{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Sacred Portals of Surrogacy, Birth, Death, & Grief with Brook van der Linde","description":"Brook van der Linde (she\/her) is a mom, writer, and widow. She went from working with criminal defense attorneys to documenting the lives of those living on the farthest margins of society. She is currently working as a full-time copywriter, piecing together a memoir, creating a writing program for people experiencing incarceration, and carrying a baby for some friends. *disclaimer \u2014 this episode discusses addiction and death* In this episode, Brook and I discuss: - Brook\u2019s background and what led her to writing and storytelling - Brook shares about the curriculum she\u2019s developing for incarcerated people, including what inspired this work and its mission - The heartbreaking loss of Brook\u2019s partner Kyle to addiction and what this experience taught her - What held Brook in the grief of losing Kyle - Brook\u2019s recent journey with surrogacy, what inspired her to become a surrogate and what has this experience been like for her - Birth and death as sacred portals and liminal spaces and the similarities between these universal experiences  You can find Brook\u2019s work on her website brookvanderlinde.com and on IG at @brookvanderlinde You can find my work, including my sound baths, retreats + journeys, substack newsletter, and more on waverlydavis.com and on IG at @heywaverlydavis I hope you love listening to this beautiful and wise conversation as much as Brook and I loved having it! If you love this episode, if it nourishes you somehow, please subscribe to the pod, leave a review and rating, and share it with a friend, thank you! ","author_name":"A Wave Away with Waverly Wood Davis","author_url":"https:\/\/waverlydavis.com\/podcast","html":"