The Waves and the Water: A conversation with emiko yoshikami

So Many Wings

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

Links to relevant resources:

• Wilda White on how racism is maintained through the conflation of criminality and mental illness: https://www.vermontpsychiatricsurvivors.org/blog/crazy-lives-matter-too-imagining-a-world-where-everyone-is-valued-feb-19-2019
• CNN documentary on surrogate partner therapy featuring emiko: https://vimeo.com/284819112?fbclid=IwAR0-65s_6VEzwE8lwi-RchqlDwkCmj0HfzY-sQ7cI6fiEdAIuh4zzJcBqN8

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