Akilah S Richards

Akilah S Richards

30
Sep
"Roots, Rest, Grief, and Death" - One Creative's Chorus

"Roots, Rest, Grief, and Death" - One Creative's Chorus

Honoring the path and the path-clearers that walked me here
6 min read
28
Aug
What absence can do for presence

What absence can do for presence

A tribute to Jasai Madden
3 min read
22
Jul
Ferns, Philodendron, Growing, and Grief

Ferns, Philodendron, Growing, and Grief

6 min read
26
Jun
Maybe grieve it before you "fix" it.

Maybe grieve it before you "fix" it.

Replacing "I need to fix" with "I need to grieve"
2 min read
24
Jun
Knocking Parenting Off Its Pedestal

Knocking Parenting Off Its Pedestal

Clip from a convo about deschooling with a spiritual mentor while in seminary (a year ago)
1 min read
20
Jun
Free to Grieve After Juneteenth

Free to Grieve After Juneteenth

Reflecting on how grief shapes my experiences with independence and freedom
4 min read
07
Apr
The I.L.I.D. Course (I Let It Die)

The I.L.I.D. Course (I Let It Die)

8 weeks of grief-tending language and practices for affirming (not ignoring) grief and loss of Expectation, Identity, Relationship, and Cycle.
4 min read
04
Mar
Nature doesn’t owe me sh!t.

Nature doesn’t owe me sh!t.

Unlearning the idea of cursing discomfort of the most natural kind
3 min read
14
Feb
I Let It Die So I Can Learn to Savor Life

I Let It Die So I Can Learn to Savor Life

Closings, not closure. Endings we face and endings we choose.
4 min read
19
Jan
Shaping the Stories that Shape Me/Us

Shaping the Stories that Shape Me/Us

bodies be tellin stories bout power.
2 min read