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

Don't go back to sleep.

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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

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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!

Don't go back to sleep.

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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.

Don't go back to sleep.

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