Audacity Works

Send us Fan Mail An episode by request from MM- thank you for this food for thought! What you'll hear: 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 bu...

Send us Fan Mail 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! What you'll hear: Out of frustration comes doing the...

Send us Fan Mail What I learned at #IADF24, as I'm fresh off the plane after two weeks of intense art learning and making.  What you'll hear: a whole bunch of what it's like for me as a teacher The 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 festiv...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: 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 place No 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...

Send us Fan Mail A buffet episode!  In which I tackle as many questions/requests from you as I can in 20 minutes. What you'll hear: 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 4:40 On navigating your e...

Send us Fan Mail 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 3:25 An update on patron rewards for Coven tiers and higher 4:15 What is Artistic Hoarding and w...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Amer...

Send us Fan Mail 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. What you'll hear: How I structure my business (sole proprietorship, LLC etc.) 2:15 What I use to host my website:  Wix What  I use to deliver my online courses:  Teachable  I use Crowdca...

Send us Fan Mail An episode by request from my friend Jessie. What you'll hear: pre-IADF preparation!  Episode 36: IADF Survival Guide Nia Burk's original Instagram post referenced in the podcast (follow Butter & Filth for more truth bombs) Why "just be yourself" is maddening advice to anyone, particularly people who are already trying to do that every day 7:30 Everyone sho...

Send us Fan Mail I turned 42!  So I thought it was a good time to respond to a request episode from my girl Rachel on the gram' about aging, birthday rituals, and midlife crises!  Hooray!  :) What you'll hear: What my experience of turning 40 was like 5:25 My thoughts on midlife crises 6:40 What to do when 20 year olds complain about being scared about being old 8:00 What I'm notici...

Send us Fan Mail Join me for an hour long conversation with one of my oldest friends and favorite collaborators, photographer Max Cooper.  You'll hear plenty of stories of our past escapades as well as me giving him shit 1 or 4 times.  Sorry Max, you just bring it out in me.   What you'll hear: Why he chooses to practice more archaic forms of his discipline like pinhole photography, in s...

Send us Fan Mail Join me for a 20 minute salty soapbox rant (didn't mean to, but it sure happened)!   You'll hear: This episode was inspired by the many questions I have gotten that sound a lot like "how do you get over feeling guilty about earning money?" Money, sex, and food are the bone-deep relationships that are always a labyrinth to navigate. "No one is coming to sav...

Send us Fan Mail A friend, student, and wonderful patron Cris asked me to talk about the process of making Creatrix and the gremlins I met along the way.   You'll hear: How long it took to get from this idea being a twinkle in my eye to a living breathing thing The #1 piece of advice I'd give to anyone who wants to host a retreat 6:00 The one thing I was almost quite an idiot about (but...

Send us Fan Mail Greetings and happy May errbody!  In this episode, I'm giving you my 2 cents on best practices for being a kickass artistic collaborator. You'll hear: Here's the pretty thing I made!   I'm relaunching Diamonds in the Dark this week, and anyone who enrolls before Friday at midnight will have access to a LIVE session of the Buttermelt Workshop  What kind of colla...

Send us Fan Mail All about seasonality, and a bit of a spicy rant about why we need it so much.  As well as me waxing poetic about slutty gardening, candle pouring, and having time that I never wanted (but am actually enjoying). You'll hear: Diamonds in the Dark is relaunching next week, I hope you'll join me for the relaunch, it'll be fun!  Sign up here for the email list:  https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Please join me for an hour of the chats with my super cool accountant, the great Sandi York of Fit Money Coach !   The older I get, the more I see the consequences of not pursuing financial literacy even though *insert all the reasons it is perfectly horrible to learn financial literacy*.  I want to at least give you some resources that I know for a fact to be excellent and trustw...

Send us Fan Mail As promised to Rachel- a whole bunch of advice on the do's and don't of creating a demo reel!  Rachel asked:  " I have a request for a podcast episode, as an "amateur" aerialist who is trying to gig more, I feel comfortable with rates in my local area and am working on getting insurance, but I don't have a demo reel. And all of my footage of performan...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought you to by my friend KT's question:  " Honoring the rib ache!  It’d be really cool to hear a deep dive on it/your experiences ignoring and following that feeling.  I revisited the idea recently when I found myself doing a bunch of random shit I wasn’t enjoying just to make more money." What you'll hear:  BossUP 2024 is live and I'm S...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you the wonderful Elizabeth Finn for inspiring this episode with her very good question: How do you navigate the tension between being a generous performer and remaining true to your artistic integrity? My obvious first answer which will surprise no one 4:45 The very first and most important reason I continue to espouse my first obvious answer 5:29 What the audience REALLY w...

Send us Fan Mail It is my great pleasure to have as my guest this month, International circus artist and business coach to circus artists around the world, Ulrike Storch.  Ulrike's actionable response to burnt out artists Why talent is bullshit  (I love this!) How she found her special sauce through paying attention to what was pissing her off How she was able to design different versions of...

Send us Fan Mail Woo corner is just around the...corner.  S ign up here !  I don't want to say that it could save your life but, you know.  It could save your life.   What you'll hear in this episode: The three things you need to create something out of nothing: Vision, Resources, and Skill 3:15 Why I think Vision is the most important 4:00 Questions you can ask in fleshing out your visi...

Send us Fan Mail What you'll hear: All about Ostara!  Episode 21 Dragon egg reel on the gram Register for The Buttermelt Workshop!   In Charleston SC Sunday March 24, 2024 1-3pm at Cherry Bombs Pole Studio Gentle advice for how to curate your consumption of news media 3:30 Rule numba 1 for getting gigs (or any other kind of work) you actually want to be doing:  9:00 Ramit Sethi's briefca...

Send us Fan Mail Inspired by a question from my fren Michelle (thank you Michelle!) who asked what are all the ways to operate in the industry? What you'll hear: The Movement Maestro has opened the door to the Instagram Intensive, Round 15!  If you want to give your relationship with social media a total makeover, enrollment is open until Friday, March 16th only.  Click here to get in on that...

Send us Fan Mail Pregame:  The Audacity Project, Cycle 26 is enrolling THIS WEEK ONLY! Please welcome our guest for March, the wonderful Shannon Morse of The Green Door Life!  Shannon and I became fast friends around 2013, and she is the woman responsible for teaching me how to eat at the age of 33.   What you'll hear: How we met (we don't know, but you'll hear two stories about vis...

Send us Fan Mail A buffet episode is where I take as many questions as I can answer from readers in about 20 minutes.  I get a lot of amazing questions that I don't always have 20 minutes of material about, but I still think they are incredibly valuable and I want to address them.  Solution?  Buffet episode!   What you'll hear: Woo corner is coming out Friday, March 1st in the morning! ...