Soil and Stars

Welcome to season two of Soil and Stars!  We are back for the next 12 weeks with Venus as our guiding light and muse. Each week, Emily and special guests will reveal the multidimensionality of the Venusian.  To kickoff this season, Emily waxes poetic about her love of our brilliant Evening and Morning Star.  Tune in to this Venusian sermon illuminating...   The ancient relationship between Venus,...

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. Tu...

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 wilds Meeting the Mother and offering Her our whole being and heart Our uni...

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...

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, settin...

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 & bu...

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 t...

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 transf...

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...

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 F...

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 port...

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 l...

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,...