22: How to create rituals in your daily life to transform the mundane into the meaningful

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that people are lacking a sense of the spiritual or mystical or meaning or structure in their lives today — something that the function of organized religion used to provide in society. But organized religion isn’t really a safe space for many people to turn these days — or a space where atheists or people who don’t overall believe in the common narrative of a Big White Dude God can go.

But that doesn’t mean that even the most logical or practical of us don’t crave a sense of something bigger than the daily mundane in our lives, a sense of meaning or significance that we can participate in. I know that I — somebody who doesn’t believe in the traditional sense of god or religion as it is commonly understood today — felt I was missing something along those lines. So I started creating my own sense of the sacred in my day to day life through a series of small rituals that are now the fabric on which I build my days.

And that’s what I’m talking about in today’s podcast. I go over what a modern, practical ritual can look like; how I incorporate rituals into my day-to-day life; and several suggestions and starting points for you to introduce simple rituals into your life right now. 

***Some issues with traveling, my mic & internet made the sound scratchy on this one — apologies!

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Sunday Soother Patreon
• Mark Groves's podcast on a breakup ceremony 
• Ronald Grimes' The Craft of Ritual Studies
• My favorite incense!