Come to The Brink w/ Zoë Flowers 🪬

Welcome back to Come to the Brink . I’m your host, Zoë Flowers. Thank you for being here, for following, for sharing, for walking this path with me. This podcast is a love note for those of us navigating the in-between—the space between breakdown and breakthrough, between grief and grace. And today's conversation is exactly that: a doorway into what happens when the body starts to speak and we’re...

Welcome to Come to the Brink w/ Zoë Flowers!! This is a space for those of us navigating profound life changes—loss, trauma, caregiving, and transformation It’s about the moment or moments when everything we thought was solid crumbles, and we are forced to rebuild. What happens when you find out your mother is facilitating your abuse? In this episode, I talk with the Author of The Invention of Ell...

How do we go through the worst time in our lives and come out on the other side? How do we do that? How do we do what feels impossible every day and do life at the same time? That's what I am trying to piece together as I recount taking care of my mother while she was getting daily radiation treatments. Music Inspo-Mystify Me by INXS

Welcome to Come to the Brink w/ Zoe Flowers , the space where we talk about navigating life’s hardest transitions—loss, transformation, and the beauty that can emerge from the wreckage. Today, I'm inviting you to step into the world of art, music, and ancestral power with me and Baba Marcus Ṣàngódoyin Akinlana —artist, musician, spiritual warrior, and a keeper of culture in Bulbancha (aka Nouvelle...

Welcome to Come to the Brink w/ Zoe Flowers . This is the space where we talk about navigating profound life transitions—the moments that shake us, the endings we never expected, and the ways we find our way forward. Today, I’m sitting down with someone who knows a thing or two about reinvention. Jarvis Antonio Green is a stage director, producer, and cultural worker based in montréal. He is the f...

Some kinds of grief live deep beneath the surface. Not because they’re less painful, but because they make people uncomfortable. These types of grief exist in the quiet spaces. Amy Torok and Risa Dickens , the magickal creators behind the Missing Witches podcast, books, and coven. The duo has built a vibrant, honest community around the sacred and the unseen, Like me, they've spent time in the und...

In this episode, I talked with Granddaughter Crow about the grief of holding multiple identities in one body, especially when those identities include conflict, colonization, and attempted erasure. Music inspo-The Crossroads, BonesThugs-n-Harmony Granddaughter Crow is a medicine woman, public speaker, teacher, intuitive reader, and author of Wisdom of the Natural World. Descended from a long line...

Welcome to Come to the Brink w/ Zoë Flowers!! This is a space for those of us navigating profound life changes—loss, trauma, caregiving, and transformation It’s about the moment or moments when everything we thought was solid crumbles, and we are forced to rebuild. Have you ever been gripped with fear?? I have. Let's talk about it!! Music Inspo-I Deserve It All - by Kendrick Lamar Join me every Tu...

Welcome to Come to the Brink w/ Zoe Flowers . This is a space where we talk about the moments that shake us, the roles we take on, the expectations that weigh on us, and the grief that lingers beneath it all. Today, I’m sitting with Sophia Hendricks , the only person I have known my entire life. I have watched Sophia become a great wife, mother, daughter, and sister. I also watched her work full-t...

Welcome to Come to the Brink w/ Zoë Flowers!! This is a space for those of us navigating profound life changes—loss, trauma, caregiving, and transformation It’s about the moment or moments when everything we thought was solid crumbles, and we are forced to rebuild. This flashback episode is formatted a little differently from my other episodes. It is one of four interviews conducted last year as p...

Welcome to Come to the Brink w/Zoe Flowers . I’m glad you found your way here. This podcast is about those moments in life when everything changes—when the ground shifts beneath you, and you realize the life you knew isn’t the life you’re living anymore. My first guest is Akinke Lucas, an Integrative Healer and soon-to-be Doctor in Depth Psychology specializing in Integrative Healing. Initiated in...

Welcome to Come to the Brink with Zoe Flowers. This is the space where we talk about the moments that shake us, the losses that reshape us, and the wisdom we gather along the way. In this bonus episode (recorded at 6 am), I unravel some of my childhood memories and spill some familial tea. Podcast News: We have an updated podcast logo. What do you think? Our first guest interview airs next week! I...

Prima Materia is often considered "the absolute beginning, pure chaos ready to transmute into order, and the divine spark within absolute darkness." I moved in with my mom to take care of her at the beginning of COVID. I thought I’d be there for a couple of months—but nothing prepared me for what came next. Our relationship had never been easy, and navigating the pandemic, and what would be her fi...