6: Wounds and Wonders - Finding Our Soul's Passion and Embracing Transformation

Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each episode, Michelle discusses difficult topics with a focus on practicing mindfulness and self-care as well as on claiming a personal space of acceptance, healing, and compassion. In this episode, Michelle addresses how the act of artistic expression, particularly through poetry, is a lifelong journey of self-reflection and personal transformation. 

Below are links to articles about the topics discussed in the episode. This is not an exhaustive list and our listeners are encouraged to research these topics on their own as well:

Justice for Our Sisters and Earth Mother - Women's March 2021

Hawai'i People's Fund

“Her Blue Body Everything We Know” by Alice Walker, 1991

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Host: Michelle Myers

Producer: Myong McCloud

What is Mind Your Margins?

Feeling world weary? Disheartened by politics? Enraged by racism? In MIND YOUR MARGINS, Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each episode, Michelle discusses topics with a focus on marginalized identities. She also encourages healthy ways to manage anxiety and anger as well as emphasizes the importance of practicing daily affirmations of personal acceptance, healing, and compassion. As an Asian American woman, Michelle highlights the experiences of people of color, particularly people who identify as AAPI, immigrants/children of immigrants, and/or multiracial/multicultural.