05/17/2026
Some moments in life are too complex or tender for explanation alone. Big emotions like grief, anger, loss, fear, and longing aren't always looking for an explanation. They need to be processed and move through our bodies.
This week in The Ritual Life, we’ll explore how rituals can help us mark life’s thresholds, whether they come as beginnings, endings, fresh starts, difficult goodbyes, or strange in-between seasons. Threshold rituals give our big emotions somewhere to go besides our shoulders, stomachs, jaws, nervous systems, and late-night Amazon carts.
The invitation is not simply to get over what we’re feeling, but to move through it with intention, so our bodies and nervous systems can begin to process what our minds alone cannot carry.