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What you'll hear:

• Come see me this weekend in Washington DC!  All workshop times and descriptions can be found here:  Monarca in Flight!
• These strategies are for entry-level instructors who have been teaching for a minute but want to get into teaching traveling workshops 5:40 
• How I got into it, and how I approached it in the beginning and why it's super beneficial/how you can grow from it professionally 6:15
• Best possible way to reach out to a studio owner 7:50
• What you need to have ready when you reach out 8:30
• How many offerings do you need to have to choose from before you reach out?  10:10
• Getting testimonials:  why you need them and how to get them 12:45
• Here's an example of a menu of offerings 
• How to price your workshops and the split with the studio 15:00
• Need a sample contract?  Sign up for my newsletter and get a contract template as well as lots of other templates and goodies.  17:30
• What about accommodation? 19:00
• The metric for success when traveling to teach workshops 20:53

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What you'll hear:

• Workshop intensive weekend at Monarca in Flight October 26-27! 2:00
• It is apparently Infant Loss Awareness week, so in the spirit of not shoving this very common and very taboo human experience into the back of the closet, I make you and myself aware of it for approximately 2 minutes 2:30
• Episode 6:  Operating Under Active Grief
• The Tale of BossUp!  5:30  "All you can do is prepare."  
• A dumb TMI story about a silly thing I did involving a sleepless night and a THC gummy 6:30
• If you want to take a bath while watching a sunset over the marina, stay at the Shad Hotel in Redondo Beach 10:20
• How the talk actually went on the day of 12:04
• My beef with the response "you're not alone" when you share a challenge with someone and how this weekend put it to rest 16:30
• All my gratitude to these two heroes, the splendid Dr. Shante Cofield and Jill Coleman
• Getting to meet the other two amazing guest speakers 18:00:
  • Dr. Jennifer Hutton
  • Dr. Uchenna Ossai

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An episode by request from MM- thank you for this food for thought!

What you'll hear:

• enrollment for The Audacity Project begins in September, if you're interested in this cycle I HIGHLY recommend you get yourself to the waitlist!  I'll be loving up on you soon but only to the waitlist.
• A previous episode on Internet fame and how to handle it when you get a whole bunch at once (thanks to the great Jenny Tufts for this one!)
• A story about the Sweet Potato Swear between me and my BFF Christy Acee, and the caveat to it I now fully renounce (so does she) 4:00
• Why the word "professionalism" makes me roll my eyes pretty hard 8:45
• What boundaries we actually can have with the online space when it's helpful 12:15
• How I responded when my audience quadrupled 16:00

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An episode exploring (briefly) the Irish origins of Halloween, and why we as a culture love it SO MUCH (what's not to love).  And a whole lot about shadow work.

How to pronounce Samhain

What is the Quadruped?  This is the Quadruped.

Shadow work summarized in a cartoon

Dr. Carolyn Elliott:  Existential Kink philosophy

Burn After Writing: prompts for people who hate unprompted journaling

Julia Cameron's definition of Morning Pages

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On saving yourself, and saving others (spoiler, you can't).  On how empathy is a wonderful thing, until it's not, and when exactly it can become codependence.

References:
War of Art by Steven Pressfield

Webinars on empathy:  tools for using your gift without losing your shit
Practical Empathy:  Part I
Practical Empathy:  Part II

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On the origins of saving the good china, and why I think you should definitely not.

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At what point does the quest for security work against you? 

References:  Sterling Hayden's Wanderer

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Please join me in welcoming the fabulous Veronica Rosas, creator of La Bruja Creative and Theatre of Mutiny!  I met Veronica through The Audacity Project several years ago, and have long wanted to bring her on the podcast as I've watched from afar as the woman just.  Creates.  So.  Much.  And I love it.  Please enjoy!

What you'll hear:

• Out of frustration comes doing the damn thing- what frustrated Veronica enough to create her own company
• The growing pains of creating an award winning show, and bumping up against needing to replace core members
• How she navigated funding the show as an independent American creator
• The process of casting the show
• What it's like being a scare actor for Universal Studios
• Her timeline from conception to premiere
• The most useful thing
• How to work for the Ren Faire if that's your bag
• What's next for Veronica, and for 79 Ways to Die
• Click here to see an example of a press kit y'all!  
• Dealing with big injury grief
• Aaaaand me getting all weepy
• Oh and don't forget to register for How'd You Get that Awesome Residency? which is tomorrow August 8th at 2pm est!  Save yourself a bunch of time and headaches, and learn about best practices from career artist Lexa Walsh with me!  (if you're viewing this after August 8th, yes you can still purchase the recording).

You can learn more about Veronica here on insta:  https://www.instagram.com/labrujacreative/

Go see Theatre of Mutiny live!  https://www.theatreofmutiny.com/live

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What I learned at #IADF24, as I'm fresh off the plane after two weeks of intense art learning and making. 

What you'll hear:

• a whole bunch of what it's like for me as a teacher
• The amazingness that is the annual meetup for the alumni of The Audacity Project who are at the festival (you can hop on the waitlist for the next cycle here)
• Lessons learned from the festival
  • You gotta use what you have available to you that day.  
  • Cyr wheel is the shit
  • You have to be ok with sucking if you ever wanna be great
  • Chantal McCormick is a force of nature (this is not news)
  • There is magic being in the room
• Some rooms you can get into:
  • Full Circle Aerial Hoop retreat with Jenny Tufts at Sweet Retreats in Mexico, two retreats to choose from baby
  • BOSSUP2024!  October 10-11 in Redondo Beach, CA.  Hosted by Jill Coleman and Dr. Shante Cofield, it's gonna light a fire under your ass.
• Also, I have to quit vaping again.  Once more into the breach, dear friends.  Wish me luck.

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What you'll hear:

• BIG NEWS I'm hosting artist Lexa Walsh to bring her amazing workshop How'd you get that awesome residency?
  • Click here to learn more about the workshop and to save your place
  • No idea what a residency is?  Listen to Episode 31 here and Episode 37 about it!
  • Workshop is 2-4pm EST and is available on a sliding scale, from $33-47, made by working artists for working artists
• Why I love summer, and why on earth I would move from San Francisco to the deep south 4:00
• Taking a moment to acknowledge the call of the land to a place, and not just the culture 10:00
• Why I didn't move to LA in 2013 even though it would have made a lot of sense professionally 11:30
• my necessary summer activities that make me feel I have honored summer 17:00
• Swimply!  Thanks to Vanessa Sirois for this resource 19:00
• If you are local to the low country or surrounding areas (basically driving distance) and want to be on my local list for local happenings, PLEEEEEASE join this list!  https://poser.ck.page/d604e26530 20:00

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