Friendly Completions

What makes a completion friendly? 34 years after my husband Rich's death, I am re-reading my journals, feeling such gratitude for his friendly completion with life. He died surrounded by singing friends. Friends listening deeply, following intuitions, and presencing radiant love.  My friend and colleague Crystal Dawn Rios, Jyotisha astrologer and creator of the Conscious Loving Lab, joins me to share a Vedic astrology reading on how the stars aligned to bless my marriage with Rich. I share tender stories of how our love deepened and transformed as Rich followed what he called "The Golden Path".

I'm on an inner quest, rereading journals I have stored in my closet for almost 40 years. I'm discovering how to free my body. For my body, like these journals, is a storehouse of feelings not yet fully felt. Episode 2 delves into healing feelings about mothers.  Myo-fascial release practitioner Ronelle Wood joins me exploring how to encourage easy release of old stories we each hold in our bodies about our moms. I share a self-healing story about listening to my own body as my mom was dying. And, my perfectionist has the last word!

Who knows how much time we have to wrap up loose ends? At age 73, I am going through 5 boxes of journals I’ve saved since 1984. I've been laughing, crying, and marveling at my amazing life. I am on a treasure hunt, inviting you to come with me! In Episode 1, you'll hear 2 tender stories of how I proposed to my husband Rich Turner. My playmate Dhira Brown interviews my perfectionist - a perfect beginning!

When I turned 73 in 2022, I decided to face the boxes on the top shelf of my closet. Five hefty bank-boxes filled with journals dating back to 1984 - the year I started writing The Self-Healing Cookbook!  I wonder, who else has 125 journals stashed away in their closet?? What are you doing with these? What wants to be shared? How widely?  And most importantly, how friendly can completions be?  As I began to read, underline, transcribe, take snap-shots of drawings, laugh outloud, cry, choose what to keep and what pages to tear out and take to recycling, I sensed a new form emerging. Part journal excerpts, part self-healing reflection, part here's what you, too, might explore doing with your journals!  So, I'm birthing this Friendly Completions podcast to bring you one episode each month in 2023. I look forward to hearing your feedback! Kristina Turner, Creative Resilience Coach and author of The Self-Healing Cookbook https://www.kristinaturner.com