MEET OUR CO-HOSTS

Now, let's get into our guests, because they are TRULY incredible individuals. Trust me, you won't want to miss out on their wisdom.


SASHA HERON (10/6)

Sasha Heron is an ancestral healing practitioner & death doula who helps people connect with their ancestors, the Earth, and the Divine to become ancestrally resourced for collective liberation. 

She also supports the collective to embody our grief and rage as we dismantle the systems that oppress us and create a world rooted in compassion, radical love, and restorative justice. She lived in Egypt and Palestine for several years working with refugees & families of imprisoned hostages, and she is still deeply connected to those beloved lands and peoples. Since Oct 7, she has organized over 30 grief and rage circles for Gaza. 

Sasha's ancestors come from the Philippines, Germany, China & the UK. She lives on the stolen ancestral homeland of the Tsalagi peoples of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, NC. 

RACHEL CARGLE (10/13)

Rachel Elizabeth Cargle is an author, activist, entrepreneur, and philanthropic innovator. She is founder of The Loveland Group; a family of companies including Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre, a literary space that celebrates marginalized voices and The Great Unlearn, an community learning space that centers the teaching of BIPOC thinkers. In 2018, she founded The Loveland Foundation, offering free access to mental health care for Black women and girls.

Rachel leads with her vulnerability often sharing personal stories exploring her own grief and loss. She emphasizes acknowledging collective and generational grief by hosting grief storytelling gatherings called Waves. Her debut memoir A Renaissance of Our Own published with Penguin Random House in May 2023 with the paperback releasing March 26th, 2024.
 

JOHN CHRISTIAN PHIFER (10/20)

John Christian Phifer has led the creation of Tennessee’s first conservation burial ground, a nature preserve for natural burial.  He currently serves as CEO and creative mind of Larkspur Conservation, a nonprofit organization based in Nashville, Tennessee.  He serves the national community in a broader capacity as the Founding President of the Conservation Burial Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy and education organization supporting conservation burial everywhere. John Christian utilizes his background as a funeral director, embalmer, end-of-life doula, funeral celebrant, and a home funeral guide to demystify death.

His life has been profiled on PBS in a documentary film called Bury Me At Taylor Hollow which is now available everywhere. After 26 years working in funeral care he holds a deep respect for mother nature and works to educate and empower the public by bridging environmental advocacy and end-of-life care.

HAWA KASAT (10/27)

Hawah Kasat is an award-winning author, educator, non-profit leader, TEDx speaker, poet, and yogi. For over 20 years, Hawah has been teaching violence prevention, social-emotional literacy, conflict transformation, the healing arts, trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and yoga to all types of students, from diverse demographics, around the globe. Since childhood, Hawah has been exposed to the living traditions, culture, philosophy, and practices of his ancestral homeland of India, and offers a rare perspective on Eastern and Western dichotomies.

Hawah is co-founder and former Executive Director of One Common Unity (OCU), an award-winning non-profit organization that has impacted the lives of over 40,000 youth and families. Most recently, he helped launch Roots to Sky Sanctuary, a 125-acre BIPOC led regenerative farm and healing arts center situated in northern Appalachia where he serves as a Managing Partner. Over the years he has authored 4 books and produced 3 documentary films, including the widely acclaimed, “Fly By Light.”