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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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xoRachel
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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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