This week’s episode continues our exploration of Cancer season themes—home, belonging, and care—through the lens of immigration.
I speak with immigration lawyer Lisa Seifert to discuss the many facets of immigration in the U.S. We talk about the different types of legal documentation, what it means that being undocumented is a civil—not criminal—offense, how communities can hold ICE accountable, and recent headlines. We also explore how immigrants contribute billions in taxes and the significance of sanctuary cities in offering protection and support.

As we approach the 4th of July—a day that marks the birth of the United States and also highlights that this country is astrologically a Cancer—I invite you to reflect deeply.

Unless you are Native American, your family came from somewhere else. We are a nation of immigrants.
This holiday is an opportunity to ask:
What does patriotism truly mean?
Who makes up this country?
What are we really celebrating?
What are the stories—of migration, displacement, and survival—that brought us here?

And crucially, what are the ongoing consequences of colonization, especially for Native peoples, whose lands were taken to form what we now call the United States?

Resources:

Lisa Steifert: https://www.seifertlaw.com/

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project: https://www.nwirp.org/

In today’s episode I speak with birth worker, parenting coach, doula and writer, Marissa Bolaños of Womb Revolution. We continue to explore Cancer themes through an examination of the experience of birthing parents, parenthood, post-partum and the impact of capitalism and individualism on these experiences. Marissa normalizes the less glamorous experiences of parenthood: the rage, anxiety, inequalities, loneliness, and feeling trapped. We discuss a couple of quotes from her article, This is How Patriarchy Weaponizes Gentle Parenting and Leaves Moms Behind. (linked below)

• ​“I believe parenting is a unique opportunity to heal ourselves, dismantle systems of oppression and change the world.”
• ​“Nobody tells us how triggering parenting can be, how many of our own wounds resurface while we witness our kids big feels and big needs.”

Marissa's insights are powerful, helpful, reassuring, and even offer practical steps towards shifting outdated patterns and models of parenting. I hope you all enjoy!

• ​Marissa's website: https://www.wombrevolution.com/
• ​Center for Indigenous Midwifery: https://www.indigenous-midwifery.org

Books and Article Referenced:

• ​https://www.wombrevolution.com/blog/this-is-how-patriarchy-weaponizes-gentle-parenting-and-leaves-moms-behind

• ​Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel

In this deeply reflective episode, we explore the archetype of Cancer through both an astrological and political lens. Ruled by the Moon, Cancer is tied to home, care, emotion, and memory — but in today’s world, these themes extend far beyond the personal. We unpack how the Cancerian archetype shows up in conversations around immigration, labor, mothering, and global injustice. From the trauma of colonization to the emotional labor of caregiving, this episode is a call to remember that feeling is not weakness — it is power. And it’s time to let that power move us.

Key Themes We Explore:

• The Cancer archetype: home, memory, mothering, and emotional labor

• Feminism and the undervaluing of caregiving work

• Immigration, ICE, and the politics of displacement

• Ancestral trauma, epigenetics, and embodied memory

• The global economy’s reliance on invisible labor

Yoga and Vedic Story

Yoga poses: supported fish (salamba matsyasana), bridge pose (setu bandha sarvangasana), bow pose (dhanurasana), locust pose (salambasana) belly down corpse pose (savasana)

Yoga style: slow flow + restorative postures- think slowing down, nourishing, soothing, healing

Meditation: deep ocean visualization

Pranayama: empty bowl meditative breath (belly breathing)