{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a17787e83dd9b6e113b98c8/6ae26d54660738d6f92562ff?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 18: Tending to Grief Through the Body with Sarah","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a17787e83dd9b6e113b98c8/1793223879528-34591a23-373c-4238-a302-5e68f0bc62c3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What if grief did not need to be fixed or pushed away but gently met and held in the body?</p><p>In this reflective conversation, Shreyasi welcomes Sarah, a women’s bodyworker, womb-care and grief-tending practitioner based in Northern Ireland. Together, they explore how embodied care, gentle touch, community, and connection to the womb can create space for grief during fertility treatment and other life transitions.</p><p>Sarah shares how her own experiences of burnout and grief led her to this work. They discuss the ways IVF and IUI can leave women feeling disconnected from their bodies, why grief does not follow a timetable, and how slowing down and listening to the body can become acts of self-care.</p><p>This episode offers a compassionate invitation to honour grief without rushing it—and to find support and connection along the way.</p><h2><strong>About Sarah</strong></h2><p>Sarah is a women’s bodyworker, womb-care practitioner, and grief-tending practitioner based in Northern Ireland. She offers in-person individual sessions and retreats as well as online grief-tending and womb-connection work. Her approach combines attuned touch, somatic movement, guided practices, and a gentle, body-led pace.</p><h2><strong>In This Episode They Explore:</strong></h2><ul><li>How Sarah found womb-tending and grief work after burnout</li><li>Why grief is not something to simply overcome or finish</li><li>The relationship between fertility treatment, embodied experience, and accumulated grief</li><li>Moving from the story of grief into bodily sensation</li><li>The role of touch, breath, gentle movement, and guided meditation</li><li>Why pacing and consent matter in somatic grief work</li><li>The importance of community and co-regulation</li><li>Sarah’s online grief-tending offering and Women of Shee</li><li>Connecting with the inner mother through everyday self-care</li><li>Why doing less, pausing, and honouring boundaries can be restorative</li></ul><h2><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></h2><p><strong>Grief can be met rather than managed: </strong>Sarah encourages making room for grief as an ongoing human experience, rather than treating it as a problem with a deadline.</p><p><strong>The body can offer a way in: </strong>Gentle body-led practices may help people notice sensations and make space for emotions at a tolerable pace.</p><p><strong>Support matters: </strong>Trusted relationships and community can help make difficult experiences less isolating.</p><p><strong>Inner mothering can be simple: </strong>Listening to bodily needs, setting boundaries, and making caring daily choices are meaningful forms of self-tending.</p><p><strong>Less can be more: </strong>Slowing down and creating spaciousness may be more supportive than adding another wellness task.</p><h2><strong>Resources</strong></h2><ul><li>Women of Shee, Sarah’s offerings and online grief-tending sessions available at <u><a href=\"https://www.instagram/womenofshee\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram/womenofshee</a></u> and at https://www.womenofshee.com</li></ul><h2><strong>Connect with Sarah</strong></h2><p>Website: https://www.womenofshee.com</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenofshee</p><p>Email / booking information: <u><a href=\"mailto:womenofshee@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">womenofshee@gmail.com</a></u></p><p><br></p><h2><strong>Work With Shreyasi</strong></h2><p>If you&#39;re navigating infertility, IVF, IUI, pregnancy loss, or the emotional complexity of a fertility journey, you don&#39;t have to walk this path alone.</p><p>Through fertility support programs, mindfulness-based practices, equine-facilitated healing experiences, retreats, and one-to-one support, Shreyasi helps women stay connected to themselves while moving through the uncertainty of trying to conceive.</p><h2><strong>Connect with Shreyasi Brodhecker</strong></h2><p>Website: https://shreyasibrodhecker.com</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shreyasi_brodhecker</p>","author_name":"Shreyasi Brodhecker"}