How Ritual, Nature and Meditation Help Transform Overwhelm Into Resilience During a Time of Global Anxiety
A conversation with Day Schildkret of Morning Altars
These times, y’all. These times…
I’ve got a question for you today - Are you using meditation to manage anxiety, but still feel disconnected or overwhelmed?
This conversation with artist and ritualist Day Shildkret (of Morning Altars) explores how meditation alone may not be enough to meet the intensity of our mental health needs — especially during major life transitions. Learn how ritual, connection to nature, and intentional rest can support emotional resilience in ways meditation alone can’t always reach.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
✨Why ritual is often the missing link in a meditation practice that's failing to soothe anxiety.
✨How to create nature-inspired rituals that help you slow down and reconnect with your inner self.
✨The real reason we struggle with transitions and how to build meaningful containers for healing.
Listen now to uncover a grounded, nature-connected approach to managing anxiety with more clarity, compassion, and resilience.
Thank you to Nick McMahan for today’s nature field recordings, sound design, and editing; and thank you to Brianna Nielsen for production and editing support.
A Recipe for Ritual
In today’s conversation, we reference Day’s most recent book, Hello Goodbye. I love this book as a source of inspiration for the moments that need or want to be marked but I’m unsure how. Here is a bit more about the book -
Day Schildkret, the artist and author behind the international Morning Altars movement, believes that what we need is ritual. Rituals are our most trusted guide during times of change. They give us a sense of stability in the face of uncertainty and remind us that there's always something we can do, say, or make to conjure awe, courage and gratitude. Rituals offer us a tangible and time tested way to acknowledge that as life changes, we too must change.
Hello, Goodbye is a ritual recipe book for life's many expected and unexpected milestones--containing over seventy-five hands-on rituals to help transform us from who we were to who we are now.
