On this episode, I had the privilege of sitting down with my dear friend Christina Cone in her home here in East Nashville. I knew she would be the perfect person to talk with about how to maintain one’s creative and artistic identity while simultaneously diving headfirst into motherhood. Christina fronts the band Frances Cone along with her husband, Andy. She also founded Phases, a boutique creative agency for independent artists, earlier this year. She and I spoke about the terror and magic of motherhood, the necessary price we pay to live in community, the journey of healing from religious trauma, dismantling the legacy burden of codependency, and strategies for keeping the creative flame burning all the while.

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For our 50th episode, we have an extra special guest who I was so honored to speak with: musical artist/harpist Mary Lattimore! Mary’s ethereal instrumental music, particularly her 2020 album Silver Ladders, was a cornerstone of my self-care in pregnancy, and I’ve been a massive fan ever since. Mary joined me virtually from her home in Los Angeles to discuss her favorite ways to build and nurture community and sustain inspiration in her artistry, the scoop on her favorite artist residencies, dreaming as a form of processing the nightmare that is the current political climate in the US, lucid dreaming, and oh so much more!

With permission from the artist and her management, this episode includes a snippet from Mary’s forthcoming song, “A Lock of His Hair Under Glass”

This episode touches on the following topics:

The Aces in Tarot (specifically the Ace of Wands)

Sustainable artistic practices

Building an artistic community

The value of practicing various art forms in an unskilled way

Where to find artist residency programs

Artistic inspiration through nature and unfamiliar environments

Animism relating to musical instruments

The arts as political resistance

Dreaming as a way to process our deep emotions

Lucid dreaming

School of Song and their amazing Brian Eno workshop (!!)

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross

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I am thrilled to welcome Brooke Lamb to the show: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and self-proclaimed amateur mystic, and co-founder of Abide Counseling and Private Practice Residency here in Nashville. We discuss Brooke’s own journey of healing from religious trauma, coming out as queer, navigating a later-in-life ADHD diagnosis, and the transformative process of advocating for her nonbinary child within her family and society at large. We also discuss her incredible stories around working spiritually and energetically with her ancestors and carrying their torches of activism forward in fighting to dismantle oppressive systems and prioritize capitalist-critical business structures.

Follow Brooke’s work and various projects here! Substack: B.A. Lamb and @therapistbrooke on TikTok

⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for Dream Your Masterpiece: A Virtual Jungian Active Imagination workshop to unblock your creativity - coming up Monday 7/14!

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QUEER + TRANS RESOURCES:

The Trevor Project

GLAAD Resources

PFLAG

HRC LGBTQ+ Youth Support

Trans Lifeline

Oasis Center Nashville

Trans Aid Nashville

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Join us for this virtual workshop Monday 7/14 at 7pm CST via Zoom (the recording will be available after the fact as well!) where we will:

🌱 Explore how Jung discovered and used active imagination to bring unconscious thoughts into awareness for personal growth and creativity

✍️ Utilize different automatic writing techniques to generate ideas and connect with your existing creative skills

🔮 Engage in a creative exercise by dialoguing with a figure from a dream or tarot card for inspiration and guidance in your projects

🤸🏻‍♀️Practice inner child meditation to connect with a favorite childhood art form

This is going to be such a fun evening filled with creative inspiration and flow! I hope you’ll join me and please share with anyone who you think might be interested!

Tickets are available on my website:

https://www.jordanhale.net/workshops

Register with a friend and get 20% off - just email me both of your names at [email protected] to get your promo code

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On this episode, we welcome writer, philosopher, and “introspective detective” AJ Murillo to the show! We discuss her wisdom and perspective gained on psychedelic journeys and explore the subject of her most recent book: the concept of ego death as an aspect of emotional and spiritual healing. We also share some amazing stories about psilocybin guiding us deeper into our intuition, helping both of us to confirm and encourage life decisions around our partner choices and having children.

For more on this subject see episode 17: Psychedelic Therapy with Robert DeSalvo LCSW in our podcast feed!

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On this very special episode, my dear friend Michael McMillian (actor, writer, creator and co-host of The Bigfoot Collector’s Club Podcast) joins me to discuss one of our favorite creators of all time: the late, great David Lynch. We were blessed with a poignant Lynchian message via our tarot pull, discussed Lynch’s appearances in both of our dreams, and our enduring love and reverence for his work and creative philosophies.

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On our latest episode, I interview Becca Neighbor: Astrologer and Singer-Songwriter about making sense of the Natal Chart (aka Birth Chart) in Astrology! Her intuitive method of reading the birth chart highlights key placements illustrating the blessings and challenges inherent in each chart, with the goal of enhancing self-awareness and self-compassion. We also discuss Becca’s journey in navigating her neurodivergent brain, tarot and astrology as shadow work tools, and symbols of the divine feminine in dreams. Enjoy!

Becca’s song featured in the episode is “Losing Grip”

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More on Becca Neighbor:

Twangy, laid-back melodies with a cosmic twist.

Drawing from indie rock, folk, country, and pop influences, Neighbor’s music is a glittery fusion inspired by the Wizard of Oz, her Taurus rising, Nada Surf’s “Blonde on Blonde”, and Patsy Cline on vinyl.

Neighbor’s Nashville yellow brick road led her to tour managing outlaw country artist and “Highway Queen” Nikki Lane, who graciously gave her an acoustic set at the Stagecoach music festival in 2018. A few years later she managed Dualtone record label’s artist curated vinyl subscription service Magnolia Record Club. When the tornado of 2020 kicked off her Saturn return she found herself back in Ohio for a few years to reconnect. In 2022 she made her eventual return to music city with a fresh perspective and a desire to create. Recently she has been helping behind the curtain of the local non-profit Girls Write Nashville, launching her astrology business, and will be releasing new music in fall of 2024!

On this long-anticipated episode, I got to sit down with singer/songwriter Sam Burton to talk about the role that practices like Tarot and Jungian dream work have played in his personal growth and resulting creative endeavors/artistic career. We also discussed the evolution of his method of reading Tarot for others, and the delicate ethical considerations of this vulnerable but powerful work.

Sam’s song featured in the episode is “I Can Go With You”

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More on Sam Burton:

Born and raised outside of Salt Lake City, Sam Burton moved to LA to pursue music. In the last year he toured with Loving and Jose Gonzalez. He recently wrapped up a three-week residency at Los Angeles' Club TeeGee, and will head out on the road with Weyes Blood and Indigo Sparke in the coming months.

To coincide with the news of his signing to Partisan Records, Burton has released the new song “Maria.”

“Maria” was produced by Jonathan Wilson (Angel Olsen, Father John Misty, Margo Price) at his Topanga Canyon Studio with some of the best studio players in LA, and perfectly showcases Burton's knack for mining pure Laurel Canyon AM gold. Pastoral string arrangements bloom in the background of Sam’s striking honeyed vocals-like a modern-day Campbell, Orbison, or Nilsson.

Together, Wilson and Burton achieve a sound that doesn’t descend into retro pastiche, but rather becomes an evocative echo, a dream of the past. In scope, the music finds Burton using a far bigger canvas than on his acclaimed 2020 debut I Can Go With You, giving the emotions therein a new sense of urgency and intensity.

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On this very special episode, I interview my dear friend and incredibly talented singer/songwriter Caroline Brooks aka BELLSAINT about her healing processes that helped her birth brave and powerful newest album: i used to be funny. We touch on themes of narcissistic abuse (both interpersonally and systemically) as well as religious trauma, and the healing and lifesaving power of art and creativity as a way of disrupting and challenging the debilitating shame dynamics these patterns tend to bring about. 

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More on BELLSAINT: 

With a unique sound that blends nostalgia with modern ferocity, BELLSAINT is a bold force of nature. Throughout her music career, she consistently returns to her earlier influences like Johnny Cash, @Dolly Parton, David Bowie, and @Stevie Nicks.

The Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Caroline Brooks (BELLSAINT), born in Tyler, TX, has collaborated with artists including @Natalie Imbruglia, Charlotte Lawrence, @Sophie Simmons, CLOVES, & @The Script. Her music is featured in many commercials, including a Volkswagen Super Bowl ad, Adidas commercial, Marc Jacobs ad, and video games like Just Dance & Life is Strange. Her music has also been featured in various trailers and popular TV shows like @Little Fires Everywhere (Original Soundtrack), @Riverdale Soundtrack - All Songs, Pretty Little Liars, Shameless, The Handmaid’s Tale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Younger, Don Mancini’s Chucky, Good Trouble, The Hills, Waco: The Aftermath, The Good Doctor, and The Vampire Diaries. Her first EP, @Technicolor Dream, won an Independent Music Award for Best Pop EP & her song Can't Stop A Woman won for best Adult Contemporary song.

As a performer, she’s shared the stage with artists such as Lord Huron, @Alec Benjamin, @The Lone Bellow, Katelyn Tarver, Ocean Park Standoff, & the Warbly Jets. She’s also garnered praise from such outlets as The New York Times, Refinery29, Extra, Elle, Galore Magazine, and Us Weekly, and has charted on Billboard’s Top TV Songs Chart. 

On this very special episode, I interview my dear friend: Dr. Sarah Bollinger! Sarah is a fellow Psychotherapist in private practice as well as an incredibly skilled potter, who has grown her once humble side-hustle, Slow Life Pottery, into a thriving second business. We discuss her commitment to nurturing her creative spirit across all aspects of her life and the ways she has maintained this inspiration and motivation. We also discuss the idea of both art and emotional healing as radical, activist practices, as well as her commitment to social justice. I also do an intro about my recent transition into new motherhood. It’s a juicy one, y’all. Enjoy! 

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