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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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xoRachel
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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

Follow Sandi on the Grams
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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