Personal and Global Grief: How to Process Both Without Overwhelm Through Meditation & Poetry
About this episode
Meryl Arnett and poet James Crews discuss how to process personal and global grief through meditation and poetry.
How do you welcome a new year when your heart is still holding grief? Host Meryl Arnett sits down with beloved poet James Crews to explore the essential practice of turning toward grief rather than away from it. In this conversation, James shares insights from his latest poetry collection "Turning Toward Grief" and offers gentle guidance on holding both sorrow and beauty as we enter 2026. What You'll Discover Why poetry becomes essential during grief and how it helps us process emotions that feel too big for ordinary words How to comfort someone who is grieving through James' beautiful poem with practical wisdom about presence versus fixing How to hold personal grief alongside global uncertainty without becoming overwhelmed or shutting down Perfect For People processing recent losses or grief who want gentle, practical guidance Meditation practitioners experiencing difficult emotions during practice Caregivers and healing professionals dealing with secondary grief and overwhelm Anyone feeling the weight of global events and personal challenges Featured Guest James Crews is a celebrated poet whose work focuses on turning toward life's most difficult emotions with tenderness and…
People in this episode
Host: Meryl Arnett
Guest: James Crews
Topics covered
- grief
- poetry
- meditation
- emotional processing
- mental health
Keywords
- grief
- meditation
- poetry
- emotional support
- mental health
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Turning Toward Grief, Love Is All Is for All of Us
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