Halva for the Heart: Dying and Grieving in Diaspora
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S1E26 The Grief of Displacement with Uma Girish: Mourning Home, Family, and Belonging
In this episode of Halva for the Heart: Dying and Grieving in Diaspora, I sit down with grief companion, author, and Human Design guide Uma Girish to explore the intertwined losses of death,…
S1E25 Returning to Iran: Mixed Identity, Belonging, and Diaspora Experience with artist Roxanne Cassehgari
In this episode, I sit down with Roxanne Cassehgari, a writer, photographer, and artist documenting the Iranian diaspora.We talk about growing up Iranian outside of Iran, navigating mixed identity,…
S1E24 Farvardingan: The Iranian Holiday of Honoring the Dead and Connecting with Ancestors
In this episode of Halva for the Heart, I explore Farvardingan, the ancient Iranian holiday when the fravashis (spirits of the departed) return to visit the living. This year, Farvardingan takes on…
S1E23 A Meditation for Nowruz in Times of War: For Iranians in Diaspora Whose Hearts Ache for Iran
In this special episode of Halva for the Heart, I share a recorded Nowruz meditation for those of us in the Iranian diaspora who are holding the question so many of us are sitting with this year as…
S1E22 Traditional Persian Medicine as Grief Care with Sahar Kaur
In this episode, I sit down with Sahar Kaur, a decolonial womb educator whose work lives at the intersection of menstrual health, ancestral memory, and identity.We talk about how her path into womb…
S1E21 Sadeh Meditation for the Martyrs: Holding Grief for Iran in the Darkest Days of Winter
In this special episode of Halva for the Heart, I share a recorded grief ritual meditation offered during our recent Dard-e Del gathering for the Iranian diaspora.This meditation is rooted in Sadeh,…
S1E20 Carrying Iranian Grief with Pauline Yeghnazar: Ancestral Sorrow, Diaspora Grief, and Intergenerational Healing
In this intimate conversation, I sit down with Iranian-Armenian psychologist and therapist Pauline Yeghnazar, whose work centers the emotional lives of daughters and children of immigrants. Together,…
S1E19 Knitting as Ancestral Memory: Grief, Yarn, and Hands That Remember
In this intimate episode of Halva for the Heart, I share a raw voice memo I recorded two years ago, just moments after I had the experience of my hands had been taken over by my ancestors ✨It…
S1E18 Celebrating Yalda with Shahmaran: Winter Solstice, Grief, and Liberation in the Iranian Diaspora
In this episode of Halva for the Heart, I turn toward Shab-e Yalda, the ancient Iranian winter solstice holiday, and reflect on what it offers us as people living, grieving, and resisting in…
S1E17 What is a Death Doula & Why might you work with one?
In this episode of Halva for the Heart, I talk through a question I’m asked all the time: What exactly does a death doula do?I share how death work isn’t only for people at the very end of life, it’s…
S1E16 The Loneliness of Diaspora Grief: Remembering Bloody Aban
In this episode of Halva for the Heart, I reflect on Bloody Aban - the brutal massacre that killed over 1500 Iranian protestors in November of 2019 - and what it means to grieve this atrocity from…
S1E15 Fibers of Grief: Knitting & Sewing as Grief Care
In this solo episode of Halva for the Heart, I reflect on the ancient connection between fiber arts and grief care. From slow stitching and mending to knitting and quilting, I explore how our hands…
S1E14 Creative Grief and Ritual Care with Yarrow Magdalena
In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down with Yarrow Magdalena, a maker, writer, and grief companion living on the east coast of Scotland. Yarrow shares their journey into death work, from training…
S1E13 Mehregan: The Iranian Holiday of Harvest and Justice
In this episode of Halva for the Heart, I invite you into the ancient Iranian holiday of Mehregan - a celebration of light, justice, truth, and friendship.I share the mythic story of Kaveh the…
S1E12 An Interview with Woman Life Freedom
Three years have passed since the Woman Life Freedom uprising erupted in Iran with the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini. As an Iranian in diaspora, this movement changed me—it filled me with so much hope,…
S1E11 Longing for Homeland
In this episode of Halva for the Heart, I share some tender reflections about home, homeland, and the grief of not quite belonging anywhere. After nearly ten years in Korea, I’ve realized I will…
S1E10 Playfulness of Grief: Letting your inner child lead
In this episode of Halva for the Heart, we explore a radically different approach to grief—one that invites your inner child to lead the way. I share how my own grief has shown up in playful…
S1E9 Navigating Afghan Diaspora Identity with Mina Sharif
On this episode of Halva for the Heart, I am thrilled to be interviewing Afghan-Canadian author Mina Sharif.Mina spent 15 years living and working in Kabul, Afghanistan. She’s the author of Your War,…
S1E8 Ancestral Wisdom with Shivani
On this episode of Halva for the Heart, I am joined by my friend and fellow death doula Shivani Narang. Shivani is a death worker, a grief worker, and a postpartum, abortion, and post-abortion doula…
S1E7 Meditation for the Iranian Diaspora
In this special episode of Halva for the Heart, I offer a guided meditation created specifically for the Iranian diaspora.Since Israel's attack on.Iran, many Iranians—myself included—have been…
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