When Life Becomes A Wasteland
by Ana Mael
Wasteland speaks to the seasons of life when everything falls apart. In this episode, somatic therapist Ana Mael reads her new poem “Wasteland,” a raw and powerful exploration of collapse, service burnout, and the sacred liminal space between breaking down and rising again. Wasteland speaks to the seasons of life when everything falls apart: - when we are exhausted from serving others, - when our nervous system can no longer perform strength, - and when the body pulls us into the in-between — not drowning anymore, but not yet able to rise. Ana invites listeners into a new understanding of trauma healing: - That collapse is not a failure, - The rest is not resignation, - and the in-between is not a void — - It is gestation, the place where the nervous system prepares for emergence.
