like a heavy weight on the body and soul. She explores winter as a sacred pause, a time to slow down, create white space, tend to home and family, nourish the body, and reconnect with spiritual practice through meditation, prayer, writing, and walking in nature. Drawing on mythic stories of Persephone and Inanna, she reclaims the underworld as a realm of transformation where grief and pain are alchemized into power, sovereignty, and wisdom, while also challenging the impact of short-form social media on our attention, self-energy, and connection to the divine.Lisa invites you to return to long-form content, deep imagination, and self-connection, and to explore these themes with her through Substack, archetypal movies, book clubs, and Divine Feminine teachings. This winter becomes an invitation to treat grief, stillness, and darkness as portals into magic, mystery, and the living presence of the goddess within.Connect with Lisa:Join me on Substack: This Enchanted LifeIf you’re craving deeper connection, mythic insight, and soulful storytelling—step into This Enchanted Life, my Substack community where you'll be guided to reconnect with your imagination, your creativity, and the archetypal wisdom that lives deep in your bones.https://lisamarierankin.substack.com/ Book: The Goddess SolutionInstagram: @lisamarierankinWebsite: lisamarierankin.comRate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts:If your inner feminine is connecting with the Goddess School podcast, I’d love to hear from you.  Your feedback helps me support you on your sacred journey.Scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Be sure to let me know what you resonated with the most in this episode!  And if you haven’t done so already, give the podcast a follow, so you’ll be notified when a new episode comes out.