Audacity Works

Send us Fan Mail By request from my friend Lizzie who asks:  How to deal (or not) with people who don’t get it. It = circus, no longer wanting stability and pleasures of muggle life, wanting to train hard and achieve. What you'll hear: Creatrix: Unleash the Muse is open and ready for you!  Information and application here. 2:20 What it can look like when people just don't get it.  3:00 &...

Send us Fan Mail Continuing from last week's conversation- I'm tackling the question from my girl Ali about "what to do about undercutting uuuugggghhhh" What you'll hear: Avenues you can pursue to make a living wage as a performer without doing anything else 1:15 On last week's episode - flipping the script Subject #1:  UNDERCUTTING.  What it is and why it happens.  2...

Send us Fan Mail I've been putting this episode off for a while because it's DENSE.  It's a bit of a bite-sized master class in this subject, according to me.  All my gratitude to the 100+ artists who have talked with me about this in my career, and especially to TaiTai for asking the question:  "How to leave my fucking morning job without having plan B and I still have bills t...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Creatrix is open to the waitlist!  It will open to the public January 20th.  You can click here for details and questions are always welcome.  You can DM me on Instagram or Patreon.  2:00 full disclosure, there's no plans to hold another Creatrix retreat at this time. Question from Rachel:  why I sign off with "Don't go back to sleep."  T...

Send us Fan Mail By request from Rachael via Instagram (what's up Rachael!) asking me to discuss the uncomfortable state of being obsessed/in love with something but not yet good at it. What you'll hear: Creatrix applications are official open to waitlist!  Click here to get a reminder (I'll notify you if the spaces have been filled). How the discomfort between being a beginner and...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Episode 112 , where I outline how I chose my word of the year this year 1:30 My word of the year:  EVOLVE and some ways that will show up for me Reminder to patrons of the Coven tier and higher, one of your rewards is a hand-penned calligraphy of your word of the year, so keep an eye out for a message from me via Patreon in the next couple of days 2:52 My #1...

Send us Fan Mail With all the talk about the light returning (which is very fair and which I add to in the canticle) how about we actually sit with this long darkness of winter and honor what we find there.   What you'll hear: Applications for Creatrix 2.0 will open January 4th at 9am EST for my patrons, you can become one here   Any remaining slots will be offered to the waitlist on January...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Wanna leave me a review?  I'd love that! 1:00 Applications for Creatrix 2.0 will open January 4th at 9am EST for my patrons, you can become one here   2:00 Any remaining slots will be offered to the waitlist on January 8th, you can join that here Why I chose to wait until January to open applications (spoiler, it's because no-work December starts t...

Send us Fan Mail I'm not a talented gift giver, so I really appreciate personal recommendations for products and companies that are good to work with, ethically sourced, and/or just solid products.  What you'll hear: How the show this past weekend at Bloom Movement Artistry went (spoiler, it was awesome) 3:00 The power of asking for what you need 4:30 Ficarre hair clips:   $50 and worth...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is for anyone who's considering forming a nonprofit, I've brought on Sierra Nicholls of CSAW just in time for the energy following Giving Tuesday. What you'll hear: Sweet Retreat:  the intermediate and advanced aerial hoop retreat I co-host with the great Jenny Tufts both have some spaces available, kicking off the last week of January and first week of...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Boooo Thanksgiving, yaaay Thanksgiving, both are true  4:00 For those interested in Creatrix 2.0, here's the best places to learn about it: Best place is the Patreon , they get first dibs 2nd best place is the waitlist, here Full Circle Aerial Hoop retreat update, with me and Jenny Tufts 4:30 This episode is about food, but not nutrition.  If you want n...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is by request from my friend Chloe, who asked, " I’m wondering if you have any advice for managing adrenaline spikes before during and after performance. I find the post performance crash quite intense, any tips would be awesome." What you'll hear: Some post-election musings about staying in the room, and why it's important 2:00 The original questi...

Send us Fan Mail How ya doing?  Holding up ok?  I hope this episode finds you well and finding your feet in whatever method  The possibly helpful thing I wrote the day after the election , here for you if you need it. How the 2nd Charleston Artist's Salon went, and a few of the artists who presented 2:30 A moment of exquisite synchronicity (I'll explain later on) 3:45 My favorite hack #1...

Send us Fan Mail 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. What you'll hear: I mention giving a tarot reading in the beginning, for shits and giggles, here is the link...

Send us Fan Mail By request from wonderful Vix!  Thank you Vix!  On seasonality in strength training, favorite muggle gym exercises. What you'll hear: On meatsuits and the muggle gym, Episode 18 What I use the muggle gym for (spoiler, it's GLUTES) 2:15 Balancing muggle gym strength training and aerial training 4:30 Why I learned to love short workouts 8:00 Shoutout to J illFit's pro...

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

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Workshop intensive weekend at Monarca in Flight October 26-27! 2:00 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 Episode 6:  Operating Under Active Grief The Tale of BossUp!  5:30  &q...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Acknowledging the grief associated with a loss of interest in your discipline 1:00 My very unpopular advice for what to do if you find you are bored with your discipline 3:15 Why teaching your discipline will not constitute the break that you might benefit from 5:43 Wanna quit?  Try it.  Your practice is more resilient than you might think.  8:20 Other ways...

Send us Fan Mail 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 focu...

Send us Fan Mail 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 leaders...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: Where I was on 9/11, 2001 (where were you?  I'd love to know) and the gift my art professor gave me that day It's enrollment week baby!  Cycle 27 of The Audacity Project is open for enrollment this week only, until Friday, September 13th at 11:59pm Cycle runs 9/16 until 11/15 with a break week October 14th Classes are Tuesdays at 2pm EST (replays a...

Send us Fan Mail 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!! What you'll hear: The Audacity Project Cycle 27 launches to the public on Monday, September 9th...

Send us Fan Mail 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. This week's episode is all about perfectionism, how it manifests in artistic practice as well as outside...

Send us Fan Mail 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! What you'll hear: This episode was inspired by two write ins:  Thanks to Michelle for asking for an episode...