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Mar 4, 2026 5 min

The Function of Collapse

from 🎧 Tending the In-Between — The Podcast Hosted by Tending The In-Between

What if collapse isn’t the end of something working — but the moment something hidden can no longer hold? Collapse is usually experienced as failure before it is understood as function. In this episode, we explore what happens when systems, narratives, and personal identities loosen at the same time — and why that instability may be part of a larger reorganization rather than evidence that everything is falling apart. This is a conversation about perception, grief, discernment, and the role collapse plays in revealing what can no longer hold. • What collapse actually means beyond catastrophe • Why disorientation often precedes clarity • The relationship between grief and shifting belief systems • How perception changes before structures do • The difference between breakdown and reorganization • Why discernment forms inside uncertainty Get full access to Tending The In-Between at tendingtheinbetween.substack.com/subscribe

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