Audacity Works: Recent Episodes
Rachel Strickland
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Please welcome to the proverbial studio my good friend, Andrea St. Amand, evidential psychic medium and best-selling author!
What you'll hear:
- How we met and me fangirling all over Andrea 2:00
- The backstory baby! Andrea's had more careers than anyone else I know; professional ballet dancer, lawyer, and evidential psychic and author 5:00
- How she manages her own energy and prevents burnout 12:15
- What I learned from Andrea in a mediumship intensive, and what a spirit or entity actually needs/wants from us 18:30
- The most haunted building in Charleston and how Andrea had a nice little sleepover in there 21:00
- Is there such a thing as "dark entities" and how would they form? 26:00
- On being "harmed" by an entity 32:00
- Differentiating real psychic hits from imagination 36:00
- On writing a book! 39:00
- The artist residency that Andrea is organizing, Fayetteville Creates, go apply to it! It's process-based, not product, which is my absolute favorite kind. 42:15
- Last call to join the waitlist for 7 Deadly Satisfactions!
You can find Andrea here: https://andreasaintamand.com/ where you can order her book, sign up to her mailing list, and get yourself a reading!
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Sorry folks, I have covid so this is kind of mailing it in but I am telling you a brief story of Group Hoop this year because it was really special.
What you'll hear:
- Here's the link to 2025's Group Hoop referenced in the beginning: Well Behaved Women
- A reading of the poem we created to called The Daughters of Mnemnosene (the author is me, I forgot to say on the episode with my half brain cell)
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What you'll hear:
- some ramblings of mine about seasonal uniforms 1:30
- game changing boxers for the summer dress season by Woxer (not an affiliate link, I just really like them) 3:15
- The meat of the episode starts at 4:00
- Check here for the waitlist for the DIY version, The Audacity Project LITE 12:10
- This ain't my first hard pivot rodeo- I've done this before and yes it is terrifying 13:00
- So what the hell am I going to do now? 18:00
- Creatrix: the retreat waitlist can be found here! 18:50
- 7 Deadly Satisfactions waitlist is here, it is ONLY going out to the waitlist 20:00
- The Order of Medusa!!! She comin. October 2026. You can join the waitlist here 22:00
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Thanks to the delightful Dr. Jess Allen for today's episode request!
What you'll hear:
- The dopamine barrier between wanting to train but uggggh all those stairs to actually do something cool 1:00
- How I learned about creating space from Lee Clayden 4:15
- Some other approaches rather than trying to change the outside space 6:15
- Somatic Witchcraft could help in these moments to change the way that you feel
- Aaaaand you might just wanna cut out some of the shit you are doing 8:30
- Reciting a snippet of a poem that you have memorized (I'm excited to try this one) 11:00
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What you'll hear:
- Overcoming the Imposter: Somatic Witchcraft for Artists is live today at 12pm
- I'm recording on the 4th of July. I hate the 4th of July 2:00
- I totally found the awful Glamour Shot I was talking about at 3:00, it's here
- The situation I'm talking about starts at 4:44
- Stiltwalking monster I mention at 10:00
- "Is the price of morality, poverty?" Maestro 14:15
- Thanks to Kim for this episode and giving me the glimpse of hope that you did 15:50
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What you'll hear:
- Summer is summering aka it is hot 1:00
- Overcoming the Imposter: Somatic Witchcraft for Artists is going live next week! $20 before July 8th, sign up right here 3:00
- The waitlist for Creatrix 3.0 is here! May 9-15th 4:14
- The meat and taters of this episode starts here, about our responsibility of having a public profile 5:30
- This episode is only for people who want to be active participants in the online ecosystem. I disagree with the idea that you have a responsibility to post about everything happening, and here is why: 8:00
- 1) You're a person, not a journalist. (Journalists are people too, but it's their whole job to respond to everything) 9:10
- 2) There are simply too many horrors to post about all of them. 9:51
- 3) I do think we have a responsibility to lead with our values. That doesn't mean saying it constantly, or every day. 10:33
- 4) The rise of the idea that you have a responsibility to respond to every crisis has given rise to the tidal wave of performative allyship. This creates ENORMOUS pressure that is almost impossible to satisfy, so we just don't post at all. Who benefits from this?? 11:38
- 5) Just because someone doesn't say something about an issue, it doesn't mean they don't care and aren't participating in beneficial ways 13:00
- Little story about one of my alumni who felt so much pressure she couldn't share her life 14:40
- Shoutout to Maestro for leading with her example and sharing her values and always sharing her joy 16:00
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What you'll hear:
- Me harping on the film "Obsession" which like...yeah if you enjoy horror, go see it 1:00
- Overcoming the Imposter: Somatic Witchcraft for Artists is live and open for enrollment (price goes up after July 8th) 2:00
- By request from Em: How to articulate your opinions from your own bubble of expertise to share outwardly 4:15
- If you're teaching something:
- bite sized nuggets! one nugget per post
- for more nuanced messages: a series could be appropriate
- Why I say "if you consume it, contribute to it" 10:30
- If I can find that creator I talked about at 13:00, I'll put the link here
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What you'll hear:
- The Muse has been MUSING! I can barely keep up with her lately. Two kick ass things to offer you right now:
- 7 Deadly Satisfactions - coming in August, you can join the waitlist here!
- Somatic Witchcraft: a new workshop that I'm so mad it took me 9 years of closely mentoring artists to stumble on but AT LAST I have found THE MOST EFFECTIVE tool I've ever seen for imposter syndrome. 3:00
- This episode is by request from the wonderful Julie who asks, "How to manage the hellish amount of admin that seems to exist as a working artist, in a way that doesn’t make you feel like you have a constant sense of something more to do?" Let's talk about it! 4:30
- The most impactful piece of advice I can give you is to make peace with the fact that inbox zero is a fallacy 6:00
- Tips and tricks start at 9:00, with my absolute favorite, office hours!!
- Eisenhower matrix- a helpful took for deciding what to actually focus on that day 12:10
- The Pomodoro Method, click that link for a cute little timer - an excellent approach to use Parkinson's Law in your favor 13:45
- Parkinson's Law: work expands to fill the allottment of time it has been given 15:19
- One more thing VERY important...use other people's brains. Use your community. Don't be an island. 17:30
- Irish Aerial Dance Festival is a few weeks away! Come play with me! 18:10
- One more push for Somatic Witchcraft, I am truly so excited to share this tool that finally cuts through imposter syndrome and other gremlins 18:43
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By request from my friend Monica who asked for a new moon ritual for her birthday. Happy birthday, Mo! Thank you for sharing yourself!
- Can someone please help me find a better word than "manifestation"? All the white people using it without acknowledging that privilege plays a huge role in aquisition have ruined it. You can hit the "send us fan mail" link above to do this easily, if you're on Buzzsprout. 1:00
- Spoiler, you don't have to wait for the moon to be in a particular phase to do whatever kind of working you want. 2:20
- Episode 173: A Spell for the Waxing Moon
- Sign up here for 7 Deadly Satisfactions 3:15
- Join the waitlist for Creatrix 3.0 here 5:00
- A note on lunar magic, and perception 6:50
- What workings new moon magic can be particularly potent for 9:20
- The fundamental building blocks of ritual 10:25
- Create a container in time and space (have fun with this, candles, incense, music, how much time to set aside)
- Clean the space both physically and energetically. You can use smoke or sound)
- Set an intention for your workings (I've given you one if you like at 12:00)
- Break the circle with intention, then have snacks!
- Using confession (private) to locate a constraint.
- Use that identified constraint to identify what it is protecting you from- and thus what precious thing you are protecting. 12:00
- A lovely way to close the circle, thanks to Creatrix 1.0 for this lovely phrase 16:45
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What you'll hear:
- Sign up here for 7 Deadly Satisfactions! We're launching ONLY to the waitlist in August and it's gonna be DOPE 1:00
- First question: 2:00
- Navigating the BS healthcare system without being a total island
- We might need to use a different approach to finances for when we need specialized care. Here's a link to Episode 79 with Sandi York (lots of helpful links in there about profit first and how to use it) 7:00
- 2nd question: 11:00
- When you want to save people from their perfectionism and you've already sent them:
- Episode 96: Insidious Perfectionism and what to do about it
- Episode 127: Perfectionism - not a moral failing on your part
- You can sign up here for my main email list if you're not interested in 7 Deadly Satisfactions (if you sign up there, you'll be on the main list anyway): https://poser.kit.com/profile
- When you want to save people from their perfectionism and you've already sent them:
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Surprise! Or not.
What you'll hear:
- What kinds of assessment are available 1:30
- Why I decided to get assessed (after deciding not to) 2:30
- What it felt like to get the diagnosis 6:00
- Expectation vs. Realtiy: telling people and how they respond 7:00
- What it has changed in my interior world 9:15
- Devon Price's Unmasking Autism is a worthwhile read
- What it has changed for me in the world (spoiler, jack shit) 11:00
- Unmasking...12:00
- If you listen to nothing else, listen to the crayon analogy (much more useful than thinking of it as a spectrum) 15:00
- Advice for telling folks (and what NOT to say if you are told someone in your life is autistic) 17:45
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What you'll hear:
- me yammering on about how wild this new microphone is, it's CRAZY sensitive 1:00
- Episode 160: The Truth About Boundaries 3:25
- What happens when you're so well boundaried that you're boxed in 4:30
- Duo Illumi! Carrying on the torch of What Does Circus Pay, Give Alicia and Deelia a follow, it will be well worth your time 5:45
- If you're in the beginning stages of learning boundaries, ignore this podcast 9:30
- The whole point of a boundary is to protect your time, energy, and vitality for a more sustainable high quality of life. When they function well, the reward is more capacity. 9:45
- Raquel the Capacity Expert 12:00
- Article from The Preamble: Stop Pretending You Don't Care 13:20
- Go full wanker!
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What you'll hear:
- My OG coven just lost one of our sisters, Kim Barto- this episode is for her.
- How I dealt with my grief that first week 2:00
- Episode 6: Operating Under Active Grief 5:45
- Story begins at 6:25
- Episode 101: Breastmilk is Magic, and other Natural Witchcraft with Dr. Mel Hobart-Beaumari 7:21
- Definition of Coven from Dalta Rex Angel: "A coven is a group that comes together by mutual choice and enthusiastic consent" 9:30
- ps. my coven sister Bethany gives an incredible astrology reading, not just for people but for events and businesses too. You can book in with her here at Pollen and Stardust 18:22
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What you'll hear:
- Episode 179: Busking in Italy, Part I in case you missed it!
- Catch up on the Woo Corners (or sign up) here! https://poser.kit.com/profile 2:00
- Story begins around 6:00 in (sheesh)
- Guest starring Bern at 15: 45
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What you'll hear:
- Woo Corner will be out in a few days, come join the sandbox here!~ https://poser.kit.com/profile
- Me yammering on about my new microphone 1:30
- Shared with permission, here is the post that riled up the subsection of the Internet that is terrified of body hair. Go leave Alma some love on her other posts! 5:00
- Isn't it interesting that all a woman has to do to be gender non conforming is to NOT do extra work? 7:15
- My own spiral about this flood of trolls 11:30
- Summarizing: The three things that were helpful/could be helpful if this happens to you or someone you care about 16:00
- Me making sure y'all don't have social media notifications on your phone...right? 16:30
- A slightly different story from another friend who had a similar experience, and her advice 17:00
- The best advice from Dita Von Teese: "You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches." 21:30
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What you'll hear:
- Me yammering on about butoh, which I got to learn from Mari Osanai in Asheville last week
- Local peeps! Wanna come see me dance live? 3pm May 3rd at the Park Circle Community Building! As part of North Charleston Arts Festival with Jessie Natusch Dance Works 2:30
- The fancy PT that's actually working for my SI joint injury: https://www.posturalrestoration.com/provider/courtney-stearn/ 5:00
- Storytime of one of my great injury reckonings begins at 6:45
- Circus Automatic! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CVzBYVMPF/ 15:00
- Benediction 18:50
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What you'll hear:
- Thanks to Aiyanna for bringing the beginning of this conversation to light for this podcast 8:00
- Why I don't think "stick to your own culture" is the best response to this question 11:00
- A fitting place to begin this conversation...white sage 14:00
- Finding a way to use cultural practices that do not necessarily belong to you 17:00
- April Punsalan: local botanist and herbologist mentioned at 18:30
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Please join me in giving the warmest welcome to the one and only Ess Hödlmoser!
Ess Hödlmoser is an award-winning Canadian circus artist, writer, actor, and stunt performer. Ess has shared high-flying aerial straps and breath-taking contortion acts around the world through companies like Circus Flic Flac, Cirque du Soleil, the Moulin Rouge, and more; and performed twice at the prestigious Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris.
You'll find Ess online in most places under the handle @strangewonderfulcreature, from Instagram, to Patreon, to Tiktok.
I HIGHLY recommend following and supporting Ess on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/cw/strangewonderfulcreaturewww.strangewonderfulcreature.com
What you'll hear:
- Being on contract with Circus Flic Flac, and performing upwards of 52 shows in 24 days 3:45
- On the experience of returning as a laureate to view the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris one year after performing there for the last time 6:30
- Sports psychology and how Ess approaches using it in high-pressure situations 16:00
- The New Toughness Training for Sports: Mental Emotional Physical Conditioning from 1 World's Premier Sports Psychologis By Jim Loehr 18:00
- What it's like trying to carry on when you're NOT trying to achieve a lifetime goal 22:00
- WE ARE WORMS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5mcpZ5nTLg 23:00
- How Monte Carlo and Cirque du Demain compare 25:40
- How BARBETTE evolved since 2021, and how Ess decided to pivot the act from contortion to straps 30:00
- Ess' experience of working in film and being a part of the industry in this post-panini world 38:30
- Working with Circus Flic Flac, and the reality of the Christmas contract 43:00
- IF YOU LISTEN TO NOTHING ELSE LISTEN TO THIS 38:00
- How he approaches maintaining some semblance of privacy for himself online, being such a visible person 56:30
- How you approach work differently when the volume is so much higher than a one-off (or even once a day) 58:30
- It's a vibes based economy!! 1:15:00
- How the metric for success changes with volume and experience (it's not a fixed point anymore) 1:05:30
- Inappropriate jokes to end because we do what we want.
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Bringing back one of the primary reasons I wanted to start this podcast, occasionally telling the stories.
What you'll hear:
- Happy April's Fools, I guess. But DEFINITELY happy spring here in Charleston! 1:30
- If you haven't yet met Bern, here she is 3:00
- LOCAL EVENT! If you're local, please join me for Practical Empathy: tools for empaths and HSP folks, April 15th from 6:30-8pm
- "We do not rush." Read the whole Patreon post here 5:00
- If this isn't linked, Amber didn't give me permission (she did!) https://www.instagram.com/betweenthesebombs
- The story! Running from the cops in Italy. 8:00
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What you'll hear:
- Somewhat bougie but not really, my Breville milk frother. If you want one get this one, it's worth every penny: https://www.breville.com/en-us/product/bmf600 you can probably get it cheaper elsewhere but I don't want to put an amazon link on my show notes 2:00
- Jessie Natusch Dance Works, my new dance company's director/choreographer! 3:50
- The difference between a collaboration between friends going well and not...for me 6:45
- Why I think you should still try the experiment of working with your friends even though it could end poorly 12:45
- How I learned to stop and pause before saying yes immediately, from the fab Anastasia Sauvage 13:30
- What it means when it goes badly while working with a friend (spoiler: nothing, you can deal with it) 17:15
- For those local to Charleston SC, do join me for Practical Empathy, my workshop in tools for empaths and HSP folks! It's April 15, one time only.
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An episode by request from Martha who asked a two pronged question about a residency opportunity:
1- when you hire a dramaturg/outside eye and are now sort of in charge of other people, how do you approach that? and
2- How to structure open creative time during a residency?
What you'll hear:
- life updates from meeee
- Question #1 OH shit, you're a leader! Now what?! 4:00
- A tiny soapbox on getting your needs met 6:15
- Other aspects of leadership to consider 8:00
- Why it's awesome to work with an outside eye/dramaturg 9:30
- Structuring space!
- Temporally creating a container 12:00
- Tiny rituals and the physical container 15:00
- Setting questions to close out each day 16:30
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What you'll hear:
- If you're local, the first in my 3 part series Practical Empathy starts next week! All details and tickets here! $50 each
- If you'd like the online version, you can find it here: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/practical-empathy--use_1 $20
- The FINAL CYCLE of The Audacity Project is enrolling this week only, until Friday at midnight, est. All details and available places here: https://the-audacity-project.teachable.com/p/cycle30 3:50
- Art and AI intersecting, what I've noticed so far 4:50
- Prompting Curiosity (the podcast formerly known as Chat GPT Curious) episode 2 by The Movement Maestro 6:30
- The reason I'm real salty about people using LLMs like Chat GPT 9:00
- Whyyy are people so defensive about their influence being used by a live human, but totally fine with artwork being stolen by a robot? 13:15
- What does it mean if you feel judged by someone making a comment online, not even to you? 14:00
- Robots have their use. Here's some applications that I find AI help to be appropriate according to MY value system 15:00
- Unsplash images 19:00
- The Hi-Mark: https://www.artistsu.org/human-intelligence 22:00
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What you'll hear:
- I partied too hard for my dad's birthday so today I'm not at my best, which is what inspired today's episode 1:00
- Why I think phoning it in is basically giving the finger to the patriarchy 3:00
- This is NOT pro grind culture 5:15
- How this shows up in online business and self promotion 7:00
- The Movement Maestro's Mafia that I mention, you can learn about that here: https://themovementmaestro.com/mafia-info-page/
- Someone is always suffering. You do not help them by adding yourself to that list by withholding your effort from your life/showing up. 9:00
- MED - minimum effective dose 10:30
- Sign up here for Woo Corner! You can also use this link (scroll down the page) to read a few first if you want 14:00
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Today's episode is by request from Tali! She asked:
"how do you approach re-visiting a project or an idea without just seeing all the negatives and the things you'd change in the original?! Coming back into the rehearsal space and seeing the piece 3 months after I made it awoke all manner of discomfort in me. The great thing was I had no time to make changes, just work with what was there and focus on bringing the original intentions through. But if I'd had time ...... I wonder if I'd have destroyed it or if it would have evolved"
Let's talk about it. What you'll hear:
- This episode came up because of some old writing I found from a dead laptop 2:00
- A brief excerpt from found writing, dated July 9, 2013 5:00
- TLDR: the answer comes at 10:00
- Given enough time, we could all ruin our own masterpieces. Amazing quote from Jenny Tufts: "The work is never done, it's only ever due." 16:50
- ALL ABOARD FOR THE LAST CYCLE EVER OF THE AUDACITY PROJECT! 20:00
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What you'll hear:
- The waitlist will be enrolling for Cycle 30 of The Audacity Project March 2-6, get yourself on the waitlist with haste! https://poser.kit.com/cycle30
- General lifey updates from me 2:00
- I've heard through the grapevine that folx would be liking MOAR witchy shit. True? I hope so 5:00
- My personal feels on using witchcraft and calling oneself a witch (spoiler, I don't care what you call yourself, it's human nature to create ritual) 5:45
- Why a growing spell during the waxing moon? And why I use moon magic even though I don't really follow astrology 7:15
- This is similar to the mirror tray that I use, thanks for this Kim Melohn! 12:00
- Candle colors and their correspondences: https://www.everywitchway.co.uk/knowledgebase/candle-colour-correspondences/index.phtml 13:25
- Recommendations for ritual (not rules, but do enjoy using my recommendations of boundaries here for structure) 15:15
- How you might want to clean the energy of a space 15:50
- What to do with the mirror tray and accoutrements after you've done the initial spell 20:45
- Good ritual music, thanks to Sister Shannon for this one! Chantress Seba: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4oTzhtimVVQIgOofBNFVp4 22:30
- Here's the cheat sheet!
- Decide on an intention- something that you'd like to GROW. Let this be clear. If it's muddy, make the clarity itself what you'd like to grow.
- Gather accoutrements:
- paper and pen
- mirror tray or simply a mirror you can set things on, as an amplifier
- glass bowl for water
- quartz crystal (any crystal you feel attracted to will work though)
- talisman or symbol of what you want to grow. If you can't think of anything that will work, just draw it on a piece of paper
- candle
- Create the container in space and time
- Clean the space's energy, light other candles or incense, and play music if you wish.
- Write your intention clearly on the paper, as though you already have it. ie: "I am so happy and grateful that I have _______"
- light the candle, hold your intention, and enjoy a good old fashioned day dream about already having that which you wish to grow. Enjoy feeling it in your body. Pay attention to anything that comes up.
- Fill the bowl with water. Place the crystal or stone in the water, and submerge the written intention.
- Come back daily to spend a little time at this space, daydreaming about the intention, enjoying the fantasy of having it, and burning the candle. It doesn't need a huge time committment, quality of time is better than quantity.
- If the water evaporates just refill it.
- At the end of the spell (when the moon is full, or whenever you've dictated it would be complete) give the water to a houseplant. Carry the stone or crystal with you as a daily touchstone reminder.
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What you'll hear:
- The LAST CYCLE EVER of the Audacity Project is enrolling in a couple of weeks. Do not miss it! I mean it! https://poser.kit.com/cycle30 1:00
- All jobs have costumes! Fight me. 3:45
- If you hate costuming and don't have that particular brain cell, USE YOUR FRIENDS we can't all be experts in everything 9:30
- The staples I recommend for aerial corporate costuming 10:30
- White/silver/gold (one of these tends to be plenty)
- Black
- "Classic Circus" with a red base 13:00
- Accessories! They make a huge difference 14:00
- Fishnets. The real shit, y'all, no bullshit fishnets. These fishnets from Capezio are the real deal. 17:00
- Here's how to alter fishnets to look great on your feet and prevent me from being deeply disappointed in you: https://youtu.be/8uth4Ro1-AA 18:00
- Please don't forget shoes. And no, I don't mean flip flops. 19:00
- The Hot Pink middle section of The Monstrous Feminine (paywalled for Patrons! But honestly well worth the price of admission) https://www.patreon.com/posts/131307336 21:45
- Looking Glass Gems, Black family owned, high quality glass (read: super sparkley, please don't use plastic) gems for bedazzling: https://www.lookingglassgems.com/
- Ok so Discount Dance Supply isn't taking orders BUT I did find this place: https://www.dancesupplies.com/collections/adult-leotards
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What you'll hear:
- Why we need to find ways to conserve cogntive energy 3:00
- Definitely follow Sharon McMahon in instagram 5:22
- Our brains weren't built for social media, but social media was definitely built for our brains 6:45
- Here is the article from The Preamble I refer to: https://open.substack.com/pub/sharonmcmahon/p/weve-lost-discernment?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web 7:15
- Hack #1 for preserving my cognitive energy: I use the witches' almanac to inform how I dress. It really works for me, these are choices I don't like making. 9:20
- Hack #2 for preserving my cognitive energy: eat the same meals over and over 12:15
- Hack #3 for preserving my cognitive energy: using my word of the year to make choices
- The next Charleston Artists Salon is February 15th! You can share and save this IG post about it: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUQ1XzsEWer/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 21:00
- If you wanna be on the local email list and be reminded of this and other local happenings, you can do that here 21:30
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What you'll hear:
- Me bitching about having the flu, and unsolicited advice if you get it 1:00
- Why this subject, why now 4:00
- The first parameter to consider when choosing a mental health professional 7:00
- InclusiveTherapists.com a great resource for affirming mental health care and coaching 12:00
- Check out your prospective therapist on Psychology Today 14:35
- Psychiatrists vs. other practicioners, and why the highest possible education does not guarantee a good practitioner 16:00
- Thank you to the wonderful Janelle Peters/Janelle Dinosaurs for these resources! If you can work with Janelle, DO IT! 10/10 recommend. 19:25
- For alternative approaches I can also highly recommend Sharon Loerzer at Family Evolution Center 19:45
- If you want to hear more about Imbolc and how to celebrate it: Episode 14: May Brigid bless you: Imbolc- what is it and how can you celebrate it 20:30
- Woo Corner is comin atcha in the next week! Sign up here 22:06
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What you'll hear:
- how I manage my energy while hosting retreats 1:00 (spoiler...it's avoiding the news)
- Gratitude to the guests, staff, and cohosts at the wonderful Sweet Retreats! 3:40
- Why we needed an unexpected funeral/molting ceremony 5:00
- I take a moment to vent about how it doesn't have to be a big deal to create a ritual space (it only takes attention, really) 11:00
- How we went about the molting ritual1 3:00
- The story about a dream I had: the New House. The original post from my old blog about the New House 15:00
- A request for an introduction to an old artist, preferably someone who has spent their life in physical performance. 18:30
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- Currently right in the middle of ho-hosting the Aerial Serpent retreat with Kristina Canizares at Sweet Retreats, Mexico- so sustainability is on our minds a lot
- Kristina's goal exercise rating the access we had to time, energy, community, and facilities 6:30
- When we are consistently failing to live up to our expectations, we create a hostile relationship with our creative practice 8:00
- Sustainability is boring. No wonder we prefer to set spectacular spectacular goals for ourselves, that's more exciting- buuuuuut 9:00
- "Expectation is resentment under construction" -Al Anon quote 15:12
- Are your goals humane enough that you can operate inside of them with grace, even when circumstances are not the best case scenario?
- If you're constantly failing to meet the mark, your efforts might not be the problem. The mark might be the problem. 17:00
- Patron meet up details for Sunday 1/18!
- Sweet Retreats MX
- Kristina Canizares Fit & Bendy
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What you'll hear:
- Wanna share your words of the year, or your 13th intention? I wanna know!
- Patron meetup! January 18 3-4pm EST. Link is here on this patreon post
- How the not vaping is going 3:15
- Last cycle of The Audacity Project coming up in the next two months! Hop on the waitlist here
- What is an island, and what kind of island is this episode for 5:00
- If you feel emotionally defensive in most space you enter, I have to gently suggest that "It might be you." 7:55
- LIved experience and past pain are very real and valid. I was the weird girl on the playground too, I get it. But we're grown people now, and we get to choose. 9:30
- Pls don't rest on your laurels. Think of them more like an uncomfortable sofa. 15:00
- The question: how have i been complicit in my own erasure from community? 15:30
- In answer to "ok so now what" here's some somatic witchcraft for you 16:50
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What you'll hear:
- NYE is a weird "holiday". People get in their heads about it. This is your invitation to let it be whatever it is and don't pressure yourself to make it look any certain way. 1:30
- What me and Manflesh have been doing the past few years (it is not a rager) 2:15
- The impetus for this episode 4:00
- MY definition of Shadow Work 5:10
- What is the POINT of shadow work? 7:55
- What I think is shadow work is NOT (spoiler alert: it's needless gratuitous suffering) 9:45
- What you can expect from me this coming year 12:00
- If you missed the Desire series, you can still get it emailed to you by signing up on this form: https://poser.kit.com/desire 15:00
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What you'll hear:
- How Solstice went (it was lovely) 1:15
- That Glasgow Witch ig reel mentioned at 3:15
- Why I celebrate Christmas (come on just try not to, just try) 4:34
- How my Scrooge years became Low Work December 6:48
- A Christmas Story (the main event) 7:27
- Don't forget to sign up for 5 Days to Desire! Comin atcha December 26
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What you'll hear:
- You WON'T hear a bunch of history, I didn't feel like doing the research during my rest month
- Tim Ferriss's End of Year Review that I do every year: https://tim.blog/2021/12/27/past-year-review/ 3:15
- Mel Robbin's version of this (thanks for the rec mama!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeD8tpOCyIY 3:45
- Words of the year (these have been massively transformational for me in the past, a ritual I love to observe) 5:00
- Things changing for me! The next cycle of The Audacity Project, Cycle 30, will be the last of its kind. You can sign up for the waitlist here: https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/the-audacity-project 6:00
- Sign up here for the free 5 days to Desire course here! Coming out sooooooon (December 26-30): https://poser.kit.com/desire
- My childhood winter solstice ritual that I think is actually pretty brilliant 9:30
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What you'll hear:
- BOOM 3 weeks off the vape, baby! 1:00
- This episode is by request from Rachel, who asked how to walk the line between white-knuckle discipline and being kind to ourselves when we are trying to change a habit 2:00
- Sign up for 5 Days of Desire here! Comin atcha December 26-30 2:30
- It ain't willpower 4:40
- Gather ways to support yourself: chemical, social, internal 6:30
- Make ONE CHANGE AT A TIME!! I know you want to change all the things. But don't. Just change the one thing. Give it 28 days before changing anything else. 8:28
- The hardest moments are HARD, but they are BRIEF. Don't avoid it, stare it down. 11:15
- Also, you must sleep. 12:45
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What you'll hear:
- Sign up here for the 5 day Desire challenge! Not selling anything, just a gift from me to you: https://poser.kit.com/desire 1:30
- Introductions! Meet Adam O'Keeffe, co-founder of Wave Walker Films, writer, all around excellent human, and my friend 3:00
- Apparently you can premeire something MANY times 7:20
- Why it's so important to buy ticcies to independent films (regardless of whether or not your bum makes it into the seat) 9:15
- How we met waaaay back in 2010? Maybe? Either way, here's the origin story! 13:00
- "How are you such a chill motherfucker?" And otherwise how he's managed to create SO MUCH while also having a life and two small children 15:00
- The benefits of having multiple projects at one time, and the effects of consuming art while creating art 19:00
- Excellent advice he gave to me about how to structure creative time when you're having a long stretch of dedicated time 25:30
- Rachel gets nostalgic 30:00
- Pet peeves! Inquiring minds want to know if Adam ever gets angry 31:45
- How to deal with the grief of the graveyard full of projects that never saw the light of day 35:30
- The cavalry isn't coming 40:00
- MUST LISTEN! Managing/working with a team of people 42:00
- What is the point of all these film festivals 51:15
- Advice to folks applying to the arts council 53:00
- As promised, Adam's arts council email: csasadviser@hotmail.com
- Advice for your younger self, followed by Adam giving out to me for taking so long to invite him on the podlycast 1:03:00
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This episode may be out of left field but just in case it is useful for someone who is trying to help a friend out of a harmful situation.
Content Warnings for repeated mentions of domestic violence/abuse, psychological abuse, and trauma.
- This episode is meant as a support for the helpers, NOT for the victims. If you suspect you may be in a harmful situation please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 3:15
- It is ok to feel whatever you feel. It can take many, many iterations and attempts before a victim can extract themselves. Try to remember how common it is for a victim to return to the abusive situation.
- When it is time, you can help someone make a safety plan by using this link: https://www.thehotline.org/plan-for-safety/create-your-personal-safety-plan/ 10:36
- Do not attempt to rescue your friend or make choices for them. 13:30
- Isolation is the enemy 14:50
- How to keep YOURSELF sane. Keep your boundaries as well as you can. Feel your feelings. 16:22
- More resources for victims and helpers can be found here at WomensLaw.org
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What you'll hear:
- Absolutely no preamble whatsoever lol
- "Instagram Psychology" and where the collective thoughts on boundaries are right now 0:48
- We know they are "good" but WHY are they good? As an example, the bottom line I have folks set in The Audacity Project 1:21
- My beef with how boundaries are talked about often 6:50
- Storytime! Learning about boundaries from Bradley 9:00
- Why people pleasing is a thing, and such a hard cage to escape from 12:25
- What the patriarchy teaches us power is (it's not) 13:00
- TLDR: boundaries are not a way to control other people's behavior, they are tools we use to determine how WE respond to a situation 15:00
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What you'll hear:
- the terrible truth (I don't really care) 1:50
- my history with learning about astrology 3:15
- Why I can enjoy it fine, but I don't love it 6:50
- the point of witchcraft to me 9:15
- Do yourself a favor and read this article by Rosa Lyster entitled: Astrology is Fake but Scorpios are Extremely True 10:00
- why Manflesh is King of the Scorpios 12:00
- don't get me started on crystals 14:00
- The point of this episode 15:45
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For today's aural offering I've brought aerialist and filmmaker Sasha Galitzki back to talk about her new film Embers, creating art out of tragedy, and advice to new filmmakers.
What you'll hear:
- Listen to Sasha and I's first conversation about Wild Aerial here: Episode 97: Making Art in the Extreme with Sasha Galitzki
- Life 1.5 years after losing everything 3:50
- On making Embers 8:00
- On making art out of hard things that have happened to you 12:00
- Accidentally becoming an artist activist 15:15
- On Ember's premiere November 4th 2025 18:30
- On the reemergence of gremlins after feeling they had gone away forever 24:00
- Having to totally re-find spin tolerance after a huge grief 27:50
- On bringing on MOAR PEOPLE and experts in Embers 35:00
- How to decide what film festivals to submit your films to 39:00
- Advice to aspiring filmmakers 43:45
- Closing out with some action items 49:30
Find out how to watch Embers and Wild Aerial here, or visit the BANFF Film Festival website here!
You can follow and reach out to Sasha on the website above or here on Instagram
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Based on a true story. Or many.
What you'll hear:
- Aerial Serpent: Circus for Life has a private room and a private bathroom available! 1:00
- The Parable of the Stump 1:56
- How the post office is also a stump 8:40
- The stump, and the post office, are excellent metaphors for gremlins. Resistance to them isn't based in reality, they are couched in emotions we aren't willing to experience. 9:40
- A final real-world example of "it might be easy" 11:46
- My question to you...what if it were easy? 15:40
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Today's episode is inspired by a conversation I had with a current student in The Audacity Project about getting someone else to design their website for them.
What you'll hear:
- Janelle Peters has open slots for therapy (Wyoming and Colorado) AND mental health coaching (worldwide!), I cannot recommend their genius enough. They have SUCH a gift for taking a wad of chaotic thoughts and being able to say it back to you in one concise and achingly insightful sentence. Scoop up the free slots by visiting them here. 1:00
- What a time to be alive- we don't NEED anyone else to make so much stuff that's useful for running a creative business! 5:00
- What inspired this episode 5:15
- ESPECIALLY against using lovers (or people who want to be) to make your materials for you 7:00
- "But do you REALLY need a website?" 10:00
- The double edged sword of capitalism 11:30
- Maestro's rule of thumb for being on a podcast 13:15
- One reason to do it ya damn self: you know your people better than a designer!
- Two reason to do it ya damn self: what you discover and understand by doing it ya damn self 15:30
- When to do it ya damn self: a summary 18:30
- Private room available at Aerial Serpent! 20:19
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What you'll hear:
- Tiny story about why you should listen to the people that you serve, der 1:00
- Why I'm excited to suck in front of people tonight 3:00
- Episode 143: Your 5 non-negotiables- finding balance during crunch time 4:08
- Purchase or download Andrew Simonet's How to Make Your Life as an Artist 7:00
- What is a task...really? 7:27
- Question #1: How can I make this easy?
- Question #2: Where is my humanity being denied? 15:45
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An episode by request from a listener who asked: Podcast topic request for a friend: backing out/canceling contracts. When is it worth it? Can you do it without burning a bridge?
What you'll hear:
- an honest question- "what do you need?" and a little story about me being asked this question 1:00
- Go follow Janelle they are wonderful. They exploded my brain around 3:45
- Attending to the question at 4:30
- When you should definitely burn the bridge/break the contract 4:50
- Why the value is really the question we need to be asking 6:15
- If you want to break the contract, please be honest about why 8:00
- The particular way that entertainment and the performing arts are extremely unique 9:30
- Episode 118: On undercutting ugggghhhhhh referenced at 12:15
- A conversation I witnessed online that really underpinned for me that we're pouring our attention and passion into $3 questions 15:00
- Ramit Sethi- personal finance dude I've been following for 15+ years 17:00
- Why not all burned bridges are burned forever and ever 18:15
- Read Woo Corner for October here
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Firstly, putting this here so it's easy to find COME HANG WITH ME AND KRISTINA IN MEXICO!
What you'll hear:
- a brief and brilliant follow up tip on last week's episode from wise sister Shannon! 1:00
- Introducing my very dear friend Kristina Cañizares of Fit & Bendy 2:00
- Immediately go into a rando tangent on sleep paralysis lol 3:45
- How we met way back in 2007 (spoiler: it was on MySpace) 6:00
- Background info and education on Kristina (worth every word as she pulls no punches) and why she no longer works anywhere within the industry of her degree 10:00
- Sex work vs. Agronomy (SW wins) 15:30
- Paris is Burning- a documentary on the ballroom scene in NY mentioned around 16:56
- Years of chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and illness- and the story of moving through that one inch at a time 17:00
- Life on Tour as Kristina the Body Wizard 24:00
- How Kristina wizarded my SI joint and finally moved the dial after months of PT, chiropractic, and massage (click here and scroll down to see the photo we reference) 26:15
- Dirty Three and Warren Ellis 30:00
- On being Disabled and creating art about it (the fabled leg braces act) 31:00
- Current art interests and new portraiture (also the hardest I've ever laughed on the podcast) 42:00
- Natalia Fabia painting 44:30
- About wanting to write a book and not being able to write the damn book 45:00
- On the value of looking like an idiot 49:00
- On observing her fellow Gen Xers 52:55
- Aerial Serpent: Circus for Life takes place January 10-17, 2026 - come learn from me and Kristina and extend your creative life to match your human life! 58:00
You can follow Kristina here on Instagram, or check out her website here!
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This episode is by request from my friend Kim who asked, "job postings that exist through a paywall. Are they worth it? Is it bullshit?"
What you'll hear:
- me talking about my life for a long ass time 1:41
- Reminders that Aerial Serpent: Circus for Life still have 10 spaces left in Mexico this coming January with me and Kristina Nekyia! 4:04 (actually as of this publishing that is now 9 spaces left, including one complete scholarship for a Mexican artist living and working in Mexico)
- Gigsalad.com - This is the one I have the most experience with. It's often a race to the bottom, the leads are generally Uncle Schmo wanting entertainment at his Halloween party, but good leads DO HAPPEN there
- Me going off on a rant about how you shouldn't be giving discounts just because something is a fundraiser or a non profit 7:20
- StageLync (formerly Circus Talk) is $8/month for the pro version 10:00
- Circus Guide Agency - I don't really see the point in this platform if I'm honest, no shade though. 13:30
- Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES are you to sign a noncompete or an exclusivity contract with an agency unless they are offering you a fucking splendidly fantastic living wage and outrageous dream contracts 14:00
- Your only job: make your work. put your work forward. 17:45 SO SAY WE ALL
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This episode is by request from my friend Susannah who asked about tarot readings: how it's done, etc. Let's talk about it!
What you'll hear:
- I never learned tarot from anyone else but I have learned A LOT from my other magical teachers, including:
- Denise Litchfield
- Ikeoma Divine
- Andrea St. Amand (she has a book coming out this month!!)
- How I taught myself tarot, and why I use the same deck every time even though I own a dozen 3:00
- Can we please clear up this myth that you can't buy a tarot deck for yourself, and you have to wait for someone else to buy it for you? 5:00
- Why this myth originated and why I think it's so prevalent
- The cute Reddit thread with the cute story 6:50
- This is the spread that I use, and I tell you why I only use this big mama spread 9:00
- How to read an actual human being's energy, instead of just reading the cards 10:15
- Little note on consent on reading other people 11:45
- Episode 3: Crabs in a bucket - Empathy and Codependence 14:30
- Ways to learn how to use active empathy: 16:00
- Practical Empathy: how to use your gift without losing your shit
- Practical Empathy: Part II
- Aerial Serpent: Circus for Life - a retreat experience with Kristina Nekyia Canizares and yours truly 18:15
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150 episodes baby!!! Hell yeah! Thank you for being here!
What you'll hear:
- The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling this week only! Until Friday September 12th at 11:59pm EST
- Celebrating my 1st $100/month patron! Amazing! It only happened because it was available- gotta be a lesson in there somewhere 4:30
- Episode 42: Morning Pages, how to do them, how not to do them, and what to do if they bore the pants off of you 5:30
- When morning pages in the morning are working against you, stop doin em in the morning 7:00
- Morning pages are a tool in service of you- NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND
- Another practice that really lends itself well to an evening practice: tarot! 11:00
- What certainly will not work in your favor 13:15
- Me putting some weird fun desire out into the world just because I have a microphone 16:00
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What you'll hear:
- Woo corner is coming out in the next couple of days, hop on into the sandbox! This will also be the best place to learn about when The Audacity Project opens to the public next week.
- Request #1: "Guilt about landing a contract and not enjoying/liking it" -Anya 2:45
- Why I think not liking an opportunity is pretty exciting (as long as you use that information for future you) 5:00
- Request #2: "How to schedule when time has no meaning. Basically, when you are the mistress of your own time, but are a roomba when left to your own devices, any tips on how to stick to that "I will start at 10am, and finish at 7pm" thing" -Kat 7:00
- Schedules are tools, but they are only useful if they increase your accessibility to engage with your life 8:30
- "Know thyself and act accordingly" a schedule that doesn't consider your chronotype and accessibility needs won't be worth a damn. 9:00
- 3 Reasons you might be rebelling against your own schedule 11:30
- You don't want to be controlled
- You don't value the thing you're in pursuit of
- You don't perceive promises to yourself as worth keeping
- Request #3: "Building a sustainable art practice since art is infinite. I think about this a lot. There is no finish line. Art is like an endless mountain. At some point you progress beyond safe school showcases and events organised by others." -Michelle
- An essential skill for sustainable artistic pursuit over a lifetime 19:00
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What you'll hear:
- Why I chose to reclaim the word "Audacity"
- The Instagram post I am referencing at 0:55 is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DN0lgTY2uCc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- My friend Luke Haynes, follow him cause he's awesome. 1:44
- Being surrounded by legendary talent was actually pretty useful in being able to differentiate my own emotional talent from physical aptitude 3:00
- Click here to see an image of the Fool from the major arcana in tarot
- The shadow side of Audacity 6:30 (FCT)
- The Audacity of the new artist
- The most valuable resource that any artist has is a supportive community 11:30
- Audacity + Action = Magic...and community!
- Join the waitlist for The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 right here, the waitlist will close on Sunday! 13:30
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This episode is by request from Nicole who asked "Can you do an episode about the seriousness of art? I can't help feeling like a lot of art is pretentious."
What you'll hear:
- Little updates from my own life
- The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling very soon! You can hop on the waitlist here: https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/the-audacity-project
- How a professional friendship from 8 years ago showed up out of nowhere. Yay relationships! 2:15
- If you're interested in booking a tarot reading for yourself you can do that here: https://calendly.com/theaudacityproject/intuitive-tarot-reading 4:15
- The meat of the episode starts here, in which I encourage you to be as pretentious as you want (and explain why) 5:00
- Storytime from yesteryear 6:50
- When elitist language/pretention does get on my nerves 8:30
- You can see the full group hoop piece here on Patreon: Well Behaved Women 13:15
- "If someone's actions don't make sense to you, it's because you're missing part of their context." - Devon Price
- The real treasure and point of this whole conversation/episode 15:00
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What you'll hear:
- Some updates from me on wheelchair recovery, floods in my living room, and why I still think my life is an embarrassment of riches 1:00
- Salty content warning 4:00
- A previous episode for further listening- Episode 30: The Trap of the Independent Woman
- Why hyper-independence isn't gendered, although it is experienced in different ways that are gendered 8:00
- Kasia Urbaniak's Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power 8:45
- How resistance to asking for things will fuck up all your dreams 13:00
- An exercise/quest for you to do if this resonates with you 17:15
- Cycle 29 of The Audacity Project is enrolling soon! Hop on the waitlist here! 19:30
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Supporting materials:
- This is a companion episode to Episode 145- One month as a wheelchair user- what I learned
- The insights shared here were generously given to me by Erin Ball of Inter Complementary Journeys- you can follow Erin and Maxime here
- Episode 33: Is it imposter syndrome, or is it misogyny? (or racism, or transphobia, or agism, or ableism...)
-
SayTheWord: read the public health post here
- Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino 5:56
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What you'll hear:
- Episode 141: Blame the Snake this is how I ended up in a wheelchair for a month
- First thing I learned: everything you do will take 2-4x longer than you're used to 2:30
- How to request an SSR (special service request) at the airport 4:15
- My dear friend Alec Stoddard sent me this useful reading of the Air Carrier Access Act, very useful if you are traveling with a mobility aid 9:00
- Adventures in navigating a familiar city (Galway, Ireland) in a totally unfamiliarly abled body 12:00
- PSA: wheeling yourself up a hill in a wheelchair fucking sucks 13:30
- PSA: a wheelchair in an Irish pub is extremely disruptive 19:00
- PSA: firedoors are heavy as shit 23:00
- The privilege I experienced as a Disabled wheelchair user, being visibly Disabled rather than invisibly Disabled 26:00
- Again thanks to the wonderful Alec Stoddard, a document outlining making your online presence more accessible, available to view here 29:00
- For further resources on increasing inclusivity and access in circus arts, please see this link courtesy of Erin Ball 31:00
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What you'll hear:
- No idea what the snake bite story is? You can hear it here: Episode 141: Blame the Snake
- What this episode is really about...when you invest a community with yourself, magic happens. 4:45
- One of your greatest superpowers is your attention and where you place it 7:00
- How receiving attention relates to havingness levels (and how it relates to performing arts) 9:49
- How I got schooled in real time by my own axioms on havingness levels and receiving attention 10:50
- Group Hoop documentation coming soon to the patreon!! 16:00
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This episode is by request from my friend Fallon, who asks, "How do you find the balance between the art consuming you and the other important things/people in your life? Do you let it overtake you for the month(s) before, and then have a break after? Are you able to find breaks in between? If so, how??"
What you'll hear:
- shitty sound quality because I don't have my microphone here in Ireland (blame the snake).
- One week down at the IADF, one week to go 2:00
- Getting into the meat of Fallon's question of how to find balance during crunch time by defining what balance is and understanding that it's a dynamic state, not a static one 4:00
- Why my initial thought of "yeah let it consume you!" is very biased because of the failsafe's I have built into my life 6:45
- One approach to finding the elusive, dynamic balance during crunch time: Find your 5 non-negotiables and protect them with your whole chest 9:00
- My five, as a starter pack: sleep, food, water, down time, solitude
- Episode 141: "Rest" is not enough 16:30
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What you'll hear:
- My girl Cris asked me to talk about this post on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDehqMypsT_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
- Mindless media consumption is "nothing box" and is by nature, easy passive pleasure 4:00
- Both this and addictive behaviors are driven by dopamine 5:42
- We tend to judge ourselves for these behaviors as though they are a moral failing on our part, even though it's literally how we were designed 8:00
- Art-making is more expensive metabolically than mindless media consumption, and so is the cuddly chemicals like oxytocin 10:00
- How chronic stress can interrupt good brain chemicals and impact female sexual function 14:00
- Why the starving, tortured artist trope is a load of BS 16:00
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This episode is all about me. What you'll hear:
- I was bitten by a copperhead snake on the 4th of July, so here's the story of how that happened, and what transpired afterwards.
- Why they wait a certain time before they'll administer antivenom after a venomous snake bite 7:50
- The coolest solution to peeing in bed ever 12:00
- Just in time for Disability Awareness Month 16:30
- "Blame the snake." 21:00
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Today's episode is by request from my friend Vix, who asks:
"As someone who has been creating their own one-woman show, how do you show your work-in-progress if you’ve only got one act or partial act? I’m specifically referring to residencies that ask for works to be shown as part of their program (ex. “one night performance open to the public to show WIP,” “two nights of shows that the venue will help promote,” etc.). Do I just put on my 4-5 min aerial piece and then talk everyone to go home? What if I intend to create a much longer show (be it one person or multiple people), but I just haven’t gotten that far in the process? I love the idea of a WIP showing but is this what these residencies are really asking for?"
Let's talk about it!
- The "danger" of coming to an artist residency from the context of a gig worker, and how that can derail your experience during the residency by focusing solely on the end-of-residency showing
- How does your context influence how you view the opportunity to share a WIP? 5:11
- How I totally forgot this in real life 7:00
- IF YOU LISTEN TO NOTHING ELSE IN THIS EPISODE, LISTEN TO THIS 8:40
- How it COULD get sticky 11:00
- For further listening about artist residencies, please see Episode 31: Artist Residencies, wth is that? and Episode 37: Artist Residencies for Aerialists
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What you'll hear:
- The Monstrous Feminine lives! Congratulations to Georgia Schrubbe and the cast of fantastic dancers (and myself) for a triumphant evening
- Annabel Woodman Photography: see a couple stills from the show here
- Me waxing on about how incredible it was to perform this show 3:30
- Charleston Artist Salon: Sunday July 6th, 5-7pm at Arc Take 2 Studios
- Click here to be on my local list, and know about stuff like salons as they come up! https://poser.ck.page/d604e26530
- See you at the Irish Aerial Dance Festival?! https://irishaerialdancefest.com/ 6:00
- Episode 36: Irish Aerial Dance Festival Survival Guide
- My beef with rest 7:00
- Episode 123 with Dr. Jen Crane on active rest and recovery
- Me bitching about how rest cannot by the all-encompassing solution to every problem and I'm tired of it being the only answer to every issue 8:30
- Raquel the Capacity Expert on IG, for a refreshing perspective on rest, self-care, and capacity 9:30
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Thanks for all the responses to my birthday ask for what you want to learn/see from me! Here are some that I got through Instagram that I wanted to respond to.
What you'll hear:
- The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is going live on stage this Friday! Doors at 7:30, show at 8pm.
- "How do I not get hot with all this hair?" 2:45
- Why I won't teach gazelle anymore 3:27
- What's Bern's secret to being so cute? 4:00
- Here's a link to the story series all about Bern
- "I'd attend the hell out of a creative writing retreat with you" (any other takers?? Let me know!) 5:10
- "How to lead when you're falling apart?" 6:00
- Click here to listen to Episode 108: Witchcraft for Grounding 9:15
- "What led you into your creative path? What was the spark that started it all?" 12:00
- A god ignored is a demon born.
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Thanks to Vanessa for requesting part II! What you'll hear:
- The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is live on stage June 20th in downtown Charleston! You can get tickets here and please do: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/yellowwallpaper
- Episode 12: Cringey stories from yesteryear part I can be found here
- A story about being asked to speak at a Women's Studies class when I was working as a skrippah in college. It did not turn out like I thought it would. 5:00
- Further good stuff on inclusive feminism from Reshma Saujani here: https://www.instagram.com/reshmasaujani/ 14:30
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What you'll hear:
- I reference Episode 133: How to be pissed off- a podcast about being angry 1:00
- Kasia Urbaniak's Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power 2:00
- "We cannot afford to forget the love that lives inside of rage."
- When you get tired, stop fighting against- fight FOR 3:00
- Why low-work June (and December) isn't super optional for me 5:15
- The Movement Maestro's Mafia 8:00
- My birthday ask! I would LOVE to know, if there is something you'd like to see from me or learn from me, please do share! I'll be very grateful. You can email me here. 12:40
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This episode is in response to a question I got from my internet friend and patron Bethaney, who asks: How did you meet your husband and do you feel that your relationship has affected your art? In what ways do you feel a spouse/partner can influence our ability to create? And does a difficult partnership affect us creatively?
- This could easily be considered Part II of a series, the first is Episode 29: Relationships and the Performing Arts which is a very salty episode that I recorded a couple of years ago. 1:35
- How me and Manflesh met 2:15
- The factors that I feel contributed to the longevity of our relationship 5:15
- The idea that being in an angst driven state of survival is bullshit 15:15
- Why my capacity for drama and angst is best placed on the page or the stage, not in my daily life 16:45
- Does a difficult relationship affect you creatively? (yes) 17:30
- If you or someone you love needs to leave their situation, there are a lot of resources here. This link will take you to a self guided page for creating a plan to get to safety. 20:00
- Sign up here for Woo Corner!
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What you'll hear:
- Alllll about how Creatrix 2.0 went
- 1st piece of advice: get a great house. The biggest changes I made from Creatrix 1.0 to Creatrix 2.0 2:00
- 2nd piece of advice: How to handle the financial risk and being ok if it didn't sell 4:30
- 3rd piece of advice: HAVE EXCELLENT SUPPORT! 5:50
- Episode 82: Creating Creatrix and the gremlins I met along the way 6:21
- What to look for when you're looking for an excellent support person 8:05
- Me gushing over the attendees and all my favorite parts of the retreat 8:40
- The chant we used (easy simple) 15:10
- Lexa Walsh: artist and chef
- Genese Gee-Schmidtk
- Satya Belly Dance
- Kelly Jean Yoga
- Max Cooper Photography
- Kim Melohn
- Last advice: bring bugspray to the beach!!! 17:00
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The episode that no one asked for but I recorded anyway. What you'll hear:
- If you want to be on the waitlist for the fall cycle of The Audacity Project, you can do that here! Exact dates TBD. 1:30
- Anger is an expensive emotion, but no we can't just not experience it. 3:45
- The NPR article I reference is here: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/12/1236973762/anger-management-types-purpose-cause
- defining the two kinds of anger: core and defensive 4:38
- "I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief" 6:30
- Learn from my fails: what happened after I suppressed my anger for 19 years 9:20
- Why suppressing anger is a side effect of perfectionism 10:15
- How can you tell the difference between kindness or people pleasing/codependency/perfectionist? The answer is resentment. 13:00
- The Karpman's Triangle 14:00
- Actionable advice! 16:30
- Name and claim your emotions
- Let people have their own experiences/feelings/consequences
- Fantasy role-play with your anger. What does your anger want you to do? What does it want you to say? Fantasize your pants off about it. It's ok if fantasies are harmful when they stay in your brain and help your brain achieve a sense of satisfaction and validation.
- Take any other actual, unharmful action necessary to care for yourself.
Please don't suffer in silence.
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You'll find a link to a public google document below, as Jess gave me LOADS of supporting information for anyone who is curious! Because of the character limit for shownotes this is my creative solution. You'll find Jess' resources at the bottom, happy diving!
I was thrilled to sit down with my new friend artist activist Dr. Jess Allen to discuss the intersection of art and activism. Here's what you'll hear:
- Is art activism? (TL;DR: No) 3:00
- Jess responds to a critic who insists that art and activism cannot go together 11:50
- Defining durational work and Jess' walking art practice (did y'all know that was a thing? cause I didn't) 21:15
- View the webpage for "Drop in the Ocean" the piece we discuss most here: https://awyrol.co.uk/drop-in-the-ocean 28:50
- Adrian Howells wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Howells
- Advice from Jess for artists looking to use their art for activism 30:50
- What is emancipated pedagogy? As defined by Jacques Rancière (1991) The Ignorant Schoolmaster. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 35:00
- The only model that most of us are exposed to in learning is hierarchical- so what would it look like practically to be in a learning environment that was non-hierarchical? 41:00
- Art activism and accessibility 47:00
- An adorable story about weeping over some chilis in a plastic bag 1:01
- View Jess' complete resources here! (They would not fit into the character allowance on Buzzsprout, this link will take you to a public google document that you can view freely)
Please do yourselves a great favor and peruse more of Jess' work here on her portfolio: Portfolio
You can also follow Jess here on IG
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What you'll hear:
- A request for requests! My list is getting pretty thin, don't be shy to reach out and let me know if there's something you'd like to hear about on this podcast. 1:00
- A 30 minute chunk of The Monstrous Feminine is being staged as part of "The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories" thanks to dancer/visionary Georgia Shrubbe. You can buy tickets here! https://www.eventcreate.com/e/yellowwallpaper
- Why creating is sometimes an extremely lonely and isolated experience 3:30
- The advice I've given 100s of times and am now being forced to follow myself 4:40
- What your job is during creation, phase 1 6:50
- How phase 1 is going for me (spoiler, it's SO MUCH FUN)
- Advice for anyone else in the creative trenches 9:50
- Acknowledge what stage of creation you're in:
- embryonic
- Phase 1 (collecting material)
- Phase 2 (editing and feedback)
- Desert of Suck (can happen at any time, is not permanent
- Acknowledge what stage of creation you're in:
- TL;DR: Just do your job.
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This episode is by request, from my woman Rebecca, who asked, "When you're creating a larger piece of work (i.e. something longer than the standard 3-5 minutes), at what point do you ask others for feedback? At a rough draft phase or more of a pre-final phase? And if you're creating something that requires original music, at what point do you reach out to someone for that?"
Let's talk about it! What you'll hear:
- Woo Corner's coming atcha next week! Join in here (not selling things, just sharing functional woo): https://rachelstricklandcreative.ck.page/
- Are you going to be in Charleston on June 20? Come see The Monstrous Feminine and The Yellow Wallpaper! https://www.eventcreate.com/e/yellowwallpaper 2:30
- Creating outside of your prescribed or familiar structure, and the lessons of the length of a pop song 3:30
- When should you reach out for feedback? 5:50
- CAN WE PLEASE LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WANTING VALIDATION AND WANTING FEEDBACK 6:49
- The absolute worst way to ask for feedback (do NOT do this to me) 10:00
- One tell-tale sign that what you're craving is actually validation 12:15
- Maestro's podcast on the consequences of outsourcing your thinking 13:35 https://themovementmaestro.com/motm-656-the-consequence-of-outsourcing/
- Questions that can be helpful to ask for feedback, just some thoughts to get you started 14:05
- Creating with original music, and how to navigate that with the musician (ie: when to pursue the music) 15:00
- Midas is King (creating completely without music, music was created by Max Cooper to fit the film) https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/midasisking
- Two pieces I made in collaboration with Jym Daly (created in tandem):
- Lion Skin (hoop solo) https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/lion-skin
- Archetype (aerial loops duo) created with Anastasia Sauvage https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/archetype
- CliffsNotes for getting actually useful feedback when you're ready 20: 49
- Liz Lehrman's Critical Response Process for feedback (for the nerds) https://lizlerman.com/critical-response-process/ 22:31
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What you'll hear:
- Me yammering on about vacuuming up leaves from the yard, and the shedding habits of live oak trees
- Announcing my artist-in-residence-ness at ARC Take 2 Studios to show in a double billing on June 20th at Queen Street Playhouse 2:12
- A caretaking update on my dear ole dad's hip replacement surgery 4:00
- The Charleston Artists Salon took place this past Sunday, and it was dynamite. If you want to start one in your area I talked about the process I used to create it here in Episode 100, around the 7 minute mark until the 12 minute mark. 5:00
- If you're local to Charleston and want to learn about future Charleston Artists Salons, please go here and sign up so I can let you know about it!
- Product vs. Process based work, wtf is the difference 6:45
- How I realized we needed to talk about this, a lot of my students don't want to set choreography 13:35
- I think the answer lies in WHY we feel resistant to setting choreography (taking this route as it's often a "problem" I hear about) 16:45
- Is the resistance gremlin territory, or is it genuinely counter to your zone of genius?
- One way to know if you're in gremlin territory or not is to see if your process of creating is counter intuitive to your objectives 18:30
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This episode is by request: "I was wondering if you’d like to make a podcast episode on living in the South. I’m so excited to return to the swamps but with the political climate I am nervous on how to navigate day to day life and not let the bastards grind me down so to speak." -Brandi
- Episode 91: Love song to summer and why I live in the south 2:00
- What do I mean by The American South 2:45
- My response to "but the south is racist/misogynist" 4:11
- My adjustment period when I moved back here in 2018 9:30
- A summary of advice for my friend who wrote in 21:00
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What you'll hear:
- There are two places left for Creatrix 2025: May 13-18 and I would LOVE to see you there! 1:00
- A whole slew of updates about me and my life lol.
- The difference between perfectionism (in the way that I use it) and high standards of excellence. Spoiler: if it stops you from doing stuff, it's bad. 7:20
- Invisible Women by Caroline Perez
- The original article (also by Caroline Perez) that inspired this podcast 9:20
- Episode 96: Insidious Perfectionism and What to do about it, a past episode from August 2024 with some actionable ideas for you 12:40
- What follows is many minutes of diatribe where I agree with Caroline Perez and just urge you to not blame yourself for your rational responses to the world around you.
- Facilitating a sense of safety and GRACE in ourselves and in our communities can help us move OUT of this suppressive psychological landscape of needing to be correct all the time. 19:00
- What if the point isn't to be correct, but to be fully alive? And what if being correct is not the way to feel that? 20:10
- ps. The Irish Aerial Dance Festival is open for bookings! 21:18
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A two-pronged episode based on complimentary requests. You could summarize this episode by asking the question: why is it so hard to freakin be happy when you have good shit happening in your life?
What you'll hear:
- Part I:
- I just landed a contract I have spent the last two years dreaming about and I don't know how to process/deal with it. It feels like 'in the future' got here so quickly that I haven't caught up with myself yet and i keep swinging between "this isn't happening' 'they must have confused me with someone else" and "confused static noises -Helen
- What happens after your dreams come true? And why doesn't it feel BETTER? 1:45
- Storytime about my dreams coming true and how it sent me into a spiral 2:55
- Atlantic Center for the Arts Artist in Residency program
- How I ended up recording a 20 minute screaming rant while trying to "rehearse" Keep your eyes peeled on the Patreon if you'd like to see this rant, it was actually really good looking back on it now. 6:15
- "Pressure doesn't make good work, it makes good panic attacks."
- For the first time ever, I'm making Teeth public. This is what I ended up making on that residency: https://youtu.be/3LVHOqEUIn4 Content warning: early loss. 8:46
- The Ego Gap: why it can feel less than wonderful when you finally get what you want 10:55
- Part II
- A friend confided in me that she's avoiding doing her work even though when she actually does it, it makes her happy. Why do we procrastinate on doing things we actually want to do? 12:30
- The Neverending Story: sacred text Auryn really called it. 13:51
- The real reason we procrastinate 15:30
- Brene Brown's quote about shame: “If you put shame in a petri dish and cover it with judgment, silence, and secrecy, you’ve created the perfect environment for shame to grow until it makes its way into every corner and crevice of your life. If, on the other hand, you put shame in a petri dish and douse it with empathy, shame loses its power and begins to wither. Empathy creates a hostile environment for shame—an environment it can’t survive in, because shame needs you to believe you’re alone and it’s just you.” Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
- My take on why it's so hard for humans to be happy 20:00
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Today buffet episode brought to you by the late spring that has FINALLY arrived!
What you'll hear:
- Question from a listener: I was wondering if I could request a topic... I have been recently feeling a bit down due to a break-up with my aerial duo partner/best friend. I know this situation is probably pretty common but I am finding it hard to move on even though I know it is probably for the best.
- TLDR: I have no idea. I'm so sorry. 1:45
- Storytime from my own life about friend break ups 2:00
- Sometimes the end isn't the end (sometimes it is) 3:50
- Healing isn't attaining something, it's being free of something 6:00
- Question from a listener: Podcast idea: how to navigate a show when your director gives you no constructive feedback, no direction, and has bad taste. Asking for a friend. 6:32
- Mount Stupid on the Dunning Kruger Curve: 7:50
- Not every project is going to be awesome, which is a side effect of being a professional 9:15
- It is a role of director to solve problems in the pursuit of the vision 10:30
- Question from a listener: Yesterday I had a chat with a student of mine who is over 60 about how /where she could perform, I know she is not the only one who found aerial later than what is normally considered for gigs and shows. So I thought I’d suggest the topic of alternative route la to performing for those “aged out” or other circumstances. 12:30
- My turn to ask for something...does anyone know a physical performer in their 60's who had found access to stages? 13:08
- Any questions you have about the intersection of art and activism, please do send them my way so I can ask an upcoming guest, Dr. Jess Allen! 14:20
- Long luxurious Patreon update!
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An episode by request from a listener! This is by extension, a part II of a question answered in Episode 116; "how do you defend your creative boundaries" except this part II is a more advanced version: "How to tell your friends “no”. Like, kind wonderful people in your life want to collaborate/have you in a performance but it simply does not align with your goals OR you know that you will not work well together."
Let's hit it!
What you'll hear:
- You can listen to part 1 of this question here on Episode 116 1:00
- There's another Charleston Artist Salon happening in April! Click here to add yourself to the local list to be kept up to date 2:20
- I'm applying to the SC Arts Directory 2:50
- I'm also ACTIVELY LOOKING for new creation/rehearsal space in Charleston, SC. If you know of anything, please do reach out and let me know! You can contact me through my website here. 4:30
- Why this part II is an advanced level boundaries question 6:28
- Storytime from my own life about friendship conflict 9:00
- You have TWO CHOICES when presented with an opportunity you do not want to take with someone you care about (almost everyone will take option #1) 11:04
- Why being brutally honest is a greater kindness 18:00
- Homework! Ask for something in the hopes of being told no, just as an experiment 19:00
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Today for your listening pleasure, I have a true circus hero- physical therapist, circus artist, and my dear friend Dr. Jen Crane! Jen's work has revolutionized circus training, and I know because I watched her do it, and she changed my life and saved the right side of my body (and many, many other bodies I know personally and professionally). I am delighted to bring her on Audacity Works, please enjoy!
What you'll hear:
- The Audacity Project, Cycle 28, is OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT! You can read all about it here, or schedule a short, easy call with me here to see if we're a good fit for each other.
- How we met, and our shared dislike for being walked in on while peeing. :) This would have been circa 2014.
- Why Jen is the reason the entire right side of my body still works
- Jen's wonderful protocols for recovering from top surgery, which you can find here.
- How Jen came to live in Portland, Oregon
- Questions from all of you! "I am a 40-something neurodivergent circus performer. I hear people talk about 'active rest' and I have no idea what that means. Maybe you could ask Jen Crane?!" Mission accepted!
- Active rest is an extension of training, not a substitute.
- "You wouldn't cancel on a coach you had a lesson with, don't cancel on yourself when you have rest scheduled."
- What to look for in a physical therapist and how to find a good fit for YOU. Questions you can ask:
- Are you willing to pay out of pocket for a really good fit?
- Bear in mind that out of pocket/network usually means a more specialized PT, and being able to have less visits overall
- Are there dance/gymnastics/rock climbing/sports PT's in the area?
- How long is each appointment time? Out of network PT's generally spend more time (45-60 minutes) with their patients. The first appointment time should really be 60 minutes.
- What are the letters after their name (what trainings/education do they have?) Jen recommends they should have ONE of these in addition to PT:
- ATC - certified athletic trainer
- OCS - orthopedic certified specialist
- SCS - sports certified specialist
- What's the vibe? (read their bios!)
- Knowing what you want out of the relationship, such as more of a manual therapy focused clinician, or exercise based?
- Are you willing to pay out of pocket for a really good fit?
- WTF is dry needling and why does it work so well?
- On mango sticky rice in Thailand, and working with the Olympic teams in China (I promise these two things are somewhat related)
- How not to eat duck tongue
- Question from a listener! (Hi Fallon!) "tell us about the dogs: names, breeds, ages, how you got them" :)
- Squees about Jen getting married!! Squeeeeeee How Jen and Tomara met
- The 5 Calls App: for taking action- download and use daily!
You can follow Jen here on Instagram, or check out her website (and I highly recommend doing so!)
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What you'll hear:
- The Audacity Project, Cycle 28 is open to the waitlist! It will open to the public next week
- Creatrix still has a place available and I'd loooove to have you! Come learn witchcraft with me and sit uselessly on the beach for 5 nights
- I bitch about winter for a few minutes. 2:15
- This podcast inspired by sister-friend artist Kat Doherty, and alumni artist Alma Charlotte
- "I could never spend that kind of money on myself" 7:00
- Advice #1: My own experiment with this, I gave myself a purpose which was just to write 8:00
- Shoutout to bangorang friend, filmmaker, and writer Adam O'Keeffe who gave me excellent advice on my first foray into a solo holiday 9:00
- Advice #2: Give yourself a structure- How to structure your mini solo getaway 10:00
- The hardest part about going away on your own, and what to do to negotiate with it 12:30
- The second hardest part about going away on your own 14:15
- The proof that one truly believes lies in action. It is a LOT easier to value yourself in theory than in practice.
- How to fund this bish 16:30
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This episode is by request, on how to address the gremlin: "No one wants to hire my work, it's too out there/contemporary/weird."
What you'll hear:
- Hop on over to the waitlist for Cycle 28 of The Audacity Project, enrolling to next week for early adapters! 1:15
- There's 1 or 2 places left for Creatrix if you wanna come get warm and learn witchcraft with me 1:48
- The nature of a gremlin: they are all liars and are not based in empirical data 3:37
- EMPIRICAL DATA: Weirdos who have had lots of success (just to prove to your lizard brain that the gremlin is based on lies, and weird things get success too):
- me! With Genesis, among others
- Empress Stah with Stargasm
- The Great Fleeky Flanco 6:29
- You can expect a 5-10% response rate from cold solicitations (emails to casting@___.com type inboxes) 13:15
- Please stop trying to sound professional 14:38
- That response rate number above increases by 20% if you get a personal recommendation/introduction 16:00
- Before we ask if we're good enough for them, how about asking if they are good enough for you? 17:15
- Add to your Brag Book! 20:50
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It had to be done. Imma say it out loud.
- Listen to The Movement Maestro's podcast that inspired this one: "Should you share your political views on social media?" It's so good.
- The 4 Calls App 10:00
- Your life has VALUE 14:00
- The waitlist for The Audacity Project is open! Enrolling this month!
- There are still 2 spots left officially for Creatrix in May!
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By request from my friend Lizzie who asks: How to deal (or not) with people who don’t get it. It = circus, no longer wanting stability and pleasures of muggle life, wanting to train hard and achieve.
What you'll hear:
- Creatrix: Unleash the Muse is open and ready for you! Information and application here. 2:20
- What it can look like when people just don't get it. 3:00
- "One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other"
- Let them misunderstand you. Let them. 5:30
- When you choose your boldness and your ambition, you could trigger the fuck out of somebody. 9:00
- If you can remember that their disapproval might be built on their own grief/anger/fear for you and your safety, it might be easier to understand them. The good news is, you don't need them to understand you.
- "If a person's behavior doesn't make sense to you, it's because you are missing a part of their context." -Devon Price 12:00
- This really comes full circle from my very first episode: Cheers! to the irresponsible 16:00
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Continuing from last week's conversation- I'm tackling the question from my girl Ali about "what to do about undercutting uuuugggghhhh"
What you'll hear:
- Avenues you can pursue to make a living wage as a performer without doing anything else 1:15
- On last week's episode- flipping the script
- Subject #1: UNDERCUTTING. What it is and why it happens. 2:50
- Why it doesn't happen in other industries the way it does in the freelance performance gig industry 4:00
- Two frustrating truths about how to handle undercutting: 7:00
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1: The ONLY action I can confidently say actually works to confront undercutting in your community is having the conversations with the people doing it.
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2: Why it will continue to happen even if you are having these conversations. 8:30
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- Ask me how I know (it was me. I was the problem, it's me.) 9:40
- The answer to the question- why did I create The Audacity Project? 11:15
- You can learn more about it and sign up for the waitlist here
- What NOT to do about undercutting and wanting to be marketable 13:36
- The questions I do recommend asking yourself 15:30
- To those who say "I'm afraid of stepping on someone's toes" 17:30
- In closing...nearly every industry I observe is built to exploit those who engage with it. We can know that and we can still have excellent lives in integrity 19:30
- Creatrix is open to the public! I would love to guide you towards the thing that is most authentic to you as an artist, and teach you some witchcraft while we're at it. 21:30
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I've been putting this episode off for a while because it's DENSE. It's a bit of a bite-sized master class in this subject, according to me. All my gratitude to the 100+ artists who have talked with me about this in my career, and especially to TaiTai for asking the question: "How to leave my fucking morning job without having plan B and I still have bills to pay."
What you'll hear:
- A question for you: "Why did you get into this/what do you want to get out of it?" 2:00
- It's not WORSE. It's just DIFFERENT. 8:50
- When you workin, you ain't trainin. Why it's difficult to upskill at the same time you are working 10:23
- I highly recommend you buy this book (available on a sliding scale, including for free!) by Andrew Simonet: Making Your Life as an Artist. Scroll down on this page to see the sliding scale options!! 11:00
- Ok, after all that and you still want to perform full time, here is some actionable advice 15:00
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1: Have 6-12 months of your living expenses saved (I recommend all humans have 3 months at all times)
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2: All savings accounts should be high yield savings accounts with 3.5% interest or more
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3: Get rid of your credit card debt, it's too expensive 17:50
- Get Ramit's book I Will Teach You to be Rich to learn how to do this, and much more cool shit that will help you.
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4: Know your non-negotiables and make good note of them. They will dictate the parameters in which you can explore opportunities.
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5: Find out how much your life cost per month 20:00
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6: Familiarize yourself with the Profit First System. Here is a spreadsheet you can make a copy of and use! 23:00
- Here are some suggested percentages to get you started (they are on the spreadsheet, and you can change them according to your needs):
- 50% profit/owner's pay goes to you, to pay for groceries, clothing, Netflix, etc.
- 30% goes to business expenses like training, costumes, travel to gigs, scheduling software, etc. (I just leave this 30% in my business checking account)
- 5% to all purpose savings (in a high yield savings account of course)
- 15% to another high yield savings account with which to pay your taxes.
- If you need pro help, Sandi York is THE BEST and very familiar with creative businesses. She was the source for the profit first spreadsheet I shared above. 24:44
- Here are some suggested percentages to get you started (they are on the spreadsheet, and you can change them according to your needs):
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7: TALK TO PEOPLE. Use your mentors. Get a mentor. Please do not skip this step. There is no reason whatsoever that you should suffer unnecessarily when we could save you some grief.
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8: Have your shit together (website, bio, demo, headshots, etc)
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- Speaking of making a website, that's exactly what The Audacity Project is for! I'm enrolling cycle 28 in February. The best place to know about it is the waitlist, which you can find here! 28:00
- A review of all the actionable advice 29:00
- Creatrix is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! come play in the warmth with me!
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What you'll hear:
- Creatrix is open to the waitlist! It will open to the public January 20th. You can click here for details and questions are always welcome. You can DM me on Instagram or Patreon. 2:00
- full disclosure, there's no plans to hold another Creatrix retreat at this time.
- Question from Rachel: why I sign off with "Don't go back to sleep." The story behind it 3:10
- The first Patreon post where I mention "Don't go back to sleep."
- The poem itself, you can read here 6:00
- "Know thyself (and act accordingly)" 7:15
- What I am suggesting by this sign off 9:30
- Question from Kate: How do you create (and keep) the time you set aside for creative work? If I don't do my morning pages actually in the morning, they get steamrolled by the day. Even when an artist date is scheduled on my calendar I sometimes find myself prioritizing other people (who I love and cherish) over my artist date or morning pages or creative exploration time, etc. 10:00
- An experiment you can try next time you have the opportunity to defend your boundaries around your creative time 13:29
- Question from Michelle: How to support another artist thru rejection/disappointment? 16:30
- What to say to them that could actually be helpful 18:30
- What NOT to say lol 20:00
- What you can ask when your friend is ready to move forward from the grief stage after a disappointment 21:38
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By request from Rachael via Instagram (what's up Rachael!) asking me to discuss the uncomfortable state of being obsessed/in love with something but not yet good at it.
What you'll hear:
- Creatrix applications are official open to waitlist! Click here to get a reminder (I'll notify you if the spaces have been filled).
- How the discomfort between being a beginner and having high standards of excellent can manifest 2:26
- There are no shortcuts to development, and if there were, I'd advise against it 3:50
- Ambition is precious, and should be honored while it's breathing fire 4:25
- How this cognitive dissonance between where I was and where i wanted to be manifested for me when I was a beginning 6:00
- How to actively celebrate that which you already have on the table- make a brag list! 9:00
- How to include the AND while acknowledging your gremlins 12:00
- What an absolute fuckin legend you are for pursuing your love in spite of your gremlins 13:30
- If you want to read the full story about Agnes de Mille and Martha Graham, you can do that here.
- How you can deal if someone dismisses you when you tell them what you want 20:30
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What you'll hear:
- Episode 112, where I outline how I chose my word of the year this year 1:30
- My word of the year: EVOLVE and some ways that will show up for me
- Reminder to patrons of the Coven tier and higher, one of your rewards is a hand-penned calligraphy of your word of the year, so keep an eye out for a message from me via Patreon in the next couple of days 2:52
- My #1 priority moving forward in 2025 3:26
- An intentional shift in my perspective moving forward for artists and creators to frame which opportunities we choose to pursue 6:30
- Accessible questions you can ask yourself and refer to when trying to decide if an opportunity is a good fit 11:42
- Am I able to ask questions and get answers on safe working conditions?
- What our responsibility is FIRST
- Do I feel respected when I engage with this organization and/or these individuals? 14:25
- Feeling respected and cared for is a somatic experience. Here's an exercise on how to know what that feels like in YOUR body 15:39
- My example for this comes from 2024's invitation to speak at BossUp at the invitation of the greats: Dr. Shante Cofiled of The Movement Maestro and Jill Coleman of JillFit
- Updated contract recommendations from my friend and alumni who inspired this episode 18:00
- "Surely your father could have traded down a few ducats for an ounce of virility?" from Dangerous Beauty 21:00
- NYD rituals from the south 22:45
- What you can expect from the podcast in 2025 23:15
- Creatrix applications will open to patrons on the Patreon at 9am on January 4th
- Any remaining spots will go to the public waitlist on January 8th at 9am
- Am I able to ask questions and get answers on safe working conditions?
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With all the talk about the light returning (which is very fair and which I add to in the canticle) how about we actually sit with this long darkness of winter and honor what we find there.
What you'll hear:
- Applications for Creatrix 2.0 will open January 4th at 9am EST for my patrons, you can become one here
- Any remaining slots will be offered to the waitlist on January 8th, you can join that here
- Holiday updates from my house to yours 2:25
- Refusing to accept invisible labor and therefore giving a finger to the patriarchy one boundary at a time 3:00
- How can we honor the dark of winter instead of just impatiently waiting for it to end? 7:00
- Shadow work baby! If you're new to it, I'd start with this very accessible approach from Dr. Carolyn Elliott, Existential Kink 8:30
- Introducing you to three shadow aspects of myself that I have grown to love very much:
- 1: The tunnel-visioned, stubborn AF and foot-stamping, logic-ignoring insistence to do what I want, and how I got to know her 10:30
- 2: The addict...the self aspect with an immense capacity for excess 14:00
- 3: The raging bitch :) and how I got to know her 16:30
- Fun ways to uncover your own shadow aspects and what they are protecting 19:39
- Wanna leave me a review? I'd love that! 21:19
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What you'll hear:
- Wanna leave me a review? I'd love that! 1:00
- Applications for Creatrix 2.0 will open January 4th at 9am EST for my patrons, you can become one here 2:00
- Any remaining slots will be offered to the waitlist on January 8th, you can join that here
- Why I chose to wait until January to open applications (spoiler, it's because no-work December starts the day this episode airs) 2:30
- The best cheese is Delice de Bourgogne 5:00
- End of the year bonfire and what I burned 5:45
- Claude, the chatgpt bot who helped me find my word of the year after a suggestion from Lex Lancaster 9:00
- Why words of the year and other end of the year rituals are valid aspects to maintaining a magical practice 11:40
- "Magic is easy, magic is everywhere." told to me by my dear friend Kristina Canizares
- Year in Review practice- I've done this every year since I can remember, always very illuminating 15:00
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I'm not a talented gift giver, so I really appreciate personal recommendations for products and companies that are good to work with, ethically sourced, and/or just solid products. What you'll hear:
- How the show this past weekend at Bloom Movement Artistry went (spoiler, it was awesome) 3:00
- The power of asking for what you need 4:30
- Ficarre hair clips: $50 and worth every penny, works even if you have a shit ton of hair 6:00
- Luxury lounge wear also worth every penny, particularly for my big booty big leg brethren who hate being gently squeezed by clothing 8:20
- From Lilysilk, the most wonderful luxurious silk/cashmere blend sweater 10:00
- Family-owned Goulet Pen Company, especially the TWSBI Iris vacuum fountain pen
- Oxblood ink, also from Goulet Pen Co. 13:00
- MoonBabe custom leather work, CA based artisan who made my current notebookk (an amazing gift from Kat Boston) 13:21
- Other gift ideas including kits like candle making, cross stitch, and origami 14:00
- Black family owned Charleston based Motherland Essentials 16:00
- My favorite matcha from family-owned Breakaway Matcha 17:00
- For my bougie bitches- the Cadillac of milk frothers 17:53
- Info is available for Creatrix now! 19:00
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This episode is for anyone who's considering forming a nonprofit, I've brought on Sierra Nicholls of CSAW just in time for the energy following Giving Tuesday.
What you'll hear:
- Sweet Retreat: the intermediate and advanced aerial hoop retreat I co-host with the great Jenny Tufts both have some spaces available, kicking off the last week of January and first week of February. Details and application here! 1:00
- On Creatrix, my retreat on Edisto Island, SC for those of you in the overlapping Venn diagram between artists/creators and the witchery inclined. 1:30
- I'll release this first to my Patrons in a couple of weeks, so if you KNOW you want in that's the place to be.
- After one week if there's room, I'll release it to the waitlist. I don't expect this to make it to the public, so if you're interested I'd recommend one of these courses of action.
- Changes to my usual No-Work December 2:50
- Introducing Sierra Nicholls! Co-Founder of CSAW: Connecting Circus Students Around the World 3:34
- What CSAW is and their mission 5:00
- Why create a non profit? And the process of growing from the very beginning, and how long it took 6:50
- The 1023 EZ form
- On having a board and choosing the board members 11:00
- Problematic themes within the non profit world, and how CSAW chose to structure their board differently to avoid them 14:00
- In a giving mood? You can contribute to CSAW's 2024 fundraising effort here. 16:49
- What the fundraiser is for: the microgrants for BIPOC circus artists for the 2025 year 17:25
- Information and application for microgrants, open from the 1st to the 15th every month 23:30
- Note: December's microgrant is for youth BIPOC circus artists only
- Cannonball Black Circus Week information
- Bookmark this page for the Cannonball Grant for 2025
- What to have prepared to apply 30:00
- My rude and burning question for anyone who founds a nonprofit (Are you able to pay yourself and how??) 33:30
- Sierra's contemporary circus company: Full Out Formula 38:15
- When I asked Sierra what NOT to do if you want to start your own circus company 41:55
- Sierra's advice for anyone wanting to start a nonprofit 46:00
You can follow CSAW here
You can follow Sierra here
You can follow Full Out Formula here
Contribute to the 2025 fundraiser before December 31, 2024!
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What you'll hear:
- Boooo Thanksgiving, yaaay Thanksgiving, both are true
- 4:00 For those interested in Creatrix 2.0, here's the best places to learn about it:
- Best place is the Patreon, they get first dibs
- 2nd best place is the waitlist, here
- Full Circle Aerial Hoop retreat update, with me and Jenny Tufts 4:30
- This episode is about food, but not nutrition. If you want nutrition content, I'd highly recommend giving episode 71 with Shannon Morse of The Green Door Life a listen. 7:00
- How our cultural relationship with food shapes our lives, as well as the microculture of a family/household 8:00
- How my family food story has structured my current daily life 9:15
- Forays into what were, to me, bizarre circumstances of family feeding 12:00
- Cultural escapades into food culture in Florence, Italy with one of my besties 15:45
- American food habits overseas 18:00
- Food friendships/relationships with other food people 20:00
- On appetite 21:00
- Visual and performance artist Gregg Deal, you can purchase these stickers and spread the message 24:15
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This episode is by request from my friend Chloe, who asked, "I’m wondering if you have any advice for managing adrenaline spikes before during and after performance. I find the post performance crash quite intense, any tips would be awesome."
What you'll hear:
- Some post-election musings about staying in the room, and why it's important 2:00
- The original question 6:13
- Need an expert in nervous system regulation? It's JPB of Brain Body Resilience. You can find a whole webinar of her wisdom right here. 6:45
- My approach involves witchcraft. So what does that even mean? 7:27
- The witchcraft overlap 9:00
- Some grounding exercises for you, starting with the quickest version 9:28
- Graphic from my Instagram about the quick grounding exercise
- Click here for a guided 7 minute grounding meditation from me (no purchase required) 11:30
- Post from Patreon about my Muse 13:50
- Advice for dealing with the glittercrash 15:00
- If you want to learn more about witchcraft from me, Creatrix is the place to do that. You can join the interest list for it here
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How ya doing? Holding up ok? I hope this episode finds you well and finding your feet in whatever method
- The possibly helpful thing I wrote the day after the election, here for you if you need it.
- How the 2nd Charleston Artist's Salon went, and a few of the artists who presented 2:30
- A moment of exquisite synchronicity (I'll explain later on) 3:45
- My favorite hack #1 for actually getting a chunk of new work created (spoiler: it a deadline that involves other people) 4:40
- Ticket link to Shadows at Bloom Movement Artistry, Dec 7th in Charlotte NC 4:48
- Why the synchronicity I mentioned earlier was so profound for me 7:23
- A Blessed Unrest by The Parlour Trick- unending gratitude to MeredithYayanos 8:15
- Habeas Corpus, bitch 10:10
- Listen to Episode 67: Art, Grief, and What Happens Next with Shannon McKenna 11:30
- Hack #2: Destroy the blank canvas 12:15
- Hack #3 You're not stuck, you're scared. Or depressed. Or you're just a giant fig leaf and you need to try the 5 basic rude things 14:50
- sunlight
- water
- food
- rest
- exercise. SO rude.
- Do you live in SC or the surrounding areas and want to be apprised of future local happenings? You can do that here.
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My guest interview for November fell through at the last minute, so I decided to interview myself. I put up an anonymous Question link on the gram, it was only up for around 18 hours so I didn't get many responses, but I am delightedly answering all of them here.
What you'll hear:
- I mention giving a tarot reading in the beginning, for shits and giggles, here is the link to book one if you're interested (patrons of the Queensguard and higher get one a year!) https://calendly.com/theaudacityproject/intuitive-tarot-reading
- My recommendation for getting the nitty gritty of American politics from a wise, neutral, caring source: Sharon McMahon 4:00
- An easy, effective exercise for calming anxiety from the wonderful Dr. Brittni, who I got to meet at BossUp 5:45
- Q 1: Any advice for someone who has gone through life believing they are not a creative person? I've recently accepted that there's no such thing but finding it hard to adjust 7:30
- Unpacking the cliche of "The Creative Person" and our subconscious expectations of what creativity looks like/how it presents 8:30
- One of the most transformative skills you can build if you're going to create anything 11:00
- Q 2: What is the sty meat person you've helped unstick? How? (truly if you asked me this please clarify what you meant, but I ran with it) 13:00
- How I "help unstick" people (and why you are almost certainly not stuck...you're scared) 14:10
- The Audacity Project, cycle 28 waitlist. This is the framework that I used to unstick people, and the next cycle will be March/April 2025. 18:30
- Q 3: I am a shameless Rachel Strickland groupie. You are so wise and funny. I love your defence and bolstering of creativity especially women. (this wasn't a question but I LOVED reading it, thank you so so much!) 19:50
- Q 4: I'm going to my first ever aerial retreat with Ais in 2 weeks. Any advice? Sincerely, a panicked person who doesn't feel qualified to be there. 21:00
- Me hoping to calm the fears of this lovely commentor 21:30
- A reminder that fear/anxiety is pleasure without permission 22:22
- My recommendation for SPF, I've been using this on my face daily for a decade 23:08
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By request from wonderful Vix! Thank you Vix! On seasonality in strength training, favorite muggle gym exercises.
What you'll hear:
- On meatsuits and the muggle gym, Episode 18
- What I use the muggle gym for (spoiler, it's GLUTES) 2:15
- Balancing muggle gym strength training and aerial training 4:30
- Why I learned to love short workouts 8:00
- Shoutout to JillFit's program that made me realize ramping back up GENTLY is the only way to fly.
- Strength training is RESILIENT 10:00
- My personal trainer Nelson's advice that finally got through my thick circus-skull that just wants to do as hard as I can all the time 11:00
- Favorite leg/ass/hamstring exercises- you don't need 30, you only need like...10. Squats, kettlebell swings, walking lunges, and hip thrusts are my favorites and I do them each week on different days when possible. 13:00
- Favorite ab exercises: Myotatic crunch with or without weight (start with 2lbs.) and hanging leg lifts 14:00
- Getting as much bang for your buck as you can for ab exercises so you're not just doing crunches for a billionty years 15:30
- The basic recipe I use every time I go to the muggle gym 16:24
- What I'm most proud of from my muggle gym time 18:00
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What you'll hear:
- Come see me this weekend in Washington DC! All workshop times and descriptions can be found here: Monarca in Flight!
- These strategies are for entry-level instructors who have been teaching for a minute but want to get into teaching traveling workshops 5:40
- How I got into it, and how I approached it in the beginning and why it's super beneficial/how you can grow from it professionally 6:15
- Best possible way to reach out to a studio owner 7:50
- What you need to have ready when you reach out 8:30
- How many offerings do you need to have to choose from before you reach out? 10:10
- Getting testimonials: why you need them and how to get them 12:45
- Here's an example of a menu of offerings
- How to price your workshops and the split with the studio 15:00
- Need a sample contract? Sign up for my newsletter and get a contract template as well as lots of other templates and goodies. 17:30
- What about accommodation? 19:00
- The metric for success when traveling to teach workshops 20:53
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What you'll hear:
- Workshop intensive weekend at Monarca in Flight October 26-27! 2:00
- It is apparently Infant Loss Awareness week, so in the spirit of not shoving this very common and very taboo human experience into the back of the closet, I make you and myself aware of it for approximately 2 minutes 2:30
- Episode 6: Operating Under Active Grief
- The Tale of BossUp! 5:30 "All you can do is prepare."
- A dumb TMI story about a silly thing I did involving a sleepless night and a THC gummy 6:30
- If you want to take a bath while watching a sunset over the marina, stay at the Shad Hotel in Redondo Beach 10:20
- How the talk actually went on the day of 12:04
- My beef with the response "you're not alone" when you share a challenge with someone and how this weekend put it to rest 16:30
- All my gratitude to these two heroes, the splendid Dr. Shante Cofield and Jill Coleman
- Getting to meet the other two amazing guest speakers 18:00:
- Dr. Jennifer Hutton
- Dr. Uchenna Ossai
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What you'll hear:
- Acknowledging the grief associated with a loss of interest in your discipline 1:00
- My very unpopular advice for what to do if you find you are bored with your discipline 3:15
- Why teaching your discipline will not constitute the break that you might benefit from 5:43
- Wanna quit? Try it. Your practice is more resilient than you might think. 8:20
- Other ways you can disrupt your practice if you're bored with it 9:40
- The cultural story about "Passion" and why it's not helpful. Here are some things that ARE reliable forms of fuel 10:00
- A lil story for you about the peace that can come when you are actually done with something, because you did it already. 13:15
- See you at BossUp?! Come say hi if you're there!
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Welcome to Audacity Works, for my next guest please enjoy while I share with you one of my favorite humans on earth, coven sibling, youthful dancing partner, and lifelong anam cara, Dr. Mel Hobart-Beaumari . Dr. Mel (aka Dr HB) is a primary care physician who practices in Seattle Washington. They hold a naturopathic doctorate degree and did a teaching residency with a strong focus on community health. Their current practice has a little bit of everything, but a lot of women's health, gender affirming care, gut health, and pediatrics. They also continue to teach and lecture on a regular basis. Outside of medicine they are an avid rock climber and try to get outside as much as possible. Their route to medicine (and climbing) was circuitous and started with a short lived but precious semi-career as a modern dancer and some time spent homesteading in the mountains of North Carolina.
What you'll hear:
- Disaster relief for Western North Carolina:
- Action Network Mutual Aid
- How we met (awww) 4:00
- Our career as dance partners in college and all the beautiful ridiculous things we made together 8:00
- Mel's pathway to medicine, and their stint homesteading in western North Carolina 13:00
- The myths surrounding naturopathic medicine 17:35
- Mel's favorite herbs for entering into a parasympathetic nervous state 21:59
- skull cap, chamomile, tulsi, milky oats, passion flower, holy basil
- adaptogen herbs are also helpful for this such as ashwagandha and rhodiola
- Mel's favorite brands for quality botanicals 26:01
- Wise Woman Herbals
- Wish Garden Herbs
- Herb Pharm
- Gaia Herbs
- How Mel blew my mind about essential oils (and why she hates them) 27:55
- What is a daily "must-do"? 32:35
- Listen to Mel explode my brain about eye contact 34:30
- All the talk about hormones begins at 35:30
- Herbs you can take for hormonal regulation 39:54
- If you have ovaries, what are the signs that you might have increased testosterone and what might that be indicative of? 42:20
- How I learned about the magic of breastmilk from Mel after the birth of their son Kiran 44:40
- What would you recommend for someone starting a healing journey when they get the advice to trust your body, but you don't/can't? 47:56
- Me exploiting my access to Mel by asking them about drinking salted water cause I saw it on Instagram 56:28
- Advice for athletes! Supplements and recovery suggestions for athletes 59:47
- Have you ever had to address barriers to care within GNC communities, especially in regards to hormonal or OB/GYN issues? 1:07:07
- A charming anecdote about how Mel taught me to make bread 1:11:22
- As an expat southerner, how are the ways you stay in connection to your sense of home? 1:13:01
- What advice would you give to yourself at the age of the anecdote about the bread? 1:16:15
- You can't follow Mel because they aren't on the socials, but you can find them if you need them. Hit me up if you need their help finding resources and I'll connect you.
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Happy anniversary to US!! I'm so honored to have this space, thank you all so much for keeping it alive and vital. Without you, it's just a woman talking to herself in her office. Today I cover a host of things including the nature of Audacity, where the name of The Audacity Project came from, holding the first Charleston Artists Salon (that I made anyway), on leadership, and what I've learned from recording 100 episodes.
What you'll hear:
- The origin of Audacity and why I've chosen to adopt that word so thoroughly into my life 2:00
- The story behind naming The Audacity Project 5:30
- Enrolling in the early spring of 2025, Cycle 28 of The Audacity Project has a waitlist here.
- The first Charleston Artist Salon and how it went! 7:25
- If you are local, you can sign up to hear about future salons here.
- Why I think effective leadership has to start with the leader 10:40
- You can check the Patreon to see my half-baked weirdly sexual concept 12:15
- What I've learned from recording 100 episodes of the podcast 12:50
- The top 5 most downloaded episodes:
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5 Cheers to the irresponsible
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4 When is it ok to perform for free: a re-framing of performing opportunities
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3 The Radical Responsibility of Being Seen with Dr. Shante Cofield
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2 Art, Grief, and What Happens Next with Shannon McKenna
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1 most downloaded episode is...Morning Pages: how to do them, how to not do them, and what to do if they bore the pants off of you
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- The wonderful alumni of The Audacity Project share their favorite tips for being Audacious, or share their most audacious moments. So much gratitude to these audacious AF beings for sharing their voices 19:00:
- Maria "Cris" Morrell
- Sammy Dean
- Susannah Donau
- Tricia Melke
- Alicia Lloyd
- Kat Doherty
- Heather Meyer
- Hannah Lemke
- Verity Bradford
- Heather Bentley
- Mirrah
- Emily Garrod Cox
- Elena "Tink"
- Chris Angel Fisher
- Cecilia Quin de la Noche
- Jenny Tufts
Thank you all so much for being here. It would not exist without you. xo
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Today's episode is brought to you by a nice little fit I got to throw for myself in the studio yesterday. Do enjoy.
You'll hear:
- The Maestro's Instagram Intensive is enrolling this week only- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if you're looking to re-define and re-establish your relationship with social media, and use it to great effect. I'm a proud affiliate and will always champion this course.
- Intensive weekend workshops at Monarca in DC are open for booking for October!
- Me and the great Jenny Tuft's Full Circle retreat still has some available space! Click here to learn more and view our myth busting IG live about it here.
- BossUp is happening October 10-11 in Redondo Beach, CA! I can't believe I get to speak to this room and be a part of it. Hosted by The Movement Maestro and Jill Fit!
- Why the morning after a failure is not a great metric for the mettle of an artist. 7:00
- The humbling nature of success rather than failure because the work itself has to be enough 8:45
- Flipping the script on "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?" 9:09
- The most terrifying success I've had 12:10
- What I learned 3 years after recorded my first humiliating fit of despair 15:00
- Why hearing "you're not alone" is not comforting to me at all 16:35
- A TMI gift for my patrons coming up this week.
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What you'll hear:
- Where I was on 9/11, 2001 (where were you? I'd love to know) and the gift my art professor gave me that day
- It's enrollment week baby! Cycle 27 of The Audacity Project is open for enrollment this week only, until Friday, September 13th at 11:59pm
- Cycle runs 9/16 until 11/15 with a break week October 14th
- Classes are Tuesdays at 2pm EST (replays are always available)
- Targeted, strategic tasks assigned to you weekly
- unlimited support from me during the cycle
- Two 1:1 30 minute video calls with me
- alumni access to these materials for life, and ability to audit future cycles at any time
- Leaning way into what you love about your own work: story time about me taking a walk (so riveting lol)
- Process-based work and the importance of documenting your process as well as the finished product
- What you can use process documentation for
- A challenge for you! (2 of them actually) 15:00
- Does anyone actually read show notes??
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And now for something completely different, talking to aerialist and adventure athlete, the fabulous and Audacious Sasha Galitzki! Sasha uses photography and videography to document her work in what is to me, the most unimaginable of places including FREAKIN GLACIERS, Y'ALL!!
What you'll hear:
- The Audacity Project Cycle 27 launches to the public on Monday, September 9th! My email list is the best way to hear about it, also I write excellent emails, just sayin.
- How she got into performing in -15 degree temperatures in jaw-droppingly gorgeous environments
- No but like seriously how tf is this happening and how is she rigging from ice?!
- Here is the non-optional image that you absolutely have to see, prepare yourselves. Photo by Kris Andres
- The added dance of being warm, but not warm enough to sweat because then you can literally freeze inside your clothes omg how is this happening
- Why "flow" is not a way to approach doing aerial work in these extreme conditions.
- How we finally met IRL even though we've known each other through The Audacity Project for years.
- Shout out to rigger spouse Marcus making up the other half of the dream team
- Niching down harder than anyone has ever niched before, and the shadow side of accomplishing something extraordinary.
- How she has witnessed climate change in the most unavoidable, personal ways possible, and her advice for what us as individuals can do to address it locally.
- All about Wild Aerial, the film and the process of making it.
- Elk poop. :)
- How she as a fellow introvert approached visibility using a PR agent and a voice coach (I love this!) and you can see her TV interview here!
You can follow Sasha's shenanigans (and I'd recommend it) here on her personal Instagram, and follow the film on the official Wild Aerial Instagram page.
You can find Sasha's website here.
Wild Aerial Film page
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Happy Wednesday errbody! The waitlist for The Audacity Project, Cycle 27 closes on Friday the 30th! Sign up here for early enrollment, $100 off the price of tuition, and an early access bonus- all of this is only available to the waitlist before enrollment goes public.
This week's episode is all about perfectionism, how it manifests in artistic practice as well as outside of it, and what to do about it if it's got its teeth in you. It also ended up being accidentally confessional but I'm going let it be what it is.
What you'll hear:
- The role of routine and discipline, and how it sometimes needs to be disrupted 3:00
- Why I think perfectionism is one of the most insidious gremlins there are 7:30
- How to know if you're a perfectionist or if you just have high standards of excellence 8:15
- How discipline and routine can be the ladder out of perfectionism 11:15
- My own relationship with perfectionism in art work 11:30
- How I got all smug about not being a perfectionist in my artistic work, but realized I have these tendencies in my other life omg so rude 13:30
- How I've experienced perfectionism outside of artistic practice 15:00
- Why perfectionism is bullshit 21:45
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The waitlist for The Audacity Project, Cycle 27 is open, and closes next Friday August 30th at 11:59pm! You can sign up for that here and get all the goodies and extras, save some $$ on the project if you decide to enroll in it, and get access to early action bonuses!
What you'll hear:
- This episode was inspired by two write ins: Thanks to Michelle for asking for an episode about Finding your Why, and thanks to Ruthie for asking for how to reconnect to your body when you're no longer in a physically creative field.
- The surprising reasons I've avoided exercise for long periods of time (3-6 months sometimes) 5:00
- An extremely powerful, simple exercise for finding your why 7:00
- An example of the Finding Your Why exercise 9:30
- Wtf is the point of finding your why? 12:00
- Follow Laura Jean here for her amazing resources on identifying your values https://www.instagram.com/dietitianvalues/ Thank you Shante aka The Movement Maestro for the Mafia and sharing your people with us!
- TrustU by Jillfit that I'm having a lot of fun with!
- How I found my why recently
- Shout out to Jen Crane for her MyFlex program that came to the rescue
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An episode by request from MM- thank you for this food for thought!
What you'll hear:
- enrollment for The Audacity Project begins in September, if you're interested in this cycle I HIGHLY recommend you get yourself to the waitlist! I'll be loving up on you soon but only to the waitlist.
- A previous episode on Internet fame and how to handle it when you get a whole bunch at once (thanks to the great Jenny Tufts for this one!)
- A story about the Sweet Potato Swear between me and my BFF Christy Acee, and the caveat to it I now fully renounce (so does she) 4:00
- Why the word "professionalism" makes me roll my eyes pretty hard 8:45
- What boundaries we actually can have with the online space when it's helpful 12:15
- How I responded when my audience quadrupled 16:00
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Please join me in welcoming the fabulous Veronica Rosas, creator of La Bruja Creative and Theatre of Mutiny! I met Veronica through The Audacity Project several years ago, and have long wanted to bring her on the podcast as I've watched from afar as the woman just. Creates. So. Much. And I love it. Please enjoy!
What you'll hear:
- Out of frustration comes doing the damn thing- what frustrated Veronica enough to create her own company
- The growing pains of creating an award winning show, and bumping up against needing to replace core members
- How she navigated funding the show as an independent American creator
- The process of casting the show
- What it's like being a scare actor for Universal Studios
- Her timeline from conception to premiere
- The most useful thing
- How to work for the Ren Faire if that's your bag
- What's next for Veronica, and for 79 Ways to Die
- Click here to see an example of a press kit y'all!
- Dealing with big injury grief
- Aaaaand me getting all weepy
- Oh and don't forget to register for How'd You Get that Awesome Residency? which is tomorrow August 8th at 2pm est! Save yourself a bunch of time and headaches, and learn about best practices from career artist Lexa Walsh with me! (if you're viewing this after August 8th, yes you can still purchase the recording).
You can learn more about Veronica here on insta: https://www.instagram.com/labrujacreative/
Go see Theatre of Mutiny live! https://www.theatreofmutiny.com/live
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What I learned at #IADF24, as I'm fresh off the plane after two weeks of intense art learning and making.
What you'll hear:
- a whole bunch of what it's like for me as a teacher
- The amazingness that is the annual meetup for the alumni of The Audacity Project who are at the festival (you can hop on the waitlist for the next cycle here)
- Lessons learned from the festival
- You gotta use what you have available to you that day.
- Cyr wheel is the shit
- You have to be ok with sucking if you ever wanna be great
- Chantal McCormick is a force of nature (this is not news)
- There is magic being in the room
- Some rooms you can get into:
- Full Circle Aerial Hoop retreat with Jenny Tufts at Sweet Retreats in Mexico, two retreats to choose from baby
- BOSSUP2024! October 10-11 in Redondo Beach, CA. Hosted by Jill Coleman and Dr. Shante Cofield, it's gonna light a fire under your ass.
- Also, I have to quit vaping again. Once more into the breach, dear friends. Wish me luck.
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What you'll hear:
- BIG NEWS I'm hosting artist Lexa Walsh to bring her amazing workshop How'd you get that awesome residency?
- Click here to learn more about the workshop and to save your place
- No idea what a residency is? Listen to Episode 31 here and Episode 37 about it!
- Workshop is 2-4pm EST and is available on a sliding scale, from $33-47, made by working artists for working artists
- Why I love summer, and why on earth I would move from San Francisco to the deep south 4:00
- Taking a moment to acknowledge the call of the land to a place, and not just the culture 10:00
- Why I didn't move to LA in 2013 even though it would have made a lot of sense professionally 11:30
- my necessary summer activities that make me feel I have honored summer 17:00
- Swimply! Thanks to Vanessa Sirois for this resource 19:00
- If you are local to the low country or surrounding areas (basically driving distance) and want to be on my local list for local happenings, PLEEEEEASE join this list! https://poser.ck.page/d604e26530 20:00
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A buffet episode! In which I tackle as many questions/requests from you as I can in 20 minutes.
What you'll hear:
- How to protect yourself from overworking/overtraining when you're committed to a program that encourages that behavior?
- If you want to ask for an amended program and want to back that up with data, here's something you can do 4:40
- On navigating your ego and sitting at the big kid's table 6:20
- Listen here to the episode of The Movement Maestro that I reference! 10:49
- 11:28 Next question is from wonderful Emma, go follow her! Why are we so hard on ourselves? Why do we get in our own way all the time?
- A question about how to create a semblance of structure for yourself, especially if you have ADHD 16:32
- I reference this episode on seasonality if you'd like more thoughts on how it looks in practice
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On Artistic Hoarding and what to do about it. This is super similar to the "Use the Good China" axiom that I'll always champion, but it's a little more subtle and subversive.
- one additional packing recommendation for anyone coming to the Irish Aerial Dance Festival 3:25
- An update on patron rewards for Coven tiers and higher 4:15
- What is Artistic Hoarding and why is it so insidious? 5:40
- How to tell the difference between hoarding an idea and just letting it cook naturally 8:54
- The fallacy of waiting to feel a certain way before taking action 12:45
- What hoarding an idea protects us from 14:00
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Please join me in welcoming accomplished actor, clown, acrobat, and badass art maker, Ross Travis. Ross is a prolific and dedicated creator, always pushing boundaries and with a creative practice deeply rooted in his values, and disregard for the status quo. His company Antic in a Drain is also one of the only American freelance artists I know who has had success within the American funding system. Y'all excited yet? You should be.
What you'll hear:
- The spectrum of clown, from light to dark (yes this is an actual thing) and the history behind it 2:15
- What it was like to work together on Salvage and Inversion at Kinetic Arts Center, and how an audience member's complaint led to new opportunities instead of less 8:00
- What it was like attending the notorious Dell'Arte School of Physical Theater 16:15
- Via Negativa! If you're tired of being called amazing without getting necessarily actionable notes, listen up 24:15
- What I've experienced as a mentor happening in graduates from various professional circus programs (why is it so much fun when guests ask me a question? it is!) 29:00
- What it's like to perform for a mud circus (Flynn Creek Circus) for 6 freakin seasons JFC 32:24
- The role of risk in physical performance 40:00
- How Ross scared the shit out of me in his show The Greatest Monkey Show On Earth 41:00
- On navigating the American funding system for the arts LISTEN UP PEOPLE!!! 45:00
- What's next on the buffet for this hungry hungry artist? 1:03:00
- See Ross perform at Kinetic Art's Center's Summer Circus Celebration and the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival
ViaHow to find, follow, and support Ross' work:
https://anticinadrain.com/
https://www.instagram.com/anticinadrain
https://www.patreon.com/anticinadrain
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Probably the most technical episode I've ever recorded, but if you want personal recommendations for the exact tools to use to run your creative business, you're in the right place.
What you'll hear:
- How I structure my business (sole proprietorship, LLC etc.) 2:15
- What I use to host my website: Wix
- What I use to deliver my online courses: Teachable
- I use Crowdcast to host webinars
- Convert kit, the GOAT of email marketing software
- Instagram, which no one needs a link to.
- If you want to learn how to use Instagram effectively THIS IS THE ONLY Instagram coaching program you will ever need, viva la Maestro! The Maestro's Instagram Intensive 14:15
- Audacity for music editing as well as recording solo podcast episodes
- Beezeteez for merchandise! Tell em I sent ya!
- Why I'm withholding an official endorsement for Riverside.fm (Zencastr is the other option I know of but I've never used them.)
- Once more gotta shout out my girl Dr. Shante Cofield, The Movement Maestro, for her dope free resource on how to start a podcast. It is why this podcast exists. If you're thinking about starting one, get your free guide here. 23:00
- Irfanview for super simple image editing, but honestly just get the pro version of Canva. Do yourself a favor and just use the desktop version.
- InShot for editing videos on mobile
- Filmora for editing video on desktop
- I love using Buzzsprout to host this podcast, it's ridiculously easy to use
- Sign up here for free contract templates, tech rider templates, and as an added bonus, Woo Corner!
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An episode by request from my friend Jessie.
What you'll hear:
- pre-IADF preparation! Episode 36: IADF Survival Guide
- Nia Burk's original Instagram post referenced in the podcast (follow Butter & Filth for more truth bombs)
- Why "just be yourself" is maddening advice to anyone, particularly people who are already trying to do that every day 7:30
- Everyone should watch The Libertine, it's dope. 9:00 just sayin
- Catherine Linard's "radical self compassion" 11:00 and some advice she gave me that was an immense relief
- Creating an ancestral altar as a method for getting support from your ancestors 12:30
- Creating a sense of interiority 15:08
- Susannah Conway's guided journaling workbook Unravel Your Year
- What creating art as well as becoming familiar with your own interiority takes 17:20
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I turned 42! So I thought it was a good time to respond to a request episode from my girl Rachel on the gram' about aging, birthday rituals, and midlife crises! Hooray! :)
What you'll hear:
- What my experience of turning 40 was like 5:25
- My thoughts on midlife crises 6:40
- What to do when 20 year olds complain about being scared about being old 8:00
- What I'm noticing about aging in myself 11:00
- The most challenging aspects of aging from where I'm sitting 12:55
- A birthday ritual that you can do (and you can do it at any time) 17:15
- I would LOVE to hear from you about what you might want to learn from me as a tiny birthday ask: https://forms.gle/oin5NLdG2bYE8gaUA
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Join me for an hour long conversation with one of my oldest friends and favorite collaborators, photographer Max Cooper. You'll hear plenty of stories of our past escapades as well as me giving him shit 1 or 4 times. Sorry Max, you just bring it out in me.
What you'll hear:
- Why he chooses to practice more archaic forms of his discipline like pinhole photography, in spite of having plenty of modern equipment
- How me and Max hung one of his shows in 2020 exactly the day before everything shut down so no one could see it (lololol)
- Hear me force him to say I'm the best collaborator ever.
- What makes something a collaboration? If you're getting paid, is it a collaboration?
- What makes a terrible collaborator (spoiler, it's being late and/or unprepared)
- A trained photojournalist turned fine artist, wildlife photographer (he'll say no but i say yes and it's my podcast, so...) hear what created this shift in his career focus. If you listen to nothing else, listen to this. 25:50
- On photographing a ghost town in the middle of the Appalachian mountains. Several times.
- A function of myth 39:33
- Why I won't go camping with Max again 41:34
- The function of smoking pipes, and how Max became an accidental youtuber 44:31
- His current show at the Buncombe County Register of Deeds, honoring the 10th year anniversary of North Carolina's legalization of same sex marriage. The 22 photos on exhibit were taken on the day of the court's decision and document this historic event with frank intimacy (if you're local to Asheville, go see it in the month of June 2024!).
- His advice to aspiring photographers 57:00
You can find a prolific amount of Max's work on his Patreon, follow him on Instagram, or check out his website at https://www.maxcooperphoto.com/
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Join me for a 20 minute salty soapbox rant (didn't mean to, but it sure happened)!
You'll hear:
- This episode was inspired by the many questions I have gotten that sound a lot like "how do you get over feeling guilty about earning money?"
- Money, sex, and food are the bone-deep relationships that are always a labyrinth to navigate.
- "No one is coming to save you. You are the adult. I'm so sorry."
- What happens when our needs are met. 10:50
- Lovely Sarah and the Truejectory podcast asked me a question that led me down many rabbit holes! 13:00
- Why feeling guilty for earning money is the ultimate gaslight. Reject that shit.
- A question for all of you that I would deeply appreciate hearing about 19:44
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A friend, student, and wonderful patron Cris asked me to talk about the process of making Creatrix and the gremlins I met along the way.
You'll hear:
- How long it took to get from this idea being a twinkle in my eye to a living breathing thing
- The #1 piece of advice I'd give to anyone who wants to host a retreat 6:00
- The one thing I was almost quite an idiot about (but Maia saved the day) 7:00
- The #2 piece of advice I'd give to anyone who wants to host a retreat (hint: it's the same advice as #1)
- The big stanky obvious gremlin 8:50
- A good general rule of thumb about the 10% conversion rate
- Differentiating between a gremlin and plain ole fear 14:30
- And a long but pointed tirade about how marinating ourselves in self-criticism culture (you didn't have a choice here) becomes an autocomplete
- A real live rendition of a great quote I heard from Audacious Hannah which is "my hunger overcame my fear."
Stay hungry, my friends.
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Greetings and happy May errbody! In this episode, I'm giving you my 2 cents on best practices for being a kickass artistic collaborator.
You'll hear:
- Here's the pretty thing I made! I'm relaunching Diamonds in the Dark this week, and anyone who enrolls before Friday at midnight will have access to a LIVE session of the Buttermelt Workshop
- What kind of collaborators? 5:00
- Big stinky rule #1: 5:30 Please confront your people pleasing tendencies, so you can bring your whole self to the table
- Big stinky rule #2: Please learn how to communicate your opinions, either the easy agreeable kind or the dissenting kind 10:25
- An example from my life of a collaborator communicating badly, but another collaborator saving the day 13:06
- When to give a collaborator the stanky boot 15:00
- How to create a realistic timeline 18:00 (it's nice and simple math)
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All about seasonality, and a bit of a spicy rant about why we need it so much. As well as me waxing poetic about slutty gardening, candle pouring, and having time that I never wanted (but am actually enjoying).
You'll hear:
- Diamonds in the Dark is relaunching next week, I hope you'll join me for the relaunch, it'll be fun! Sign up here for the email list: https://poser.ck.page/profile
- Why the 40 hour workweek is a load of shit.
- Why I hate charging by the hour and refuse to do it.
- If you feel compelled to work more, even if you don't need to work more, whose values are you adhering to?
- What does seasonality actually look like in practice? 14:00
- The Movement Maestro's episode #388 about Seasonality (it's a banger): https://themovementmaestro.com/2022/07/14/motm-388-embracing-seasonality/
- One way you can perhaps shift your life in a small way to embrace more seasonality 20:40
- An invitation to tell me how seasonality would look for you!
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Please join me for an hour of the chats with my super cool accountant, the great Sandi York of Fit Money Coach!
The older I get, the more I see the consequences of not pursuing financial literacy even though insert all the reasons it is perfectly horrible to learn financial literacy. I want to at least give you some resources that I know for a fact to be excellent and trustworthy- therefore, please meet Sandi. :)
What you'll hear:
- How Sandi decided to choose the accountant path 7:00
- When and how she made the decision to go rogue (ie: self employed, baby!) 11:50
- Pure magic and synchronicity at work! Sandi meets Dr. Shante Cofield (aka the Movement Maestro) and the rest is history, I love this story so much 13:30
- The questions Sandi gets more than any others from freelancers/biz owners 18:00
- Making money isn't the same as knowing what to do with it- 20:15
- The huge impact that Sandi has had on my life and mental health around money 25:30
- Sandi's recommendations for QuickBooks, and what to do if you'd rather do it on your own 29:30
- 31:00 Sandi's #1 advice for freelancers and biz owners
- Amazing free resource! Sandi's Profit-First spreadsheet (I use this EVERY month and it's why I never panic at tax season) 34:30
- An article explaining Profit First (you don't have to read it, but if you're a nerd)
- Profit First for Micro-Gyms: Sandi's recommendation if you want to bone up on Profit First as a financial system (it's more simplified and relevant for solo gym owners which more easily translates into solopreneurs)
- The #1 mistake she sees people making 36:45
- Sandi's recommendations to get OUT of credit card debt 39:15
- "If you could wave a magic wand and ensure every freelancer/business owner knew one thing, what would it be?" (we get TWO answers muahahaha) 47:00
- Ways that you can work with Sandi and let her change your life for the better 49:30
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Learn more on her website: Fit Money Coach
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As promised to Rachel- a whole bunch of advice on the do's and don't of creating a demo reel! Rachel asked:
" I have a request for a podcast episode, as an "amateur" aerialist who is trying to gig more, I feel comfortable with rates in my local area and am working on getting insurance, but I don't have a demo reel. And all of my footage of performances are kinda shitty phone videos, I am also not financially able to hire a videographer to make me some new footage. Production companies who I've spoken with have asked for demos, and I totally get it, but I'm not sure what to do.
I'm sure I'm not the only one in this pickle, so hoping you could help some cash poor newbies get hired."
What you will hear:
- (Unrelated to demo reels) if you want to read a detailed expose of my surgical experience with photos (nothing gory, only cute) you can do that here on the Patreon!
- What needs to go on a demo reel 6:31
- A very common mistake artists make when sitting down to create a demo reel 8:00
- The point of a demo reel 8:30
- How long should it be? 9:19 (but also...how long is someone actually going to watch)
- 11:16 my recommendation for video editing on mobile that I've seen
- Great resource for open source music: https://freemusicarchive.org/
- Do's and don'ts 13:00
- 15:40 homework for you!
- If you neglect to do this, I will hunt you down. Don't make me come over there. 17:15
- Woo Corner is coming out next week! Sign up here, it could totally save your life.
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This episode is brought you to by my friend KT's question: "Honoring the rib ache! It’d be really cool to hear a deep dive on it/your experiences ignoring and following that feeling. I revisited the idea recently when I found myself doing a bunch of random shit I wasn’t enjoying just to make more money."What you'll hear:
- BossUP 2024 is live and I'm STOKED to be speaking on a stage with a couple heroes of mine: Dr. Shante Cofield and Jill Coleman. Dates are October 10-11: https://www.jillfitprograms.com/bossup
- What is "the rib ache"? 4:40 (hint: it's best described by playing The Game)
- My own personal story of the rib ache, and how it ruined everything (and saved my life) 6:04
- Other ways to tap into the rib ache 13:13
- Why platitudes like "follow your bliss" are well intended but meaningless 14:00
- How rib aches can become boundaries, and boundaries can become rules...and sometimes rules need to be broken.
- Me making and breaking my own rules, years apart 17:00
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Thank you the wonderful Elizabeth Finn for inspiring this episode with her very good question:
How do you navigate the tension between being a generous performer and remaining true to your artistic integrity?
- My obvious first answer which will surprise no one 4:45
- The very first and most important reason I continue to espouse my first obvious answer 5:29
- What the audience REALLY wants from you 5:50
- The unfortunate result that can arise from a pandering performance 6:30
- The Quadruped, which I conceived during the boring patronize-y concert
- How to conquer personal insecurity... If you listen to nothing else I've ever said, please listen to this. 9:00
- A story about how it can be a good thing to give the audience what they want 11:00
- An invitation to you 13:00
- Some encouragement to those making work 15:05
- One more story about when I took some advice from a famous fancy coach that was frankly bad advice I should have ignored 16:33
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It is my great pleasure to have as my guest this month, International circus artist and business coach to circus artists around the world, Ulrike Storch.
- Ulrike's actionable response to burnt out artists
- Why talent is bullshit (I love this!)
- How she found her special sauce through paying attention to what was pissing her off
- How she was able to design different versions of her act to suit different stages and opportunities 25:30
- When and how she decided to transition from full time performing 28:30
- Her favorite books for building a business mindset 34:45
- A memorable AF quote: "The best medicine for an artist is business." 37:40
- About Selling Circus and how to work with Ulrike! 38:30
- Steps 1 and 2 to finding your way 41:10
- How to know if you're a good fit for Selling Circus 51:00
- 1:03:30 Very actionable advice from Ulrike I think absolutely everyone should do. Right now. Do it.
Ways to work with Ulrike: Selling Circus is Ulrike's flagship coaching program for professional circus artists. Be sure to check out her website and follow her on Instagram for tons of free content for circus artist entrepreneurs.
Thank you for coming on the podlycast :)
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Woo corner is just around the...corner. Sign up here! I don't want to say that it could save your life but, you know. It could save your life.
What you'll hear in this episode:
- The three things you need to create something out of nothing:
- Vision, Resources, and Skill 3:15
- Why I think Vision is the most important 4:00
- Questions you can ask in fleshing out your vision:
- What color is it?
- If you could lick it, what would it taste like?
- What does it smell like?
- If your creation was on a public bus, what kind of passenger would they be?
- How long is it?
- How do you hope it makes others feel?
- Hope do you hope you feel while creating it, or while it's done?
- What is your metric for success?
- What is your favorite part(s) about it?
- What about your creation do you find fascinating/terrifying/boring?
- The worst thing you could do to your vision: 6:15
- Why you should go full wanker 8:15
- Resources and all the things that entails (hint, it's not just money)
- Skill and why it's the most negotiable of the three requirements 14:00
- More about Vision, Resources, and Skill (episode 61)
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What you'll hear:
- All about Ostara! Episode 21
- Dragon egg reel on the gram
- Register for The Buttermelt Workshop! In Charleston SC Sunday March 24, 2024 1-3pm at Cherry Bombs Pole Studio
- Gentle advice for how to curate your consumption of news media 3:30
- Rule numba 1 for getting gigs (or any other kind of work) you actually want to be doing: 9:00
- Ramit Sethi's briefcase technique 12:50
- Homework for y'all 15:00 "am I making it clear in my materials that I can deliver the thing I want to do"
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Inspired by a question from my fren Michelle (thank you Michelle!) who asked what are all the ways to operate in the industry?
What you'll hear:
- The Movement Maestro has opened the door to the Instagram Intensive, Round 15! If you want to give your relationship with social media a total makeover, enrollment is open until Friday, March 16th only. Click here to get in on that, you won't regret it.
- War of Art: recommended reading by author Stephen Pressfield
- Consider this someone asking you: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR CREATIVE PRACTICE at this time in your life?
- The answer I get to that question more than any other: I have no idea because I don't know what's available
- Have you just identified your homework? (props to the Maestro for this one!)
- How to collect your possibilities (17:20)
Go on with your bad selves and enjoy the buffet!
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Pregame: The Audacity Project, Cycle 26 is enrolling THIS WEEK ONLY!
Please welcome our guest for March, the wonderful Shannon Morse of The Green Door Life! Shannon and I became fast friends around 2013, and she is the woman responsible for teaching me how to eat at the age of 33.
What you'll hear:
- How we met (we don't know, but you'll hear two stories about visceral memories we have of each other)
- Why branding isn't a bad word
- The big question HOW MUCH PROTEIN IS ENOUGH?! 18:15
- What exactly is lean body mass and what does it include? 21:20
- What to eat before you go to the gym 24:00
- Shaky cups for protein! I never go to the gym without one of these
- What to eat on days you have a big performance 30:00
- A day in the life of a high performance athlete with a show that evening 31:07
- Shot bloks!
- Protein sources for vegans and vegetarians 33:43
- Abbots Butcher
- Plant Boss
- Field Roast
- How you can work with Shannon 49:59 (or check the links below)
- What the $#$@ to do about food prep? 54:42
Ways you can work with Shannon:
Follow The Green Door Life on Instagram, and you can learn from Shannon in The Green Door Life's flagship group coaching course Awaken Your Nutrition!
www.thegreendoorlife.com
YouTube:
https://youtube.com/@TheGreenDoorLife
LinkedIn Profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-morse-the-green-door-life
Instagram: @thegreendoor.life or @sparkthatignites
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A buffet episode is where I take as many questions as I can answer from readers in about 20 minutes. I get a lot of amazing questions that I don't always have 20 minutes of material about, but I still think they are incredibly valuable and I want to address them. Solution? Buffet episode!
What you'll hear:
- Woo corner is coming out Friday, March 1st in the morning! Sign up here.
- The Audacity Project Cycle 26 is opening enrollment to the public (if there's any room left) you can find details right here
- Stay tuned next week for Episode 71, interviewing the wonderful Shannon Morse of Green Door Life
- How to handle the crushing weight of responsibility you feel both in your online presence and in your art work
- What my coping mechanism is to tame fear, and yes this is the truth.
- How to find the space you need to create (literally, the physical space)
- Find the Stress School webinar here! How to make friends with your nervous system, taught by the wonderful JPB of Brain Body Resilience $25 monies or talk to me.
- What all of y'all do that makes me the most proud
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You have until Friday, February 23rd to join the waitlist for The Audacity Project, Cycle 26!
- Sweet Retreats at Casa Chango- where I've been all of February
- The single most powerful thing you can do to grow your community, use your community, and create opportunity (cut to 5:00 if you're in a hurry)
- Scarcity vs. abundance mindsets- it's not even about the woo, but whichever perspective you choose you are correct
- yet another way to #UseTheGoodChina
- Use The Good China Episode 2
- The Trap of the "Independent Woman" Episode 30
- What to do if you get distracted by comparisonitis (13:30)
- The difference between dreams that get accomplished and dreams that float in the ether and dissolve from disuse
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This episode is by request from Leasha the Kiwi (thanks babes!) as a follow up to Episode 65: Dealing with Competition in Small Communities. Spoiler- part of my advice was to lean into what sets you apart. Excellent question, let's dive into it.
What you'll hear:
- The Audacity Project, Cycle 26 waitlist is wide open and ready for you, if you're looking to get your shit together in 2024.
- A fast and amazingly accurate way to discover what sets you apart
- How anger is a compass that points back to your value system
- Ways that leaning into what sets you apart is good for the entire world (because anything that gives you back more of your humanity is good for the world)
- Lil story time about an Audacity Project Alumni who made a very valuable identification about her own work and what sets her apart
- Another reminder that YOUR JOY IS AN ACT OF PROTEST!
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Join me and my great friend, aerial athlete, educator, and powerhouse: Shannon McKenna, for a very fancy conversation!
If you're looking for the waitlist for Cycle 26 of The Audacity Project, you can find it right here.
Highlights include:
- How we met (we don't remember) and how we became close (because those are different things) by going through The Artist's Way together. Even though we were already friends before that.
- What gives you the AUDACITY?
- Considering the impact you wish to make on the world
- On Making Your Life as an Artist a truly open source resource by Andrew Simonet. You can use the link above to download the book on a sliding scale (including for free)
- Creating the next phase of life, and exploring the next phase of life as a circus artist
- How I found my voice at 35, because of course Shannon started asking ME questions
- On accents and dialects in theater
- Disciplines in circus and what's next on the horizon
- On Grief. If you listen to nothing else this episode, listen to this, around 30:00. Grief, and how it affects your brain, and how to know when you should take a real break from social media because of grief.
- How our grief cycles overlapped
- The Inversion Encyclopedia (previously known as Aerial Inversions for All) Shannon's most popular resource
- How time + attention = change
- Everything in nature has periods of stagnation
- How you don't even KNOW about Monday...
- Her best advice to emerging artists about how you can truly value yourself and take your work seriously (it's bangorang!)
You can check out tons of resources from Shannon here on her website, or visit her on Instagram which you undoubtedly already do...but just in case, you should.
Habeas corpus, bitches.
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Join me for a full-on expose on Patreon, and what it's like to run one and best practices
- The Audacity Project Cycle 26 waitlist is open now! 8 weeks of targeted group coaching for artists and creative entrepreneurs to get their shit together. We're enrolling in late February, and this waitlist is definitely the place to be.
- Do yourself a favor if you're considering a Patreon or any other kind of membership, and listen to this podcast from Shante Cofield.
- Why you being not only willing but THRILLED to run a Patreon for free is the best possible energy to approach creating a Patreon from
- How to set yourself up to succeed and how to handle the logistics of how often to post
- How to use your existing relationship with social media to gauge whether or not creating a Patreon is going to be healthy for you
- The percentages you can expect Patreon to take, and things to keep in mind about the money that comes in from Patreon
- How I allocate the money I earn through Patreon
- And finally, if you'd like to support the bizarre and wonderful shit that comes out of my brain (including this podcast) my Patreon is exactly the place to do that.
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From this episode:
- Navigating Toxic Studio Culture, Episode 11- a proximally relevant episode from yesteryear
- Tension arises between organizations in a small community when they have differing value systems.
- Are you the problem? Two questions you can ask yourself.
- If you aren't paying yourself because you don't need the money, you don't have a sustainable business- you have a luxury passion project. I'll tell you why that can have devastating effects on your community if you're unaware of it.
- What happens if you get tired of fighting for high standards?
- What to do if you are competing with another organization who is problematic (spoiler alert, lean WAY IN to what makes you stand out)
Enrollment for The Audacity Project, Cycle 26 starts in just a few weeks- if you wanna get ahead of all this shit and build something gorgeous for yourself, hop on the waitlist to be the first to know!
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Episode by request!
My own thoughts and rituals surrounding pre and post-show rituals, and ways I keep my performance the primary function of my day (spoiler alert: it's not by doing more things).
I'll throw out some suggestions for keeping your nervous system nice and tidy- including foods to eat and when to eat them. And don't forget to bring food with you please!
Personally, I have one singular non-negotiable pre-show ritual, and I'm pretty neurotic about it. Whatever rituals you construct for yourself, I hope they are in service of your own capacity to ENJOY YOUR WORK.
Resources:
- Stress School Webinar- for making friends with your nervous system! Tools from the wonderful JPB of Brain Body Resilience. $25 at this link
- Pop over to my IG to grab a screenshot of the Grounding Exercise I read during the episode. #audaciousgrounding
- If you're interested in the post performance reflection workshop (and other amazing resources) go give Janelle at Cirque Psych a follow!
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What you'll hear this week:
- In Wilmington this Friday, 1/12/24? Come see me at the opening of Blood Meal!
- Blood Meal: in case you have no idea what I'm talking about
- My amazing collaborator Katina Bitsicas
- Episode 55: Creating in Isolation (particularly if you don't want to) Listen to this if you want more context for "Making the Room Happen"
- Episode 30: The Trap of the Independent Woman listen to this if you could use more ear nuggets about being an Island (and swimming off the island)
- Choosing collaborators: what to look for, and how NOT to choose collaborators
- What is a COO and maybe is it the best thing that could happen for you?
- Never do manually what an automated system can do for you (ie: Doodle.com, scheduling software, etc.)
- When people show you who they are, believe them.
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Happy New Year and welcome to the FIRST EVER guest episode! It is my distinct pleasure to bring on Dr. Shante Cofield, aka the Movement Maestro, who has been and continues to be a massively positive influence in my life. A PT by trade and a coach and online biz owner by choice, Shante uses her platform to inspire coaches and business owners to do the damn thing using savvy strategy, lived experience, and her trademark approach of unapologetic authenticity.
What you'll hear on the episode:
- Why she is the reason this podcast exists in the first place (and if you wanna make one too, you can find her free resource for that here)
- On living out of a suitcase, and how to know when a chapter of life is closing
- Words of the year, and how that's going to manifest moving forward for Maestro
- Different ways of creating a writing practice (not JUST morning pages)
- Join us for a live action demonstration of Shante's pelvic floor PT experience coming into play (spoiler, I didn't pee myself)
- ways to approach working (or not) in December
- Working hard does not equal struggling
- The gifts of injury and boredom
- Life habits
- Approaching Instagram as an artist, or when you aren't necessarily a client-facing service provider
- If you want to re-establish your relationship with Instagram, you should 110% be on the waitlist for Maestro's Instagram intensive! It's the best there is, hands down.
You can follow and learn from Maestro-
On Instagram
On her podcast, Maestro on the Mic
On her website
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Welcome to the Land Outside of Time, that weird week between Crimmas and NYE where nothing gets done, and that's a Good Thing. I hope you're enjoying it.
First off, you have ONE WEEK to get on the mailing list for January's Woo Corner! Coming out 1/4/24, join here, it's good for your health: https://rachelstricklandcreative.ck.page/
This episode starts out with some of my favorite year-in-review exercises, and some insights I've had because of them. These exercises include:
- Past-year review as described by Tim Ferriss
- Dreaming up the new year- a dreamy little workbook that was SO MUCH FUN to do for me. By the great Kasia Urbaniak
If all you want is the meat of the episode for things you need to create an artistic film, skip to 11:00 in. Examples of films I've made include:
The Tower and
Midas is King
You'll hear:
- The three things you need to create anything: Vision, Resources, and Skill
- When to do things yourself, and when to bring other people into the project like a videographer, editor, support staff, or a musician(s)
- Other considerations for your film such as the background score
- Shout out to the amazing Tyler Parks of Big Pants Productions for editing both of my films so beautifully
- Using Film Freeway to submit to festivals
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What is ambient performance, and how long should a set be? How many sets are enough? How many are too many? And how long can we really expect one person to do slow moving splits on the fabric in one evening?
And who actually wants to see that for hours and hours at a time?
- defining ambient performance, especially in terms of aerial performance
- my own spicy opinions based on my lived experience in the industry for 16+ years
- science-backed components to consider for the length of ambient sets
- Quotes from the great Scott Cameron of Intrepid Talent
- Exactly why 3-6 minutes is the range for a featured, choreographed act
If you want to get your shit together and have the tools ready for you to advocate for yourself in professional situations, the waitlist for The Audacity Project, Cycle 26 is open NOW. We begin our work in March of 2024.
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Last year's December update: Why I don't work in December
ps. Woo Corner shall continue in 2024! Get in on that right here.
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Kasia Urbaniak's website: highly recommend giving this woman a follow and subscribing to her newsletter
While you're at it have you subscribed to Woo Corner? It comes out every month and I promise to keep the woo functional only.
And because today's episode is about Instagram, if you're not already following the great Shante Colefield then look no further, she's the GOAT for all things Instagram related. Check her out here: https://www.instagram.com/themovementmaestro/
The meat of today's episode is by listener request: If you don't want to share the new work you're developing on the Gram, what do you share??
The answer: literally everything.
Photos
Video snippets of old performances
Asking questions
Posting quotes
Giving your opinion
Bits of things you've been doing for literally years, it's always new to someone
Stories behind/the history of a skill
Take a moment of something new and either speed it way up or slow it way down so it's unrecognizable, but still shareable without inventing new material
Repost something old (an actual post can be posted again, omg magic I love it)
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This episode is dedicated to anyone who ever got their wish...then realized, "this kind of sucks." It's my belief that this is actually a tremendously positive thing, dressed in a very disappointing outfit. Here's my advice on what to do when you're ready to acknowledge something isn't compatible with your happiness- be it an artistic project or a job.
Cheers to terrible first drafts.
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Ever felt an overwhelming sense of exhaustion creeping in, making your day-to-day coaching job seem like an uphill battle? I know the name of that tune. In this episode I share my own experience with burnout, and outline three ways to change your coaching practice so it works for you and not the other way around.
But first Imma overshare about my personal life a little bit, for shits and giggles.
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This episode is an exploration of the surprising power that comes from harnessing creativity in isolation, and how to stop being so damned isolated if you're tired of it.
Natural Wings Aerial Dance: Dawn Pascoe and Ruth Battle duo trapeze at Toronto Busker's Festival 2013: https://youtu.be/WODRXKb5cZ4?si=VOSxIQXUyLYgHbve
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Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way: https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/the-artists-way-a-spiritual-path-to-higher-creativity-audiobook/
This episode of Audacity Works pulls back the curtain on the often obscured challenges artists face, especially when venturing into unrestricted creative opportunities like residencies. From the weight of high expectations to the struggle to connect with their inspiration, we delve into the deep dark nasty of art-making. The episode was inspired by the journey of a young artist I mentored during her residency, with her blessing.
We'll touch on the importance of surrender and humility in the process of art-making, the oft-unspoken acceptance of unexpected twists and turns, and the normalcy of emotions like grief and confusion that permeate the creative process. I'll tell you about a particularly challenging residency of my own, sharing how I had to confront and process a garbage fire of emotional baggage before I could do a single damn productive thing. This episode is a sincere and thought-provoking discourse on art-making and creativity, urging artists to embrace the entirety of their journey, including the shadows.
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Article about the 7 different types of rest: https://mindfulhealthsolutions.com/embrace-these-7-types-of-rest/
I'm on a quest to understand the critical difference between passive pleasures like binge-watching your favorite series and active pleasures that require your energy and focus. This episode aims to give you some tools to help you steer clear of burnout. We dig deep into the difference between pleasure and restorative activities, sharing our collective experiences with a comprehensive list of over 200 pleasures and almost 50 unique restorative practices (crowd-sourced!).
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Audacity Works website on Buzzsprout, including full transcripts from June 18 to the present: https://audacityworks.buzzsprout.com
Who knew the potency of voicing thoughts aloud or the power hidden in a voice? We did. In this anniversary episode, I reminisce about my experiences, the surprises, the lessons learned, and the growth that has marked this year long experiment.
If you've ever been curious about the nuts and bolts of creating a podcast, this episode pulls back the curtain on the tools, resources, and platforms I use. Plus, we're opening up the discussion about future guests on the show, waiting to hear from you about who you'd love to hear. All of your actions have ripples. Don't go back to sleep. xo
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My Art-Haus aerial dance film, Midas is King: https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/midasisking
Film of Blood Meal, collaborative piece with digital artist Katina Bitsicas: https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/bloodmeal
Welcome to a conversation with myself about the purpose of submitting your work to film festivals. We kick off by rewinding to my aerial dance film, 'Midas Is King', which was hailed at four festivals and bagged two awards at the Women's International Film Festival. But is this all merely a quest for recognition and new audiences, or is there a grander scheme at play?
Our discussion takes a turn towards the contentious issue of artist compensation in the domain of fine and performance art. Drawing upon my experience with 'Blood Meal', a collaborative piece with digital artist Katina Bitsicas, we delve into the challenges of national showings and installations. Simultaneously, I'll troll societal norms that stigmatize artists for pursuing compensation for their work.
Should our art exist solely for its own sake, unburdened by the shackles of awards and publications? This is an invitation for all artists to introspect: is mere existence of your work enough for you? As you navigate your own artistic path, we encourage you to contemplate: what is your 'enough'?
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Application for Creatrix waitlist: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoDNIJn6jKIewJ4O2hfC5ayighWaSmcHV9S583uZMFChr_9w/formResponse
How to alter fishnets with feet (only works with high quality, dancer-grade fishnets) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uth4Ro1-AA
Example of high quality dancer grade fishnets from Capezio
https://www.amazon.com/Capezio-Womens-Studio-Fishnet-Seamless/dp/B002YQ2GIW
Looking Glass Gems: minority woman-owned, family operated business with beautiful glass flatback stones for costuming: https://www.lookingglassgems.com/
For people with vulvas, a anti-cameltoe device: just a business card (ha!) and scissors
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For people with penises, get a dance belt: https://www.capezio.com/quilted-dance-belt
Black eyeliner from Sephora (only $12!) with a brush applicator: https://www.sephora.com/product/long-lasting-eyeliner-high-precision-brush-P303302?country_switch=us⟨=en&skuId=1370766&om_mmc=ppc-GG_17789371101___1370766__1025576_c&country_switch=us⟨=en&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7JOpBhCfARIsAL3bobfCHNlYXsDGcawp03-g65qy6e4p_NgOGamDaM6kRoqh44kF2gl8a3gaAlsyEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Glue for costuming: E6000 https://www.homedepot.com/p/E6000-2-oz-Clear-Adhesive-237032/203279322
Make sure you're working in a well ventilated area
Black latex eyelash glue: https://www.amazon.com/DUO-Strip-EyeLash-Adhesive-Lashes/dp/B0012IN8Q2?th=1
This is an example of toupee tape that will hold ANYTHING in place: https://www.amazon.com/Walker-Yards-Front-Support-Toupee/dp/B07115F38H/ref=asc_df_B07115F38H/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312049381675&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8473514013584143447&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1025576&hvtargid=pla-571091557198&psc=1
Ready to step up your performing arts game? Here's your golden ticket! Join me as I peel back the curtains and share a treasure trove of performing arts tips and tricks. Imagine never having to worry about your fishnet stockings looking ridiculous or skin irritation from wearing them. That's right! I'll guide you through modifying fishnets and let you in on a skin-saving secret - pantyhose! I also update you on the Creatrix waitlist, which sold out faster than a Broadway show in five h
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Profit first calculator example- this is the system I use (thanks, Sandi!) for allocating my income into different accounts to keep my life running smoothly. This is also why, when I ran out of money this summer, I still HAD money in different places to use.
Sandi York, Fit Money Coach- fantastic free resources here on her Instagram! 10/10 recommend working with Sandi if you get a chance.
Creatrix: unleash the Muse- mark your calendars! Applications open for Creatrix, the retreat experience, Friday Oct. 13th (Friday Oct. 6th for patrons!) Follow this link for details!
Ever had one of those summers where you just felt like not working? Yeah, so did I and guess what, the results are in. Amidst the Halloween frenzy, I'll be reminding you about the importance of double-checking those gig contracts. Remember, never assume that fundraisers and nonprofits are meant to be donated performances.
Speaking of value, let's dive into a topic often side-stepped by us creatives - finance. I once feared the mere sight of QuickBooks, until I met Sandy York, my accountant. She unveiled the world of self-education in finance, and how empowering it can be. We delve into this crucial topic, busting the myth that artists can't manage money. Also on the roster is an exciting update on the launch of Creatrix applications for patrons.
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Genesis: air, water, life
This is the act I referenced in the episode. Not the time to be depleted.
The Green Door Life: nutrition for athletic performance
Join me as I recount the trials of an extreme bodybuilder's diet I once adopted in the pursuit of visual perfection for a performance. The resulting dehydration wasn't just scary - it nearly sabotaged the show. Note to self- the objective for a bodybuilder is. not. the. objective. for a high-yield athletic aerial act. Seems obvious in retrospect, I was blind to it in the moment.
Don't try this at home. Seriously don't.
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Instagram post and heartfelt answers from readers
In episode 47 of Audacity Works, we're going to challenge the status quo, examining the loaded implications and the undeserved hierarchy the labels of "professional" and "amateur" have built in our world. Let's shed light on why these labels are less stigmatizing in sectors like sports, and come to our own conclusions. I also wanna take a second to decouple 'professional' from its accrued connotations of moral superiority, technical skill, and commitment.
I'd also like to celebrate the amateur artist, hobbyist and the recreational artist, acknowledging their immense contribution to the arts spectrum. This episode is an invitation for us to redefine these labels autonomously, eroding their oppressive power and recognizing the inherent value in all forms of artistic expression.
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Welcome to my second Buffet episode! When I get great questions I want to answer but I don't have necessarily 20 minutes to devote a whole episode to each topic, we get a Buffet.
Today's Buffet includes:
- Ageism in circus, and what to do when you're at the top of your game but are still hungry for something more
- Flow state, and accessing this state during an injury
- The episode concludes with a surprising twist as my friend Chris pitches in an unexpected question about witchy stuff
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The haps:
The Audacity Project: Cycle 25 is enrolling this week! Click here for information, enrollment, or to schedule a call.
The episode:
For anyone who has contemplated pivoting away from a conventional career path and stepping into the realm of full time freelance weirdo, feeling judged AF can come with the territory. I want to dive in to this head on, on the request of a very Audacious alumni who is experiencing this now.
We'll unpack what's happening and offer some alternative ways of looking at the conundrum, as well as giving you some actionable advice for when you're navigating judgment from others.
May you love what you find.
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In the course of this episode, we plunge into the emotional whirlpool that accompanies physical injuries. It's not just the body that needs time and care to heal, the mind wrestles its own battles. Often, the emotional struggle of feeling ‘less than’ before an injury outweighs the physical ones.
I'll give you some suggestions for altering your perspective during these little jaunts through Mordor, I hope they serve you well.
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Sweet Retreats Mexico: enrolling now (half full!)
CREATRIX: Unleash the Muse coming soon (jump on the information list here!)
Money, it's a Ga$$: a lil bloggy blog on the difference between getting hired vs. self-producing a one-off event
Are you selling yourself short as an artist? Are you pricing yourself out of your market? So many questions, so few actual numbers. We're faced with this hard-hitting question in today’s episode. We confront the discomfort and spill the truth on the controversial issue of performing for free or at a low cost, a plight all too familiar to many artists. Unpack the potential harm of underpriced performances, why it's pivotal to understand industry nuances, and empower yourself with the right questions to ask.
Navigating gig life and differentiating between community, regular, and private events can be daunting, but understanding these nuances is instrumental in setting an appropriate fee.
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Can morning pages be done in the afternoon, or even at night? Can you do them incorrectly?
Drawing from my own experiences with morning pages, a journaling exercise introduced by author Julia Cameron in her acclaimed book The Artist's Way, welcome to my soap box about the flexibility of this practice—it doesn't have to be a morning ritual for everyone, and there's absolutely no one-size-fits-all approach. We delve into my journaling adventures, from how I create an inspiring ambience for writing, to choosing a pen that sparks joy. We'll tackle the common ennui that occasionally strikes during morning pages. Uncover creative strategies to reignite your interest for this practice, from altering your writing schedule to penning letters from different perspectives— even from your own body parts.
Morning Pages as coined and described by Julia Cameron
My beautiful amazing fountain pen I never get tired of
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Some tales from the trail on DIY fundraising, and different ways to get funding for your creative work. You need three things to create work: vision, resources, and skill, and it's my opinion that the work is best served when it's approached in that order.
Funding belongs the 2nd of those three facets. We know we need it, we know when we don't have it, so how do we approach going for it without feeling like a douchebag?
My first public ask for funding, on my little ole blog.
My first Kickstarter campaign for the petri dish
Blooper reel from my first Kickstarter campaign
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Here's a secret: Your shadow emotions like envy, jealousy, and anger can become your guideposts towards finding what you need to create. In this episode, I unravel how these misunderstood emotions serve as an unconventional yet dominant compass towards your true values and desires. These emotional states are actually goldmines of information.
This episode explores how you can use envy and jealousy as tools to create something that is meaningful to you.
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You've been wounded, physically or emotionally, and suddenly you're unable to do the things you once could. Fascinatingly, our wounds and scars can be the source of beautiful and empowering art. I share a transformative encounter with a stranger that shifted my perspective on self-care, healing, and creativity. We also touch on the bold notion of creating from a wound versus a scar, drawing insights from raw, open wounds and the wisdom that comes with healing. This episode is not just about confronting our wounds, but also about harnessing them for our creative processes.
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This is a little Q&A episode where I address 8 different podcast/subject requests from listeners. I thought these requests were great questions that I wanted to answer, but I didn't feel I had 20 minutes worth of material to address each one.
Do enjoy the buffet. xo
The Audacity Project: Cycle 25 information and waitlist
Nervous system hygiene education right here! Stress School Webinar- $25 USD for lifetime access
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Afraid of navigating the complex world of artist residencies as an aerialist? You don’t need a residency specifically geared towards circus artists to flourish.
When you aren't used to it, verbalizing your work is awkward AF. This episode encourages embracing that discomfort. Imagine the experience of being able to talk about yourself and your work with ease.
Episode 31: WTH is an artist residency?
Circus Center Artists in Residency
Zaccho Dance Theater Residencies
The Big List of Residencies! Be aware, it is a beast. :)
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Join me for an IADF festival survival guide, honed from years of experience. From practical advice on meal planning with your housemate to the sublime importance of sleep, this episode is dedicated to those who want to make the most of their festival experience.
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Irish Aerial Dance Festival Schedule and Sign up
Bus Éireann timetable and tickets from Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport information and map
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Join me on a not-so-ordinary voyage through the life of a working artist, navigating the rough waters of maintaining day jobs which aren't necessarily our life's passion, debunking the myth that successful artists live solely off their creative craft. Get ready for an honest chat about survival in a late-stage capitalist world, from my own experiences living off my creativity for years in San Francisco and Seattle, and how having multiple income streams can be beneficial for mental and physical health.
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Irish Aerial Dance Festival! There have been lots of cancellations so if you wanted in, get thee to the booking!
Want divination? You can book a tarot reading with me here.
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My interview with The Movement Maestro: actionable advice on what to do if you're experiencing imposter phenomenon
The original article from Glamour, by author Reshma Saujani thanks to Audacious Alumni Carly Schuna for sharing in the Audacity Project Alumni group!
Another article I used to corroborate allll the information
Further reading: Invisible Women by Caroline Perez
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My little brush with lots of eyes overnight came from this blog post
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Ross Travis, my friend and wonderful actor, clown, and acrobat who I hired to help me learn the art of applying to residencies
Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida
South Porch Residency in South Carolina
Residencies offered at the Irish Aerial Creation Centre
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Amanda Palmer's The Art of Asking
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In response to questions about:
- what if your partner doesn't like that you travel so much?
- what if they have a problem with things you do/wear on stage?
- what about other relationships and their feelings towards your career?
- what do we do when we feel guilty for prioritizing ours careers?
I said what I said. :)
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Register here for Stress School! First webinar of the summer series, JPG from Brain Body Resilience here to school us on how to make friends with your nervous system. Cause the best time to learn how to swim is when you're not drowning.
$25 monies (some Patrons get half off, see the Patreon for yo coupon)
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Hop over here to get on the waitlist for the Fall cycle of The Audacity Project
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My semi-viral blog post can be read here
TED talk by Jia Jiang on 100 Rejections
Jia Jiang's website, Rejection Therapy
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Next up in the wheel of the year, Bealtaine! Learn how to say it here from Aising's patreon.
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Jenny Tuft's amazing patreon
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How to break into performance when you're over the age of 30.
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Some starter advice for freelancers on how to manage your money- how much to put into savings? How much should I save for taxes? I gotchu.
More specifically, Ramit Sethi has gotchu. Buy his book (Americans especially).
My dope accountant, Sandi York, has tons of advice on her Instagram!
Profit First, explained simply, with percentages.
This is the scene from Friends that provided my first overall piece of financial advice. It totally worked.
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Janelle Dinosaurs- Cirque Psyche wonderful resources for circus artists and mental wellness.
Pomodoro technique- for completing unpleasant tasks
Maestro Meetings- excellent coaching resource for giving your schedule an overhaul
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The next pagan holiday on the wheel of the year- where it comes from, and how you can celebrate it.
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My own trials and tribulations dealing with What I Look Like, and an exercise at the end for healing what might need to be healed.
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Likely part I...and it starts with us.
Happy International Women's Day!
Further reading:
Kasia Urbaniuk - Unbound
Adrienne Maree Brown- Pleasure Activism
Sonya Renee Taylor- The Body is Not an Apology
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Schedule: The Irish Aerial Dance Festival 2023
Join the Maestro's Instagram Intensive - I am proud to be an affiliate of the Maestro!
Enrollment link for Cycle 24 of The Audacity Project
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The Audacity Project: 8 weeks to getting your $hit together
enrollment for Cycle 24 is February 13-17 2023
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How to make a Brigid's Cross: https://scoil-bhride.com/how-to-make-a-st-brigids-cross/
Sandwitch Bread recipe, going up on Patreon on Sunday 1/29/23: https://www.patreon.com/rachelstricklandcreative
Brigid's Blessing: https://brigidine.org.au/reflections/hymns-prayers-poems/st-brigids-blessing/
Badass Robert Smalls: https://www.nps.gov/people/robert-smalls.htm
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Midas is King: this work was completely finished; filmed, edited, and finalized, before the composer even started on the music: https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/midasisking
Archetypes: a duo loops act created in tandem with aerialist Anastasia Sauvage and composer Jym Daly: https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/archetype
Miles Wilder: super rad composer who I did not warn before plugging them here, specializes in creating original music for physical performers: https://mileswilder.com/
The Audacity Project, Cycle 24 is enrolling soon. If you wanna hop on that waitlist, get it here: https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/the-audacity-project
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Tim Ferriss' Year in Review Exercise
Eisenhower Matrix: for prioritizing tasks when you have ALL THE THINGS to do
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Fishnet modification tutorial
So that's what that little pocket is for...(preventing camel toe)
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Or rather, for those who endure.
I salute you.
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Trigger warning for loss of pregnancy.
Quote from Iliza Shlesigner's special, Hot Forever
https://www.vergiss-mein-nie.de/
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Favorite performer ever, Fleeky Flanco: http://fleekyflux.com/site/
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An episode exploring (briefly) the Irish origins of Halloween, and why we as a culture love it SO MUCH (what's not to love). And a whole lot about shadow work.
How to pronounce Samhain
What is the Quadruped? This is the Quadruped.
Shadow work summarized in a cartoon
Dr. Carolyn Elliott: Existential Kink philosophy
Burn After Writing: prompts for people who hate unprompted journaling
Julia Cameron's definition of Morning Pages
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On saving yourself, and saving others (spoiler, you can't). On how empathy is a wonderful thing, until it's not, and when exactly it can become codependence.
References:
War of Artby Steven Pressfield
Webinars on empathy: tools for using your gift without losing your shit
Practical Empathy: Part I
Practical Empathy: Part II
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On the origins of saving the good china, and why I think you should definitely not.
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At what point does the quest for security work against you?
References: Sterling Hayden's Wanderer
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