Soil and Stars

Welcome to the season one finale of Soil and Stars. This week, Emily has a soulful conversation with artist and writer Cody Cook-Parrott about their new book, The Practice of Attention.This episode is an invitation to notice where our attention goes and energy flows. Attention is the gateway to presence, and in a world full of distractions, presence is the greatest gift we can give ourselves.Tune in to hear Emily and Cody discuss: Their complicated relationships with social media and how they began noticing the negative impacts of apps like Instagram How our creative and spiritual practices can help us live meaningful lives  The power of writing as a contemplative practice to help us make sense of our inner worlds   Connect with Cody by subscribing to their newsletter, reading their books, and listening to Common Shapes. Thank you for tuning into season one of Soil and Stars! Please share this episode with the people you love. Stay tuned later this year for season two. If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

In this episode, Emily sits down with the story doula, Dajé Alōh, for an expansive conversation about soul initiation, becoming a dream of the Earth, and navigating the thresholds of the creative process. Emily & Dajé discuss:Practicing simple, grounded rituals to make contact with the Earth, elements, and our inner wildsMeeting the Mother and offering Her our whole being and heartOur unique soul calling as the Earth imagining herself back into wholeness The Creative Rites as a living framework of visionary archetypes to guide us through the initiations, seasons, and thresholds of the creative processDescending to soul, retrieving vision, awakening our power, and rising again  Learn more about Storywork Studio and connect with Dajé on Instagram @thestorydoula, Substack, and tune into the soft, earthen futures podcast. If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

In this episode, Emily connects with politicized somatic practitioner and popular educator Eris Johnson for a profound conversation about eco-somatic practices, interspecies relations, and eco-social collective liberation.Emily & Eris discuss: Listening deeply and coming back into collaborative, reciprocal relationship with land  Expanding our movements for liberation to include the freedom and sovereignty of beyond human beings Widening our sense of self to include community, ecology, and cosmosOrienting to somatics as a practice of awakening aliveness for the sake of healing, transformation, pleasure, and freedom Popular education as a model that removes institutional barriers to knowledge while honoring our role as both student and teacher Connect with Eris on Instagram and learn more about their politicized somatic offerings, including Somatic Enchantment. If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

What if burnout is a portal to new ways of existing in the world?In this episode, Emily wraps up the burnout mini-series with a heart-opening conversation with energy healer and podcast host Marlee NajamyWinnick. Emily & Marlee discuss:Burnout recovery as a portal to reconnect with our bodies, intuition, and the Earth The messy process of disentangling our self-worth from our jobs, setting boundaries at work, and unlearning capitalist conditioningCultivating a sense of safety within and trusting that the universe supports us Energy healing as a modality to disrupt patterns, connect with our inner children, and receive loving source energy Connect with Marlee on Instagram, receive her free guide to healing burnout, listen to the Shifting with Marlee podcast, and learn more about her energy healing sessions.If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

In this episode, Emily continues her exploration of burnout through the lens of neurodivergence and the nervous system with holistic health and wellness coach Kaitlyn Carroll. Emily & Kaitlyn discuss: Holistic health as an approach to mind-body-spirit wellness The nervous system’s role in our wellness & dis-ease The hyper-connectivity of the neurodiverse brain Neurodivergence & burning out in a neurotypical world Recovering from burnout by unmasking, getting clear on our values & summoning joy Connect with Kaitlyn on Substack, download her free Nervous System Essentials guidebook, and learn more about her coaching practice. If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

This episode is for the astro-girlies, gays, and theys. Emily sits down with queer writer and astrologer, Sam Manzella, for a magical conversation about re-enchanting our lives. Emily and Sam discuss: The nonlinear nature of burnout and how it leads to disenchantment The difference between ritual, routine, and habits How ritual cultivates presence, meaning, and wonder The magical nature of the third house in astrology  Simple rituals for re-enchanting our lives Subscribe to Sam’s newsletter and connect with them on Instagram and Threads. If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Mentioned in this episode: Astrologers’ Co-OpThe Ritual Effect by Dr. Michael NortonThank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

What if burnout is a form of intelligence? What if bone-deep exhaustion is your body's way of resisting exploitation? What if burnout is an initiation into profound healing and change?In this episode, Emily introduces a new mini-series exploring burnout. She opens up about her personal story, including an initiation into the underworld, years of recovery, and life-changing healing and transformation. In this episode, you’ll hear: The nuanced, complex, and multifaceted nature of burnout Burnout as a form of intelligence emerging from the body and soul The cycle of the Moon and seasons of the Earth as guides for healing and recoveryThe polycrisis and finding our unique roles within the Great Turning Mentioned in this episode: Stand With MinnesotaThe Great Turning by Joanna MacyWe Are The Great Turning podcastDra. Rocio Rosales MezaIf you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

In this episode, Emily sits down for a heart-opening, world-expanding conversation with Kristin Lueke, a poet, writer, creative strategist, and co-founder of Field of Practice, an award-winning, women-owned design studio. Kristin reflects on five years of stewarding Field of Practice with her partner and friend, Nermin Moufti, and what it’s been like to practice creative business on their terms. Kristin muses about her lifelong love of poetry, what compels her to write and express herself, and her reverence for the Earth and the birds. Kristin shares two original poems, including feelings come & go but teeth are forever published by Okay Donkey, and dendrochronology of a murder published by Wildness. In this episode, you’ll hear: The power of dreaming with others and speaking our shared visions aloudThe 4 L’s: a framework for reflecting upon our creative projects, including what we loved, learned, longed for, and let go of Weaving the threads of activism, social change, design, and creative strategy Poetry as magic spells to express the gigantic feelings within us Writing as a mechanism for restoration and connection Bird watching as a practice for cultivating stillness, slowness, presence, and wonder Subscribe to Kristin’s newsletter, the animal eats, and connect with her on Instagram @klooky.  If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

In this episode, Emily has an expansive conversation with the prolific poet, writer, and Earth worshipper, Jacqueline Suskin.Jacqueline and Emily wax poetic about their shared love of the Earth and seasons, including what guided Jacqueline to write A Year in Practice: Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression. Jacqueline shares original poems, including "How I Fell in Love with the Earth," "The Mind is a Joke," and "The Suffering of the Mind and Body," from her latest book, The Verse For Now. In this episode, you’ll hear: What does it mean to be an Earth worshipper?Questioning the mind and whether it is part of the bodyThe struggle and ease of aligning life and creative practice with the seasons Oscillating between hope and hopelessness in times of great change Retreat, sleeping, and dreaming as practices for communing with Winter Subscribe to Jacqueline’s newsletter, Poetic Purpose, connect with her on Instagram @jsuskin, and read her books. If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

In this episode, Emily sits down for a magical conversation with Ayana Madrone, who has authored an eight-book series on the pagan Wheel of the Year. Emily and Ayana discuss how the Wheel of the Year supports our collective healing and re-enchantment by guiding us into meaningful connection with the Earth. In this episode, you’ll hear: What the Wheel of the Year is, and how it serves as a portal to ancestral remembrance, re-enchantment, and Earth-honoring ways of beingThe roots of Yule and Imbolc, and how to celebrate these seasonal shifts How aligning with the seasons grows our capacity for presence and stillness, and supports burnout recoveryHonoring the grief of the lack of elders to guide us in these times and turning to the crone within and the crones of our ancestral lineages Subscribe to Ayana’s newsletter, connect with her on TikTok, and find her Wheel of the Year guidebooks on Patreon. If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

In this episode, Emily explores how the rhythm of the seasons can guide us into right relationship with the Earth by shifting culture from endless growth, extraction, and scarcity to reciprocity, regeneration, and abundance. Winter is a season of stillness and rest. We see this in the longest nights of the year, in the life cycles of deciduous trees, and in mammals that hibernate. Emily invites listeners to contemplate how we can weave Winter's wisdom into the fabric of our lives.If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

Happy birthday Soil and Stars! This podcast was born on December 30th, 2025 at 10:10 a.m. CST. They are a Capricorn Sun, Taurus Moon, and Pisces rising. In this first episode, Emily makes the case that healing is not a luxury, a declaration inspired by Audre Lorde’s essay Poetry is Not a Luxury. Healing is expansive and multidimensional. It is physical, emotional, spiritual, individual, communal, cultural, and planetary. Centering healing in everything we do is a practical strategy for repairing culture and birthing new worlds into being.Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year. Mentioned in this episode:Poetry is Not a Luxury, an essay by Audre LordeSister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre LordeWhat It Takes to Heal by Prentis Hemphill Chiron the wounded healerThank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.