A Tisket, A Tasket, An Episode About Baskets

About this episode

The episode explores various topics including a wellness trend from Japan called coffin laying and its implications on self-care.

Send us Fan Mail Coffins, AirPods, TSA, rom-com reboots, and baskets: we know, it sounds impossible to connect, but that’s exactly the fun. We kick things off with real-life catch-up, then stumble into a genuinely startling wellness trend from Japan called coffin laying, a meditation practice meant to sharpen your “gaze at life” by getting closer to the idea of death. It sparks a bigger question about what self-care is supposed to feel like, and where your personal hard lines are. From there...

People in this episode

Host: Nora

Topics covered

• wellness
• self-care
• death
• meditation
• baskets
• rom-coms

Keywords

• wellness trend
• coffin laying
• self-care
• Japan
• baskets
• rom-com reboots

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TSA

Books & works: rom-com

Places: Japan

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