The Expecting Aerialist

Alyssa comes to us from Round Rock TX and she’s the mom of two kiddos six years apart. We go back in time and talk about her pregnancy and births, the effect of relaxin on her turnout and balance in ballet class with a big belly on point shoes.  Find her HERE Intermediate Aerial Dance Intensive with Sweet Retreats June 21-28   Register Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around...

She’s an aerialist, owns an entertainment company and is a mama of a three year old. April labored for thirty-five hours in which time she experience a burning sensation with the epidural. We discuss what she would do differently if she did it again and coming back to training postpartum. Find her HERE and Breakthrough Entertainment  Intermediate Aerial Dance Intensive with Sweet Retrea...

Kelli is still freezing in Ohio and San Antonio is having a weather personality disorder. It’s Valentines Day and Kerry is closing on a house very soon! Get the Greener Grass Newsletter HERE Part of the Digitent Podcast Network IG: @grandrevecreative See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noah & Amanda are one week into their self-imposed posting challenge and Noah & Amanda debrief the on the cocktail event over the weekend. Plus a discussion on how hard it is to starting something whether it be for the first time or revisiting something. Find Amanda at Grounded in Flight Find Noah @noahdach Find Kerry at Wrap Your Head Around Silks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

After ten years of pain, an MRI confirmed that she has Femoral Acetabular Impingement or FAI where the femur doesn’t fit or move as intended in the hip socket. Aisling tore the labrum on both sides and tried many solutions before convincing her doctor that only surgery would give her the outcome she was looking for. Find her HERE Intermediate Aerial Dance Intensive with Sweet Retreats June 2...

It’s the most delicate balance to strike - how much an entrepreneur runs the business verses growing it. We discuss where we struggle, what’s the best and worst of the work and if it’s even possible to find balance. Find Amanda at Grounded in Flight Find Noah @noahdach Find Kerry at Wrap Your Head Around Silks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TRIGGER WARNING: Domestic abuse We check in with Loren this week. Since she came on the pod last year to talk about starting a kids aerial program, she’s left a verbally and physically abusive relationship with her husband of eight years. As the divorce is finalized, she shares how she’s finding herself again in the air and in her community. Intermediate Aerial Dance Intensive with Swe...

This is the show where I talk about culture, entertainment, parenthood and everything in-between. I'll be sharing our weekly roundup - a twice monthly check in with my co-host Kelli McVay my childhood friend. Hope you enjoy it! Get the Greener Grass Newsletter HERE Part of the Digitent Podcast Network IG: @grandrevecreative       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noah is going into media buying to push out his commercials for Red Flags and we explore fear and business. What moves scare us the most and what makes us excited to wake up and get the work done. Find Amanda at Grounded in Flight Find Noah @noahdach Find Kerry at Wrap Your Head Around Silks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She joins us at 30 weeks with her first baby from the Ann Arbor MI area. Ana suffers from MS and talks about how she’s managing with her auto immune disease while pregnant. She’s taught through first & second trimesters with morning sickness only subsiding recently and continues to indoor wall climb. Intermediate Aerial Dance Intensive with Sweet Retreats June 21-28   Register...

Marketing is all me-me-me and it can be the most uncomfortable necessity for business-owners. Kerry tries to help Amanda over her aversion to sales. Find Amanda at Grounded in Flight Find Noah @noahdach Find Kerry at Wrap Your Head Around Silks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She’s @aerial.design on Instagram, the author of the book Proximal: An Introduction to Aerial Theory , co-owner of The Aerium San Antonio and of course my new boss lady. Dara is known for her intricate and complex approach to wrapping. We dig in on her approach to aerial theory and on the blessings and challenges of being a studio owner. Intermediate Aerial Dance Intensive with Sweet Retreat...

Setting rates as a freelancer has shown itself one of the hardest things to do for many of us. How do you know if you’re charging too much OR are you’re low-balling yourself? We discuss how we’ve come to our decisions, the challenges that have presented themselves as well as how to become comfortable going higher. Find Amanda at Grounded in Flight Find Noah @noahdach Find Kerry a...

She’s @K_james on Instagram and is known for creative lyra choreo on her backyard rig in Dallas, TX. This former gymnast is the mom of three girls who experienced high blood pressure with all her pregnancies. With her first, she was nervous to train because she just didn’t know any other pregnant aerialists and then decided to take a perinatal personal training course to educate hersel...

Amanda & Kerry interview Noah on how he conceptualized and is currently developing a new dating app called Red Flags. How did he pivot from his artistic career into the tech world, how did he have the confidence to begin and what challenges has he encountered? Your hosts commiserate on how scary and vomit-inducing “putting yourself out there” really is and why it’s imperative...

She’s created an oasis in Oaxaca, MX where many aerialists around the world have already vacationed and trained. Kerri and her partner built and run Casa Chango just outside of Puerto Escondido. They invite teachers to host their own retreats there as well as teaching her own. She shares why and how she built it and we dive into how to balance owning & coaching with making money.  I...

Welcome to The Artist Entrepreneur Podcast. A new show by three artists brought together by circus and dance navigate creating and growing their businesses. Today you’ll meet Amanda, Noah & Kerry and they’ll dive into how Amanda knew school was not for her, restructured her life to follow her passion and became a Cirque Du Soleil aerial soloist. Find Amanda at Grounded in Flight Fi...

This episode dives in on Kerry’s big accident falling off an aerial rig while performing for Taylor Swift and asks if hard work equals obsession. Noah shares his story of everything going wrong the night before a production leading to the question of “what if that bad thing didn’t happen?” and how trials and tribulations build amazing art. Find Amanda at Grounded in Flight...

Season 5 starts with the anticipated check in with Sarah after her 2-part heart-wrenching story though fertility. Sarah joins us from Sweet Retreats in Mexico with five-month Maple and partner. We discuss how she feels about her body, her aerial practice and how motherhood has shifted her perspective.  Intermediate Aerial Dance Intensive with Sweet Retreats June 21-28   Register Subscrib...

After more than 35 hrs of labor, she still ended up with a c-section. Sophia checks in with us with what she characterized as a traumatic birth experience. She ended up with an unplanned epidural that didn’t really work and also emergency ketamine to attempt to relieve pain. Intermediate Aerial Dance Intensive with Sweet Retreats June 21-28   Register Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around...

She’s an ASL translator, mama of two at only ten months postpartum. Alana really wanted to avoid a second C-section and hunted for a doctor who would move forward with a TOLAC or trial of labor after cesarean. She shares how she balances her job, momming and getting to class. Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audio book of UNDER...

She comes to us from Columbus OH, travels for contracts and juggles two kiddos. Cyara’s also a figure skater, earned her law degree and passed the bar when she was pregnant in her first kid’s first year. Find HERE Intermediate Aerial Dance Intensive with Sweet Retreats June 21-28   Register Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audi...

It’s a pregnancy of unknown location. Here’s the 101 on what it is, how it happens and how to treat it. Dr. Janae explains exactly a chemical pregnancy is and how it’s different from a miscarriage. We discuss the gravity of women not getting immediate care with the diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy because of different laws in states across the US.    Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around...

She’s behind the Instagram account that is all about aerial climbs. You might have seen her or been reposted by her. JB shares what motivated her to start it and what excites her about climbing. Find her HERE Subscribe to the Blog by Wrap Your Head Around Silks Roll It Out Registration Order your copy, ebook or audio book of UNDERSTANDING AERIAL SILKS on Amazon Reach me on Instagram @kerrywee1 Gre...

JB is a mom of two teenagers and started her training twenty years ago at LA’s Hollywood Aerial Arts which had an infamous reputation for producing so many of the professionals that currently work all over the world. We deep dive on if and when a person names themselves an aerialist or teacher and share our perspectives on the rich aerial community inside of LA. Find her @iloveclimbs Subscribe to...