Spiritual
What if grief was never meant to be private?
In the West, crying is often treated as a problem to solve. Something to do quietly, in private, maybe with a therapist. Malidoma Somé grew up in a culture where the opposite was true: grief was loud, public, and communal. And that was the whole point.
Grief is the enemy of a culture that values keeping busy.— Malidoma Somé
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The thinker
West African Elder & Ritual Teacher
Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021) was a Dagara elder, author, and teacher from Burkina Faso who spent his life bridging indigenous African wisdom and the modern Western world.
Based on Malidoma Somé — Grief and Ritual in the Modern World, summarised and reframed by Insights.
Part of these journeys
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