This is part one of an interdisciplinary journey through love and grief, from the heady realms of science and culture to the dark, emotional underworld of shadow work and trauma healing.

We explore the sciences of emotion, energy, and the nervous system; our concepts of medicine and science; and how these interplay with our ability and willingness to be and work with challenging emotions and feelings.

We focus on grief, pain, and trauma and why working with them somatically is essential to living lives of vitality and thriving. We also explore their relationship to earth's seasons and energy medicine through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

In part 2, I share personal stories of childhood trauma and mental health challenges along with some of the somatic therapeutic practices and frameworks I've used to support healing in these spaces.