What does animism mean? This episode with herbalist + astrologer Sarah Corbett guides us into a story where humans are the stewards, caretakers and community of all beings around us and offers simple steps to make our way back to that reality.

Are technology + nature separate? At odds? Climate activist + ecosomatics educator Kalpana Arias joins the podcast to talk about embodied regeneration and ways to think more openly at the intersection of tech and climate. She asks us to remember our body as an ecosystem and to see ourselves as a part of the environment we’re in whether we live in the city or not.

Seeing, making + trusting the world — 3 themes Annie Dillard’s essay collection, The Abundance.

Loving Nature through Herbalism / the Microbiome breakthroughs in Health / Plant Wisdom for Abundance / Local Futures

You are a portal for the impulse of Life.

mary grace takes a look at the astrology for the week ahead — Jupiter stations retrograde, Sun enters Cancer - Solstice + Mercury stations direct. she also invites us to look at our connection to life’s heartbeat of ebb and flow, evaluate the levels of reception + offering and to move towards collective, creative action.

In today's episode, Andréa Ranae Johnson, founder of Whole Self Liberation, joins me to talk about centering relationship in our movement towards liberation. We also talk about divesting from the narrative of activism as suffering and why it's important to motivate ourselves beyond simply not causing harm.

This special episode is second (and final) look back over the first year of the podcast; and we're bringing you clips and highlights from both guest conversations and solo episodes. My hope is that long-time listeners will get a refreshing review and that newcomers will get a digestive summary of where we've been.

- Sun + Mercury entering Virgo

- Mars + Saturn square

- how gardening has taught me more about abundance, contentment + fulfillment

- The discrepancies in care she witnessed when working in healthcare

- Where birth work + sex work intersect for her

- What is full spectrum birth work?

- Racism + privilege in birth and birth work