Learning Lately: Candy, Portfolios, and Grief Glitter

Wanna connect? You can text or leave a voicemail for us here!You can feel the moment a conversation stops performing and starts telling the truth. This one starts where they all do... at the table, laughing about childhood candy. And then the question lands: what are you learning right now about life, people, or yourself?What follows is the kind of talk most of us only wish we had access to. Nic on building a life with room for all of who you are, so no single job or person has to carry everything. Rhys on grieving the version of yourself that needed everyone's approval. Sarah on deciding, young, what safety would look like... and then becoming it. Colette on the long road from surviving to actually living. And somewhere in there, a question about grief opens a door nobody expected to walk through.We go to some tender places in this one, including mental health and thoughts of suicide. We went there because the table felt safe enough to. If you're carrying something heavy, you don't have to carry it alone... call or text 988 anytime, and you'll find more in the show notes.We close with the newest part of our Curious Code... Gathering the Good, where each of us names what curiosity gave us. Perspective. Permission. Love. More people in our corner than we knew we had.If this one stirred something in you, we want to hear it. There's a link in the show notes to share it, to send us the question you want the Krewe to sit with next, and to pull up a chair in person.Come be curious with us._____________________________________________________________________________________________Gathering the Good... Things Worth Carrying HomeThe good stuff doesn't have to stay at the table. A few of the books, ideas, and practices that came up, in case you want to wander into any of them yourself...ReadingGullstruck Island (published as The Lost Conspiracy in the US) by Frances HardingeFly by Night by Frances Hardinge... yes, the one with the gooseMore about the author: franceshardinge.comIdeas and frameworks worth a searchMoral injuryForeboding joy (a concept explored by Brené Brown)The "grief glitter" metaphor... how grief never fully disappears, but you find less of it over timeSaturn returnQueer theory as a way of being in the worldFreud's "death drive"Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in schoolsPractices and therapiesEMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)Somatic therapy... noticing what the body holdsInner child and reparenting workThe Marie Kondo practice of offering gratitude before letting something goAlso referencedViola Davis, on the long road to "becoming somebody"If today's conversation brought up something heavy988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline... call or text 988, or visit 988lifeline.orgCrisis Text Line... text HOME to 741741You are not alone.If this sparked something for you, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review or text us through the link above with the question you want us to explore next.Want to meet the Curious Krewe in person?  Here is your formal INVITATION.Curious about all-things Curious Krewe?  All roads converge HERE.Want to learn how to start a gathering in your city? You can text us HERE.Until then, Stay Curious!