InterViews

A lively and engaging conversation with Erin Geesaman Rabke and Carl Rabke. They interviewed me for their program, "Embodiment Matters." To listen to this intimate conversation with two dear friends, click here. 

​Ancient Rhythms: Dreaming Into Death & Renewal invited participants into a virtual ceremonial space at the threshold of winter’s deepest darkness (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere). Renowned wisdom keepers Pat McCabe (Woman Stands Shining) and Francis Weller guided an intimate exploration of the sacred landscapes between loss and regeneration. Through poetry, storytelling, and depth-filled dialogue, this solstice offering created a contemplative space to honor life’s cyclical nature—embracing grief, releasing what no longer serves, and awakening to the tender seeds of potential waiting in the fertile darkness.
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Drawing from Indigenous wisdom and archetypal psychology, McCabe and Weller illuminated the transformative power of conscious descent. Participants were invited to witness and metabolize personal and collective transitions, understanding death not as an ending, but as a profound dreaming—a sacred passage of renewal. This online gathering celebrated the winter solstice as a powerful moment of inner alchemy, where the soul meets its own profound capacity for regeneration.

​I’m delighted to share a podcast interview with you on “Grieving in Community.” In this episode, I was interviewed by Thomas Hübl for his podcast - Point of Relation. Here are some of the themes we explored together:

• How a structured grief ritual creates a supportive space where grief can be honored, held, and digested.
• The “village mind” that invites us to let go of our individualistic notions about healing, reminds us of our interconnectedness, and opens us to transmissions from our ancestors
• Seeing our collective crises as an initiation and grief as a reminder of the depth of our love.
• How the grief from generational trauma is still migrating and affecting our lives
• Working with the trans-generational transmission of trauma, but also the trans-generational transmission of courage, resilience, and love
• How the soul is drawn to ritual, beauty, imagination, and creativity

Tune in to Point of Relation to hear more about slowing down to engage in communal practices so that we can face these dark times with the courage and creativity needed to step into a radically new world. Click on the image to view the YouTube video. 

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with psychotherapist, writer, & soul activist Francis Weller, talking about the saturation of sorrow we’re faced with in these times - & how we might trust, befriend, & accompany our grief with slow encounters, to return with medicine for our community, as we more wholly & fully renter LIFE. 

​Click on the image to listen to the podcast. 

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​A live recording from a recent SAND Community Gathers hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo (co-founders of SAND*). Along with their guest, Francis Weller, they explore themes of emptiness, individualism, self-help, separation, religion, belonging, relationality, and Francis’s deep work with grief. 

Click on the image to listen to this provocative conversation. 

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