About this episode

This episode features a conversation with Malkia Devich Cyril about the transformative power of grief.

We won't be dropping a new episode this week, as Prentis is away mourning the passing of their father. To honor this tender moment we are resharing an episode from last season with Transformative grief activist, movement strategist, and writer Malkia Devich Cyril. Malkia shares stories and wisdom from their personal experience of loss, the possibility that emerges when we attend to our grief, and their insight about how we choose to grieve can determine how we can change the world. Than...

People in this episode

Host: Prentis Hemphill

Guest: Malkia Devich Cyril

Topics covered

• grief
• loss
• transformation
• activism
• personal experience

Keywords

• grief
• medicine
• loss
• activism
• transformation
• Malkia Devich Cyril

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