Sounds of SAND Medicine in Our Wounds: Liza Rankow
Feb 26, 2026
Liza J. Rankow, interfaith minister and author of Soul Medicine for a Fractured World, blends spiritual practice with healing justice. She explores wounds as teachers, grief as collective wisdom, the shift from self-care to soul care, mystic activism rooted in oneness, and nature as primary practice. The conversation closes with a simple breath practice to nourish self, community, and the world.
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Illness Became A Spiritual Teacher
- Rankow shares living with chronic life-threatening illness for 50 years as a spiritual teacher that cultivated capacities for service.
- Her wound became a doorway to companionship with death and to skills used in healing work and leadership.
Tarry With Grief To Find Wisdom
- Do tarry with collective grief and wounds instead of rushing to technical fixes; listen to their wisdom and origins.
- Rankow recommends honoring grief as medicine for collective becoming, citing Francis Weller's influence.
Soul Care Versus Commodified Self Care
- Rankow distinguishes soul care from commodified self-care: soul care roots activists in spirit, community, ancestors, or nature.
- Soul care restores agency by connecting movements to a larger life force beyond individual stress reduction.
