Content notice: This episode contains real and honest depictions of grief and death.
Melissa Gill is a woodworker, meditation teacher, Head of Operations for SimplyMTB and a lover of anything outdoors. She sees backcountry skiing as a playground for adventure and self development and in the summer months, can be found trail running or sleeping in a hammock in the middle of a forest. Of all things in life, she is most is passionate about mental health and creating safe spaces for healing for both her and her community. As a mindfulness meditation teacher, she believes most things in life can be solved, healed and made more beautiful with a heavy dose of self compassion.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Meditation teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
Danielle has written about the loss she describes in this episode for the Medium publication Age of Empathy.
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15. Grieving & Healing through Sport w/ Melissa Gill