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The waitlist will be enrolling for Cycle 30 of The Audacity Project March 2-6, get yourself on the waitlist with haste!  https://poser.kit.com/cycle30 General lifey updates from me 2:00I've heard through the grapevine that folx would be liking MOAR witchy shit.  True?  I hope so 5:00My personal feels on using witchcraft and calling oneself a witch (spoiler, I don't care what you call yourself, it's human nature to create ritual) 5:45Why a growing spell during the waxing moon?  And why I use moon magic even though I don't reall...

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The LAST CYCLE EVER of the Audacity Project is enrolling in a couple of weeks.  Do not miss it!  I mean it!  https://poser.kit.com/cycle30 1:00All jobs have costumes!  Fight me.  3:45If you hate costuming and don't have that particular brain cell, USE YOUR FRIENDS we can't all be experts in everything 9:30The staples I recommend for aerial corporate costuming 10:30White/silver/gold (one of these tends to be plenty)Black"Classic Circus" with a red base 13:00Accessories! They make a huge difference 14:00Fishnets.  The real shit, y'all, no bul...

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Why we need to find ways to conserve cogntive energy 3:00Definitely follow Sharon McMahon in instagram 5:22Our brains weren't built for social media, but social media was definitely built for our brains 6:45Here is the article from The Preamble I refer to:  https://open.substack.com/pub/sharonmcmahon/p/weve-lost-discernment?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web  7:15Hack #1 for preserving my cognitive energy:  I use the witches' almanac to inform how I dress.  It really works for me, these are choices I don't like making.  9:20Hack #2 for preserving my cognitive energy:  eat th...

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Me bitching about having the flu, and unsolicited advice if you get it 1:00Why this subject, why now 4:00The first parameter to consider when choosing a mental health professional 7:00InclusiveTherapists.com a great resource for affirming mental health care and coaching 12:00Check out your prospective therapist on Psychology Today 14:35Psychiatrists vs. other practicioners, and why the highest possible education does not guarantee a good practitioner 16:00Thank you to the wonderful Janelle Peters/Janelle Dinosaurs for these resources!  If you can work with Janelle, DO IT!  10/10 recommend.  19:25For alternative approaches I can...

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how I manage my energy while hosting retreats 1:00 (spoiler...it's avoiding the news)Gratitude to the guests, staff, and cohosts at the wonderful Sweet Retreats! 3:40Why we needed an unexpected funeral/molting ceremony 5:00I take a moment to vent about how it doesn't have to be a big deal to create a ritual space (it only takes attention, really) 11:00How we went about the molting ritual1 3:00The story about a dream I had:  the New House.  The original post from my old blog about the New House  15:00A request for an...

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Currently right in the middle of ho-hosting the Aerial Serpent retreat with Kristina Canizares at Sweet Retreats, Mexico- so sustainability is on our minds a lotKristina's goal exercise rating the access we had to time, energy, community, and facilities 6:30When we are consistently failing to live up to our expectations, we create a hostile relationship with our creative practice 8:00Sustainability is boring.  No wonder we prefer to set spectacular spectacular goals for ourselves, that's more exciting- buuuuuut 9:00"Expectation is resentment under construction"  -Al Anon quote 15:12Are your goals humane enough th...

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Wanna share your words of the year, or your 13th intention?  I wanna know!  Patron meetup!  January 18 3-4pm EST.  Link is here on this patreon postHow the not vaping is going 3:15Last cycle of The Audacity Project coming up in the next two months!  Hop on the waitlist hereWhat is an island, and what kind of island is this episode for 5:00If you feel emotionally defensive in most space you enter, I have to gently suggest that "It might be you." 7:55LIved experience and past pain are very real and v...

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NYE is a weird "holiday".  People get in their heads about it.  This is your invitation to let it be whatever it is and don't pressure yourself to make it look any certain way.  1:30What me and Manflesh have been doing the past few years (it is not a rager) 2:15The impetus for this episode 4:00MY definition of Shadow Work 5:10What is the POINT of shadow work?  7:55What I think is shadow work is NOT (spoiler alert:  it's needless gratuitous suffering)  9:45What you can expect from me this coming year 12:00If you...

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How Solstice went (it was lovely) 1:15That Glasgow Witch ig reel mentioned at 3:15Why I celebrate Christmas (come on just try not to, just try) 4:34How my Scrooge years became Low Work December 6:48A Christmas Story (the main event) 7:27Don't forget to sign up for 5 Days to Desire!  Comin atcha December 26

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You WON'T hear a bunch of history, I didn't feel like doing the research during my rest monthTim Ferriss's End of Year Review that I do every year:  https://tim.blog/2021/12/27/past-year-review/  3:15Mel Robbin's version of this (thanks for the rec mama!)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeD8tpOCyIY 3:45Words of the year (these have been massively transformational for me in the past, a ritual I love to observe) 5:00Things changing for me!  The next cycle of The Audacity Project, Cycle 30, will be the last of its kind.  You can s...

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BOOM 3 weeks off the vape, baby!  1:00This episode is by request from Rachel, who asked how to walk the line between white-knuckle discipline and being kind to ourselves when we are trying to change a habit 2:00Sign up for 5 Days of Desire here!  Comin atcha December 26-30  2:30It ain't willpower 4:40Gather ways to support yourself:  chemical, social, internal 6:30Make ONE CHANGE AT A TIME!!  I know you want to change all the things.  But don't.  Just change the one thing.  Give it 28 days before changing anything else. 8:28The hardest moments are HARD...

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Sign up here for the 5 day Desire challenge!  Not selling anything, just a gift from me to you:  https://poser.kit.com/desire 1:30Introductions!  Meet Adam O'Keeffe, co-founder of Wave Walker Films, writer, all around excellent human, and my friend  3:00Apparently you can premeire something MANY times 7:20Why it's so important to buy ticcies to independent films (regardless of whether or not your bum makes it into the seat) 9:15How we met waaaay back in 2010?  Maybe? Either way, here's the origin story! 13:00"How are you such a chill motherfucker?" And other...

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This episode may be out of left field but just in case it is useful for someone who is trying to help a friend out of a harmful situation.

Content Warnings for repeated mentions of domestic violence/abuse, psychological abuse, and trauma.

This episode is meant as a support for the helpers, NOT for the victims.  If you suspect you may be in a harmful situation please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 3:15It is ok to feel whatever you feel.  It can take many, many iterations and attempts before a vi...

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Absolutely no preamble whatsoever lol"Instagram Psychology" and where the collective thoughts on boundaries are right now 0:48We know they are "good" but WHY are they good? As an example, the bottom line I have folks set in The Audacity Project 1:21My beef with how boundaries are talked about often 6:50Storytime! Learning about boundaries from Bradley 9:00Why people pleasing is a thing, and such a hard cage to escape from 12:25What the patriarchy teaches us power is (it's not) 13:00TLDR:  boundaries are not a way to control other people's behavior, t...

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the terrible truth (I don't really care) 1:50 my history with learning about astrology 3:15Why I can enjoy it fine, but I don't love it 6:50the point of witchcraft to me 9:15Do yourself a favor and read this article by Rosa Lyster entitled:  Astrology is Fake but Scorpios are Extremely True 10:00why Manflesh is King of the Scorpios 12:00don't get me started on crystals 14:00The point of this episode 15:45

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For today's aural offering I've brought aerialist and filmmaker Sasha Galitzki back to talk about her new film Embers, creating art out of tragedy, and advice to new filmmakers.

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Listen to Sasha and I's first conversation about Wild Aerial here:  Episode 97:  Making Art in the Extreme with Sasha GalitzkiLife 1.5 years after losing everything 3:50On making Embers 8:00On making art out of hard things that have happened to you 12:00Accidentally becoming an artist activist 15:15On Ember's premiere November 4th 2025 18:30On the reemergence of gremlins after feeling they had gone aw...

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Based on a true story.  Or many.

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Aerial Serpent:  Circus for Life has a private room and a private bathroom available!  1:00The Parable of the Stump 1:56How the post office is also a stump 8:40The stump, and the post office, are excellent metaphors for gremlins.  Resistance to them isn't based in reality, they are couched in emotions we aren't willing to experience. 9:40A final real-world example of "it might be easy" 11:46My question to you...what if it were easy?  15:40

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Today's episode is inspired by a conversation I had with a current student in The Audacity Project about getting someone else to design their website for them.

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Janelle Peters has open slots for therapy (Wyoming and Colorado) AND mental health coaching (worldwide!), I cannot recommend their genius enough.  They have SUCH a gift for taking a wad of chaotic thoughts and being able to say it back to you in one concise and achingly insightful sentence.  Scoop up the free slots by visiting them here.  1:00What a time to...

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Tiny story about why you should listen to the people that you serve, der 1:00Why I'm excited to suck in front of people tonight 3:00Episode 143: Your 5 non-negotiables- finding balance during crunch time 4:08Purchase or download Andrew Simonet's How to Make Your Life as an Artist 7:00What is a task...really? 7:27Question #1:  How can I make this easy?Question #2:  Where is my humanity being denied? 15:45

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An episode by request from a listener who asked:  Podcast topic request for a friend: backing out/canceling contracts. When is it worth it? Can you do it without burning a bridge?

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an honest question- "what do you need?" and a little story about me being asked this question 1:00Go follow Janelle they are wonderful.  They exploded my brain around 3:45Attending to the question at 4:30When you should definitely burn the bridge/break the contract 4:50Why the value is really the question we need to be as...

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Firstly, putting this here so it's easy to find COME HANG WITH ME AND KRISTINA IN MEXICO!  

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a brief and brilliant follow up tip on last week's episode from wise sister Shannon!  1:00  Introducing my very dear friend Kristina Cañizares of Fit & Bendy 2:00Immediately go into a rando tangent on sleep paralysis lol 3:45How we met way back in 2007 (spoiler:  it was on MySpace)  6:00Background info and education on Kristina (worth every word as she pulls no punches) and why she no longer works anywhere within the industry of her...

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This episode is by request from my friend Kim who asked, "job postings that exist through a paywall.  Are they worth it?  Is it bullshit?"

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me talking about my life for a long ass time 1:41Reminders that Aerial Serpent:  Circus for Life still have 10 spaces left in Mexico this coming January with me and Kristina Nekyia! 4:04 (actually as of this publishing that is now 9 spaces left, including one complete scholarship for a Mexican artist living and working in Mexico)Gigsalad.com - This is the one I h...

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This episode is by request from my friend Susannah who asked about tarot readings:  how it's done, etc.  Let's talk about it!

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I never learned tarot from anyone else but I have learned A LOT from my other magical teachers, including:Denise LitchfieldIkeoma DivineAndrea St. Amand (she has a book coming out this month!!)How I taught myself tarot, and why I use the same deck every time even though I own a dozen 3:00Can we please clear up this myth that you can't buy a tarot deck fo...

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150 episodes baby!!!  Hell yeah!  Thank you for being here!

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The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling this week only!  Until Friday September 12th at 11:59pm ESTCelebrating my 1st $100/month patron!  Amazing!  It only happened because it was available- gotta be a lesson in there somewhere 4:30Episode 42:  Morning Pages, how to do them, how not to do them, and what to do if they bore the pants off of you  5:30When morning pages in the morning are working against you, stop doin em in the morning 7:00Morning pages are a tool in...

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Woo corner is coming out in the next couple of days, hop on into the sandbox!  This will also be the best place to learn about when The Audacity Project opens to the public next week. Request #1:  "Guilt about landing a contract and not enjoying/liking it" -Anya  2:45Why I think not liking an opportunity is pretty exciting (as long as you use that information for future you) 5:00Request #2:  "How to schedule when time has no meaning. Basically, when you are the mistress of your own time, but are a roomb...

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Why I chose to reclaim the word "Audacity"The Instagram post I am referencing at 0:55 is here:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DN0lgTY2uCc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==My friend Luke Haynes, follow him cause he's awesome. 1:44Being surrounded by legendary talent was actually pretty useful in being able to differentiate my own emotional talent from physical aptitude 3:00Click here to see an image of the Fool from the major arcana in tarot The shadow side of Audacity 6:30 (FCT)The Audacity of the new artist The...

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This episode is by request from Nicole who asked "Can you do an episode about the seriousness of art?  I can't help feeling like a lot of art is pretentious."

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Little updates from my own lifeThe Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling very soon!  You can hop on the waitlist here:  https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/the-audacity-projectHow a professional friendship from 8 years ago showed up out of nowhere.  Yay relationships! 2:15If you're interested in booking a tarot reading for yourself you can do that here:  https://calendly.com/theau...

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Some updates from me on wheelchair recovery, floods in my living room, and why I still think my life is an embarrassment of riches 1:00Salty content warning 4:00A previous episode for further listening- Episode 30:  The Trap of the Independent WomanWhy hyper-independence isn't gendered, although it is experienced in different ways that are gendered 8:00Kasia Urbaniak's Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power 8:45How resistance to asking for things will fuck up all your dreams 13:00An exercise/quest for you to do if this resonates with you 17:15Cycle 29 of The Audacity Project i...

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This is a companion episode to Episode 145- One month as a wheelchair user- what I learnedThe insights shared here were generously given to me by Erin Ball of Inter Complementary Journeys- you can follow Erin and Maxime hereEpisode 33:  Is it imposter syndrome, or is it misogyny? (or racism, or transphobia, or agism, or ableism...)#SayTheWord:  read the public health post hereSpoon Theory by Christine Miserandino  5:56

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Episode 141:  Blame the Snake this is how I ended up in a wheelchair for a monthFirst thing I learned:  everything you do will take 2-4x longer than you're used to 2:30How to request an SSR (special service request) at the airport 4:15My dear friend Alec Stoddard sent me this useful reading of the Air Carrier Access Act, very useful if you are traveling with a mobility aid 9:00Adventures in navigating a familiar city (Galway, Ireland) in a totally unfamiliarly abled body 12:00PSA:  wheeling yourself up a hill in a whe...

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No idea what the snake bite story is?  You can hear it here:  Episode 141:  Blame the SnakeWhat this episode is really about...when you invest a community with yourself, magic happens.  4:45One of your greatest superpowers is your attention and where you place it 7:00How receiving attention relates to havingness levels (and how it relates to performing arts) 9:49How I got schooled in real time by my own axioms on havingness levels and receiving attention 10:50Group Hoop documentation coming soon to the patreon!!  16:00

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This episode is by request from my friend Fallon, who asks, "How do you find the balance between the art consuming you and the other important things/people in your life?  Do you let it overtake you for the month(s) before, and then have a break after?  Are you able to find breaks in between?  If so, how??"

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shitty sound quality because I don't have my microphone here in Ireland (blame the snake).  One week down at the IADF, one week to go 2:00Getting into the...

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My girl Cris asked me to talk about this post on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDehqMypsT_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkMindless media consumption is "nothing box" and is by nature, easy passive pleasure 4:00Both this and addictive behaviors are driven by dopamine 5:42We tend to judge ourselves for these behaviors as though they are a moral failing on our part, even though it's literally how we were designed 8:00Art-making is more expensive metabolically than mindless media consumption, and so is the cuddly chemicals like oxytocin 10:00How chronic...

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I was bitten by a copperhead snake on the 4th of July, so here's the story of how that happened, and what transpired afterwards.Why they wait a certain time before they'll administer antivenom after a venomous snake bite 7:50The coolest solution to peeing in bed ever 12:00Just in time for Disability Awareness Month 16:30"Blame the snake."  21:00

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Today's episode is by request from my friend Vix, who asks:

"As someone who has been creating their own one-woman show, how do you show your work-in-progress if you’ve only got one act or partial act?  I’m specifically referring to residencies that ask for works to be shown as part of their program (ex. “one night performance open to the public to show WIP,” “two nights of shows that the venue will help promote,” etc.). Do I just put on my 4-5 min aerial piece and then talk everyone to go home? W...