My Mourning Routine

Charlotte James is a soulful, creative and multi-passionate human committed to her path of purpose and service.  In her private practice, HeartSprings, she offers "Somatic Integrative Arts", a dynamic fusion of relational bodywork, life coaching, and expressive arts.  Her work is an innovative approach to living an embodied, creative and purposeful existence. Listen, as she shares how grief is a l...

So much can change in one second, in life-altering ways, for both good and grief.  This is a short, sharp episode in the spirit of Memento mori (Latin for 'remember that you [have to] die'), which is a powerful way to remember to: LIVE.     ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningrout...

Lauren has spent years of her life tending to the natural world.  She shares the reasons to prune plants-- for health, structure, beauty, and rejuvenation-- and how you can apply these same pruning principles to your life! ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningroutinepodcast , on Fa...

In this short episode, Lauren shares what kind of tears have been flowing for her, their importance and function, and encourages *you* to cry your eyes out, too!  Party like you're human (because you are).   ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningroutinepodcast , on Facebook  @lauren...

Lauren invites you to go back to Ep. 31: We Are Star Children, to hear her speak to the significance of this term, the importance of song during her journey through grief, and requests that you to submit your written stories of how music has supported  you through trying times to  lauren@laurensamay.com by August 31, 2023 to be featured on an upcoming episode!  AND reminds you that: when life seem...

Robert Alexander Wray is a poet, actor, playwright & all-around sparkly soul!  Listen closely here, within the delicate enclosure of this podcast episode, as he shares a beautiful distillation of what has come from his grief, cancer diagnosis, and the profoundly healing power of Art and a supportive community who held the light for him in his darkest moments.  You can connect with Robert on Twitte...

We are indeed star children!  Lauren speaks to the significance of this term, the gift of being in a band during her journey through grief, and invites you to share how music has been a buoy to your spirits!  Submit your stories of how music has supported you through trying times to lauren@laurensamay.com by August 31, 2023 to be featured on an upcoming episode! ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditatio...

This short episode is a juicy invitation to release what is no longer serving you, in the current expression of your ever-evolving self! ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningroutinepodcast , on Facebook  @lauren.samay.coaching  or through  www.laurensamay.com If you would like to s...

This episode marks the 6-month anniversary of My Mourning Routine Podcast!  Lauren devotes her heart's attention to thanking YOU, the beautiful souls tuning in and sharing the word!  It's been six months, from Winter Solstice 2022 to Summer Solstice 2023-- and she's just getting started! ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on I...

This is an invitation for you to return to your natural state of peace.   Rich with pregnant pauses for quiet awareness, Lauren reminds you of the importance of taking mindful, deep breaths as a powerful tool to have to calm yourself in any moment of distress!  ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay...

In this short and sweet episode, Lauren reminds you to travel safely and mindfully, in praise of slowness! ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningroutinepodcast , on Facebook  @lauren.samay.coaching  or through  www.laurensamay.com If you would like to support the show: buymeacoffee....

Hannah Deal is a friend, a sister, a daughter and, lover of life. She searches for joy in the little things, holds a degree in Business Management, currently works at a nonprofit that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs, and is an advocate for chronic disease awareness, specifically, invisible illness, as Hannah, herself, is chronically ill. In this honest conversation, she shines light on na...

Dandelions are a symbol of rebirth and great resiliency.  In this episode, Lauren speaks to the commonalities that we have with dandelions, our beautiful sentient advantages, and shares a poem that she wrote many years ago after seeing a dandelion blooming in December. ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @laure...

This episode is a meditative invitation to tune in to yourself, to tune in to your breath, to tune in to the awareness of being alive and the delicious peace that is all that we have in the Now, when we allow ourselves the space to feel it! ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningrout...

Lauren shares a parable that inspired her to create a project called Long Spoons, which she launched in 2019. Long Spoons are heirloom quality hand-carved spoons cast in recycled brass: functional sculptures with a greater purpose.  A percentage of every sale is donated to Feeding America, the United States largest hunger relief organization, combatting hunger and food waste. Listen to this import...

You likely give so much to so many.  Why is it so hard to return that loving attention to yourself?  Lauren sheds light on scenarios we allow to play out that keep us in the shadows, and offers encouragement to strengthen the practice of taking good care of the most important person in your life-- the one who you literally could not be here without: YOU!   She would love to hear what you've been d...

In this short episode, Lauren offers you the opportunity to: check in with yourself, reflect on where you are and where you want to be, and recognize the profound preciousness of your every waking day! ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningroutinepodcast , on Facebook  @lauren.samay...

Any thing or one that disturbs your peace may have a potent lesson for you.  Lauren shares how to shine light on and harness your triggers as opportunities for spiritual growth!  ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningroutinepodcast , on Facebook  @lauren.samay.coaching  or through ...

In this short episode, Lauren reflects on the surprising conditions required for a Joshua tree to thrive; 3 parallel lessons to draw from Nature that foster forgiveness of self and circumstances; and an invitation for you to reframe the way you perceive challenging events in your life. ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Ins...

In this short episode, Lauren likens shattered pottery to our human experience; how that relates to how we heal; and re-imagines the reason for our sparkle. ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningroutinepodcast , on Facebook  @lauren.samay.coaching  or through  www.laurensamay.com If...

Our soul's growth comes from increasing the circumference of our perceived edges.  In this short episode, Lauren poses questions to address the fears that hold you back, and offers encouragement to take the steps toward an even more luminous reality! ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymo...

In this short episode, Lauren devotes her heart's attention to thanking YOU, the beautiful souls tuning into My Mourning Routine Podcast!  It's been three months, from Winter Solstice 2022 to Vernal Equinox 2023-- and she's just getting started! ----- Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymournin...

Emiscah Barker is an Intuitive Somatic Coach who works with those walking the path of anxiety.  She gently guides people towards their innate wisdom & understanding that their sensations and symptoms are often messages from their body, trying get their attention.  You may remember Emiscah as the first guest on My Mourning Routine Podcast, Episode 2.  In this conversation, she shares the most signi...

In this episode, Lauren acknowledges that there are times you may need support-- it is absolutely okay to reach out to others; her favorite daily practice for you to try to help your heart, mind and spirit that is small, but mighty; how we can choose to surf the waves of life; and remembering that: Together, We Can Make It! Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! Y...

In this short episode, Lauren poses simple questions to check in with yourself, review your priorities in life, and reimagine your days-- they are so precious!  Save this one to come back to!  Get Lauren's 10-Min Meditation for Grief to support you on your journey! You can connect with Lauren on Instagram via @lauren.samay  and  @mymourningroutinepodcast , on Facebook  @lauren.samay.coaching  or t...