LAMMAS 2025: Grief Is A Portal With Kristen Renaud, Diandra Ford-Wing, And Amy Miranda

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We’ve arrived at Lammas - that halfway point between summer solstice and autumn equinox. The world feels like A LOT. So many of us are trying to process personal loss, trauma and grief in the face of global loss, trauma and grief. The LAST thing I want is for any of us to drag old wounds into the Autumn, letting bad stuff that happened stop us from making great stuff happen - we need to learn how to make our way through our pain, and find a way to transform that journey to feed our future. So I put together this panel of folx to help us discover systems for transmuting trauma. Each of our guests today has managed to transmute trauma into something better in their own way. Everyone’s experience is different, so rather than giving you one answer, today we’ll get three different perspectives to help us understand that healing or moving on happens in a multitude of ways. After losing her aunt and mother in quick succession, Diandra found hope in cardinals. Of her book Red Bird, Diandra Ford-Wing said, "I hope to offer solace to those navigating the challenging waters of loss and grief, providing a safe haven amidst their emotional storms." In finally being able to name her trauma of CSA and seek justice, Amy Miranda was able to bring her Spiritual practice and her creative practice together with What We’ve Forgotten. After surviving a mass shooting in 2021, Kristen Renaud found healing through painting and gardening which begat Lightning Struck Gardens. Each purchase of an item from LSG helps to fund her non-profit, and provide emotional support to survivors of gun violence. Together we can transmute trauma, turn the poison to medicine, become alchemists, and get comfortable in the spiral!

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