#10: "Chronic illness can be a deeply mystical state"

A podcast discussion about chronic illness, ableism, grief, ritual and community

I’m Emily, she/her, chronically ill (primarily with ME/CFS), chronic illness advocate,
grief-tender, regenerative organisational designer, coach and writer. Read about my journey in this interview, and about GriefSick in Edition #1.

Hello hello,

The wonderful Deepa Mirchandani hosted me on her excellent podcast The Adda recently. I love every chat I have with Deepa, recorded or otherwise.

We really got into it! Among other things, we covered:

• My longing for ritual and community

• Francis Weller’s Fourth Gate of Grief: “What we expected but did not receive”

• The strange aliveness of grief

• Why disabled and chronically ill people might be the wisest guides for navigating uncertainty and collapse

• Why looking at endings could help organisations create healthy cultures.

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