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My guest interview for November fell through at the last minute, so I decided to interview myself. I put up an anonymous Question link on the gram, it was only up for around 18 hours so I didn't get many responses, but I am delightedly answering all of them here.
I mention giving a tarot reading in the beginning, for shits and giggles, here is the link to book one if you're interested (patrons of the Queensguard and higher get one a year!) https://calendly.com/theaudacityproject/intuitive-tarot-readingMy recommendation for getting the nitty gritty of American politics from a wise, neutral, caring source: Sharon McMahon 4:00An easy, effective exercise for calming anxiety from the wonderful Dr. Brittni, who I got to meet at BossUp 5:45Q 1: Any advice for someone who has gone through life believing they are not a creative person? I've recently accepted that there's no such thing but finding it hard to adjust 7:30Unpacking the cliche of "The Creative Person" and our subconscious expectations of what creativity looks like/how it presents 8:30One of the most transformative skills you can build if you're going to create anything 11:00Q 2: What is the sty meat person you've helped unstick? How? (truly if you asked me this please clarify what you meant, but I ran with it) 13:00How I "help unstick" people (and why you are almost certainly not stuck...you're scared) 14:10The Audacity Project, cycle 28 waitlist. This is the framework that I used to unstick people, and the next cycle will be March/April 2025. 18:30Q 3: I am a shameless Rachel Strickland groupie. You are so wise and funny. I love your defence and bolstering of creativity especially women. (this wasn't a question but I LOVED reading it, thank you so so much!) 19:50Q 4: I'm going to my first ever aerial retreat with Ais in 2 weeks. Any advice? Sincerely, a panicked person who doesn't feel qualified to be there. 21:00Me hoping to calm the fears of this lovely commentor 21:30A reminder that fear/anxiety is pleasure without permission 22:22My recommendation for SPF, I've been using this on my face daily for a decade 23:08
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By request from wonderful Vix! Thank you Vix! On seasonality in strength training, favorite muggle gym exercises.
On meatsuits and the muggle gym, Episode 18What I use the muggle gym for (spoiler, it's GLUTES) 2:15Balancing muggle gym strength training and aerial training 4:30Why I learned to love short workouts 8:00Shoutout to JillFit's program that made me realize ramping back up GENTLY is the only way to fly. Strength training is RESILIENT 10:00My personal trainer Nelson's advice that finally got through my thick circus-skull that just wants to do as hard as I can all the time 11:00Favorite leg/ass/hamstring exercises- you don't need 30, you only need like...10. Squats, kettlebell swings, walking lunges, and hip thrusts are my favorites and I do them each week on different days when possible. 13:00Favorite ab exercises: Myotatic crunch with or without weight (start with 2lbs.) and hanging leg lifts 14:00Getting as much bang for your buck as you can for ab exercises so you're not just doing crunches for a billionty years 15:30The basic recipe I use every time I go to the muggle gym 16:24What I'm most proud of from my muggle gym time 18:00
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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 6:15Best possible way to reach out to a studio owner 7:50What you need to have ready when you reach out 8:30How many offerings do you need to have to choose from before you reach out? 10:10Getting testimonials: why you need them and how to get them 12:45Here's an example of a menu of offerings How to price your workshops and the split with the studio 15:00Need a sample contract? Sign up for my newsletter and get a contract template as well as lots of other templates and goodies. 17:30What about accommodation? 19:00The metric for success when traveling to teach workshops 20:53Don't go back to sleep.
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Workshop intensive weekend at Monarca in Flight October 26-27! 2:00It 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 2:30Episode 6: Operating Under Active GriefThe 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 6:30If you want to take a bath while watching a sunset over the marina, stay at the Shad Hotel in Redondo Beach 10:20How the talk actually went on the day of 12:04My beef with the response "you're not alone" when you share a challenge with someone and how this weekend put it to rest 16:30All my gratitude to these two heroes, the splendid Dr. Shante Cofield and Jill ColemanGetting to meet the other two amazing guest speakers 18:00:Dr. Jennifer HuttonDr. Uchenna OssaiDon't go back to sleep.
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Acknowledging the grief associated with a loss of interest in your discipline 1:00My very unpopular advice for what to do if you find you are bored with your discipline 3:15Why teaching your discipline will not constitute the break that you might benefit from 5:43Wanna quit? Try it. Your practice is more resilient than you might think. 8:20Other ways you can disrupt your practice if you're bored with it 9:40The cultural story about "Passion" and why it's not helpful. Here are some things that ARE reliable forms of fuel 10:00A lil story for you about the peace that can come when you are actually done with something, because you did it already. 13:15See you at BossUp?! Come say hi if you're there!Don't go back to sleep.
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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.
Disaster relief for Western North Carolina:Action Network Mutual AidHow we met (awww) 4:00Our career as dance partners in college and all the beautiful ridiculous things we made together 8:00Mel's pathway to medicine, and their stint homesteading in western North Carolina 13:00The myths surrounding naturopathic medicine 17:35Mel's favorite herbs for entering into a parasympathetic nervous state 21:59skull cap, chamomile, tulsi, milky oats, passion flower, holy basiladaptogen herbs are also helpful for this such as ashwagandha and rhodiola Mel's favorite brands for quality botanicals 26:01Wise Woman HerbalsWish Garden HerbsHerb PharmGaia HerbsHow Mel blew my mind about essential oils (and why she hates them) 27:55What is a daily "must-do"? 32:35Listen to Mel explode my brain about eye contact 34:30All the talk about hormones begins at 35:30Herbs you can take for hormonal regulation 39:54If you have ovaries, what are the signs that you might have increased testosterone and what might that be indicative of? 42:20How I learned about the magic of breastmilk from Mel after the birth of their son Kiran 44:40What would you recommend for someone starting a healing journey when they get the advice to trust your body, but you don't/can't? 47:56Me exploiting my access to Mel by asking them about drinking salted water cause I saw it on Instagram 56:28Advice for athletes! Supplements and recovery suggestions for athletes 59:47Have you ever had to address barriers to care within GNC communities, especially in regards to hormonal or OB/GYN issues? 1:07:07A charming anecdote about how Mel taught me to make bread 1:11:22As an expat southerner, how are the ways you stay in connection to your sense of home? 1:13:01What advice would you give to yourself at the age of the anecdote about the bread? 1:16:15You 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.
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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.
The origin of Audacity and why I've chosen to adopt that word so thoroughly into my life 2:00The story behind naming The Audacity Project 5:30Enrolling in the early spring of 2025, Cycle 28 of The Audacity Project has a waitlist here.The first Charleston Artist Salon and how it went! 7:25If you are local, you can sign up to hear about future salons here.Why I think effective leadership has to start with the leader 10:40You can check the Patreon to see my half-baked weirdly sexual concept 12:15What I've learned from recording 100 episodes of the podcast 12:50The top 5 most downloaded episodes:#5 Cheers to the irresponsible#4 When is it ok to perform for free: a re-framing of performing opportunities#3 The Radical Responsibility of Being Seen with Dr. Shante Cofield#2 Art, Grief, and What Happens Next with Shannon McKenna#1 most downloaded episode is...Morning Pages: how to do them, how to not do them, and what to do if they bore the pants off of youThe 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" MorrellSammy DeanSusannah DonauTricia MelkeAlicia LloydKat DohertyHeather MeyerHannah LemkeVerity BradfordHeather BentleyMirrahEmily Garrod CoxElena "Tink"Chris Angel FisherCecilia Quin de la NocheJenny Tufts
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Today's episode is brought to you by a nice little fit I got to throw for myself in the studio yesterday. Do enjoy.
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.Intensive weekend workshops at Monarca in DC are open for booking for October!Me and the great Jenny Tuft's Full Circle retreat still has some available space! Click here to learn more and view our myth busting IG live about it here.BossUp is happening October 10-11 in Redondo Beach, CA! I can't believe I get to speak to this room and be a part of it. Hosted by The Movement Maestro and Jill Fit!Why the morning after a failure is not a great metric for the mettle of an artist. 7:00The humbling nature of success rather than failure because the work itself has to be enough 8:45Flipping the script on "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?" 9:09The most terrifying success I've had 12:10What I learned 3 years after recorded my first humiliating fit of despair 15:00Why hearing "you're not alone" is not comforting to me at all 16:35A TMI gift for my patrons coming up this week.
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Where I was on 9/11, 2001 (where were you? I'd love to know) and the gift my art professor gave me that dayIt's enrollment week baby! Cycle 27 of The Audacity Project is open for enrollment this week only, until Friday, September 13th at 11:59pmCycle runs 9/16 until 11/15 with a break week October 14thClasses are Tuesdays at 2pm EST (replays are always available)Targeted, strategic tasks assigned to you weeklyunlimited support from me during the cycleTwo 1:1 30 minute video calls with mealumni access to these materials for life, and ability to audit future cycles at any timeLeaning way into what you love about your own work: story time about me taking a walk (so riveting lol)Process-based work and the importance of documenting your process as well as the finished productWhat you can use process documentation forA challenge for you! (2 of them actually) 15:00Does anyone actually read show notes??Don't go back to sleep.
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And now for something completely different, talking to aerialist and adventure athlete, the fabulous and Audacious Sasha Galitzki! Sasha uses photography and videography to document her work in what is to me, the most unimaginable of places including FREAKIN GLACIERS, Y'ALL!!
The Audacity Project Cycle 27 launches to the public on Monday, September 9th! My email list is the best way to hear about it, also I write excellent emails, just sayin. How she got into performing in -15 degree temperatures in jaw-droppingly gorgeous environmentsNo but like seriously how tf is this happening and how is she rigging from ice?!Here is the non-optional image that you absolutely have to see, prepare yourselves. Photo by Kris AndresThe added dance of being warm, but not warm enough to sweat because then you can literally freeze inside your clothes omg how is this happeningWhy "flow" is not a way to approach doing aerial work in these extreme conditions.How we finally met IRL even though we've known each other through The Audacity Project for years.Shout out to rigger spouse Marcus making up the other half of the dream teamNiching down harder than anyone has ever niched before, and the shadow side of accomplishing something extraordinary. How she has witnessed climate change in the most unavoidable, personal ways possible, and her advice for what us as individuals can do to address it locally.All about Wild Aerial, the film and the process of making it.Elk poop. :)How she as a fellow introvert approached visibility using a PR agent and a voice coach (I love this!) and you can see her TV interview here!
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You can follow Sasha's shenanigans (and I'd recommend it) here on her personal Instagram, and follow the film on the official Wild Aerial Instagram page.
You can find Sasha's website here.
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Happy Wednesday errbody! The waitlist for The Audacity Project, Cycle 27 closes on Friday the 30th! Sign up here for early enrollment, $100 off the price of tuition, and an early access bonus- all of this is only available to the waitlist before enrollment goes public.
The role of routine and discipline, and how it sometimes needs to be disrupted 3:00Why I think perfectionism is one of the most insidious gremlins there are 7:30How to know if you're a perfectionist or if you just have high standards of excellence 8:15How discipline and routine can be the ladder out of perfectionism 11:15My own relationship with perfectionism in art work 11:30How I got all smug about not being a perfectionist in my artistic work, but realized I have these tendencies in my other life omg so rude 13:30How I've experienced perfectionism outside of artistic practice 15:00Why perfectionism is bullshit 21:45
This week's episode is all about perfectionism, how it manifests in artistic practice as well as outside of it, and what to do about it if it's got its teeth in you. It also ended up being accidentally confessional but I'm going let it be what it is.
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The waitlist for The Audacity Project, Cycle 27 is open, and closes next Friday August 30th at 11:59pm! You can sign up for that here and get all the goodies and extras, save some $$ on the project if you decide to enroll in it, and get access to early action bonuses!
This episode was inspired by two write ins: Thanks to Michelle for asking for an episode about Finding your Why, and thanks to Ruthie for asking for how to reconnect to your body when you're no longer in a physically creative field.The surprising reasons I've avoided exercise for long periods of time (3-6 months sometimes) 5:00An extremely powerful, simple exercise for finding your why 7:00An example of the Finding Your Why exercise 9:30Wtf is the point of finding your why? 12:00Follow Laura Jean here for her amazing resources on identifying your values https://www.instagram.com/dietitianvalues/ Thank you Shante aka The Movement Maestro for the Mafia and sharing your people with us!TrustU by Jillfit that I'm having a lot of fun with!How I found my why recentlyShout out to Jen Crane for her MyFlex program that came to the rescue
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An episode by request from MM- thank you for this food for thought!
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) 4:00Why the word "professionalism" makes me roll my eyes pretty hard 8:45What boundaries we actually can have with the online space when it's helpful 12:15How I responded when my audience quadrupled 16:00
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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!
Out of frustration comes doing the damn thing- what frustrated Veronica enough to create her own companyThe growing pains of creating an award winning show, and bumping up against needing to replace core membersHow she navigated funding the show as an independent American creatorThe process of casting the showWhat it's like being a scare actor for Universal StudiosHer timeline from conception to premiereThe most useful thingHow to work for the Ren Faire if that's your bagWhat's next for Veronica, and for 79 Ways to DieClick here to see an example of a press kit y'all! Dealing with big injury griefAaaaand me getting all weepyOh 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).
What you'll hear:You can learn more about Veronica here on insta: https://www.instagram.com/labrujacreative/
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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.
a whole bunch of what it's like for me as a teacherThe 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 festivalYou gotta use what you have available to you that day. Cyr wheel is the shitYou have to be ok with sucking if you ever wanna be greatChantal McCormick is a force of nature (this is not news)There is magic being in the roomSome rooms you can get into:Full Circle Aerial Hoop retreat with Jenny Tufts at Sweet Retreats in Mexico, two retreats to choose from babyBOSSUP2024! 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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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 placeNo 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 artistsWhy I love summer, and why on earth I would move from San Francisco to the deep south 4:00Taking a moment to acknowledge the call of the land to a place, and not just the culture 10:00Why I didn't move to LA in 2013 even though it would have made a lot of sense professionally 11:30my necessary summer activities that make me feel I have honored summer 17:00Swimply! Thanks to Vanessa Sirois for this resource 19:00If 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 20:00Don't go back to sleep.
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A buffet episode! In which I tackle as many questions/requests from you as I can in 20 minutes.
How to protect yourself from overworking/overtraining when you're committed to a program that encourages that behavior? If you want to ask for an amended program and want to back that up with data, here's something you can do 4:40On navigating your ego and sitting at the big kid's table 6:20Listen here to the episode of The Movement Maestro that I reference! 10:4911:28 Next question is from wonderful Emma, go follow her! Why are we so hard on ourselves? Why do we get in our own way all the time?A question about how to create a semblance of structure for yourself, especially if you have ADHD 16:32I reference this episode on seasonality if you'd like more thoughts on how it looks in practice
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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 3:25An update on patron rewards for Coven tiers and higher 4:15What is Artistic Hoarding and why is it so insidious? 5:40How to tell the difference between hoarding an idea and just letting it cook naturally 8:54The fallacy of waiting to feel a certain way before taking action 12:45What hoarding an idea protects us from 14:00Don't go back to sleep.
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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.
The spectrum of clown, from light to dark (yes this is an actual thing) and the history behind it 2:15What 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 8:00What it was like attending the notorious Dell'Arte School of Physical Theater 16:15Via Negativa! If you're tired of being called amazing without getting necessarily actionable notes, listen up 24:15What 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!) 29:00What it's like to perform for a mud circus (Flynn Creek Circus) for 6 freakin seasons JFC 32:24The role of risk in physical performance 40:00How Ross scared the shit out of me in his show The Greatest Monkey Show On Earth 41:00On navigating the American funding system for the arts LISTEN UP PEOPLE!!! 45:00What's next on the buffet for this hungry hungry artist? 1:03:00See Ross perform at Kinetic Art's Center's Summer Circus Celebration and the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival
What you'll hear:ViaHow to find, follow, and support Ross' work:
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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.
How I structure my business (sole proprietorship, LLC etc.) 2:15What I use to host my website: WixWhat I use to deliver my online courses: Teachable I use Crowdcast to host webinars Convert kit, the GOAT of email marketing softwareInstagram, which no one needs a link to. 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 14:15Audacity for music editing as well as recording solo podcast episodesBeezeteez for merchandise! Tell em I sent ya!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. 23:00Irfanview for super simple image editing, but honestly just get the pro version of Canva. Do yourself a favor and just use the desktop version.InShot for editing videos on mobileFilmora for editing video on desktopI love using Buzzsprout to host this podcast, it's ridiculously easy to use Sign up here for free contract templates, tech rider templates, and as an added bonus, Woo Corner!
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