The Designed Life

In this conversation that I'm so thrilled to have had, I'm joined by astrologer, writer, and educator Clarissa Dolphin for a wide-ranging exploration of astrology's role in understanding the collective moment we're living through. We trace Clarissa's remarkable journey into astrology – from growing up immersed in spiritual practices and pop astrology to building a thriving prac...

Last summer, I stepped away from Instagram. At the time, it felt like a necessary experiment, and an opportunity to understand who I was, how I created, and how I connected with people outside of a platform that had been part of my daily life for over a decade. What began as a response to creative exhaustion and ethical questions about social media quickly became a much deeper exploration of commu...

Cancer season begins in the body. After the movement, insights, and connection of Gemini season, Cancer invites us to slow down enough to feel what everything we've gathered actually means. This is a season of nourishment, intuition, emotional intelligence, and learning to trust the subtle language of the body. It's about recognizing what helps us feel safe, supported, and resourced—and bu...

What happens when yoga becomes less about pushing harder and more about learning to rest? In this conversation, I sit down with yoga teacher, author, endurance coach, and educator Sage Rountree to explore the deeper purpose of yoga beyond the poses. Together we discuss recovery as a radical practice, the underrated value of comfort, teaching as an act of service, entrepreneurial intuition, and how...

In this semi-impromptu and transparent episode, I reflect on a season of transformation that's unfolding in my creative life, relationship to astrology, business, identity, and upcoming marriage. Speaking not as a coach or astrologer but simply as a human in transition, I explore what it means to outgrow the systems, labels, and structures that once offered me safety and direction. Through reflect...

Gemini season begins in the mind. After the grounding and embodiment of Taurus, this is where things begin to move again — ideas multiply, conversations quicken, curiosity returns. Gemini is mutable air: curious, connective, restless, and alive with possibility. It gathers information, follows threads, asks questions, and searches for meaning through movement, dialogue, and exchange. But this Gemi...

The houses are one of the most essential parts of astrology, but they're also often one of the most confusing. In this Astrology 101 episode, I break down the 12 houses in simple, accessible language so you can better understand what you’re actually looking at when you pull up your chart. We explore the houses as the “where” of astrology: the different areas of life where your experiences, rel...

My conversation with Giana explores the deeply personal nature of systems change – revealing how true transformation begins within. Giana shares her journey from navigating unsafe early environments to working across education, government, and corporate systems, ultimately arriving at a powerful truth: we each hold agency within the systems we inhabit. Together, we unpack co-ownership, inner liber...

Astrology is a phenomenal tool for helping a person piece together and define who they are. It’s a system that can explain what shape of the universe we’re embodying while in this lifetime – and I love it for that. But astrology is also a  timing  tool, one that helps us understand  when  certain events are going to occur, and  where  in our lives they will unfold – and that part of astrology is a...

Taurus season begins in the body. After the fire and initiation of Aries, this is where we slow down and ask: how do we make this real? How do we take what’s been sparked and build it into something sustainable? Taurus is fixed earth – steady, grounded, and devoted to what feels nourishing and true. Like the middle of spring, growth is already underway. So now it’s about tending it – deepening roo...

I’m so happy to have my new online friend turned IRL friend Sarah Kleist on the podcast today! Sarah is an actor, designer, web designer, and multi-passionate creative, and in our convo we explore what it really means to be a multi-hyphenate in today’s online entrepreneurial world. From holding multiple identities with confidence to using creativity as both a coping mechanism and a form of express...

Q2 of 2026 feels like the season where what we’ve been planting begins to show us what’s actually growing. In this episode, I walk through the astrology of April, May, and June – moving through Aries, Taurus, and Gemini –and explore what this quarter asks of us collectively: clearer action, deeper discernment, and a stronger relationship to what truly nourishes us. We begin with the heat and activ...

After weeks of intense astrological build-up, the Spring Equinox opens the door to a new astrological year, and this one feels unmistakably different. With the Sun entering Aries and immediately activating Saturn and Neptune in Aries for the first time, we’re stepping into the seeding of an entirely new collective storyline around identity, leadership, and selfhood. If the last few weeks have felt...

I’m so excited to share this conversation with cultural philosopher, strategist, and fascinating human, Chelsea Riffe ✨ This episode is a deep dive into curiosity, original thinking, and what it means to develop your own philosophy in a world that constantly tells us what and how to think. We talk about why curiosity is being quietly trained out of us, how endless inputs (social media, AI, media...

The meaning of what's come to be known as your "Big Three" is a bit illusive, so in tihs episode, I break down how to synthesize your Rising, Sun, and Moon in your natal chart as an entry point to deeper self-understanding. Rather than reducing astrology to personality stereotypes, I reframes these major placements as an energetic blueprint: Rising sign → your motivating life force a...

March is a powerful month, and much of that power comes from the lunations. This month activates the Pisces–Virgo axis , illuminating the ongoing eclipse dialogue between intuition, belief, imagination, and surrender (Pisces) and discernment, embodiment, systems, and practical care (Virgo). This axis teaches us how to zoom all the way out and all the way in — and how to let those perspectives info...

Welcome Pisces season! Pisces season of 2026 is a PACKED season, friends! As a continuation of Aquarius season, we also have the continuation of eclipses, the official culmination of the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, a Mercury retrograde in Pisces, and Jupiter stationing direct. This season is messy, confusion, and ultimately asks us – what can you rely on when you don’t have all the information? Wh...

Today I’m sharing an intimate, embodied conversation I had with somatic life coach Kayleigh Martin about connection, integration, and staying human in polarized times. What begins as a reflection on instant relational depth expands into a rich dialogue on somatics, trauma, lineage, power, and the radical act of weaving – rather than rejecting – the fragmented parts of ourselves. Kayleigh and I exa...

What creates safety? Safety is defined as: the condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury. But what are the components that actually create a sense of safety in a person’s life? And how do we continue to create it in the midst of world that is constantly changing, and feeling less safe and secure. In this episode I discuss 5 main components that add to a experie...

February is a powerful month – perhaps THE MOST powerful month of the year, and part of that power comes from the lunations. This month activates the Leo–Aquarius axis, spotlighting the tension and dialogue between individual identity, leadership, and self-expression (Leo) and collective responsibility, systems, and humanitarian vision (Aquarius). We open the month on February 1 with a Full Moon i...

Welcome Aquarius season! Aquarius season of 2026 is framed as one of the most intense energetic hotspots of the year, marked by collective upheaval, systemic change, and powerful moments of unity and care. This is a season where disruption and innovation coexist—where old ways of thinking fracture while new ideas, identities, and collective visions begin to crystallize. At its core, this season in...

This week I chat with the content queen herself Xanthe Appleyard! Our conversation explores what it means to lead, create, and build sustainably – from a foundation of pleasure and self-trust. Xanthe shares the organic evolution of her “ leisure ethic ” – a values-based framework rooted in autonomy, integration, and choice. Although I wanted to explore all of Xanthe’s 12 principles, in 60 minutes...

In this new style of episode I'm sharing an overarching view of the astrological energetics of Q1 so that you can approach the first three months of the year with an broad sense of how the energy will flow. For each month I also share a creative practice, somatic practice, and meditation or reflection suggestion to support you in the month ahead – all are listed below for easy reference. My ho...

*Time stamps are available below so you can jump ahead to your sign.* 2026 is a pivotal year that piggy backs on so much of the change that was seeded in 2025. For all of us we’re going to be experiencing a ramping up in our communication, a willful desire to be wholly our weird, wild, rebellious, and contrarian selves, and ultimately we’ll be ending the year having shed many protective layers to...

January offers us a chance to balance our relationships to our bodies and felt experience with our work and our desire to turn ideas into reality. The Full Moon in Cancer 13º on January 3rd is very concerned with our relationship to our felt experience. There’s an opportunities to look back on the last 6 months and year to assess how our relationships to our bodies, nourishment, and collective car...