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Episode by request!  

My own thoughts and rituals surrounding pre and post-show rituals, and ways I keep my performance the primary function of my day (spoiler alert:  it's not by doing more things).  

I'll throw out some suggestions for keeping your nervous system nice and tidy- including foods to eat and when to eat them.  And don't forget to bring food with you please!  

Personally, I have one singular non-negotiable pre-show ritual, and I'm pretty neurotic about it.  Whatever rituals you construct for yourself, I hope they are in service of your own capacity to ENJOY YOUR WORK.

Resources:

• Stress School Webinar- for making friends with your nervous system!  Tools from the wonderful JPB of Brain Body Resilience.  $25 at this link
• Pop over to my IG to grab a screenshot of the Grounding Exercise I read during the episode.  #audaciousgrounding
• If you're interested in the post performance reflection workshop (and other amazing resources) go give Janelle at Cirque Psych a follow!

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What you'll hear this week:

• In Wilmington this Friday, 1/12/24?  Come see me at the opening of Blood Meal!
• Blood Meal: in case you have no idea what I'm talking about
• My amazing collaborator Katina Bitsicas
• Episode 55:  Creating in Isolation (particularly if you don't want to) Listen to this if you want more context for "Making the Room Happen"
• Episode 30:  The Trap of the Independent Woman listen to this if you could use more ear nuggets about being an Island (and swimming off the island)
• Choosing collaborators:  what to look for, and how NOT to choose collaborators
• What is a COO and maybe is it the best thing that could happen for you?
• Never do manually what an automated system can do for you (ie:  Doodle.com, scheduling software, etc.)
• When people show you who they are, believe them.

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Happy New Year and welcome to the FIRST EVER guest episode!  It is my distinct pleasure to bring on Dr. Shante Cofield, aka the Movement Maestro, who has been and continues to be a massively positive influence in my life.  A PT by trade and a coach and online biz owner by choice, Shante uses her platform to inspire coaches and business owners to do the damn thing using savvy strategy, lived experience, and her trademark approach of unapologetic authenticity.  

What you'll hear on the episode:

• Why she is the reason this podcast exists in the first place (and if you wanna make one too, you can find her free resource for that here)
• On living out of a suitcase, and how to know when a chapter of life is closing
• Words of the year, and how that's going to manifest moving forward for Maestro
• Different ways of creating a writing practice (not JUST morning pages)
• Join us for a live action demonstration of Shante's pelvic floor PT experience coming into play (spoiler, I didn't pee myself)
• ways to approach working (or not) in December
• Working hard does not equal struggling
• The gifts of injury and boredom
• Life habits
• Approaching Instagram as an artist, or when you aren't necessarily a client-facing service provider
• If you want to re-establish your relationship with Instagram, you should 110% be on the waitlist for Maestro's Instagram intensive!  It's the best there is, hands down.

You can follow and learn from Maestro-
On Instagram
On her podcast, Maestro on the Mic
On her website

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Welcome to the Land Outside of Time, that weird week between Crimmas and NYE where nothing gets done, and that's a Good Thing.  I hope you're enjoying it. 

First off, you have ONE WEEK to get on the mailing list for January's Woo Corner!  Coming out 1/4/24, join here, it's good for your health:  https://rachelstricklandcreative.ck.page/

This episode starts out with some of my favorite year-in-review exercises, and some insights I've had because of them.  These exercises include:

• Past-year review as described by Tim Ferriss
• Dreaming up the new year- a dreamy little workbook that was SO MUCH FUN to do for me.  By the great Kasia Urbaniak

If all you want is the meat of the episode for things you need to create an artistic film, skip to 11:00 in.  Examples of films I've made include:
The Tower and
Midas is King

You'll hear:

• The three things you need to create anything:  Vision, Resources, and Skill
• When to do things yourself, and when to bring other people into the project like a videographer, editor, support staff, or a musician(s)
• Other considerations for your film such as the background score
• Shout out to the amazing Tyler Parks of Big Pants Productions for editing both of my films so beautifully
• Using Film Freeway to submit to festivals

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What is ambient performance, and how long should a set be?  How many sets are enough?  How many are too many?  And how long can we really expect one person to do slow moving splits on the fabric in one evening?

And who actually wants to see that for hours and hours at a time?

• defining ambient performance, especially in terms of aerial performance
• my own spicy opinions based on my lived experience in the industry for 16+ years
• science-backed components to consider for the length of ambient sets
• Quotes from the great Scott Cameron of Intrepid Talent
• Exactly why 3-6 minutes is the range for a featured, choreographed act

If you want to get your shit together and have the tools ready for you to advocate for yourself in professional situations, the waitlist for The Audacity Project, Cycle 26 is open NOW.  We begin our work in March of 2024.

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Last year's December update:  Why I don't work in December

ps. Woo Corner shall continue in 2024!  Get in on that right here.

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Kasia Urbaniak's website:  highly recommend giving this woman a follow and subscribing to her newsletter

While you're at it have you subscribed to Woo Corner?  It comes out every month and I promise to keep the woo functional only. 

And because today's episode is about Instagram, if you're not already following the great Shante Colefield then look no further, she's the GOAT for all things Instagram related.  Check her out here:  https://www.instagram.com/themovementmaestro/

The meat of today's episode is by listener request:  If you don't want to share the new work you're developing on the Gram, what do you share??
The answer:  literally everything.
Photos
Video snippets of old performances
Asking questions
Posting quotes
Giving your opinion
Bits of things you've been doing for literally years, it's always new to someone
Stories behind/the history of a skill
Take a moment of something new and either speed it way up or slow it way down so it's unrecognizable, but still shareable without inventing new material
Repost something old (an actual post can be posted again, omg magic I love it)

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This episode is dedicated to anyone who ever got their wish...then realized, "this kind of sucks."  It's my belief that this is actually a tremendously positive thing, dressed in a very disappointing outfit.  Here's my advice on what to do when you're ready to acknowledge something isn't compatible with your happiness- be it an artistic project or a job. 

Cheers to terrible first drafts.

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Ever felt an overwhelming sense of exhaustion creeping in, making your day-to-day coaching job seem like an uphill battle? I know the name of that tune. In this episode I share my own experience with burnout, and outline three ways to change your coaching practice so it works for you and not the other way around.  

But first Imma overshare about my personal life a little bit, for shits and giggles.  

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This episode is an exploration of the surprising power that comes from harnessing creativity in isolation, and how to stop being so damned isolated if you're tired of it.

Natural Wings Aerial Dance:  Dawn Pascoe and Ruth Battle duo trapeze at Toronto Busker's Festival 2013:  https://youtu.be/WODRXKb5cZ4?si=VOSxIQXUyLYgHbve

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