The cornerstone of any transformation is safety. We have to feel safe—on a fundamental level—in order to see that we can take the risk, do the thing, make the time, take the leap. Sharing two stories from the 1940s that tie in with the feeling of coziness that sets the tone for moving through the next realms of your morning and day. 

Do you have a friend that always pushes the conversation into new spheres? Someone you meet for coffee that doesn’t just ask “how are things?” but asks and shares views on greater themes in life and art and potential? Nate Crawford is that friend. Nate is a food and lifestyle photographer living in Chicago and I’m so excited to share his mornings, thoughts on creativity, starting the day in a good place, and more on today’s podcast episode! We talk first draft artwork, cold brew versus hot coffee, sourdough starters that are friends, flowers on cakes, photography, and so much more.

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Nate Crawford Instagram 

Captures by TK Instagram

Captures by TK site 

Today’s show is a conversation I had a few weeks ago with Kelsey O’Kelley—she’s an artist from the Chicago area that—her work, when I look at it, feels like the perfect mix of a hug WITH a surge of inspiration. Kelsey mainly paints with gouache, but has also been using the Procreate app more and creates scenes of places she's been, places she'd like to travel to, quotes and passages with meaning, and more. We talk about how she literally hits the ground running upon waking, why she loves being outside, as well as fun things like Harry Potter houses and more. Let's go to the show! 

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Kelsey O’Kelley Art Instagram

Kelsey O’Kelley on Etsy

Kelsey O’Kelley on Society6

Kelsey O’Kelley’s website

Today, I'm so excited to introduce you to Coral Thede: a comedian, musician, and a literal ray of sunshine. She’s a day-maker—she truly makes people’s days. She is most well-known for her Instagram stories and trying to make people’s days a little lighter with laughter. An Iowa native and cat-mom to Archie—she's one of those people that not only are you just automatically drawn to, whether she’s joking, singing, or sharing authentically what she’s feeling in the moment. Listen about her mornings in her new home, the story of Paris and how her home came to be, her first standup act, and the Year of Living Coral. 

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Coral Thede on Instagram

Camp Climb

Morgan Northway (the “Morgan” Coral refers to; Morgan is an amazing human)

An affirmation is the process of affirming something or being affirmed—and affirm means, according to the dictionary, "to state as a fact and assert strongly and publicly." A secondary definition for affirmation is “emotional support and encouragement.” But how can we create affirmations that set the foundation for our light-filled mornings and also propel us to be the beacon of hope, action, and love that we want for our future? 

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Morgan Harper Nichols 

Your Joyologist Affirmations Mug 

The Science of Mind: Complete Edition 

Brain Waves via Healthline

Florence + the Machine: Third Eye 

Florence Welch: Useless Magic

Today, I’m sharing a conversation I had with Sara Morris Pietila of Steady and Flight. Steady and Flight is a lovely online shop that’s full of candles, mugs, stationery… and just all sorts of beautiful things! Sara discusses her morning routine, which consists of feeding kitties, opening the blinds, and matcha lattes, always—as well as sharing the beautiful story behind her company AND her love of music. 

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Steady & Flight Website

Steady & Flight Instagram

Sara Morris EP: Just Something to Believe 

There's magic in that state of consciousness between sleeping and waking: called "hypnopompia." I often have repeating phrases in my mind before really waking up and have always been a lucid dreamer—learn more about that time between being awake and asleep, hear fun dream stories, and more. 

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11 Creative Breakthroughs People Had in Their Sleep via Mentalfloss

Hypnopompic State via Wikipedia

Stay. Coffee + Gallery 

It’s here. The Light-filled Mornings Hour! A podcast to let the light in. Get a brief introduction to Caitlin Shea McCoy, Light-filled Mornings, and why "back to gentleness" is more important now than ever—and how much strength there is in gentleness. 

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Follow That Bird

Eckhart Tolle: The Power of Now

The Little Guide to Light-filled Mornings by Caitlin Shea McCoy 

Power vs. Force by David Hawkins