In this episode of Feelings Soup, part of the Palestine mini series during the genocide of Palestinians, Elly welcomes Jessica Dickson, a liberation-centered culture cultivator and life empowerment coach who teaches and coaches for the reclamation of our full humanity, equity, justice, and freedom through the intersections of the Enneagram, antiracism, and embodiment. Elly and Jessica talk mental health, nervous system regulation, white violence, how we interact with social media and more. 

In the tenth episode of Feelings Soup, Elly speaks with academic and editor, writer, professor and historian Zoé Samudzi to provide us with a brief and contextualized history of how we got to this point in 2023 with the Israeli genocide of Palestinians. Zoé offers books and poets to pay attention to, and they discuss ways to stay grounded when the whole world feels like it’s going to shit. 

Note: This episode was recorded prior to the 4-5 day pause agreement released on Tuesday, November 21. Note also that the podcast host believes the pause is not enough and we must keep demanding a total ceasefire and then proper reparations for the Palestinian people.

In the ninth episode of Feelings Soup after returning from a summer hiatus, Elly shares why they are no longer co-hosting with Sam, and talks about what it looks like and means to show up honestly in relationship, confronting and navigating anger, grief and all. What does it look like to choose to see each other through the fog of fear? Time to find out!

The poem shared in the episode is Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye. The song referenced is Bends by Carly Rae Jepsen.

Feelings Soup welcomes Alice (Ace) Sparkly Kat, an astrologer and author. How do we relate to the stars? In this conversation, Sam and Elly explore with Ace and talk about what astrology can and cannot tell us, how it gives us something to react against what people say we are, and more. This talk is not just for astrology experts but for the astrology curious and everyone in-between!

Feelings Soup welcomes KB Brookins, a Black trans poet and cultural worker. In this conversation, we explore navigating conflict, writing poetry, how to feel at home in states targeting trans people, how writing changes over time, and learn more about KB’s upcoming books Freedom House and PRETTY.

KB Brookins is a writer, cultural worker, and artist from Texas. They are the author of ⁠How To Identify Yourself with a Wound⁠ (Kallisto Gaia Press 2022) and ⁠Freedom House⁠ (Deep Vellum 2023). KB is a 2023 ⁠National Endowment of the Arts fellow⁠. Follow them online at @earthtokb.

Theme song written by Elly Belle and performed by Mal Blum, logo art by Sarah Day.

Sam and Elly dig deeper into the subject of care. We all come from somewhere. What do we do when where we come from isn’t caring? Where do we learn to care for one another and ourselves? How can we ask for what we need? Where can we invite disability justice into these conversations (and some thoughts from Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha)?

Theme song written by Elly Belle and performed by Mal Blum, logo art by Sarah Day.

Find the transcript of this week's episode here.

Sam and Elly answer a listener-submitted question: "How do I stop feeling like I care more about the people in my life than they care about me? Especially when they're generally loving and caring, but they don't go "above and beyond" for me the way I do for them all the time."

Theme song written by Elly Belle and performed by Mal Blum, logo art by Sarah Day.

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Feelings Soup welcomes Frankie Simmons, “The Internet’s Big Sister” and Self-Tenderness Bitch. What can anticipation feel like when we don’t let it translate into anxiety? How can trampolines help us regulate? How is capitalism stopping us from connecting with ourselves? Sam and Elly get into the important questions with Frankie. 

Theme song written by Elly Belle and performed by Mal Blum, logo art by Sarah Day.

Follow Frankie here: https://www.instagram.com/frankiedoodledandy/

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Feelings Soup welcomes Arielle Estoria, a poet and multi-talented storyteller. What is fear trying to tell us? How do we show up to hard conversations when we’re feeling avoidant? How does slam poetry work and why is it so scary? Sam and Elly hear about Arielle’s experiences with all this and more.

Theme song written by Elly Belle and performed by Mal Blum, logo art by Sarah Day.

Buy Arielle's book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-unfolding-an-invitation-to-come-home-to-yourself-arielle-estoria/

Follow Arielle here: https://www.instagram.com/arielleestoria/

A note from Sam & Elly: We are currently working on getting transcripts for our episodes and should have them by the next episode. Thank you for your patience!

Reducing each other to social media accounts, decontextualization, the experience of trying to translate ourselves… Sam and Elly talk about how they feel about how The Internet affects our feelings, and how we affect other people's feelings through how we use it. We explore how we use it to connect, how we project onto each other online, how good it can feel to create community, how bad it can feel to try to be vulnerable, and more.

Theme song written by Elly Belle and performed by Mal Blum, logo art by Sarah Day.

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A note from Sam & Elly: We are currently working on getting transcripts for our episodes. Thank you for your patience as we navigate our own chronic illnesses and urgencies.