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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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What you'll hear:

• 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:   [email protected]
• 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

If you're Irish-based check here for showtimes for Horshoe

Website for Horshoe the film

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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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