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Episode 104: For Instructors- how to teach traveling workshops
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
On Artistic Hoarding and what to do about it. This is super similar to the "Use the Good China" axiom that I'll always champion, but it's a little more subtle and subversive.
one additional packing recommendation for anyone coming to the Irish Aerial Dance Festival 3:25
An update on patron rewards for Coven tiers and higher 4:15
What is Artistic Hoarding and why is it so insidious? 5:40
How to tell the difference between hoarding an idea and just letting it cook naturally 8:54
The fallacy of waiting to feel a certain way before taking action 12:45
Please join me in welcoming accomplished actor, clown, acrobat, and badass art maker, Ross Travis. Ross is a prolific and dedicated creator, always pushing boundaries and with a creative practice deeply rooted in his values, and disregard for the status quo. His company Antic in a Drain is also one of the only American freelance artists I know who has had success within the American funding system. Y'all excited yet? You should be.
What you'll hear:
The spectrum of clown, from light to dark (yes this is an actual thing) and the history behind it 2:15
What it was like to work together on Salvage and Inversion at Kinetic Arts Center, and how an audience member's complaint led to new opportunities instead of less 8:00
Via Negativa! If you're tired of being called amazing without getting necessarily actionable notes, listen up 24:15
What I've experienced as a mentor happening in graduates from various professional circus programs (why is it so much fun when guests ask me a question? it is!) 29:00
What it's like to perform for a mud circus (Flynn Creek Circus) for 6 freakin seasons JFC 32:24
The role of risk in physical performance 40:00
How Ross scared the shit out of me in his show The Greatest Monkey Show On Earth 41:00
On navigating the American funding system for the arts LISTEN UP PEOPLE!!! 45:00
What's next on the buffet for this hungry hungry artist? 1:03:00
Probably the most technical episode I've ever recorded, but if you want personal recommendations for the exact tools to use to run your creative business, you're in the right place.
What you'll hear:
How I structure my business (sole proprietorship, LLC etc.) 2:15
If you want to learn how to use Instagram effectively THIS IS THE ONLY Instagram coaching program you will ever need, viva la Maestro! The Maestro's Instagram Intensive 14:15
Audacity for music editing as well as recording solo podcast episodes
Why I'm withholding an official endorsement for Riverside.fm (Zencastr is the other option I know of but I've never used them.)
Once more gotta shout out my girl Dr. Shante Cofield, The Movement Maestro, for her dope free resource on how to start a podcast. It is why this podcast exists. If you're thinking about starting one, get your free guide here. 23:00
Irfanview for super simple image editing, but honestly just get the pro version of Canva. Do yourself a favor and just use the desktop version.
I turned 42! So I thought it was a good time to respond to a request episode from my girl Rachel on the gram' about aging, birthday rituals, and midlife crises! Hooray! :)
What you'll hear:
What my experience of turning 40 was like 5:25
My thoughts on midlife crises 6:40
What to do when 20 year olds complain about being scared about being old 8:00
What I'm noticing about aging in myself 11:00
The most challenging aspects of aging from where I'm sitting 12:55
A birthday ritual that you can do (and you can do it at any time) 17:15
Join me for an hour long conversation with one of my oldest friends and favorite collaborators, photographer Max Cooper. You'll hear plenty of stories of our past escapades as well as me giving him shit 1 or 4 times. Sorry Max, you just bring it out in me.
What you'll hear:
Why he chooses to practice more archaic forms of his discipline like pinhole photography, in spite of having plenty of modern equipment
How me and Max hung one of his shows in 2020 exactly the day before everything shut down so no one could see it (lololol)
Hear me force him to say I'm the best collaborator ever.
What makes something a collaboration? If you're getting paid, is it a collaboration?
What makes a terrible collaborator (spoiler, it's being late and/or unprepared)
A trained photojournalist turned fine artist, wildlife photographer (he'll say no but i say yes and it's my podcast, so...) hear what created this shift in his career focus. If you listen to nothing else, listen to this. 25:50
On photographing a ghost town in the middle of the Appalachian mountains. Several times.
A function of myth 39:33
Why I won't go camping with Max again 41:34
The function of smoking pipes, and how Max became an accidental youtuber 44:31
His current show at the Buncombe County Register of Deeds, honoring the 10th year anniversary of North Carolina's legalization of same sex marriage. The 22 photos on exhibit were taken on the day of the court's decision and document this historic event with frank intimacy (if you're local to Asheville, go see it in the month of June 2024!).
Greetings and happy May errbody! In this episode, I'm giving you my 2 cents on best practices for being a kickass artistic collaborator.
You'll hear:
Here's the pretty thing I made! I'm relaunching Diamonds in the Dark this week, and anyone who enrolls before Friday at midnight will have access to a LIVE session of the Buttermelt Workshop
What kind of collaborators? 5:00
Big stinky rule #1: 5:30 Please confront your people pleasing tendencies, so you can bring your whole self to the table
Big stinky rule #2: Please learn how to communicate your opinions, either the easy agreeable kind or the dissenting kind 10:25
An example from my life of a collaborator communicating badly, but another collaborator saving the day 13:06
When to give a collaborator the stanky boot 15:00
How to create a realistic timeline 18:00 (it's nice and simple math)
All about seasonality, and a bit of a spicy rant about why we need it so much. As well as me waxing poetic about slutty gardening, candle pouring, and having time that I never wanted (but am actually enjoying).
You'll hear:
Diamonds in the Dark is relaunching next week, I hope you'll join me for the relaunch, it'll be fun! Sign up here for the email list: https://poser.ck.page/profile
Why the 40 hour workweek is a load of shit.
Why I hate charging by the hour and refuse to do it.
If you feel compelled to work more, even if you don't need to work more, whose values are you adhering to?
What does seasonality actually look like in practice? 14:00
Please join me for an hour of the chats with my super cool accountant, the great Sandi York of Fit Money Coach! The older I get, the more I see the consequences of not pursuing financial literacy even though *insert all the reasons it is perfectly horrible to learn financial literacy*. I want to at least give you some resources that I know for a fact to be excellent and trustworthy- therefore, please meet Sandi. :)
What you'll hear:
How Sandi decided to choose the accountant path 7:00
When and how she made the decision to go rogue (ie: self employed, baby!) 11:50
Pure magic and synchronicity at work! Sandi meets Dr. Shante Cofield (aka the Movement Maestro) and the rest is history, I love this story so much 13:30
The questions Sandi gets more than any others from freelancers/biz owners 18:00
Making money isn't the same as knowing what to do with it- 20:15
The huge impact that Sandi has had on my life and mental health around money 25:30
Sandi's recommendations for QuickBooks, and what to do if you'd rather do it on your own 29:30
31:00 Sandi's #1 advice for freelancers and biz owners
Profit First for Micro-Gyms: Sandi's recommendation if you want to bone up on Profit First as a financial system (it's more simplified and relevant for solo gym owners which more easily translates into solopreneurs)
The #1 mistake she sees people making 36:45
Sandi's recommendations to get OUT of credit card debt 39:15
"If you could wave a magic wand and ensure every freelancer/business owner knew one thing, what would it be?" (we get TWO answers muahahaha) 47:00
Ways that you can work with Sandi and let her change your life for the better 49:30
As promised to Rachel- a whole bunch of advice on the do's and don't of creating a demo reel! Rachel asked:
" I have a request for a podcast episode, as an "amateur" aerialist who is trying to gig more, I feel comfortable with rates in my local area and am working on getting insurance, but I don't have a demo reel. And all of my footage of performances are kinda shitty phone videos, I am also not financially able to hire a videographer to make me some new footage. Production companies who I've spoken with have asked for demos, and I totally get it, but I'm not sure what to do.
I'm sure I'm not the only one in this pickle, so hoping you could help some cash poor newbies get hired."
What you will hear:
(Unrelated to demo reels) if you want to read a detailed expose of my surgical experience with photos (nothing gory, only cute) you can do that here on the Patreon!
What needs to go on a demo reel 6:31
A very common mistake artists make when sitting down to create a demo reel 8:00
The point of a demo reel 8:30
How long should it be? 9:19 (but also...how long is someone actually going to watch)
11:16 my recommendation for video editing on mobile that I've seen
This episode is brought you to by my friend KT's question: "Honoring the rib ache! It’d be really cool to hear a deep dive on it/your experiences ignoring and following that feeling. I revisited the idea recently when I found myself doing a bunch of random shit I wasn’t enjoying just to make more money."
What you'll hear:
BossUP 2024 is live and I'm STOKED to be speaking on a stage with a couple heroes of mine: Dr. Shante Cofield and Jill Coleman. Dates are October 10-11: https://www.jillfitprograms.com/bossup
What is "the rib ache"? 4:40 (hint: it's best described by playing The Game)
My own personal story of the rib ache, and how it ruined everything (and saved my life) 6:04
Other ways to tap into the rib ache 13:13
Why platitudes like "follow your bliss" are well intended but meaningless 14:00
How rib aches can become boundaries, and boundaries can become rules...and sometimes rules need to be broken.
Me making and breaking my own rules, years apart 17:00
It is my great pleasure to have as my guest this month, International circus artist and business coach to circus artists around the world, Ulrike Storch.
Ulrike's actionable response to burnt out artists
Why talent is bullshit (I love this!)
How she found her special sauce through paying attention to what was pissing her off
How she was able to design different versions of her act to suit different stages and opportunities 25:30
When and how she decided to transition from full time performing 28:30
Her favorite books for building a business mindset 34:45
A memorable AF quote: "The best medicine for an artist is business." 37:40
About Selling Circus and how to work with Ulrike! 38:30
Steps 1 and 2 to finding your way 41:10
How to know if you're a good fit for Selling Circus 51:00
1:03:30 Very actionable advice from Ulrike I think absolutely everyone should do. Right now. Do it.
Ways to work with Ulrike: Selling Circus is Ulrike's flagship coaching program for professional circus artists. Be sure to check out her website and follow her on Instagram for tons of free content for circus artist entrepreneurs. Thank you for coming on the podlycast :)
Welcome to Audacity Works, for my next guest please enjoy while I share with you one of my favorite humans on earth, coven sibling, youthful dancing partner, and lifelong anam cara, Dr. Mel Hobart-Beaumari . Dr. Mel (aka Dr HB) is a primary care physician who practices in Seattle Washington. They hold a naturopathic doctorate degree and did a teaching residency with a strong focus on community health. Their current practice has a little bit of everything, but a lot of women's health, gender affirming care, gut health, and pediatrics. They also continue to teach and lecture on a regular basis. Outside of medicine they are an avid rock climber and try to get outside as much as possible. Their route to medicine (and climbing) was circuitous and started with a short lived but precious semi-career as a modern dancer and some time spent homesteading in the mountains of North Carolina.
How Mel blew my mind about essential oils (and why she hates them) 27:55
What is a daily "must-do"? 32:35
Listen to Mel explode my brain about eye contact 34:30
All the talk about hormones begins at 35:30
Herbs you can take for hormonal regulation 39:54
If you have ovaries, what are the signs that you might have increased testosterone and what might that be indicative of? 42:20
How I learned about the magic of breastmilk from Mel after the birth of their son Kiran 44:40
What would you recommend for someone starting a healing journey when they get the advice to trust your body, but you don't/can't? 47:56
Me exploiting my access to Mel by asking them about drinking salted water cause I saw it on Instagram 56:28
Advice for athletes! Supplements and recovery suggestions for athletes 59:47
Have you ever had to address barriers to care within GNC communities, especially in regards to hormonal or OB/GYN issues? 1:07:07
A charming anecdote about how Mel taught me to make bread 1:11:22
As an expat southerner, how are the ways you stay in connection to your sense of home? 1:13:01
What advice would you give to yourself at the age of the anecdote about the bread? 1:16:15
You can't follow Mel because they aren't on the socials, but you can find them if you need them. Hit me up if you need their help finding resources and I'll connect you.
Inspired by a question from my fren Michelle (thank you Michelle!) who asked what are all the ways to operate in the industry?
What you'll hear:
The Movement Maestro has opened the door to the Instagram Intensive, Round 15! If you want to give your relationship with social media a total makeover, enrollment is open until Friday, March 16th only. Click here to get in on that, you won't regret it.
War of Art: recommended reading by author Stephen Pressfield
Consider this someone asking you: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR CREATIVE PRACTICE at this time in your life?
The answer I get to that question more than any other: I have no idea because I don't know what's available
Have you just identified your homework? (props to the Maestro for this one!)
Please welcome our guest for March, the wonderful Shannon Morse of The Green Door Life! Shannon and I became fast friends around 2013, and she is the woman responsible for teaching me how to eat at the age of 33.
What you'll hear:
How we met (we don't know, but you'll hear two stories about visceral memories we have of each other)
Why branding isn't a bad word
The big question HOW MUCH PROTEIN IS ENOUGH?! 18:15
What exactly is lean body mass and what does it include? 21:20
A buffet episode is where I take as many questions as I can answer from readers in about 20 minutes. I get a lot of amazing questions that I don't always have 20 minutes of material about, but I still think they are incredibly valuable and I want to address them. Solution? Buffet episode!
This episode is by request from Leasha the Kiwi (thanks babes!) as a follow up to Episode 65: Dealing with Competition in Small Communities. Spoiler- part of my advice was to lean into what sets you apart. Excellent question, let's dive into it.
A fast and amazingly accurate way to discover what sets you apart
How anger is a compass that points back to your value system
Ways that leaning into what sets you apart is good for the entire world (because anything that gives you back more of your humanity is good for the world)
Lil story time about an Audacity Project Alumni who made a very valuable identification about her own work and what sets her apart
Another reminder that YOUR JOY IS AN ACT OF PROTEST!
How we met (we don't remember) and how we became close (because those are different things) by going through The Artist's Way together. Even though we were already friends before that.
What gives you the AUDACITY?
Considering the impact you wish to make on the world
On Making Your Life as an Artist a truly open source resource by Andrew Simonet. You can use the link above to download the book on a sliding scale (including for free)
Creating the next phase of life, and exploring the next phase of life as a circus artist
How I found my voice at 35, because of course Shannon started asking ME questions
On accents and dialects in theater
Disciplines in circus and what's next on the horizon
On Grief. If you listen to nothing else this episode, listen to this, around 30:00. Grief, and how it affects your brain, and how to know when you should take a real break from social media because of grief.
How our grief cycles overlapped
The Inversion Encyclopedia (previously known as Aerial Inversions for All) Shannon's most popular resource
How time + attention = change
Everything in nature has periods of stagnation
How you don't even KNOW about Monday...
Her best advice to emerging artists about how you can truly value yourself and take your work seriously (it's bangorang!)
Join me for a full-on expose on Patreon, and what it's like to run one and best practices
The Audacity Project Cycle 26 waitlist is open now! 8 weeks of targeted group coaching for artists and creative entrepreneurs to get their shit together. We're enrolling in late February, and this waitlist is definitely the place to be.
Tension arises between organizations in a small community when they have differing value systems.
Are you the problem? Two questions you can ask yourself.
If you aren't paying yourself because you don't need the money, you don't have a sustainable business- you have a luxury passion project. I'll tell you why that can have devastating effects on your community if you're unaware of it.
What happens if you get tired of fighting for high standards?
What to do if you are competing with another organization who is problematic (spoiler alert, lean WAY IN to what makes you stand out)
Enrollment for The Audacity Project, Cycle 26 starts in just a few weeks- if you wanna get ahead of all this shit and build something gorgeous for yourself, hop on the waitlist to be the first to know!
Happy anniversary to US!! I'm so honored to have this space, thank you all so much for keeping it alive and vital. Without you, it's just a woman talking to herself in her office. Today I cover a host of things including the nature of Audacity, where the name of The Audacity Project came from, holding the first Charleston Artists Salon (that I made anyway), on leadership, and what I've learned from recording 100 episodes.
What you'll hear:
The origin of Audacity and why I've chosen to adopt that word so thoroughly into my life 2:00
The wonderful alumni of The Audacity Project share their favorite tips for being Audacious, or share their most audacious moments. So much gratitude to these audacious AF beings for sharing their voices 19:00:
Maria "Cris" Morrell
Sammy Dean
Susannah Donau
Tricia Melke
Alicia Lloyd
Kat Doherty
Heather Meyer
Hannah Lemke
Verity Bradford
Heather Bentley
Mirrah
Emily Garrod Cox
Elena "Tink"
Chris Angel Fisher
Cecilia Quin de la Noche
Jenny Tufts
Thank you all so much for being here. It would not exist without you. xo
My own thoughts and rituals surrounding pre and post-show rituals, and ways I keep my performance the primary function of my day (spoiler alert: it's not by doing more things).
I'll throw out some suggestions for keeping your nervous system nice and tidy- including foods to eat and when to eat them. And don't forget to bring food with you please!
Personally, I have one singular non-negotiable pre-show ritual, and I'm pretty neurotic about it. Whatever rituals you construct for yourself, I hope they are in service of your own capacity to ENJOY YOUR WORK.
Happy New Year and welcome to the FIRST EVER guest episode! It is my distinct pleasure to bring on Dr. Shante Cofield, aka the Movement Maestro, who has been and continues to be a massively positive influence in my life. A PT by trade and a coach and online biz owner by choice, Shante uses her platform to inspire coaches and business owners to do the damn thing using savvy strategy, lived experience, and her trademark approach of unapologetic authenticity.
Welcome to the Land Outside of Time, that weird week between Crimmas and NYE where nothing gets done, and that's a Good Thing. I hope you're enjoying it.
First off, you have ONE WEEK to get on the mailing list for January's Woo Corner! Coming out 1/4/24, join here, it's good for your health: https://rachelstricklandcreative.ck.page/
This episode starts out with some of my favorite year-in-review exercises, and some insights I've had because of them. These exercises include:
Dreaming up the new year- a dreamy little workbook that was SO MUCH FUN to do for me. By the great Kasia Urbaniak
If all you want is the meat of the episode for things you need to create an artistic film, skip to 11:00 in. Examples of films I've made include: The Tower and Midas is King
You'll hear:
The three things you need to create anything: Vision, Resources, and Skill
When to do things yourself, and when to bring other people into the project like a videographer, editor, support staff, or a musician(s)
Other considerations for your film such as the background score
Shout out to the amazing Tyler Parks of Big Pants Productions for editing both of my films so beautifully
What is ambient performance, and how long should a set be? How many sets are enough? How many are too many? And how long can we really expect one person to do slow moving splits on the fabric in one evening?
And who actually wants to see that for hours and hours at a time?
defining ambient performance, especially in terms of aerial performance
my own spicy opinions based on my lived experience in the industry for 16+ years
science-backed components to consider for the length of ambient sets
And because today's episode is about Instagram, if you're not already following the great Shante Colefield then look no further, she's the GOAT for all things Instagram related. Check her out here: https://www.instagram.com/themovementmaestro/
The meat of today's episode is by listener request: If you don't want to share the new work you're developing on the Gram, what do you share?? The answer: literally everything. Photos Video snippets of old performances Asking questions Posting quotes Giving your opinion Bits of things you've been doing for literally years, it's always new to someone Stories behind/the history of a skill Take a moment of something new and either speed it way up or slow it way down so it's unrecognizable, but still shareable without inventing new material Repost something old (an actual post can be posted again, omg magic I love it)
This episode is dedicated to anyone who ever got their wish...then realized, "this kind of sucks." It's my belief that this is actually a tremendously positive thing, dressed in a very disappointing outfit. Here's my advice on what to do when you're ready to acknowledge something isn't compatible with your happiness- be it an artistic project or a job.
Ever felt an overwhelming sense of exhaustion creeping in, making your day-to-day coaching job seem like an uphill battle? I know the name of that tune. In this episode I share my own experience with burnout, and outline three ways to change your coaching practice so it works for you and not the other way around.
But first Imma overshare about my personal life a little bit, for shits and giggles.
This episode is an exploration of the surprising power that comes from harnessing creativity in isolation, and how to stop being so damned isolated if you're tired of it.
Today's episode is brought to you by a nice little fit I got to throw for myself in the studio yesterday. Do enjoy.
You'll hear:
The Maestro's Instagram Intensive is enrolling this week only- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if you're looking to re-define and re-establish your relationship with social media, and use it to great effect. I'm a proud affiliate and will always champion this course.