Solopreneurship, Sacred Springs, Chronic Illness, and the Future of Death Work

In this episode, Narinder shares a story of an angel and hergolden oil, running water, and the unexpected path from childcare into the sacred work of death midwifery. She speaks candidly about living with chronic illness, the shame death workers often carry around charging for care, and the survival necessity of solopreneurship. Narinder explores how art making in Nine Keys keeps death work alive, stretching imagination, pushing the edges of practice, and offering new ways to sustain ourselves without burning out.Threaded through the conversation is her prayer-song, an invocation to Great Mother, Good Ancestors, and Earth herself, that opens and closes the episode as a reminder of why we labor, why we serve, and why our sustenance matters.This episode also connects to the upcoming gathering Dead of Winter, where Narinder and other artists weave together death, art, and mysticism during the darkest months of the year.Oh, Great Mother give me the desire to do your workI am your hands. I am your ears. I am your mouth. I am your feet.I am peace. I’ll do my chores; I’ll do my chores for peace. Oh, Good Ancestors, guide me home, for as long as I live.Meet my needs, and a little more, so that I may give.Oh, Earth, hear my love and my sorrows for what we’ve doneand know I will tend this little patch, this little land,where my feet firmly stand doing chores for peace.Oh, Great Mother give me the desire for work you’d have me do.And when my day come to rest, I’ll come home to you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.