Audacity Works

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: 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 lot Kristina's goal exercise rating the access we had to time, energy, community, and facilities 6:30 When we are consistently failing to live up to our expectations, we create a hostile relationsh...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: 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 post How the not vaping is going 3:15 Last cycle of The Audacity Project coming up in the next two months!  Hop on the waitlist here What is an island, and what kind of island is this episode for 5:00 If you feel em...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: 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.  1:30 What me and Manflesh have been doing the past few years (it is not a rager) 2:15 The impetus for this episode 4:00 MY definition of Shadow Work 5:10 What is the P...

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

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: You WON'T hear a bunch of history, I didn't feel like doing the research during my rest month Tim Ferriss's End of Year Review that I do every year:  https://tim.blog/2021/12/27/past-year-review/  3:15 Mel Robbin's version of this (thanks for the rec mama!)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeD8tpOCyIY 3:45 Words of the year (these have be...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: BOOM 3 weeks off the vape, baby!  1:00 This 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 2:00 Sign up for 5 Days of Desire here!  Comin atcha December 26-30  2:30 It ain't willpower 4:40 Gather ways to support yourself:  chemical, socia...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Sign up here for the 5 day Desire challenge!   Not selling anything, just a gift from me to you:  https://poser.kit.com/desire 1:30 Introductions!  Meet Adam O'Keeffe, co-founder of Wave Walker Films, writer, all around excellent human, and my friend  3:00 Apparently you can premeire something MANY times 7:20 Why it's so important to buy ticcies to...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Na...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Absolutely no preamble whatsoever lol "Instagram Psychology" and where the collective thoughts on boundaries are right now 0:48 We know they are "good" but WHY are they good? As an example, the bottom line I have folks set in The Audacity Project 1:21 My beef with how boundaries are talked about often 6:50 Storytime! Learning about bounda...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: the terrible truth (I don't really care) 1:50  my history with learning about astrology 3:15 Why I can enjoy it fine, but I don't love it 6:50 the point of witchcraft to me 9:15 Do yourself a favor and read this article by Rosa Lyster entitled:  Astrology is Fake but Scorpios are Extremely True 10:00 why Manflesh is King of the Scorpios 12:00 don&a...

Send us Fan Mail 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. What you'll hear: Listen to Sasha and I's first conversation about Wild Aerial here:  Episode 97:  Making Art in the Extreme with Sasha Galitzki Life 1.5 years after losing everything...

Send us Fan Mail Based on a true story.  Or many. What you'll hear: Aerial Serpent:  Circus for Life has a private room and a private bathroom available!  1:00 The Parable of the Stump 1:56 How the post office is also a stump 8:40 The 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 w...

Send us Fan Mail 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. What you'll hear: 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 chaoti...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Tiny story about why you should listen to the people that you serve, der 1:00 Why I'm excited to suck in front of people tonight 3:00 Episode 143: Your 5 non-negotiables- finding balance during crunch time 4:08 Purchase or download Andrew Simonet's How to Make Your Life as an Artist 7:00 What is a task...really? 7:27 Question #1:  How can I make th...

Send us Fan Mail 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? What you'll hear: an honest question- "what do you need?" and a little story about me being asked this question 1:00 Go follow Janelle they are wonderful.  They exploded my brain around 3...

Send us Fan Mail Firstly, putting this here so it's easy to find COME HANG WITH ME AND KRISTINA IN MEXICO!   What you'll hear: 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 2:00 Immediately go into a rando tangent on sleep paralysis lol 3:45 How we met way back in 200...

Send us Fan Mail 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?" What you'll hear: me talking about my life for a long ass time 1:41 Reminders 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 p...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is by request from my friend Susannah who asked about tarot readings:  how it's done, etc.  Let's talk about it! What you'll hear: I never learned tarot from anyone else but I have learned A LOT from my other magical teachers, including: Denise Litchfield Ikeoma Divine Andrea St. Amand (she has a book coming out this month!!) How I taught myself tarot,...

Send us Fan Mail 150 episodes baby!!!  Hell yeah!  Thank you for being here! What you'll hear: The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling this week only!  Until Friday September 12th at 11:59pm EST Celebrating my 1st $100/month patron!  Amazing!  It only happened because it was available- gotta be a lesson in there somewhere 4:30 Episode 42:  Morning Pages, how to do them, how not to do them...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: 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  2:45 Why I think not liking an opportunity is pretty exciting (as long as you use th...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: 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. 1:44 Being surrounded by legendary talent was actually pretty useful in being able to differentiat...

Send us Fan Mail 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." What you'll hear: Little updates from my own life The Audacity Project, Cycle 29 is enrolling very soon!  You can hop on the waitlist here:  https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/the-audacity-project...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Some updates from me on wheelchair recovery, floods in my living room, and why I still think my life is an embarrassment of riches 1:00 Salty content warning 4:00 A previous episode for further listening- Episode 30:  The Trap of the Independent Woman Why hyper-independence isn't gendered, although it is experienced in different ways that are gendered 8...

Send us Fan Mail Supporting materials: This is a companion episode to Episode 145- One month as a wheelchair user- what I learned The insights shared here were generously given to me by Erin Ball of Inter Complementary Journeys- you can follow Erin and Maxime here Episode 33:  Is it imposter syndrome, or is it misogyny? (or racism, or transphobia, or agism, or ableism...) #SayTheWord:  read the pu...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Episode 141:  Blame the Snake this is how I ended up in a wheelchair for a month First thing I learned:  everything you do will take 2-4x longer than you're used to 2:30 How to request an SSR (special service request) at the airport 4:15 My dear friend Alec Stoddard sent me this useful reading of the Air Carrier Access Act , very useful if you are trave...