About this episode
Reverend Deb Hansen received a metaphorical message in a bottle, urging her to go to the US-Mexico border – a life calling that she followed all the way to El Paso.As a facilitator-chaplain and quilter of the human experience, Deb has been there for people at the most painful and tender times of their lives – helping to understand their stories, and stitch back together the fragments of a broken, polarised world.She brings beautiful stories about migration, spirituality, identity, and historical trauma with life-affirming reverence, she reads us a passage from her book Borderlands, and shows us all how to navigate vulnerability with grace.A rich and important conversation about what it means to be human.Find out about:Deb’s soul work with communities in a divisive, disconnected worldNavigating vulnerable conversations with an open heart, and learning to sit with discomfort to honour growthWhy authenticity is a lived practice that we manifest through words, body, and intentionHow to hold space for belonging, collective trauma, and grief in painful timesDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.Links:Watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.Connect to Deb Hansen:WebsiteBookAny thoughts? Share them with us!Support the show✨✨✨If you miss the "workshops work" podcast, join us on Substack, where Myriam builds a Podcast Club with monthly gatherings around old episodes: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/
