John Christian Phifer joins host Mariah Rooney to talk about death and grief and the ways he is radically reimagining those with Larkspur, a revolutionary conservation burial ground in Tennessee. John Christian reminds us that death is a part of life and that our cultural distancing from death and from grief mirrors our disconnection from the earth. He also shares with us a path back to reconnection.

Learn more about Larkspur and consider contributing to their important conservation work.

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MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Rachel Hornstein.

Strengthening the connective tissue that binds us—to ourselves, each other, and the world around us—one story at a time.

Mindful. Messy. Movd. Human.

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World-renowned musician Joshua Roman joins Mariah to talk about his art and his life-changing journey with chronic illness. Joshua has brought the healing power of music to communities around the world as a cellist and composer.

Read the story behind Joshua’s piece Drive that scores every episode of MOVD and listen to his latest album Immunity.

Make sure you’re following the podcast wherever you listen and follow along on Instagram at @MOVDpodcast.

MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Rachel Hornstein.

Strengthening the connective tissue that binds us—to ourselves, each other, and the world around us—one story at a time.

Mindful. Messy. Movd. Human.

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Host Mariah Rooney speaks with Kai Cheng Thom: somatics practitioner, mediator, and teacher. Kai Cheng is the author of five books, including most recently, Falling Back in Love With Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls.

Kai Cheng invites us to find the beauty in the grotesque and the monstrous. She evokes Frankenstein and trans scholars, speaking about monsters as harbingers of a new world.

Learn more about and donate to Kai Cheng’s organization of choice, the Trans Women of Color Collective.

Make sure you’re following the podcast wherever you listen and follow along on Instagram at @MOVDpodcast.

MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Rachel Hornstein.

Strengthening the connective tissue that binds us—to ourselves, each other, and the world around us—one story at a time.

Mindful. Messy. Movd. Human.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.