The Twelfth House

Today, journalist, author, and beauty industry visionary, Jessica Defino joins us to deconstruct the underbelly of beauty and wellness and what we can do as individuals and communities, to interrogate our relationship with these industries to create a more magical and collectively empowered future.

[0:02:00] Intro to today's guest, Jessica Defino, a journalist who deconstructs unrealistic beauty and wellness standards and trends [0:06:00] Jessica describes her journey into beauty journalism and what brought her there [0:13:00] How to work in the beauty and wellness industries but not be of it [0:14:00] What Jessica believes the beauty industry is founded on [0:17:00] The difference between personal vs. collective empowerment in the beauty industry [0:25:00] The similarities between anti-aging and anti-living [0:35:00] The difference between adornment and concealment in the beauty industry [0:37:00] Why does putting on makeup make us feel human? [0:42:00] Why Jessica began self-publishing and how it's felt to transition to working for herself

Jessica’s book will be out by May 2022. Follow Jessica on IG @JessicaDefino_, or sign up for her newsletter at https://jessicadefino.substack.com/

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Join Michelle and Wallis as they discuss what archetypes they're currently embodying and why using them as digital aliases can protect your energy and help you achieve your goals. 

[0:01:00] Today's discussion: Creating a digital media archetype as an alias, why it's important, how it's helpful, and how to do it [0:03:00] What holds people back from being seen on social media? [0:03:00] How to protect your energy by creating digital avatars [0:06:00] How to choose an archetype depending on your desired outcome [0:19:00] How Michelle is embodying her current archetypes physically and spiritually [0:20:00] Michelle shares the archetypes that she chose as her 'dream team', to get to where she wants to go [0:29:00] How do certain fashion choices affect how we show up?

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[0:05:00] Introducing, Holisticism’s very own social media maven, and the team’s newest member, Stacey Coplin [0:07:00] Michelle share's what triggered her to finally hire a social media manager [0:12:00] What is a digital altar and to use it [0:17:00] Stacey shares how she goes about strategically planning and creating a digital altar for Holisticism [0:19:00] Stacy share's how she incorporated the four elements into the digital altar offering [0:30:00] What to do if you're feeling like a victim of the algorithm [0:34:00] The pitfalls of creating within your echo chamber [0:42:00] The many archetypes of Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift [0:45:00] Stacey Coplin’s personal online archetypes [0:47:00] Michelle Pellizzon’s current archetypes [0:51:00] What to try on Instagram if you feel like you're engagement has dropped

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Every time we get dressed, we're sending out an intention, vibration, and spell. Whether we realize it or not, we're always channeling one archetype or another, so why not have some fun while we're at it? Today we're diving into the idea of embodying new archetypes through costume and play. [0:04:00] How Michelle is embodying her current archetypes [0:08:00] What does sympathetic magic have in common with embodying archetypes? [0:11:00] Try this: write down three archetypes that you need to embody right now in order to be where you want to be in the next month [0:14:00] A few examples of the different archetypes that Michelle will embody, depending on what she’s trying to achieve [0:18:00] The difference between actively consenting and choosing an archetype, vs. falling into a trendy archetype [0:19:00] What is a ritual trigger for your desired archetype? Is it precious, meaningful, or important?

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Today's episode features the wonderful teacher, author, and founder of @girlvanayoga, Ally Maz. [0:05:00] Michelle and Ally discuss the similarities between writing a book and giving birth to a child [0:06:00] Ally details her experience of writing her book, Girlvana [0:13:00] Ally discusses how she navigated writing about self-acceptance considering how much the digital landscape has changed for teenage girls over the last five years [0:21:00] Ally shares her experience with having an eating disorder and how she overcame it [00:25:00] On trusting the dignity of someone's healing journey and allowing people to heal at their own pace [0:29:00] What it means to create healthy boundaries and self-trust [0:37:00] Why Ally chose to join Open's platform as an instructor

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Today we're exploring what neuroaesthetics have to do with your well-being, and how to use the magic of this concept to your advantage. [0:02:00] How black-and-white thinking results in binaries and misses the beauty of our multiplicity [0:07:00] What is neuroaesthetics and how does it affect us? [0:15:00] Should you give up on something because you think you’re not good at it or reconsider whether neuroaesthetics played a part? [0:18:00] A peek at next week’s topic: archetypes and costumes [0:21:00] Question to ponder on: how are you, a sensitive, energetic being, impacted by the things that you maybe didn't allow yourself to be sensitive to?

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For the next few weeks, we'll be exploring the idea of multiplicity in spirituality and wellness.  To kick off this series, we're speaking with meditation teacher, entrepreneur, and Open co-founder, Manoj Dias. [0:10:00] Manoj explains what it was like fundraising for his in-person meditation studio in Australia [0:15:00] Manoj answers the question of what it was like to transition from being a solo founder and running his own business to having multiple co-founders at Open [0:17:00] Michelle and Manoj discuss the importance of developing self-care by cultivating a sense of life outside of work [0:21:00] How else does OPEN take care of its team’s wellness? [0:32:00] Money versus greed— what really is the root of all evil? [0:44:00] Manoj explains the why behind OPEN and what the end goal is [0:51:00] Manoj describes what inspired him to begin teaching meditation and what keeps him in practice today

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Today Michelle is musing on the importance of curating our digital altar spaces. 

[0:01:00] How to get a limited edition Holisticism spell sweatshirt for free [0:05:00] What we mean when we're talking about the physical versus digital altars [0:08:00] How to keep our digital altar space sacred, and how to cleanse and protect it [0:10:00] How Michelle plans her altar with a desired outcome in mind [0:12:00] How to build an ecosystem around us that supports all of our diverging interests [0:14:00] What authenticity means to Michelle [0:19:00] Question to ponder on: What does a digital altar look like for you?

We intentionally choose the candles we burn, the incense we invest in, the crystals we collect, and the heirlooms we treasure. Why wouldn't we approach our social media and our online digital spaces the same way? Our digital altars can be a place of play, exploration, and inspiration if we let em' and that's exactly what we hope you'll experiment with after this bit-side episode!

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Today is the fourth and last episode in our mini-series on Meaning Making Systems with Shana and Dana of Dayluna Human Design. [0:02:00] Reframing Human Design for liberation free of old-school HD dogma [0:06:00] How to tell when you’re out of alignment with your Human Design type and authority [0:10:00] Becoming your own authority and understanding who you are at a core level [0:16:00] Dana’s corporate experience and what discovering HD did for her career [0:20:00] Moving past conditioning and how staying small steals from others [0:32:00] How to understand your purpose on the physical vs. spiritual planes [0:38:30] The two schools of thought in Human Design and how they differ [0:59:00] What scares people from fulfilling their purpose [1:00:00] Fear of responsibility — being afraid of your highest and most powerful self 

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Today we're answering your questions on a range of topics, including, intuition and relationships, intuitive business, digital currencies, and sex magic! [0:02:00] Michelle describes how she navigates making difficult intuitive choices [0:06:00] Michelle details what intuitive decision led her to meet her fiancé, Ethan [0:11:00] How to navigate around “NO” from the universe, and accept redirection as protection [0:18:00] Why bad things happen to good people, and why good things happen to bad people [0:20:00] Michelle describes how she manages her depression [0:30:00] Michelle answers the question, what are good alternative structures to capitalism? [0:35:00] How do you move forward after realizing you've been toxic in the past? [0:38:00] Michelle shares her thoughts on Crypto, NFTs, and the blockchain [0:45:00] How to win the limited edition Holisticism sweatshirt!

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