LET IT OUT

This week is a clip from an interview I did earlier this year on Andi Eaton Alleman's podcast.  In this episode, we discuss: how our tiny decisions shape us, cultivating friendships as adults, "middles" in relationships, failure and why success teaches us nothing, procrastinating out of fear and overwhelm rather than laziness, "protecting yourself from your own mind," perception, and more. Let us know if you listen.

Show Notes:

- Our newsletter to get show notes + more.

- Instgram me: @letitouttt or I'm @katiedalebout

- A few spots in the Creative Clinic:  info here

- Listen to the full episode on Andi's podcast | Andi's book Elemental

- SPONSOR: this episode is sponsored by Paleovalley--click here for 15% off your first order!

- SPONSOR: this episode is also sponsored by Nutrafol--get $10 off by clicking here and using code letitout at checkout!

- For book recs, our bookshelf here - and I made a shop  with recs ...with shelves for guests 

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast.  

This week Rae McDaniel is back. Rae is a non-binary gender and sex therapist who works primarily with transgender/non-binary/questioning folks transitioning their gender identity. We talk about how everybody has an opportunity to look at their gender identity and decide how they want to express it to see they want to present themselves. You might remember from our last episode they were writing a book. It's out now and called: Gender Magic—I read an early copy and loved it. We covered some of my favorite parts like how they see gender as a galaxy, human centered design thinking, how they approach decision making, naming fear rather than ignoring it, evolving personal style and the importance of kinship through “queering” intimacy in friendships, and much more. Let us know if you listened and Happy Pride!

Show Notes:

- Find Rae on Instagram | Web | TikTok

- Rae's new book, Gender Magic

- Check out Practical Audacity

- Our newsletter to get show notes + essays by me, recs, etc.

- Find me: @letitouttt or I'm @katiedalebout

- A few spots in the Creative Clinic: more info here or email me ([email protected]) : ) 

- SPONSOR: this episode is sponsored by Paleovalley--head over to paleovalley.com/letitout for 15% off your first order!

- For book recs, our bookshelf here - and I made a shop  with recs ...with shelves for guests 

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. 

You may remember Anjie from her several other appearances here over the years, most recently, the in-person feng shui consulting session she did for me in my apartment. This time, in her fifth appearance on this podcast, we give some updates from making the adjustments she suggested on our last episode, plus we talk about her new book, some factors she can pinpoint that impacted her career success, and I took some questions from others including space and home adjustments for relationships, and how to adjust and compromise when merging styles when moving in with a new partner. And the question she gets most often from couples: what to do when one person values consistency and familiarity and the other loves novelty and moving around furniture. 

Since 1999, Anjie has been designing spaces informed by the ancient practice of feng shui and tailored to each individual’s needs, which you’ll get a taste of in this. She’s been featured everywhere from The New York Times to Domino Magazine; she’s a New York State registered architect; co-founder of the Mindful Design Feng Shui School; and author of the book Holistic Spaces and the newly published Mindful Homes. 

Show Notes:

- Find Anjie on the Web | Instagram | Mindful Design Feng Shui School

- Anjie's books: Holistic Spaces & Mindful Homes

- Our newsletter to get show notes + essays by me, recs, etc.

- Find me: @letitouttt or I'm @katiedalebout

- A few spots in the Creative Clinic: more info here or email me ([email protected]) : ) 

- SPONSOR: this episode is sponsored by Paleovalley--head over to paleovalley.com/letitout for 15% off your first order!

- For book recs, our bookshelf here - and I made a shop  with recs ...with shelves for guests 

- If you have any questions for our upcoming Spiraling Q&A episode, email me ([email protected]) :)

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. 

If you liked this episode, try out:

Episode 413: Anjie Cho Moves My Furniture & Makes It All Better

This week I spoke with Sam Burton. He’s an artist originally from Utah now living in my neighborhood in LA.  Sam came over a few weeks ago and we drank tea and talked about everything from how he began playing music, to how he approaches collaboration, craft, and creativity. After spending time studying Jungian psychology, he began reading tarot for himself and others. We spoke about how that impacts his songwriting as well as dream work, typology and Myers-Briggs. He’s candid about how “perfection bubbles” burst, the value of connection, and how constructive feedback given well has shaped his sound. We get into what he’s learned about sustaining a career in music, touring, maintaining a beginner's mind,  external validation and criticism,  his thoughts on love, nature, friendship, the music that shaped him, and more. I especially loved this one, Sam is deeply introspective, humble, easy to talk to, and wise. Let us know if you listen.

Show Notes:

- Follow Sam on Instagram

- Sam's LA release show night 1 (July 14) & night 2 (July 15)

- Pre-order Sam's new album, Dear Departed (out July 14) 

- Listen to Sam's song Long Way Around

- Sam's car accident GoFundMe

- The Way of Tarot (the first tarot book Sam fell in love with)

- For Sam's Jungian book recs: anything by Marion Woodman is a good place to begin

- SPONSOR: Listen to Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

- Our newsletter to get show notes + essays by me, recs, etc.

- Find me: @letitouttt or I'm @katiedalebout

- A few spots in the Creative Clinic: more info here or email me ([email protected]) : ) 

- SPONSOR: this episode is sponsored by Paleovalley--head over to paleovalley.com/letitout for 15% off your first order!

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. 

This week, one of my favorite people to talk to Sacha Jones hosts the program. For the last several years she’s come back annually to interview me the last week of April. This year we talked about how we met a decade ago, how we've changed since, how this podcast has changed, what morning routines have made it 10 years, our love of this item, cringing at past versions of ourselves, and  more. Sacha tells how she ended up moving to NYC from London to be an Au pair and recently found some old journals for that time. She’s is one of the most creative, wise, and gentle people I know and our annual catch-ups end up being time capsules of that year. Let us know if you listened : )

Show Notes:

-Tongue scrappers ...the love of our lives 

- Follow Sacha on Instagram

- Sacha's general website | ceremonies website

- SPONSOR: this episode is sponsored by Paleovalley--head over to paleovalley.com/letitout for 15% off your first order!

- Sign up for Jésabel DC's (guest from two weeks ago!) and my Life Audit Workshop

- May 2nd: I'm joining Christy Harrison (last week's guest) for her book launch at Chevalier's Books: Join us here

- Find me: @letitouttt or I'm @katiedalebout

- The Write Kit is now 33% off with code THIRTYTHREE

- Our newsletter to get show notes + essays by me, recs, etc.

- A few spots in the Creative Clinic: more info here or email me ([email protected]) : ) 

- For book recs, our bookshelf here - and I made a shop  with recs ...with shelves for guests 

- The Let It Out Kits: are self-study workshops for personal growing based on all I've ever learned and am learning. 

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. 

If you liked this episode, try out:

Episode 390 Little Things: Annual Birthday Party Hosted By Sacha Jones

This week I spoke to Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, who, in addition to being my close friend of over a decade, is someone whose work has significantly impacted me. As a journalist she’s covered food, nutrition, and health for more than 20 years. She's also a clinician working with people as a registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in eating disorders. Her writing has appeared everywhere from New York Times to the Food Network, and she's written two books: 2019's Anti-Diet and her latest, The Wellness Trap. We talked about how she’s handling the praise and criticism of a large platform, what well-being practices she does participate in, and in a clip from an interview I did with her on her new show Rethinking Wellness we talk about how my episode on her first show, Food Psych, where we talked about orthorexia was one of the early influences for this new book. We cover some topics it including the history of the hysteria diagnosis, and much more.

Show Notes:

- My interview with Christy on well-being > wellness

- Find Christy on the Web | Instagram

- Christy's podcasts: Rethinking Wellness & Food Psych

- Christy's books: The Wellness Trap  & Anti-Diet 

- Sign up for Jésabel's (last week's guest) and my Life Audit Workshop

- Find me: @letitouttt or I'm @katiedalebout

- The Podcast Kit is 50% off with code SPRING 

- Our newsletter to get show notes + essays by me, recs, etc.

- A few spots in the Creative Clinic: more info here or email me ([email protected]) : ) 

- For book recs, our bookshelf here - and I made a shop  with recs ...with shelves for guests 

- The Let It Out Kits: are self-study workshops for personal growing based on all I've ever learned and am learning. 

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. 

If you liked this episode, try out:

Episode 369: Seasons of Overwhelm with Christy Harrison (Part 1)

Episode 354: Don't Let It Get You Down with Savala Nolan (Part 1)

This week I spoke with Jésabel DC. She runs a digital organization studio where she helps people with anxiety organize their digital lives. I was one of them, which is how we met. We talked about the systems she helped me make, how I've struggled to sustain them, and how I can evolve her systems. With a background in psychology and design, she specializes in turning chaotic digital environments (i.e., inboxes, files, notes, calendars) into playful, functional spaces. She tells how she got into this, and what we can do to feel less overwhelmed with constant correspondence flying at us. She defines anxiety-aware communication, gives advice on managing undefined relationships, prioritizing what matters, friend assistance and more. And if you want to join us for a workshop called the Life Audit, where she and I will combine journaling and organizing to to guide you through both the emotional and practical aspects of life overwhelm. the link is in the shownotes to learn more.  : )

Show Notes:

- Sign up for Jésabel's Inbox Organization course: use code LETITOUT for $20 off

- Jésabel and my Life Audit Workshop

- Find me: @letitouttt or I'm @katiedalebout 

- Find Jésabel & the Lifestyle Lab on the Web | Instagram  | her organizational session

- SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Cured Nutrition: get 20% your first order with code letitout

- The Podcast Kit is 50% off with code SPRING 

- Our newsletter to get show notes + essays by me, recs, etc.

- A few spots in the Creative Clinic: more info here or email me ([email protected]) : ) 

- For book recs, our bookshelf here - and I made a shop  with recs ...with shelves for guests 

- The Let It Out Kits: are self-study workshops for personal growing based on all I've ever learned and am learning. 

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. 

This week I spoke with Michelle and Wallis, hosts of The Twelfth House and Good For U(?) podcasts. They had me on a few months ago and we had such a great conversation that I asked if we could talk more on this one. Michelle and I have been friends for ages, she’s the founder of Holisticism. Wallis joined the team a few years ago, and she, like Michelle, is so smart and cool as you’ll hear. We talk about the beginning days of Holisticism, a space that bridges the gap between the mystic and the realistic to make well-being more accessible to more people. We covered how it has expanded, including how they’ve built their team, advice for management, hiring, non-coercive marketing, failure, curation vs creation, prioritization as “squiggly brained" people, and podcasting as a medium (they both used the Podcast Kit to start their shows). And then we get into regret, string theory, breakups, collapsing timelines, undefined friendships, and much more. Let us know if you listen.

Show Notes:

- The Podcast Kit that we talk about (Michelle & Wallis were students) is now 50% off with code SPRING 

- Holisticism on the Web | Instagram

- Find Michelle & Wallis on Instagram

- Find out more about Holisticism's upcoming Notion for Magical Baddies course

- Find me: @letitouttt or I'm @katiedalebout

- Christy Harrison's new podcast: Rethinking Wellness

- SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Cured Nutrition: get 20% your first order with code letitout

- Our newsletter to get show notes + essays by me, recs, etc.

- A few spots in the Creative Clinic: more info here or email me ([email protected]) : ) 

- For book recs, our bookshelf here - and I made a shop  with recs ...with shelves for guests 

- the  Let It Out Kits: are self-study workshops for personal growing based on all I've ever learned and am learning. 

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. 

Danielle LaPorte is an author and poet living in Vancouver, Canada. I’ve been reading her books for years and this is her second time on the podcast. She has a way of articulating esoteric concepts in a way that goes down real easy for me, always has. We spoke over zoom a few weeks ago about what she’s been learning lately, self-help exhaustion, how non-duality is a creative act, self forgiveness vs self discipline, having the courage to make what she calls the 11th hour change, and how I discovered her in 2013 and her memory of that day. She quotes Krishnamurti saying “discipline is a tool that numbs the mind,” so we talked about that, our tendency to take on too many projects so we have to stay up late and eat crackers for dinner. We get into her thoughts on what she calls “tyrant time" vs "power time” and  more. Her new book is called How to Be Loving, and I especially love her early book The Desire Map. Let us know if you listen.

Show Notes:

- Find Danielle on the Web | Instagram

- Find me: @letitouttt or I'm @katiedalebout

- Danielle's membership she mentions when we're talking about her process 

- SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Cured Nutrition: get 20% your first order with code letitout

- SPONSOR This episode is also sponsored by the Women's Meditation Network: wide selection of podcasts including the one on sleep that I mention

- Our newsletter to get show notes + essays by me, recs, etc.

- Book store workshop in Highland Park! March 19th: come hang if you're in LA! it's free but RSVP here

- SPONSOR Christy Harrison's new podcast: Rethinking Wellness

- A few spots in the Creative Clinic: more info here or email me ([email protected]) : ) 

- For book recs, our bookshelf here - and I made a shop  with recs ...with shelves for guests 

- the  Let It Out Kits: are self-study workshops for personal growing based on all I've ever learned and am learning. 

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast. 

If you liked this episode, try out:

-Episode #387 In the Weeds: Herbalist Vanessa Chakour on Our Earthly Bodies

Cale Tyson is a musician originally from Texas, now living in my neighborhood in LA. He came by several weeks ago and we talked about our neighborhood feeling like high school, what he was like in high school, self-mythologizing, craving validation in projects (and beyond), and being allergic to earnestness…all before getting into his wild story of how he ended up going to rehab and getting sober last summer. He honestly explains what got him to that point with his trademark combo of self-deprecation and earnest humor. His new book, "Some Memories Are Only Thoughts”, just came out. We talk about that too as well as writing, sharing our work, and cringing at the process of it all. He’s a real gentle, sweet guy who makes me laugh and surprised me with a bunch of wisdom in this. And I surprised him with a few questions from his friends. Let us know if you listen.

Show Notes:

- Find Cale on the Web | Instagram | Spotify
- Photos of Cale by our friend  Jacob Boll 
-Find me: @letitouttt  or  I'm @katiedalebout

- Cale's song he mentioned  that plays at the end of this is  Not Healthy Anymore

- SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Brooklinen: get $20 off plus free shipping on orders of $100+ with code letitout

- Our newsletter to get show notes + essays by me, recs, etc. 

- Book store workshop in Highland Park! March 19th: come hang if you're in LA! it's free but RSVP here

- SPONSOR Christy Harrison's new podcast: Rethinking Wellness

- A spots  in the Creative Clinic: more info here or email me ([email protected]) : ) 

- For book recs, our bookshelf here - and I made a shop  with recs ...with shelves for guests 

- the  Let It Out Kits: are self-study workshops for personal growing based on all I've ever learned and am learning. 

Thanks so much for listening to this podcast.