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In this episode, I had a truly amazing conversation with Trace Barbour Aguila. I am beyond grateful to have had this opportunity to speak with them and take in some of their wisdom. We discuss what death means in our modern urban environment as well the importance of knowing what grace is and having the ability to offer grace to ourselves and each other and to step into personal responsibility when it is offered.Trace Barbour Aguila (they/them), CLC, MHFAC, CDC is the founder of A Thrive Life — They are a two-spirit indigenous Healing Practitioner, Consultant, Educator, Writer, and Death Doula. Trace is a transracial adoptee and multi-ethnic of Muisca, Romani-Sinti, and Ashkenazi descent. Their practice is focused on education, support, and guidance for grief and trauma healing with movement, mental health, spirituality, creativity, and community. Trace lives and works on the unceded and occupied land of the Lenape known as Brookln, NY.  A true enneagram 8, fiercely compassionate, a disruptor, vulnerable, and open to initiating and holding space for tough conversations, Trace’s  work is anti-racist, anti-oppressive, uncolonial, non-pathologizing, intersectional, and an interdisciplinary approach of trauma-informed and healing centered engagement. Trace is a member of TRACC4 Movement Healer's Network, IDHA NYC - School for Transformative Mental Health, and the New York State Trauma-Informed Network.You can learn more or reach out by following them on Instagram, visiting their website at athrivelife.org, If you're enjoying the podcast, and would like to contribute please visit my Patreon! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21191833afan_landing=true)