Season 4 Episode 7
Oleksanra is a 19 year old woman from Kharkiv, a city in northeast Ukraine. She is a stained glass artist and creates amazing geometric pieces. She now lives in West Cork with her mom. Her Dad volunteers in the Ukrainian military and their other family members remain in Ukraine.
This episode highlights the reality of a teenage girl moving away from her home, we discuss what the war is from her perspective and experience, as well as how moving to Ireland has been for her and her mom.
She tells of the governments encouragement for locals to leave and how they can continue to support, even from abroad. Oleksanra vulnerably tells us about her new world, the chaos that is often present and how the silent presence is unbearable.
Her reality is school>pandemic>war. Reminding us of the landscape that shapes our very being and the realities of children and teenagers today. She speaks of how Ukrainians are being supported to plan for the impending chaos of the future.
She continues on to open up about her feelings of missing intimacy with friends and loved ones, and the desire to live out all the archetypes that she is. This is her story of a personal journey away from the war in Ukraine and into a new life in Ireland, where there is so much space to re-create the self.
Is this war the manifestation of the inner war present in the morphogenetic field?
You can support Ukraine here:
https://supportukrainenow.org/ie - All the information, in one place.
https://www.irelandhelpukraine.com/ - Apply quickly with what you can offer Ukrainians and volunteers will contact you.
https://savelife.in.ua/ - Donate directly to support the Ukrainian army.
You can find Oleksanra here:
