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From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Life, Death, and a Whole Lot of Gratitude

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.75.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

It’s heartbreaking but it’s inevitable - at some point in our lives we will all move through grief, loss and death. If this is close to your heart right now, today’s episode holds a beautiful epiphany for you. After a morning paddle boarding on the lake, Rachel was left feeling so alive. Death has felt very present in her life lately - but sometimes, it’s that closeness with death that allows you to be deeply present in every moment. She shares the story of her dog, Laika, and the scary experience that brought her to the emergency vet this week. As Laika nears the end of her life, Rachel discusses how to navigate grief, how to gently broach the topic with your children, and how to not waste your one precious life.  There is aliveness all around you, from the plants in your garden to the buzzing bees and the people and pets you love the most. Tune in to remember what it is that you truly live for. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the show everyone. On today's episode of the podcast, I start out by

0:06.5

sharing this beautiful experience I had all on my own paddle boarding out on the

0:13.3

lake. And that's sometimes it's that perfect magical combination of being in

0:19.3

our bodies, movements and nature that puts us right in a state of flow. I had

0:27.0

some really beautiful epiphanies around death. I share a bit about our dog

0:32.6

Leica who is getting to the end of her life and how I'm navigating death and

0:39.3

also how I'm talking about grief and death with my five-year-old daughter. So

0:44.5

basically today's episode it's just a lot of life, a lot of death and a whole

0:50.1

lot of gratitude. Hello, hello, hello my darling friend. How are you? Welcome back

1:02.0

to the show. It's time for a brand new episode just like every Friday of the

1:08.1

Yoga Girl podcast, the conversations from the heart. I am sitting here now

1:14.7

feeling strangely content in my body. I've had a quiet and of a cold. I've had a

1:28.0

fairly intense week, kind of a rollercoaster of a week to be honest. And then

1:35.9

it's just left to go do an Ironman race a little bit further south of Sweden.

1:42.4

We talk about this on the show if you've heard episodes with him. He is, he's

1:47.3

like a strange version of an Ironman. He's not the kind of Ironman that trains

1:53.6

for Ironman. He's the kind of guy who spends a lot of time on the couch and

2:00.8

once in a blue moon goes for a bike ride and then does this insane race a couple

2:08.1

times a year. Like I think he does it on pure willpower. I mean he is an

2:14.3

airy sun. So like there's no lack of willpower and initiation and dedication

2:20.8

when he's really passionate about something, you know, but this time around I

2:26.6

don't think I have ever seen him train less to be honest. I'm a little bit

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