Intro to Expansion

In this episode, I launch Intro to Expansion, the free community and course that teaches and supports students in uncovering their power and defining who they are to create and expand their lives. In this episode, I review the components of expansion we’ve already covered and how we must proceed as energy beings in this destructive, distracting time. In addition to the community, I am sharing the...

Before expansion, there was contraction… In this episode, we cover how contraction was the first thing you did, the choice we have to make for our shared future, and the mission before all of us. Despite our shared challenge, the only work you need to prioritize is your own. Given how central that work is and how essential you are, moving from contraction to expansion in your own life is the great...

In this episode, we discuss how you are always creating, why creativity feels so mysterious and inaccessible, and a new way to define creativity that gives you back the vital function. You and I have a creative imperative to define ourselves and express what we receive to help shape the world. It’s time to tap into who you are and let your soul move into form. Melvyn Visit written Substack post Vi...

Your course of study, the interface of your soul, and your greatest gift. In this episode, we discuss your individuality and why it is so essential to your existence, its importance for the days ahead, and what happens when you work with the raw ingredients of your life experience. We’re going somewhere, and your being yourself is required. Are you ready to be an INDIVIDUAL? Melvyn Visit written S...

This episode introduces you to your essential nature: power and energy. We discuss how expressions of force can be confused for power, and how, on a major scale, this can delude us into thinking we have none. We also cover why, if at your core you are power, you don’t feel powerful. This topic is foundational to where we’re going. As a collective, as individuals, and you and me together on this *p...

In this episode, we discuss the fear within, the fear outside, and the promise fear holds within it during this chaotic time of reorganization. I also offer a brief practice to navigate and neutralize fear so you can leap. Give it a listen. Melvyn Visit written Substack post Visit Mel’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bon...

The seasons are changing just as the times are. In this episode, I share the moment that let me know winter is coming and what that means for me. I also offer another way to not only look at but also work with these darkening times, the multifacetedness of our gifts, and how our slowing down can lead to great illumination on the other side. During this time, while we are giving and receiving physi...

In this brief episode, I share how this year has surprised me with its contents, what I no longer have to tolerate, and where I’m taking my talents next… What’s still true, is the gravity and importance of this moment for all of us and our need to stay focused on a future that we’d actually want to inhabit. Remember, though, we always have options. My work is changing, and I am meeting the opportu...

In this reimagining of the myth of Pandora’s box, we explore what might have transpired beyond Pandora’s releasing the evils into the world and her discovery of hope inside the box as she had to live with the consequences of her mistake. We explore the role her heart plays and what we can learn from that example in today’s age, when the need for courage and heart is at an all-time high. I also sha...

In this episode, I provide an update on what I’ve been up to since Winterfall, the importance of identifying as creative AND powerful, and how old agreements can keep us stuck. I also share a sign I received that it was time for me to leave a previous relationship, and how similar directional signs exist for all of us. Give this one a listen! Visit Winterfall Directory Visit written Substack post...

What a dynamic time to be alive, eh? In this first of two standalone episodes, I respond to some of the things happening in the news and around the world to offer some encouragement, enlightenment, and hope. In this episode, I discuss the implications and symbolism of Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign, the reminder that busy bees have for us about living, and the power and ease that can come f...

In this see you later episode, I share a few musings that have enchanted me this winter season. I share more about how Melvyn Winter came to be, or rather came to me, what winter teaches us about creating from seeming death, and how snowflakes are great teachers of individualism and collectivism. I share what I want to see from all these new creators and business owners popping up, a truth about t...

In this month’s roundup episode, I discuss the purpose this stretch of recent posts have served, Winterfall—the rollout of Melvyn Winter, a bit about the accompanying playlist that I’m calling a Sonic Declaration (below). In this edition, I also discuss some of the current and future astrology and how we can respond to and preempt it. I also share what I’ll be doing now that I’ve completed such a...

In this very most important episode, we explore the symbology of the winter season, why I am so obsessed with it, and the work the arrival of winter invites, nay summons, us to. I also reintroduce myself and commit before you to my mission in this life. I share with you the “weapons” in my quiver and the necessary-ness of contraction ahead of our inevitable expansion. I also charge you to commit t...

Conscription: [ k uh n- skrip -sh uh n ] noun * compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft. In this episode, I lay out the various crises brewing just outside of our awareness and how we the people have long been at war. I cover how we can adequately prepare for the dark and trying times ahead, why they’re necessary, and how our light is what will save us. Finally, the p...

In this deeply personal, era-ending episode, I share my connection with the famed Civil Rights figure, Bayard Rustin, some of his accomplishments prior to the March on Washington, and how I came to adopt his name. I also discuss how I plan to move forward given the state of the world and what it means to me to follow my own star. You may need tissue for this one and you can’t say you weren’t warne...

In this episode, I describe the fork humanity finds itself at and the choice we must make for how we move forward. I discuss the pros and cons of both the transhumanism movement and good ole fashion spirituality (redefined of course). I discuss how looking at the future as a problem to be solved is dangerous and bland and how as kids we were trained to transform—be it through a firestone, a transf...

Happy Black History Month! In this episode, I provide my perspective on the good in the disaster we are facing, the hidden benefit of crafting your artful life, and my solution to the mostly word-only posts. Additionally, I share the urgency of our acting in alignment with ourselves, what we need to “get after,” and the newest channel coming soon to a screen near you. We’re setting a tone and sett...

In this episode, I share how a simple, but challenging activity can help us define our distinct lives and what we can do to begin embodying that life. I describe how pulling your attention back from all the places it typically goes and placing it on this activity can help you notice clues hidden in plain sight for you. Finally, I share how this activity can help us begin making gentle contact with...

In this ‘Making Of’ episode, I describe the challenges I faced while writing The Return of the Light, I provide some afterthoughts to that post and how I intend to modify my behavior moving forward and how we’ll “let it all play out.” At any rate, I hope that you are connecting to your light, tuning out the noise, and staying planted in your own mission. Give this fun, laidback episode a listen. B...

In this era-defining episode, I outline and provide context for the darkness we are seeing all around us, explain why it’s important for us to accept our place here and now, and the ways we’re being actively disempowered and plotted against. I share the importance of cultivating our energy—the raw material of the new world and tie all this to the Winter Solstice, the Winter Season, and the return...

In this episode, we take a short trek through history to examine the life of the most famous proponent of heliocentrism, the model of the universe that places the sun in the center of a rotating chorus of planet, Nicolaus Copernicus. In it, I draw parallels between Copernicus’ time and ours and outline the curious, winding path Copernicus took to revolutionize our reality. In a time ripe as this o...

In this episode, I share what I’ve been up to since my last post and the mini courses of study I’ve undertaken post-The Journey Home. In it, I share insights I’ve gained from studying the shadow, emotions, and narcissism in families and what this means for what I (and hopefully we) do next. May these reflections be a welcome addition to your holidays and may 2025 bring us goodness we didn’t expect...

Hi, I’m Melvyn Rustin and I give you The Journey Home. In this episode, after a long, arduous journey, I wrap up this stretch of our journey by detailing what The Journey Home is, what it’s meant to me, how to navigate it, and more. My intention with The Journey Home is to provide a practical, lived-through, model for internal expansion. Give this episode a listen, share it with a friend, and emba...

In this episode, I share some closing thoughts about The Journey Home, what’s next for Mel’s Substack, what’s next for me, data collection, an Astro update, and parting thoughts for your heart amid these transformative times. Give this episode a listen, share with a friend, and I’ll talk to you soon. Journey Home survey releasing WEDNESDAY JULY 10th. Melvyn 🫶🏿 Visit the written Substack post Vis...