Sacred Paradox 🌞Joy + Grief 💔 A Mystic Widow Aesthetic Grief Integration Reflection🕯️Episode 14 (S1)

Tonight, on Mystic Widow, we sit within the sacred paradox that ancient mystics knew about joy and grief.

We explore why guilt arrives the moment you feel good after loss, and about holding two truths at once, and why grief never really goes away.

🌷 7:21 a gentle practice for the week ahead
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Narrated by: Martha Joyce McMenamin

Design and Production: Vision by Default Productions

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🎼 Sound track credits:

Background:
"'til the End of Time" (Instrumental Version)
Gamma Skies
https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/0e3996a0-233a-4801-94d5-941861b79c0f/
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Intro/Outro: "Glass Ornaments"
Holly Jones
https://uppbeat.io/t/holly-jones/glas...
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Outro: "Not Letting Go"
Suedo feat. Andy Delos Santos
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