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April 08, 2020 15. The Seaweed Sisters: WHO ARE WE, AND... WHAT IS THIS???

Without giving away ALL of our secrets, Jillian Meyers, Megan Lawson and I demystify our unicorn performance project-- The Seaweed Sisters. This episode lets you into our world and our process. At the core of every seaweed spore, you’ll find serious silliness, Discovery, Exploration, and COLLABORATION!
Show Notes
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The Seaweed Sisters: https://www.theseaweedsisters.com/home
Megan Lawson: Megan Lawson
Jillian Meyers: Jillian Myers,
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54 min
April 08, 2020 15. The Seaweed Sisters: WHO ARE WE, AND… WHAT IS THIS???
Show Notes
Quick Links:
The Seaweed Sisters: https://www.theseaweedsisters.com/home
Megan Lawson: Megan Lawson
Jillian Meyers: Jillian Myers,
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54 min
April 08, 2020 Ep. #15 The Seaweed Sisters: WHO ARE WE, AND... WHAT IS THIS???
Without giving away ALL of our secrets, Jillian Meyers, Megan Lawson and I demystify our unicorn performance project-- The Seaweed Sisters. This episode lets you into our world and our process. At the core of every seaweed spore, you’ll find serious silliness, Discovery, Exploration, and COLLABORATION!
Show Notes
Quick Links:
The Seaweed Sisters: https://www.theseaweedsisters.com/home
Megan Lawson: Megan Lawson
Jillian Meyers: Jillian Myers,
Transcript:
Intro: This is words that move me, the podcast where movers and shakers like you get the information and inspiration you need to navigate your creative career with clarity and confidence. I am your host, master mover, Dana Wilson. And if you're someone that loves to learn, laugh and is looking to rewrite the starving artist story, then sit tight. But don't stop moving because you're in the right place.
Dana: Hello everybody and welcome to episode 15. I hope you're doing good out there and I hope you are ready for this. This episode is a good one. If I do say so myself, although I guess I am pretty biased, but let's get into it. Starting off with wins. I'm very proud of my win this week because it was a big challenge but a very worthy one. My husband and I shipped over 200 reusable face shields directly to the doctors and the hospitals that need them the most. I'm super proud and if you are interested in how you might be able to, uh, help in a similar way or if you're interested in helping my husband and I should we decide to do a repeat effort, then go ahead and send me a direct message @danadaners on Instagram. Very much looking forward to hearing from you. Okay. So that's my win. Now you go, what's going well in your world? Oh wait.
Okay. Killer. I'm so glad you're winning. Congratulations.
Now speaking of winning, I finally got to sit down with my two seaweed sisters. It's okay if you don't know what that means yet cause you're about to, um, these two women are probably my biggest influences and I'm just thrilled to share some of what, uh, we, we dug up and dug into. So I hope you enjoy this conversation with Jillian Myers and Megan Lawson, my seaweed sisters.
Dana: I can't think of a better day than this rainy day to invite my two favorite people, Megan Lawson and Jillian Myers, my seaweed sisters to be podcasts sisters today. Welcome to the podcast, ladies. Thank you for being here. And I'm going to ask you really quickly to introduce yourselves.
it does feel like there should be an applause, right? Like a cheer.
Jillian: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or I can imagine your theme *sings themesong*
Dana: It's funky, right? It's very good. I love it. Much shout up max the music man. Thank you for that funky jingle. Okay, cool. I I take it away. Someone who's it gonna be, who's it gonna be?
Megan: And this is probably our most dreaded part. Um, I am Megan Lawson. I am from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. And like my fellow sisters, I am a dancer, choreographer, director, movement coach, teacher, you name it. We got it.
Dana: Beautiful list of things to own. Yeah.
Jillian: And most importantly Seaweed sister
We're all wearing our matching seaweed sister blouses today. It's
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April 01, 2020 14. Finding Your People
Show Notes
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The Seaweed Sisters: https://www.theseaweedsisters.com/home
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April 01, 2020 Ep. #14 Finding Your People
The first step to finding your tribe is to connect with yourself. This episode will help you do just that. Learn how to reveal your core values, and shift the way you judge character, to make meaningful and lasting connections (even at a distance).
Show Notes
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Words That Move Me Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WTMMPodcast
The Seaweed Sisters: https://www.theseaweedsisters.com/home
Transcript:
Intro: This is words that move me, the podcast where movers and shakers like you get the information and inspiration you need to navigate your creative career with clarity and confidence. I am your host, master mover, Dana Wilson. And if you're someone that loves to learn, laugh, and is looking to rewrite the starving artist story than sit tight, but don't stop moving because you're in the right place.
Dana: Hey buddy, how are you doing today? I hope this finds you well. I hope this finds you healthy and if you're not, I hope that this podcast brings you a tiny bit of hope, at least a handful of words of wisdom and maybe even a chuckle at some point. Okay. I got a lot of great feedback about starting every episode with wins. So here we go. My first win is that I made a delicious dinner thanks to Megan Lawson, her mom Sue and Sue's mom, Jeanie Cole, Jeanie Cole. That recipe warmed my soul. Thank you so much. Um, also, let's see. Um, Oh yeah, the seaweed sisters had a very fun virtual, um, super friends build a dance zoom conference call with 15 friends. Um, that we thought would take 40 minutes, which was cute cause we actually wound up dancing for two hours altogether in this big zoom conference. It was hysterical. It was great. It will absolutely happen again. All the friends all over the world get ready. For those of you that don't know the seaweed sisters, by the way, you will soon stay tuned. Okay, and now this one, this is a big one. Speaking of sisters, I teamed up with my sister in law who happens to be a ridiculously talented illustrator. She's the one that did the podcast logo for me. So yeah, real good reaaal good. Her name is Bree Reetz and I really suggest that you give her a follow on Instagram at B. R. E. E. dot. R. E. E. T. Z. She's so lucky. All those double E's. Anyways, together we have built a few tools for you listeners out there. One of them is what we're calling the words that move me weekly worksheets. They are digital worksheets that come with every episode and they're designed to help you process and apply specific topics from the episode. And we created a words that move me doing daily diary for all of you daily doers out there because managing a daily or even a weekly creative project as I'm learning thanks to the podcast can be really, really challenging. So this PDF is what I wish I had when I was doing my daily dances on Instagram for a year and they are designed to basically help you organize and track your progress and sort of help self evaluate. Um, I'm really jazzed about both of them. Both of them can be found on the words that move me Patreon you are only able to access these PDFs when you become a words that move me member. And the way that you do that is by going to patreon.com/WTMMpodcast and find all the different awesome, cool perks and ways that you can become a member. Okay, great. That does it for my wins. Now it's your turn. Cue the funky music. Okay.
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March 25, 2020 13. “Winning Even When You’re Down” with Tiler Peck
Show Notes
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Tiler Peck: https://www.instagram.com/tilerpeck/?hl=en
New York Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/arts/dance/tiler-peck.html
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March 25, 2020 Ep. #13 “Winning Even When You’re Down” with Tiler Peck
Tiler Peck, principal ballerina with New York City Ballet talks training, streaming class on socials, and finding herself AND HER STRENGTH thanks to the most challenging time of her life.This episode is all about flipping the question: “Why is this happening to me” into “How is this happening for me?” and THAT is a winning mindset.
Show Notes
Quick Links:
Tiler Peck: https://www.instagram.com/tilerpeck/?hl=en
New York Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/arts/dance/tiler-peck.html
Words That Move Me Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WTMMPodcast
Transcript:
Intro: This is words that move me, the podcast where movers and shakers like you get the information and inspiration you need to navigate your creative career with clarity and confidence. I am your host master mover Dana Wilson. And if you're someone that loves to learn, laugh and is looking to rewrite the starving artists story than sit tight, but don't stop moving because you're in the right place.
Dana: Hey everybody, and welcome to the podcast. I am so excited that you're here. I am very excited about this episode and I'm very excited to try something new for the beginning of every episode. Um, yeah, I think I'm gonna make a new habit. Tell me if you love it. Tell me if you hate it. I actually mean that. I want you to give me the feedback. So, uh, send me a message at words that move me podcast or we could do a little callback from episode seven and you can toe vote. Toe voting is a game nay an art form that my husband invented and I talked about in episode seven. I use this game when I'm going through the airport, but you can use it right now or all the time. Toe voting is, um, when you silently and invisibly vote in favor or against, um, someone's choices or behavior out there in the world. It is silent. It is invisible. It is just for you. But, uh, the toe vote works like this. Your little toes and your shoes will respond either by jumping up and down and approval or frowning and digging themselves into the floor. That's what a toe vote is. Um, we're back. My new top of the cast habit is called wins. Now, I did not invent the concept of starting with wins. Actually, I became familiar with this concept. Thanks to my acting teacher, Gary Imhoff who teaches the professional artists workshop here in Los Angeles. Cannot say enough great things about Gary. But, um, it's been awhile since I took an acting class. It's been awhile since I did wins and I cannot think of a better time to, uh, remind ourselves of the things that are going well then this very moment. So here is how wins works. I'll go ahead and start.
All right. I'm actually busier than I have ever been, which is ironic because I'm a person whose work almost exclusively depends on large groups of people. Um, but I'm getting to do a lot of things that I've always wanted to do. Number one, train more. It seems like a lot of people are offering Instagram live or otherwise livestreams classes. I think it's so much fun. It's very cool. Um, another win, I actually added curtains to my dance space, um, which required a sewing machine and a power drill, which usually gives me the nervous fields. Um, but because I had to use it for like an hour, I got really solid. I'm much more confident with my power tool skills right now than I was, uh, a week or so ago.
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March 18, 2020 12. Caring is Cool with Nick Palmquist
Show Notes
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Nick Palmquist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/napalmquist/
Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/208ZBEMH1NK8H?type=wishlist
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54 min
March 18, 2020 Ep. #12 Caring is Cool with Nick Palmquist
In times where there is talk of death, and doubt, and crisis and collapse: This episode talks the renaissance. A rebirth of art, culture and community. A re-definition of work and education, and especially connection. Renaissance man, Nick Palmquist shares his love and information without any germs. Happy social distancing, hope this podcast feels like a hug for your ears!
Show Notes
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Nick Palmquist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/napalmquist/
Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/208ZBEMH1NK8H?type=wishlist
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Transcript
Intro: This is words that move me, the podcast where movers and shakers like you get the information and inspiration you need to navigate your creative career with clarity and confidence. I am your host, master mover, Dana Wilson, and if you’re someone that loves to learn, laugh and is looking to rewrite the starving artist story, then sit tight. But don’t stop moving because you’re in the right place.
Dana: Hi there. Hello. How’s everybody doing out there? I am so glad that you’re here with me right now. I am so excited to talk to you today, number one, because if you’re tuning in on or around the release of this episode, then we are dealing with a global crisis and two, because the conversation with today’s guest is a light in dark times and it really reminded me the power of perspective. I am so, so, so excited to share it with you.
So the neutral facts right now are that there is a virus that is spreading and we do not yet have a cure and that is causing some thoughts, a lot of scary thoughts, some really sad thoughts, not many happy thoughts. And that’s honestly okay. There’s talk of death, there’s talk of doubt, there is talk of full-blown economic collapse. But with this episode, I really hope to remind you that after every dark, sad, gloomy recession, there is a Renaissance, a cultural, artistic, political and economic rebirth, if you will. And that that’s a time where the people with ideas that people with passion, the people with vision, those are the people that have the power. So yes, I’m talking to you, you thinkers, you autho
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March 13, 2020 BONUS EPISODE: Responding to Emergencies
I don't believe in superstitions or Friday the 13th being an unlucky day... but I do believe we are seeing some rather unfortunate times right now. You may agree. So, I am recording this podcast outside of my regular weekly schedule in response to current events ( yes, Covid-19, the the cancelation of work, and school, the waves the outbreak is causing, but also the stock market crash, The Harvey Weinstein sentence, and the rain in LA that has made an appearance in the ceiling, walls, and floor of my second bedroom. My hope is that this episode will be a friend by your side, even if you're sitting alone, and a tool for you in troubling times. Thanks for listening!

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