Hosted by Tembi Locke, New York Times bestselling author, actor, and Executive Producer of Netflix’s From Scratch, Lifted is a multi-season series investigating and celebrating what it takes to transform challenges into the inspired work of a lifetime. The podcast focuses on the behind-the-scenes events, human stumbling blocks, and eventual tools that lead to resilience. Deeply personal, full of humor, Lifted pulls back the curtain on the "extraordinary moment when everything changed" and, through candid conversations with remarkable female creators, writers, entrepreneurs, artists and thought leaders, it creates a guide for the individual and collective resilience and joy that lifts our lives. Each season pulls at the thematic threads of From Scratch by looking at moments of 'lift' through the lenses of art, food, and travel -- creating an ongoing conversation ignited by the series. The first season consists of eight unforgettable conversations with the female creators and collaborators behind the powerful Netflix series and global hit From Scratch.
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Hosted by Tembi Locke, New York Times bestselling author, actor, and Executive Producer of Netflix’s From Scratch, Lifted is a multi-season series investigating and celebrating what it takes to transform challenges into the inspired work of a lifetime. The podcast focuses on the behind-the-scenes events, human stumbling blocks, and eventual tools that lead to resilience. Deeply personal, full of humor, Lifted pulls back the curtain on the "extraordinary moment when everything changed" and, through candid conversations with remarkable female creators, writers, entrepreneurs, artists and thought leaders, it creates a guide for the individual and collective resilience and joy that lifts our lives. Each season pulls at the thematic threads of From Scratch by looking at moments of 'lift' through the lenses of art, food, and travel -- creating an ongoing conversation ignited by the series. The first season consists of eight unforgettable conversations with the female creators and collaborators behind the powerful Netflix series and global hit From Scratch.
Alua Arthur on Mortality, Grief, and Reimagining the End of Life
Lifted
34 minutes
4 months ago
Alua Arthur on Mortality, Grief, and Reimagining the End of Life
In this intimate and illuminating episode of Lifted, Tembi Locke welcomes death doula, attorney, and bestselling author Alua Arthur (Briefly Perfectly Human) for a transformative conversation on embracing the end of life—not as a tragedy, but as a portal to deeper connection, clarity, and purpose. Alua shares her unexpected journey to becoming a death doula, and together, she and Tembi explore what it means to truly live in the presence of death. They discuss the shame that often surrounds grief, the fear of death that permeates Western culture, and the courageous practice of preparing for the end with honesty, dignity, and love. With humor, reverence, and radical compassion, Alua reframes death as not something to resist, but something to welcome as a vital part of being fully human. If you're navigating grief, caregiving, or seeking more intention in how you live and love, this conversation is a sacred invitation to rethink your relationship with death -- and find deeper meaning in the present.
Key themes: death and dying, end-of-life planning, grief, legacy, caregiving, mental health, cultural attitudes toward mortality, community, living fully
Mentioned: Briefly Perfectly Human, Going with Grace
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Lifted
Hosted by Tembi Locke, New York Times bestselling author, actor, and Executive Producer of Netflix’s From Scratch, Lifted is a multi-season series investigating and celebrating what it takes to transform challenges into the inspired work of a lifetime. The podcast focuses on the behind-the-scenes events, human stumbling blocks, and eventual tools that lead to resilience. Deeply personal, full of humor, Lifted pulls back the curtain on the "extraordinary moment when everything changed" and, through candid conversations with remarkable female creators, writers, entrepreneurs, artists and thought leaders, it creates a guide for the individual and collective resilience and joy that lifts our lives. Each season pulls at the thematic threads of From Scratch by looking at moments of 'lift' through the lenses of art, food, and travel -- creating an ongoing conversation ignited by the series. The first season consists of eight unforgettable conversations with the female creators and collaborators behind the powerful Netflix series and global hit From Scratch.
