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This episode is with Spring Groove singer, performer, and music therapist who treats music as medicine. We talk about voice as something you’re born with and how the inner critic, overthinking and other mental habits might silence it. We also talk about choir and group singing and what magical powers it can hold.

It’s in our power to become the DJ for the movie of our life.

Today’s guest

Spring Groove

https://www.springgroove.com/

https://www.yummmwellness.com/

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Books mentioned in the episode:

“Don't Believe Everything You Think” Joseph Nguyen

“Digital Dharma” Dr Deepak Chopra

“A return to love” Marianne Williamson

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⁠Sasha Mazur-K⁠

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In this episode we continue our journaling series. I talk to Baroque Anarchist — an artist who used art journaling throughout her IVF treatment. We speak about the stigma around infertility, about building your own support system, and what IVF can feel like when you’re living it from the inside: an explorer’s journey where you’re experimenting on your own body — sometimes feeling like you’re standing on a mountain with a sword, facing a myriad of tiny creatures, each one carrying its own risk.

This is a conversation about visual journaling, art as a part of an emotional support system during fertility treatment, and creativity as a way to stay close to yourself in difficult times — when words don’t always work, but images still can.

Today’s guest

Baroque Anarchist

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Sasha Mazur-K

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This episode is with Marusha a journalist and journaling guide who helps others enter the world of journaling and expressive writing. We talk about why finding our own “naked words” can transform the way we feel, how writing about the inner weather is good for emotional clarity and awareness, what a broccoli can tell you and why it’s worth checking if there are writing groups or journaling circles in your area.

Today’s guest

Marusha

https://mashamozolevskaya.com/

https://barcelonajournalingfestival.com/

https://www.instagram.com/followmarusha

Books mentioned in the episode:

“Journal To Self” Kay Adams

“The Great Book Of Journaling” Lynda Monk & Eric Maisel

“Artist’s Way” Julia Cameron

“The Big Magic” Elisabeth Gilbert

“At a Journal Workshop” Ira Progoff

“Healing Through Words” Rupi Kaur

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Sasha Mazur-K

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This episode is with Alex Mackay, 5Rhythms facilitator and teacher.

We talk about dance and why moving from “How do I look when I do it?” to “How does it feel when I do it?” is not as simple as it may sound. We talk about stories our body holds and how we can let it speak.

Today’s guest

Alex Mackay https://www.alexravensister.com/alex.html

https://www.instagram.com/alexravensister?igsh=YjZydW1jbnZ5YnF4

Gabrielle Roth, Alex teacher

https://www.5rhythms.com/gabrielle-roths-5rhythms/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Roth

Music by Alex on Mixcloud

https://www.mixcloud.com/alexravensister/

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⁠⁠Sasha Mazur-K⁠⁠

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This episode is with my old friend and an amazing artist, Anastasia Tribambuka.

We discuss what we DO NOT HAVE the right for (spoiler: being angry, being old and EVEN BEING ARTISTS) and how art can act as a spiritual practice.

Today’s guest

Anastasia Tribambuka

https://tribambuka.art/

https://www.instagram.com/tribambuka/

The project Right to Rage, a project embracing women’s anger as a cathartic and emancipatory force.

https://tribambuka.art/project/right-to-rage

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Joseph Campbell "A Hero with a Thousand Faces"

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⁠Sasha Mazur-K⁠

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This episode is with Natalia, a self-taught artist and art marketer.

We talk about how art can give us a sense of control, how our inner critics sound, and what we actually do with them (or don’t), and how our creativity can help us (a bit like Baron Munchausen) pull ourselves out of the mire by our own hair.

Today’s guest

Natalia Karpman — https://nataliakarpman.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@yesartmarketing

https://www.instagram.com/nataliakarpman/

https://www.instagram.com/yes.artmarketing/

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⁠Sasha Mazur-K⁠

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Teaser for Talent Free – a podcast about creativity as a way to hear and understand yourself, beyond “talent” and perfection. In this short intro, I share what the show is about and what to expect from Season 1.

Today I’m speaking with Lilit — a photographer, filmmaker, and photography teacher — about lens-based practices that quickly open into something deeper: personal archives, memory, and the emotional power of images. We unpack therapeutic photography vs. photo therapy, and how working with personal photos can support mental health through reflection, meaning-making, and visual storytelling. And why, in creative work, being childish can actually be a strength.

Today’s guest

Lilit Danielyan

Therapeutic Photography course

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Authors mentioned in the episode:

Neil Gibson "Therapeutic Photography: Enhancing Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy and Resilience"

Judy Weiser "Phototherapy Techniques: Exploring the Secrets of Personal Snapshots and Family Albums"

Gabor Maté "The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture"

Elizabeth Gilbert Substack “Letters from Love”

Frida Kahlo “The Diary of Frida Kahlo”

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⁠Sasha Mazur-K⁠

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