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.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Poetry is Not a Luxury, an essay by Audre Lorde
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
• What It Takes to Heal by Prentis Hemphill 
• Chiron the wounded healer

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.