Hello beautiful souls, welcome to the ARTISTS RISING podcast!

Today's episode is with Multi-Disciplinary Singer, Composer, Theater Maker and Drag Queen, Shlomi Moto Wagner, otherwise known as Mazy Mazeltov.

Shlomi and I studied opera together back in the day with the same voice teacher and he shares his story - a powerful story of facing his fears - and even quitting music at one point because our teacher was so abusive, how he recovered from that trauma, and his journey of trying to find his way and his true voice, navigating his career as both an opera singer and a drag queen.

Our conversation explores the following topics:

• The importance of being visible & telling our own stories through art, and how being authentic with our own storytelling frees others to do the same and change our realities
• Becoming the role model you wish you had
• Finding the path to your authentic voice
• The realization that our art really can change the world
• How to come back after leaving your art behind -How Shlomi was able to heal after an abisive voice teacher…
• Tool kits to encourage abundance and a healthy mindset and continue pursuing your creative calling
• The freedom of surrender and how spiritual principles can take the pressure off of our creativity.
• The importance of keeping the channel open and also of networking and learning to promote yourself
• The importance of continuous education - even when you are already working as a professional artist

And this week's BONUS episode: How to Recover and Heal After Traumatic or Abusive Instruction and How to Change That Critical Inner Voice to a Nurturing One!

I have a new offering that I am trying here on the podcast… and that is to offer bonus episodes as well as a Journaling Workshop and a MEET UP every month as part of a membership through Patreon for Artists Rising Co! The membership costs $15 and you receive:

• 4 bonus episodes each month
• a journaling workshop each month
• and a meet up each month to talk about all the things we are covering on the podcast (that will hopefully also become a book club)!
• access to the growing vault of past bonus episodes
• If that sounds like something that would be valuable to you, I would love to have you join and also am very open to suggestions about what could make this kind of membership really worth your while! I am excited to hopefully create a community of listeners here at Artists Rising and I would just love to meet up with you all and actually talk about some of the things we are covering on the podcast… maybe even start a book club!

Here is the link to the Patreon to sign up for this: https://www.patreon.com/JennyRebecca

Follow Shlomi at @shlomimoto and @mazy_mazeltov!

So… excited for what is coming here in the next weeks and months on the podcast and for the community and connection that will grow!

If you want to hear that bonus episode and an ever growing vault full of additional bonus episodes, you can go to www. patreon.com/jennyrebecca!

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or comments and let me know if there are more topics you'd like to have me talk about on the podcast: [email protected]

More info about Artists Rising Co. at: https://www.artistsrisingco.com

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