We’re living inside real darkness — fires and smoke, violence against immigrant communities, a fractured political landscape, the steady creep of techno-fascism. For many of us dancing with despair is a daily practice; we teeter on the fine line between hopelessness and our commitment to acting on behalf of what we love. It’s natural to want to get away from this despair as quickly as we can, but what if we stayed with it for a moment longer? What could it teach us about how to live well in these unprecedented times?
This session doesn’t seek to assuage our despair, but instead, to open an honest conversation: a space to turn toward the weight of what we’re all carrying, truthfully, without negating and without drowning.
Joining us is Jess Serrante — coach, ritualist, and a lineage carrier of Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects. Jess will guide us into a vulnerable conversation about how we relate to our despair. She’ll share what she’s learned in her years of friendship with Joanna and her own experience carrying this lineage forward. Come ready to be tender with yourself and each other. We won’t leave with answers — but hopefully with a little more room to carry what’s true, together.
