Join us for a conversation with emiko yoshikami where we discuss her contributions to The Icarus Project, her practice of Buddhism, and her work in surrogate partner therapy. Topics we discuss include:

Critiques of “mental health” and biomedical understandings of “mental illness”
Experiences of deep empathy and burnout in meaningful work
Reliance on intuition and spiritual exploration in the fight for social justice

About emiko:

emiko lovingly identifies as a queer, crazy, half-breed, ho. She is interested in how our lives are made meaningful through language and the stories we tell. Through Buddhist wisdom and political engagement, emiko is committed to co-creating a more just and compassionate world. She lives in a small flat in San Francisco with 3 other housemates.

Find Emiko online:

On the web: healingintimacy.org

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Links to So Many Wings’ social media and website

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