The Twelfth House

Today Michelle and Wallis are joined by wonderful North Node member, prolific creative, and whip-smart entrepreneur Dr. Liz Bahr, to muse on managing a creative life with a neurodivergent/squiggly brained diagnosis. Liz is a writer, creative expression facilitator, adjunct professor, clinical mentor,  consultant, entrepreneur, and Doctor of Occupational Therapy. She holds a Doctorate from Boston U...

Welcome to episode three in our month-long series on what we like to call our guide to your latest SOS, or Spiritual Operating Systems. Today, Michelle is back on the pod waxing poetic about how she’s developed a personal spiritual operating system, and how you can build your own, with just a few guiding principles to get you started. Referenced: Join our free community of intuitives and creators...

Continuing on our theme of spiritual and squiggly brained operating systems this month, we’re chatting with Pia Beck of Curate Well Co. about the ins and outs of running her business with a squiggly (or neuro-divergent) brain. Pia graciously speaks about her experience of receiving an OCD diagnosis, and how this has changed her understanding of herself as an entrepreneur, running several businesse...

Happy New Year and welcome back to the Twelfth House! This month we’re reflecting on what’s in our spiritual and squiggly brained SOS kits. Throughout January we’ll be musing on how to soothe our psyches and our souls, when in spiritual crisis, and sharing what we turn towards when going through spiritual growth spurts. We’ll also be dissecting with the team and featured guests how to work with, i...

Join us for part two of our mini series, Holiday Survival Kit,  where we’re pausing to speak with Kelley Bonner about spotting the signs of burn out before you find yourself smack dab in the middle of a joyless, burnout-holiday-hoagie. Kelley Bonner is a culture strategist, an award winning podcaster, and founder of Burn Bright Consulting. Kelley transforms workplaces by reducing burnout and bias,...

Welcome to a lil’ two part heavy hitter series we are calling “Holiday Survival Kit”. This time of year is, duh, full of cheer and all, but it can also be a very stressful and pressure filled season. That’s why as part one in this series, we’re taking the way back machine, and serving up our top five most downloaded and shared episodes of the year, which will hopefully help to soothe and/or distra...

This week’s episode rounds out our series on what it means to "be seen" in multiple facets of our lives, while we attempt to self-actualize in these human suits and engage in our sacred work. In this episode, Michelle is on the mic with Heather J. Kent a registered psychotherapist and trauma recovery specialist. She is the co-author of the newly released book, Wellness Wisdom , and the #1 Amazon b...

Continuing our series on the complexities of what it means to be seen, we’re speaking with mindset coach Topside Vandenbosch. Topsie helps clients crush negative thought patterns and behaviors using emotional intelligence strategies and helps business owners do the inner work required to aid them in leap frogging to the next phase of their journey.  Find out more about working with Topsie here , f...

This month on the Twelfth House we’re hanging it all out, as we riff on the idea of being seen . Whether it’s showing up on social as our multidimensional, squiggly brained selves, or pivoting our businesses entirely to align with our future visions of what’s possible. Today our guest is Kim Saira . Kim Saira is a movement healer, breath work & joy coach, and community care activist.  Join Kim...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com Welcome to a mini preview of the Twelfth House+ — our subscribers-only bonus podcast channel. This is our uncut, unfiltered podcast feed where we'll be dropping exclusive episodes each month featuring Michelle, Wallis, Team Holisticism, and (occasional) guests to discuss what’s on our minds, in our heart...

This month on the pod, we’re talking all about showing up, being seen, and what it means to self-actualize in these human suits, while doing your sacred work. To kick this series off today, we’re talking to Marlee Grace. Marlee Grace is a writer, dancer, and quilter. Marlee also writes a weekly newsletter, Monday Monday , and a monthly advice column podcast called Yes Yes . Marlee’s q uilt class r...

This month we’re sitting down with guests to talk about money, how we relate to, and avoid relating to it.  In this episode, we’re joined by entrepreneur, coach, consultant, and speaker, Trudi Lebron . Trudi Lebrón is the CEO of ScriptFlip! LLC and creator of the Institute for Equity Centered Coaching. Today, Trudi runs a million-dollar coaching and consulting firm, helping entrepreneurs and coach...

This month we’re sitting down with guests to talk about the big M word. That's right, money, honey.  We're going deep into how we relate to, avoid relating to, and hate relating to it. Yikes! That sounds heavy, but luckily in this episode, we’re joined by the prolific money mindset creator, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money.  Alyssa Davies is a published author living in Calgary, Alberta. She is the...

This month we’re sitting down with guests to talk about the big M word. That's right, money, honey. And all how we relate to, avoid relating to and hate relating to it. Yikes! That sounds heavy, but luckily in this episode, we’re joined by the hilarious, thoughtful, and ingenious entrepreneur , Lauren Haynes of Wooden Spoon Herbs. Lauren walks us through the spiraling path of transitioning from bo...

This month we’re sitting down with guests to talk about the big M word. That's right, money, honey. And all how we relate to, avoid relating to and hate relating to it. Yikes! That sounds heavy, but luckily in this episode, we’re joined by the wonderful Mindful Bookkeeper, Chioma. Ever so mindful and Zen, Chioma somehow makes talking about personal and biz-related finance easy, breezy, and less fi...

Welcome to the fourth episode in our series featuring prolific Creator Communities, where we're sitting down with several creators to dive into how they live their lives so that they're able to engage in doing their sacred work.  This week we’re chatting with the charmed and uber-creative Lenea Sims. Lenea Sims is an artist, advisor, producer, and scholar studying Community and Liberation Psycholo...

Welcome to the third episode in our series about Creator Communities, where Michelle and Wallis chat with a dear friend of the pod, prolific creator, and entrepreneur Alexis Barber about ...  Free! DISCOVER YOUR CREATOR ARCHETYPE here! Grab Holisticism's Creator Archetype cheat sheet to see where you fall on the archetype scale, and find the perfect content strategy for your unique skills so you c...

Welcome to the second episode in our series on creator communities and the people who build, nurture, and grow alongside their communities of all shapes and sizes. Today we’re talking to the prolific creator and podcast icon, Katie Dalebout! Katie Dalebout is a writer, podcast producer, and host. Her weekly interview show  began in 2013 and now has over 400 episodes with nearly 5 million downloads...

Welcome to our Creator Communities series. Throughout the next few episodes, we’ll be speaking to several creators about how they do the damn thing. When is it time to go all in? When is it time to rest? Retire? How do you know if you’re on the right track? Is balance achievable while launching your business and working full-time? How many friends do you have? Money do you make? These are just a s...

Today Michelle is on the mic speaking about the five archetypal journeys of the seeker, the influencer, the detective, the alchemist, the advocate, and the visionary.  By understanding the initiations, dark nights of the soul, and milestones of these archetypes, we can use their journeys as roadmaps for overcoming challenges and a glimpse into the future and finding peace in our spiraling paths to...

What do we mean when we talk about "Wellness"? We know that it’s a multi-billion dollar industry built on products and services centered on “self-care”, and we also understand that to be "well", means much more than purchasing the latest green powder from Whole Foods. This is part 3/3 in our series unpacking the complex topic of what it means to work, take part, and profit from the (capital W) Wel...

What do we mean when we talk about "Wellness" today? We know that it’s a multi-billion dollar industry built on products and services centered on “self-care”, and we also understand that to be "well", means much more than purchasing the latest green powder. This is part two of a three-part series we’ll be speaking with several guests to unpack the nuanced and complex layers of what it means to wor...

What do we mean when we talk about "Wellness" today? We know that it’s a multi-billion dollar industry built on products and services centered on “self-care”, and we also understand that to be "well", means much more than purchasing the latest greens powder.  Over the course of the next three episodes, we’ll be speaking with several guests to unpack the nuanced and complex layers of what it means...

Today is the fifth episode in our series about money magic and cultivating financial health. Today on the pod, Michelle is joined by Mimi Bouchard for a discussion about the intricacies of running your own business, the non-linear road to a prosperous relaysh' with money, and some inside baseball about Mimi’s experience launching her meditation platform,  Superhuman . Follow Mimi on IG here and do...

Today we’re continuing our four-part series about money. Michelle is on the pod solo sharing thoughts on why traditional financial advice doesn’t always work for squiggly brained creatives, how money and energy can be (but are not always) related, and what your relationship with money might actually indicate about your relationship with yourself and how you spend your time and energy. Use code HOL...