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What you'll hear:

• "We do not rush."  1:55
• Asheville Butoh Festival!  3:00
• The waitlist for Creatrix 2027 is right here:  https://poser.kit.com/creatrix3 May 9-17, 2027  4:30
• Why tf am I talking about lawns?  5:30
• The racist/colonial history of green lawns 11:00
• How I'm making efforts to decolonize the land we live on 15:00
• Further reading:
  • https://bioneers.org/why-how-to-decolonize-your-yard-zmbz2206/
  • https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/31/this-heatwave-is-a-reminder-that-grass-lawns-are-terrible-for-the-environment
  • https://www.history.com/articles/lawn-mower-grass-american-dream
  • https://blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2021/09/29/the-american-lawn-a-harmful-invention/

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xoRachel
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What you'll hear:

• This episode is 100% taken from my girl Dr. Shante Cofield's podcast Maestro on the Mic, Episode 723
• Seven Deadly Satisfactions is on sale TODAY fo cheapo, you can still get in on that 
• The meat of the episode starts at 2:51
• Part I:  I can't believe I fucking did that, the performing artist edition 3:37
• Bern makes an appearance at 4:25 for fans
• Part II:  I can't believe I fucking did that, the business owner edition 12:15

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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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xoRachel
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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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