Ancestral Healing: The Bridge Between Life and Death

— "If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see you parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive at this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. " ~ Thich Nhat Hahn. — "With conscious engagement of our ancestral roots we become more grounded and comfortable within ourselves as we feel the support of thousands of people who dreamed us into reality. Valeria interviews Jen Hudziec — She is the author of "Ancestral Healing: A Guided Journal for Observations, Reflections, and Connections With Your Ancestors." Jen is a Certified Ancestral Lineage Repair Practitioner, Death Doula, Educator, Ritualist, and Fire Walk Instructor.  As an animist she has spent decades integrating Earth honoring practices with her former Catholic upbringing while reviving the traditions of her Slavic ancestors. She holds relationality at the heart of her practice and passionately supports others to reclaim their intuitive capacities, engage with their ancestors, find peace with mortality, and prepare for the threshold of death. Jen is a first generation American who knows the deep wound around lack of belonging and the struggle to maintain connection to her cultural roots. Her people are Slavic (Polish, Ukrainian, , Russian, Czech), Germanic, and Scandinavian. She tends traditional Abanaki land in NH and offers online private sessions, rituals, education, and group circles. To learn more about Jen Hudziec and her work, please visit: jenhudziec.com               — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.