Conversation with Annika Roner: Storytelling, Tools & Rituals for Healing after a Traumatic Loss  

In episode forty-nine of the Higher Conversations Podcast, Kellee sits downs and holds space for Annika Roner, who shares her story about the tragic loss of her Husband, Erik Roner of MTV’s “Nitro Circus.” He passed on September 28th, 2015 at a Squaw Valley Institute Golf Tournament in a ill-fated Skydiving accident.  Be prepared for one Tear-Jerker of a Conversation that offers Storytelling, Tools for moving through Grief, and Rituals for Healing after a Traumatic Loss. 

 

Takeaways: 

-Quote from Annika: “It’s like birth.  Everyone’s birth story is different and everyone’s grieving story is different.” 

-The Loss of High Profile Spouse is hard in a small place like Tahoe.  The (public) eye is always on you, staring and gawking. 

-The Shift to Functional Being is Slow.  It started to happen for Annika two years after the tragic loss of her Husband.   

-Therapy Helps: On Taking little steps to Deal with Overwhelm 

-On choosing to stop teaching Pilates & How she could no longer Hold Space for Others 

-Hooked on Aerial Yoga: How it Helps her Grieve & is Inspiring her to Return to Teaching

-Beat Down by the Universe & Building a Foundation Again

-PTSD & Aerial Yoga as a Tool for Healing after Loss 

-More Deaths in Tahoe (per/Capita) than any other Place

-Triggers: Phone Calls, Red Trucks & Facebook

-Annika & Erik’s Extreme Love Story: It’s Not What You Think (It’s Better)

-Erik’s Rise to Fame: From Action Sports Pro to MTV’s “Nitro Circus” & Roner Vision  

-They Traveled the World Together & Built a Life of Adventure 

-Next Step’s & the Transition from Pro to Producer: At the Time of his Death, Erik was Ready to slow down and plan for What Comes Next. 

-Erik as a Role Model for younger “Nitro Circus” Pros

-Grab Your Kleenex: Annika’s Story on Losing the Love of Her Life

-On Getting the Call that Changed Her Life Forever 

-How Erik said Goodbye: “It was the craziest sensation I’ve ever felt, like Erik was squeezing me as he passed away.” 

-How Annika said Goodbye: One Last Kiss 

-Everyone Deals with Death Differently: Honor Your Process  

-On Telling her Children their Father was Gone Forever 

-Article from Mountain Outlaw Magazine Summer 2016 Reference: “In the Wake: Stories Resilience” 

-Quote from 2016 Article: “I’m in love with someone that is not here anymore.” 

-Annika’s son Oskar: An Empath who Knows his Father is Still with Them

-The Wringer is Real: Grief gets Worse before it gets Better & Dates that Open the Wounds of those we’ve Lost 

-Coping with Loss: Annika & her Kids watch Footage of Eric on YouTube, Roner Vision & Nitro Circus 

-Healing Rituals for Grief & Loss: Spreading Ashes in Nature, Making Jewelry out of Ashes (@lorienpowers on Instagram) & Sending Flowers down the River (or on Lake Tahoe)

-Honoring Erik’s Wishes: On Spreading his Ashes around the World 

-Heal from the Ashes: Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust 

-Keeping the Stories Alive: Storytelling among Friends & Family to help the Collective Healing 

-Oskar says, “Just Ask Dad” when Annika needs Something

-Quote from Annika: “When someone you love passes, you really face your beliefs.”

-Transmutation of Energy: On the Immortal Soul 

-Getting Curious about the Final Transition: Researching & Reading up on Death & Dying 

-Wounded Healer Journey: How Being Open about how her Loss has Become her Purpose 

-The Haunted: On the Importance of Dealing with and Moving through Grief & Loss 

-Talk About It: Stories to Heal the Heart &  Soul 

-Live Like Roner: On Building a Non-Profit Foundation in Erik’s Honor to help support families function after the devastating loss of a loved one.

-Stayed Tuned Next Week (1/25/2020) on the HCP: Workshop on Yoga for Grief & Loss by Host - Kellee Rich 

-How Annika inspires Higher Conversations in her Life: Surrounding herself with Higher Conscious family/friends & by Raising her Vibration. 

-You’ve got One Life, Live it! A Shout-Out to Sherry McConkey & the Shane McConkey Foundation

-And so much more!

Connect with Annika Roner:

Instagram: @annikadahlroner 

Coming Soon: Live Like Roner, a Non-Profit Organization 

 

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