Crying in My Jacuzzi with Dana Balicki – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This is a special solstice, holiday slowdown medicine, between-season, late-stage-capitalism-sucking-your-life-juice-dry, you-might-need-support episode full of practical guidance and self-warmth tips! 

Baba Ram Dass said, “If you think you are enlightened, go and spend a week with your family.” Whatever you may or may not be celebrating, this episode explores the importance of acceptance, a few quick energetic/emotional/nervous system grounding & resilience techniques, and the power of warm curiosity to foster understanding and connection with yourself and those in your world.

~ resources mentioned ~

• Free grounding meditation ~ https://bit.ly/grounding-now
• Bespoke Meditation, a 1:1 coaching session + a personalized guided meditation ~ book yours now, https://bit.ly/bespoke-meditation
• Enter to win a free coaching session ~ when you leave a 5-star rating (only) and a written review, you'll be entered into a monthly drawing for a free 90-min coaching session with dana (value of $388). Email dana@danabalicki.com the review title + your review name. Winner announcements will be made across platforms mid-month.

/// sound-editing/design ~ rose blakelock, theme song ~ kat ottosen, podcast art ~ natalee miller///

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig

Falling apart is hard work, crybabies. But you know what's even harder? NOT falling apart and using all of your precious energy and attention to hold your sh*t together in some configuration based on someone else's polycrisis-inducing imagination for your life! In the LAST EPISODE OF SEASON 2, we'll be looking at why falling apart is a useful technology for these times, how to recognize it when it's at your door, and how to make friends with it. We wrap with a group fondle (of plants, you dirty bird) with the whole existential team over here at crybaby HQ, broadcasting from the center of the jacuzzi-verse. So tune in and let go. We got you. 😭♨️

P.S. The "ai cohost" (part of the pod platform at buzzsprout) suggested "embracing the fall: finding transformation in chaos and jacuzzis" for the title of this episode. Just thought you should at least know that deeply poetic option existed. 🙏🏼

~show notes~

• Living Systems with Leah Garza
• Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome (not Welcoming Uncertainty as is quoted in the episode)
• MONTHLY RAFFLE for a free 90-min coaching session ~ when you leave a 5-star rating (only) and a written review (can be short & sweet), you'll be entered into a monthly drawing for a free 90-min coaching session with dana (value of $388). DM (@danablix ig) or email (dana@danabalicki.com) a screenshot of your submission—take it right before you hit submit—along with the review name/title. Once entered, always entered. Winner announcements will be made mid-month.
• Have a question for advice dom? Call in and SUBMIT (your question) --> 760-820-9070

/// sound-editing/design ~ rose blakelock, theme song ~ kat ottosen, podcast art ~ natalee miller ///

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig

what if brokenheartedness wasn’t something to get through, but an honored & trusted guide toward interconnectedness, courage, and grief as catalyst for heartfelt action? 

in this episode we explore the wild paradox of love and sorrow, and the transformative power of embracing both…love in the time of broken hearts. dana shares her own personal heartbreak stories—including her biggest—plus, some reminder practices for how to slowdown and tune into the tender life experience of grief AKA the risk of living & loving!

~show notes~

• Living by the Word: a collection of essays, Alice Walker (“Nobody Was Supposed to Survive”—referenced MOVE Bombing essay)
• enter to win a free coaching session ~ when you leave a 5-star rating (only) and a written review, you'll be entered into a monthly drawing for a free 90-min coaching session with dana (value of $388). DM (@danablix instagram) or email a screenshot of your submission—take it right before you hit submit—along with the review name/title. winner announcements will be made across platforms!

/// sound-editing/design ~ rose blakelock, theme song ~ kat ottosen, cover art ~ natalee miller ///

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig

to the dungeon we go! today's listener SUBMISSION is all about navigating honesty, transparency, and intimacy when running an online presence & business. we explore oversharing and vulnerability, authenticity and digital intimacy, and entertaining the possibility that saying the damn thing could get you more of what you want, not less. ADVICE DOM's got questions and answers!

c'mon down to the cave for some spanky, slappy, advice-giving. BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO.™️

call in and SUBMIT (your own question) --> 760-820-9070

~show notes~

• enter to win a free coaching session ~ when you leave a 5-star rating (only) and a written review, you'll be entered into a monthly drawing for a free 90-min coaching session with dana (value of $388). DM (@danablix instagram) or email a screenshot of your submission—take it right before you hit submit—along with the review name/title. winner announcements will be made across platforms!

/// sound-editing/design ~ rose blakelock, theme song ~ kat ottosen, podcast art ~ natalee miller ///

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig

wonder & awe, the keys to belonging and connection! or at least that's how we see it here at crybaby HQ in the bubbling cauldron center of the jacuzzi-verse! 

yes, being human is complex. so much so, that we can forget we have agency—even under violence & oppressive systems—to choose how we show up. so let's swan dive into the wondrous nature of existence by opening ourselves to wonder & awe. to flirting with the world BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS FLIRTS BACK. big-point-alert >> when we open ourselves to relationality, we practice unraveling the painful knots of coloniality. so flirting = liberation (see what we did there?)!

also, in this episode we'll have our first *special guest*—a real squishy, cosmic surprise! so tune in, turn on, and get into flirt-the-world mode with dana and all the crybabies.

~ show notes ~

• karen barad, meeting the universe halfway (quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning) ~ https://smartnightreadingroom.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/meeting-the-universe-halfway.pdf
• enter to win a free coaching session ~ when you leave a 5-star rating (only) and a written review, you'll be entered into a monthly drawing for a free 90-min coaching session with dana (value of $388). DM (@danablix instagram) or email a screenshot of your submission—take it right before you hit submit—along with the review name/title. winner announcements will be made across platforms!

// sound design & editing by rose blakelock, theme song by kat ottosen, cover art by natalee miller // 

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig

aaaaand…we’re back! season 2 of crying in my jacuzzi is upon us, BUT FIRST, we need a warm-up. so let’s start with a little drunk history rendition of the buddha’s enlightenment and ride that all the way to the student encampment movement…along the way, we’ll explore the “immovable spot” of inherent power within ourselves and this collective moment, navigate the middle path between spiritual bypass and extremism, and call in the guidance of descending power. 

~show notes~

• The Buddha's Path (https://www.lionsroar.com/buddha-path-to-awakening/)
• Bayo Akómoláfé on fugitivity (https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/coming-down-to-earth)
• Inside the Student Movement  (https://theintercept.com/2024/05/08/intercepted-student-protests-gaza-columbia/)
• Interactive map of solidarity encampments worldwide (https://www.palestineiseverywhere.com/)
• Student interview on police violence ~ a must watch (https://bit.ly/3UN770g)
• A tribute to Dr. Refaat Alareer (https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/palestine-is-a-story-away-a-tribute-to-refaat-alareer/)
• enter to win a free coaching session ~ when you leave a 5-star rating (only) and a written review, you'll be entered into a monthly drawing for a free 90-min coaching session with dana (value of $388). DM (@danablix instagram) or email a screenshot of your submission—take it right before you hit submit—along with the review name/title. winner announcements will be made across platforms!

// sound design & editing by rose blakelock, theme song by kat ottosen, cover art by natalee miller // 

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig

message of support from dana in these complex times: 

"this is a simple guided meditation/visualization that i've used for years in my own energetic practices, with clients to support their presence, and i'm honored to share this with you. use when you're feeling scattered, overwhelmed, spread-thin, depleted, uncertain, dissociated, or any other time of day you need a dose of slowdown medicine to ground, realign, and reenergize. this one small practice that will support each of us in embracing AND SHAPING our changing world."

ceasefire now ♡ end the occupation 

/// podcast art ~ natalee miller, theme song ~ kat ottosen, sound-editing/design ~ rose blakelock //

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig

in this last episode of season 1, meet the love of dana's life. no, not her husband (sorry, ray ray). and not baby honey biscuits the cat (like she cares). but slowdown medicine, the entity that chose her so many years ago and continues to radically guide her (and now you) through our world saturated with urgency, pathologizing, and unhinged hustling. gather 'round! and hear the tale of how a UTI transformed our dear dana's life, slowed her the eff down, and introduced a more resonant, compassionate, and awe-filled existence. and you can have this, too.

can the entirety of slowdown medicine be contained in one episode? ABSOLUTELY NOT. could another 100 episodes be dedicated to this? FRIGGIN YES. is crying in my jacuzzi steeped in slowdown medicine, so we'll always be diving in deeper? 1000%

**warning: this episode is a spell. you may experience a desire to slow down, reclaim your attention, and get a little (or a lot) weirder.**

~shownotes~

• báyò akómoláfé, essay, a slower urgency
• simone weil, essay, attention and will & human personality 
• have a big burning question for advice dom? leave a voice message at 760-820-9070
• grounding meditation (for dana's clients and now for you!) 

/// podcast art ~ natalee miller, theme song ~ kat ottosen, sound-editing/design ~ rose blakelock //

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig

in this episode, infused with the sweetness of desire, abundance, and huzzah!, we're going to dig into CELEBRATION AS THE SERIOUS FRIGGIN' BUSINESS THAT IT IS. 

in our dominant (westernized) culture, CELEBRATION gets a bad/twisty wrap. it's the thing that you have to hold out for, only do on very special occasions, only do at the end of a journey, and only have if you've won or achieved the intended goal. this model is full of withholding, scarcity, and longing. it's also not encouraging of true, deep, and sustained joy. 

so let's look at why we gotta honor our journeys along the way, how a whole social justice movement really lost the plot, and what we can do to infuse our lives with more appreciation and joy along the way. 

context warning: dana does not believe that joy is at the highest end of the emotional spectrum and should be prioritized above other feelings...this is just an episode on CELEBRATION, and joy is a key part of that.

~shownotes~

• want to send me your list of "accomplishments"? please do! dana at danabalicki dot com
• [book] dopamine nation by dr anne lembke
• [book] in the realm of hungry ghosts by dr gabor mate
• [book] the molecule of more by dr daniel liebrman and michael long

/// podcast art excellence ~ natalee miller, theme song brilliance ~ kat ottosen, sound-editing/design genius ~ rose blakelock ///

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig

humans have never been very good at uncertainty — the impermanence of existence is uncomfortable for us. so while we can't actually do anything about the groundless nature of reality we've learned to do some things about the discomfort. namely avoid, conflate comfort with safety and a bevy of other ineffectual approaches to living in the world! there are costs too — creativity, vision, curiosity, acceptance, and DESIRE.

so climb into bed with dana (her makeshift recording studio) and get cozy and uncomfortable as you dive into how she upended her marriage, questioned her reality and identity, and then found her way closer and closer to her deep desires...which is how CRYING IN MY JACUZZI was born!

~ show notes ~

• tema okun’s essay
• pema chödrön's taking the leap
• martha beck's episode on discomfort
• episode 7 of crying in my jacuzzi "feeling YOURSELF: a practical exercise for (self) centering"

/// podcast art ~ natalee miller, theme song ~ kat ottosen, sound-editing/design ~ rose blakelock,  production support ~ softer sounds studio ///

Support the show

😭 feeling the pull for coaching support? go to danabalicki.com for inner/outer transformation 😭 leave a 5-star rating & review to be entered in a monthly raffle for a free coaching session (details in show notes) 😭 please share this with your favorite boo-hooer 😭 @danablix on ig