Journaling with Andi Scarbrough, Beauty Alchemist
Future Chaplain and weaver of words, Andi Scarbrough joins us to chat about using mixed media to journal the loss of a loved one. How can we use the somatic experience of Journaling to build a field guide of grief as if we were Wildlife Documentarians? Exploring taboo subjects like the loss of a child and suicide, Andi shares how she has used dance, poetry, and vocalizing to process the alchemical fires of deep loss. A must listen.
We discuss:
"Wildlife documentarian" style of Journaling your grief journey
Weather tracking your emotional atmosphere
Neutral observer of the experience
Time-stamping your grief
Field notes road map inside and outside yourself towards your heart
Engaging your senses to come into presence (essential oils, tea, candles, etc)
Repetitive thoughts as a guide to enter journaling
Free form writing, create a sacred space and "let it rip" then burn it
Haiku as a way to keep the artist pipes from freezing
"Being in the horror of it is just as fleeting as the beauty of it"
Sharing Taboo moments publicly and how "trigger warnings" may not always serve
Keeping memorabilia in a footlocker to remember
Becoming a living scrapbook as a legacy of loving
Shamanic Journeying to process the suicides of Andi's Father and Grandfather
"A death is as traumatic as it needs to be in order to trigger the changes needed within everyone around"
Suicide as the taboo amongst taboos
Destigmatizing mental health support
Andi shares potent practices, prompts, and tools for listeners to engage with in their own journaling grief work.
About Andi:
Holistic Hairdresser, Reiki Master, Breathwork Facilitator, studying towards Chaplaincy.
Follow Andi on IG @crown_works
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In-person gatherings and breathwork coming soon
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