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"If you’ve achieved a bunch of your goals, and you’re still not happy with your life, consider giving up on self-chosen plans. Instead, listen to your life, inner and outer, and see if you can feel a current. Then fall into it, especially if it has nothing to do with the story you had about where you were supposed to be going."

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What would we do with our time & money if we didn't feel the need to be beautiful?

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“Every time you're given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else. Your job throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself.” - Glennon Doyle

Resources Mentioned: - So Truewith Caleb Hearon- Decentering yourself is the growth unlock you’ve been looking for- Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women's Cinema (Agnes Varda quote)- Why Tech Bros Are Now Obsessed with TasteTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 if you prioritize other people's perception of you over your own needs, this is for you 05:45 "yourself" is a construct built by the decisions you make 07:57 decentering disappointment 10:32 why it's healthy to disappoint your parents 13:00 the etymology of the word "disappointment"14:30 the more selfish you are, the more generous you are 16:00 decentering ourselves 18:49 we don't create ourselves in a vaccuum20:30 big techs obsession with "taste" 21:27 what having "taste" means to me 23:28 growing up is becoming who you were at 12, except this time you like her
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I basically form all of my creations around questions I'm asking myself right now, not around the things I already know. So here's how I use my creative practice to continuously leave room for serendipity! RESOURCES MENTIONED:- Eliza Day's Tiktok- Notes on Coming Back to Your Self- Emma Chamberlain Interview- Bbshayde's tiktok- Rue Yi's Tiktok- This Woman's Workby Julie Delporte- Creativity Isn't a Gift, It's a System by  @theperrydaniels - You Could Make this Place Beautiful by Maggie SmithTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 coming up 00:16 intro01:50 experimenting with my old way of doing things 05:48 what does it mean to have creative freedom?10:35 unlearning the need to be answer oriented 11:53 living our way into the answers 18:00 what is a self-guided study day?20:32 how my self-guided study deepened my question 23:46 how to surprise yourself with your own thoughts CONNECT WITH MEWatch my vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6ftwweb3v-70kgJefyO1lw 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com

I went abroad & came back with an urban planning obsession. Is anyone surprised?

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:

- everything is a win when the goal is to experience

- Why Don't Animals Have Wheels?

- General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy

- City Living and Mental Well-being

- Station Eleven

- Deyonna's Tiktok

- Jon Jon's Tiktok​TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 the world is a museum of passion projects 06:21 everything is a win when the goal is to experience 09:57 climate grief13:35 why i'm becoming obsessed with urban planning 16:62 we yearn for walkable cities18:55 why don't animals have wheels? 21:19 finding tiny problems to solve 23:24 baby, even public parks are political25:03 the museum of civilization 28:40 casual vs planned socialization cultures32:39 our bodies will give us our assignments if we listen to them 33:10 desire paths

RESOURCES MENTIONED:-Immigrant Defense Network: https://immigrantdefensenetwork.org/- AID FOR MINNEAPOLIS: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid?brid=0dx4mAhjTdqT7TpmK3GOpQ Minneapolis is absolutely not the only city who needs this type of support. I highly recommend looking up mutual aid networks in your city. ICE arrested 10,000 people over a 5 day period at the end of June. This is an ongoing issue, not just something that was a problem when this episode was first recorded in January. - How to Help if you’re concerned about ICE occupying our cities: https://substack.com/inbox/post/184566787 - Are Influencers Ready for the Warfare Economy by Brendon Holder: https://www.readloosey.com/p/are-influencers-ready-for-the-warfare?hide_intro_popup=trueResolutionize Your Community Involvement by Elise Granata: https://grouphug.substack.com/p/resolutionize-your-community-involvementCONNECT WITH ME:Check out my vlog channel📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 intro 01:10 why i'm re-releasing a bonus episode 03:22 mutual aid resources in the episode description!!03:50 What we're feeling is collective grief 04:10 We can use self-help tools as community care tactics 05:40 I haven't been doing well 06:41 what going viral was actually like for me 07:21 tending to myself through heartbreak 08:52 the voice that is an inner caretaker 14:25 what happens when we outsource this role to other people 16:14 how the inner caretaker helps us through collective grief 17:38 resolutionize your community involvement 21:45 are influencers ready for the warfare economy? 24:00 fear as a selling tactic 26:00 let's not self-isolate! To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com

Do you only write when you're sad?? Let's change that!

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:- Enchantment by Katherine May- Against Narrative by Rayne Fisher-Quann- An Interview with Richard Siken- Strangers by Belle Burden-Dia Lupo's Journal- Good conversations have lots of doorknobs- How To Talk To Anyone, At Any Time: The art of Extroversion- Bluets by Maggie Nelson

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If domination and conflict are not central components of narrative, what is? Today we're chatting about the carrier bag theory of fiction by Ursula Le Guin and love as a way of gathering and sharing the world. I hope you enjoy!

REFERENCES: - The carrier bag theory of fiction- inventing the renaissance- Love is about being invested in someone’s continual expansionConnect with me:VLOG CHANNEL📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:

- Rulerless Casey Tiktok

- Tiktok

- Let Them Tiktok

- Martyr by Kaveh Akbar

- Mad Menclip

- 4000 Weeks: Time Management For Mortals

- The Diary of Anais Nin 1931-1934

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The Artist's Guide to Making Money Online (Without Falling For Scams or Scamming People)

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We all need to collectively decide to stop stopping ourselves from making things because they've been made before!! Also, stop sh*tting on people for making things that have been made before!

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TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 the pressure to create original ideas 02:09 Living the questions - Rilke 04:05 art as a container for your questions 04:38 don't be afraid to do the obvious08:44 sometimes, i'm in over my head10:30 giving myself what I need through my creations11:41 do we need new ideas, or better influencers? 12:52 social reproductive labor14:58 the discomfort of care17:00 social reproductive labor & influencers18:40 complexities of sharing your work online 19:53 wondering about what already exists 21:30 ideas are not private property22:30 the problem of pain C.S Lewis23:00 your lived experience already IS original 25:00 digital gardening25:30 when i accept myself just as I am , I change 26:00 accept your ideas like you would accept a loved one To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com

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Instructions for Living a Life: Pay Attention. Be Astonished. Tell About It. - Mary Oliver

Resources Mentioned:Henrik Karlsson essay

We've Always Been Distracted

You're Shaped By What You Pay Attention to

Becoming Wise

All the Ghosts You Will Be

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Rituals

Sensuality

Digital Gardening

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Love and worth are not connected. We don't have to earn love by maintaining our innocence. So, now what?

RESOURCES MENTIONED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_We_Meet_on_Vacation_(film)https://www.tiktok.com/@chillbinch/video/7585431135518264590?_r=1&_t=ZT-93GB46E9LYbhttps://www.thecut.com/2020/09/my-brief-experience-with-love-has-been-totally-humiliating.htmlhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpunishablewoman/video/7594833522116807949?_r=1&_t=ZT-93cLvb8khg6https://i-d.co/article/what-does-it-mean-to-get-womand/https://andreagibson.substack.com/p/what-love-ishttps://substack.com/home/post/p-185775926SUBLIME LINK FOR ACCESS TO ON-SCREEN MEMES & WRITING: https://sublime.app/collection/episode-45

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:

- AID FOR ⁠MINNEAPOLIS⁠

- ⁠The Conscious Universe⁠ by Joe Zadeh

- Kristianna Smith's ⁠Tiktok⁠

- ⁠The Light Eaters⁠ by Zoe Schlanger

- ⁠Consciousness⁠

- Alex Hanna's ⁠Tiktok⁠

- ⁠Silicon Valley’s Obsession With AI Looks a Lot Like Religion⁠

- Animism ⁠Essay

⁠-⁠ Well Being Economy Alliance

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What will happen when we stop hoarding our ideas from ourselves?

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

- Diabolical Lies

- Madeleine Voge’s Reel

- The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

- Zoe’s TikTok

- The Hand by Annabelle Dinda

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- Analyzing “The Hand” by Annabelle Dinda

- The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Books Mentioned: - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd- The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - Martyr by Kaveh Akbar- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin- The Book Thief by Markus ZusakEssays Mentioned: - In defense of pretension by Ayan Artan- Fake Fairness is Killing Our Relationships - And It's Everywhereby Jamila Bradley- Erotic Decisions by Museguided-On Agencyby Henrik Karlsson- The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser- No One Told Me About Proust by Celine Nguyen- Democracy was founded on the legal suppression of grief, and why politics without art is death by Ellie Robins- Write for Your Life by Emily Rapp Black

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If you've seen the "personal curriculum," trend online but didn't feel like you could implement it in your own life, here's my take on it! It doesn't need to be a direct mirror of school!

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Dahlia’s Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dahliaquintanilla?lang=en

Learning Ceremonies Guide: https://liberatedlearning.org/download-free-learning-spirals-guide/

Are You Asking Enough of Your Brain?: https://substack.com/@naomialderman/p-175410802

The Once and Future King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King

How to Start Researching as a Hobby: https://substack.com/home/post/p-168506463

Turning Towards the Wound: Examining Unprocessed Grief in White European Descended Settlers and Finding Ancestrally Supported Pathways Back to Wholeness: https://substack.com/home/post/p-162000427

How Can We Prioritize Decolonization? What Makes an Initiative Decolonial?: https://substack.com/home/post/p-162000427

Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/research-is-ceremony-shawn-wilson

“It Feels Fake”: Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy in “It Feels Fake”: Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy in Predominantly White Institutions Predominantly White Institutions: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1469&context=occasional-paper-series

Learn for Fun or Free Or Fun & Free : https://substack.com/@sarahschauer/p-175242020

I believe desire is a map & we can start using it to actually improve our relationships with others WHILE seeing our dream life come into our physical reality!!

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00:00 intro 01:00 Book of the Month Sponsorship 02:54 How are Desires Different than Goals? 04:54 How can we be ready to answer the question "What do you want?" 05:11 the low maintenance, chill persona is a myth06:25 the most radical thing a woman can do is want07:33 desires about being desired 08:16 You don't choose your desires, your desires choose you08:32 How do we even know what we want?12:51 A prompt to translate desires into asks15:00 Making your asks more specific17:50 Asking for the wrong thing is just information18:11 Satisfying your desires is a highly personal process18:46 Redefining what it means to ask for help 19:53 Maladaptive behaviors we might use to avoid asking for what we want20:22 Yearning can feel like a humiliation ritual21:09 Having conviction in your desires 23:10 How rejection can actually lead to a better outcome24:30 Why I reject wantlessness25:35 How desire can be an empowering community builder27:35 What is pleasure activism? 28:48 Why we all need to talk about what we desire more

Reconnecting with our inner child is a collective responsibility and it should be FUN! Resources: - Syllabus by Linda Barry- If We're Lucky, We Never Become 'Good' Humans- Interview withLinda Barry- Jamila Bradley's Tiktok- Sarah Schauer's Tiktok📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna'sPodcast Production Services

I experimented with a media consumption break & it had my reflecting our relationship to art. TLDR: everyone's freaking out about AI stealing our creativity. I think humans are more resilient than that. RESOURCES: - Art as Necessity: Rethinking the Fundamentals of Human Survival

- The Book Thief- Behind the WallRELATED EPISODES: - How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up- The Lost Art of Sensuality📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services - https://www.annacorinneproductions.com/productionTo inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com

Critical thinking skills require all of us to let go of our need for certainty. Are we willing to do that? RESOURCES:- Eliza Day's Tiktok- Some of Your Are Engaging in Cop Behavior-Maybe We're All So Worried About Getting In Trouble Because We Keep Trying to Get Each Other in Trouble by Hannah Glenn- A Hierarchy of Thinking Styles- Key Questions for Media Literacy- Debate Me! by Priya Jain- How to be a critic by Ayan Artan- Twitchy Witch Tiktok- Kristianna's Tiktok

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Does language shape the way we perceive reality? Can Indigenous wisdom shine a light on a different way forward??! RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Lingthusiasm- The Hatred of Metaphor- Briana Ní Loingsigh's Substack- WordsatWork Tiktok- The Balkanization and Babelification of the Internet- Babaylan, Bye Bye Lang-Hopi Time Controversy- Our Language, Our World- Braiding Sweetgrass

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TIME STAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Craftsy Sponsorship 02:23 Learning Spanish 04:44 Comparative Historical Linguistics vs linguistic relativity 05:33 Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis06:55 Conceptual metaphors in the english language08:47 The Irish language understanding of time and emotions09:55 How language changes our sense of morality 11:18 the etymology of the word 'culture'12:20 Internet sub-cultures fracturing language14:08 dog whistles 14:54 the grammar of animacy19:20 does language actually change the way we perceive reality?22:35 the somatics of language 25:20 embodying the grammar of animacy

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- Hunger Games (lol) by Suzanne Collins

- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

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- Yana

- Abba

- The Weepies

- Samia

- Devon Again

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- Ayan Artan

- Jamila Bradley

- Henrik Karlson

- Heather Havrilesky

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I've found real magic in thinking on the page in the last year. I'd love for more people to experience this with me.

"When I sit down to write, the meadow is still engulfed in darkness under a sky where satellites pass by, one after the other. My thoughts are flighty and shapeless, like dreams; they morph as I approach them. But when I open my notebook and write, it is as if I pin my thoughts to the table. I can examine them." - Henrik Karlson

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Resources Mentioned:

- Why I Writeby Joan Didion

- On Abandoning Capitalistic Achievement to Seek the Freedom of Play

- 28 Slightly Rude Notes on Writing

- A Life in Constant Potential

- the one about ai

-don't get it f*cked up fr

- Why You Should Build Your Raft of Art in the Sea of Slop

- Advice for a Friend Who Wants to Start a Blog

- If You Have Writer's Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying

- Henrik Karlson: One of the World's Most Under-Rated Writers| How I Write

- Writing as Autonomy

- Writing Hack: Write it Just Like That

- Squibler.io Dangerous Writing Prompt

- In Her Own Words: Toni Morrison on Writing, Editing, and Teaching

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TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Writing as Thinking02:40 Capacities Sponsorship04:03 Joan Didion 05:19 Communicating when you're NOT a verbal processor07:10 Childhood hints that you're a writer08:43 Writing Holds Your Questions 10:06 Spotting Intrinsic Artistic Mediums 10:49 Addressing AI Slop Writing14:02 Writing as Pathological Caring 16:16 Writing is about Power 17:32 Writing in a Memoir Style20:55 Writing Essays23:30 Being willing to be stupid in public25:39 Calling out Conflicting Thoughts 26:59 Approach "I Write to Know What I'm Thinking" With Caution28:28 The Value in the Rewriting Process

To try everything Sublime has to offer, visit https://sublime.app/?ref=anna & use code: wildgeese for 20% off at checkout! Sublime is the tool I use everyday to help make more interesting connections between one idea to the next. If you're stuck in distracting algorithms & having a hard time falling down the rabbit hole, this episode is for you :) RESOURCES: -Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert- How to Research Niche Ideas on Literature and Philosophy- Your digital gardening should be communal! (anna howard, artistic isolation, and wilding the web)- The Science of Mind Mapping: A Visual Way to Make Sense of the World- Follow the White Hot Fire Inside of You-Slaughterhouse FiveTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 intro 00:55 From research to creation02:14 Sublime Sponsorship 03:11 How my digital gardening process has changed 04:55 How to fall down the rabbit hole without distraction 05:35 The 3 states of attention 06:36 Addressing the inability to focus 07:22 How to store inspiration & ideas in one place 08:29 Creating collections 09:24 public vs. private 09:52 finding related cards (sources) 11:14 How to let your curiosity lead the ship instead of someone else's algorithm 13:35 How to research niche ideas in literature and philosophy 14:08 How to research in a way that expands YOUR writing 16:05 turn your digital garden into a community garden 18:28 turning your rabbit hole into a project 20:00 BTS of creating a canvas for a new project27:30 BTS of a canvas I made for a past episode 28:55 having a visual of your curiosity 29:19 ways this process can be helpful for non-writing projects This episode is sponsored by Sublime.app🫶 Join my newsletter⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production ServicesTo inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com

For ourselves and for our neighbors, let's build up our sense of agency, shall we?

Please note, while this episode does touch on political topics, that is NOT an invitation to argue about politics in my comment section or DMs. Engaging in that behavior will get you blocked.

Donate:

- Amal for Palestine: https://amal4palestine.org/

- The Sameer Project: https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeBmkekTb6T5myMZL76q9wI1ZKbPi_nMm-OgBBrKJzXHBhVnmGbE7UFvIutmw_aem_NnVYIwFqxRv0jGGyrNgs1g

- Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://gazasoupkitchen.com/

Resources Mentioned:

- On Agency by Henrik Karlsson: https://substack.com/home/post/p-167633827

- Untamed by Glennon Doyle: https://untamedbook.com/

- Maybe You're Not Actually Trying by Cate Hall: https://usefulfictions.substack.com/p/maybe-youre-not-actually-trying

- The Flinch by Julien Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23786061-the-flinch

- Relationships are Co-Evolutionary Loops by Henrik Karlsson: https://substack.com/@henrikkarlsson/p-137775492

- Eliza Day's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elizadaylight/video/7529648599647538462?_r=1&_t=ZT-8yPW4bjEauk

- Do What You Can't by Tommy Dixon: https://www.tommydixon.ca/p/do-what-you-cant

- Deyonna's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deyawnuh/video/7519137264933424415

- The Happy Urbanist's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonjon.jpeg/video/7335171695277264170?_r=1&_t=ZT-8ySqYZ6sUC7

Related Episodes:

- #8 with Lexi Merritt: https://open.spotify.com/episode/48k2ya4UQVtQUE1YMVCHd9?si=b08f5b1f13a94206

- #15 with Eliza Day: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZZv2z3tmXuA5Dzlspid99?si=aa8e494ad1d44961

- The Life Design Process that Changed my Art: https://youtu.be/pV59nzzwNWI?si=nMiUkKCoNGJ3mwZe

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After poet Andrea Gibson passed away this week, I realized that poetry and sensuality are deeply intertwined. Both require "masterful sensitivity" and the courage to feel everything, including pain. I believe most people don't realize they're poets, and by tuning into all nine of our senses (not just the basic five,) we can live more sensually and honor the brief, beautiful time we have in these bodies ⚠️Content Warning: Death/Mortality Discussion, Grief/Loss, Mental Health, Body Image Resources Mentioned:- Etymology of Sensuality

-Royal Heart by Andrea Gibson

- SENSUALISM: Being Sensual is a Lifestyle

- How Many Senses Do We Have

- Andrea's Instagram

- How Cancer Transformed My Crushing Anxiety Into Boundless Bliss | Andrea Gibson | What’s Underneath

- “I will not fight:” Viral poet says accepting cancer gave them more life

- Tincture by Andrea Gibson

- Poetry Watching by *me*

- Carlitos Tiktok

- Charlie's Tiktok🫶 Join my newsletter⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production ServicesTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 intro 01:48 Craftsy Sponsorship 02:50 Sensuality and Sexuality are NOT the same thing 05:55 Royal Heart by Andrea Gibson 07:09 Choosing Poetry over Self-Help 09:30 We have more than 5 senses!10:30 Pain is a sense 10:55 5 counterintuitive mental health tips 12:50 it's about letting go, not adding more 14:15 Poetry watching 19:31 we're drowing our senses20:21 sensuality requires you to come in contact with your shame 23:48 exercises to get in touch with your sensuality 26:00 savoring the time we have 26:50 Tincture by Andrea Gibson29:58 lightening the mood lol

How can you share what you're working on and get through the fear of judgement? Let's chat about it!

Resources Mentioned:

-Unfiltered Courage: The Radical Act of Being Yourself by Musguided

- Design Literacy in the Age of Intelligent Automation by Willem Van Lancker

- Get Numb Before You Get Good by Cedric Chin

- The Anxiety-Curiosity Switch: How to Redirect Your Mental Energy for Creativity by Anne-Laure Le Cunff

- Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You by Kieran O‘Hare

- your perfectionism will not save you. by Ayan Artan

- Self-Doubt is the Creative Process by Zack Evans

- Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power by Kasia UrbaniakTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction00:32 Listener Feedback02:21 Brilliant Sponsor03:21 Quote on Bravery04:00 Love Island Sidebar 06:14 Role of Fear in Creativity10:22 Kurt Vonnegut's Advice07:49 Art vs. Content16:30 Importance of Integrity, Neutrality, Conviction, and Curiosity18:18 Getting Numb Before Getting Good20:45 Qualities Needed Before Sharing Your Work26:36 ConclusionConnect with me: ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram📓 Anna's Substack💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services

Why is love SO intertwined with ownership? Let's cut that sh*t out! Resources mentioned:- All About Love by Bell Hooks-what the self help industry has wrong about...everything by Jamila Bradley- Love is Not Enough by Museguided- Fake Fairness is Killing Our Relationships -- And It's Everywhere- George Akolade Coker's Relationship Anarchy SmorgasbordTimestamps: 00:00 - intro 00:53 - Brilliant Sponsorship 02:03 - The flaws in our language around romantic relationships03:30 - pathologizing desire 06:10 - extracting ownership from love 11:20 - Why we're all afraid of commitment14:11 - A brief and incomplete history of love & marriage 17:00 - How to introduce equity to romantic relationships 22:00 - Relationship Anarchy 24:25 - Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord

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Reading is the powerful tool we have to unlock our imaginations. And right now, I believe it's time to use our imaginations to see a new world. Maybe one that's not dominated by "obsessive technologies," as Ursula K Le Guin so aptly put. 

Resources Mentioned: 

- American Library Association

- Full Speech: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Passionate Defense of Art over Profits

 - Celine Nguyen's "No One Told Me About Proust"

-Carl Hendrick's Ultra-Processed Minds: The End of Deep Reading and What It Costs Us

-Rayne Fisher-Quann's Poser Ethics

-Museguided's Freedom’s Fragility, Democracy’s Decline

- Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown

Timestamps: 

00:00 intro

02:33 everyone is using chatgpt to cheat? 

03:39 it's easier now than ever to seen as smart and interesting

05:45 Ursula K Le Guin's art versus profit motive 

09:10 Literacy IS quality of life 

11:17 Stop blaming students - this is a systemic issue 

12:29 taste is formed through love 

15:09 reading as resistance 

20:45 public libraries are being defunded. Here's what we can do about it!

21:07 why you should care about libraries 

22:11 All organizing is science fiction 

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I'm back for part 2 of the digital gardening episode! You wanted to see more of my garden, soI'll give you some behind the scenes today, plus tips on how to turn your notes into art.

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00:00 - coming up

03:24 - these things AREN'T digital gardens

07:40 - platforms you can digital garden with

11:04 - answering your Qs about the process of digital gardening

24:32 - why this process is for you, even if you're not a writer

26:04 - how to turn notes into something new

29:10 - how to find great sources for your garden

30:34 - my personal takeaways from digital gardening

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We all need to understand what our greater values are & why we're pursuing what we're pursuing in order to get through the muck of ✨ the process✨. So let's chat about the plan I've been using for the past 4 quarters to change my life and my art! Resources mentioned:- Big Paper Planning Day- The Anatomy of a 'Why' by Museguided- Novelty Wanes, Then What? by Lexi Merritt- Oblique Strategies for Starting a New Project by Celine Nguyen- Are You Bored Enough to be Successful by Layla ShaikleyTIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Coming up 01:00 - Join Craftsy for $1.4902:03 - rethinking our the creative process 03:45 - Big paper planning day 05:04 - Finding your "why" 10:12 - creating action menus 12:24 - giving yourself credit 13:13 - finding your next project 14:55 - strategies for starting, continuing and finishing 16:35 - obstacles that come up in the creative process 23:01 - finishing is a skill 💌 Podcast Management Website⛅ Wild Geese Instagram

Let's talk about public vs. private narratives and the pressure put on women to exploit their personal lives!! Yay! Resources Mentioned:-In and Against the Personal Essay by Kate Bugos- Be on your own side by Sophia Theories- Standing on the Shoulders of Complex Female Characters by Rayne Fisher-Quann- Why My Podcast is Called Wild Geese

Timestamps:00:00 - coming up 01:17 - what makes a good artist? 01:45 - where is the line between vulnerability and exploitation? 02:55 - my personal writing on Substack 04:11 - the benefits of confessional writing06:00 - the risks in sharing personal stories 07:05 - what society values in women's art 09:00 - the dangers in parasocial relationships 10:30 - are you on your own side? 11:15 - standing on the shoulders of complex female characters 12:59 - performing your own life 14:37 - the joy of knowing who to turn to - beyond the algorithms suggestions 15:05 - building expertise through your parasocial besties 18:00 - how i'm finding the line between vulnerability and exploitation for myself 20:00 - Art should be for YOU, not an audience21:45 - How to ground yourself, even if you're performing for the audience in your head 23:30 - Why i'm not interested in "stop consuming, start creating" Connect with me:

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"creativity is just connecting things," & how living a project based life will save you from the robot-ization of society!

Reading mentioned:

- ⁠Be More Confusing, Actually⁠

- ⁠A Project of One's Own⁠- ⁠Research as a leisure activity⁠

- ⁠What does it mean to study independently in 2025?⁠

Websites:

-⁠Are.na⁠

-⁠ pudding.cool ⁠

- https://friendola.com/

- https://ita.toys/scans/milkbar/milkbar2

- https://cloudhiker.net/

Bonus websites:

- ⁠Make music??⁠

-⁠ Play Ispy⁠

- ⁠Write fiction⁠

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Timestamps:

00:00 - introo

01:18 - why do we want to fall down rabbit holes?

02:42 - personal branding & niching down

05:21 - how to be so interesting you beat AI

08:11 - living a project based life

12:15 - projects as a curiosity incubator

13:05 - how I fall down rabbit holes

15:42 - research as a leisure activity

21:48 - work/life balance

25:57 - resources to spark curiosity

you can transmute romantic preoccupation into an artistic vision that can literally change your life. resources mentioned: - Audre Lorde's Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power-Rue Yi's Tiktok- Rozie Ramata's Tiktok- Vanessa | LifeisArt Tiktok- "Love, Love, Love, and Everything In Between" By Still Yearning- Attachment Theory is White Supremacy in a Lab Coat💌Podcast Management Website⛅Wild Geese InstagramTimestamps: 00:00 - coming up 00:32 - What is Eros? 01:00 - Dating & Crushing! 04:52 - Creative Satisfaction from a crush 06:25 - Building a creative practice 07:04 - What is Limerence? 08:37 - limerence is about art11:20 - Why attachment theory kind of sucks 14:39 - Creative projects give you something to obsess over 16:35 - not all love stories are romances 18:35 - How to love without abandoning yourself 20:42 - You don't have to invent, you can just see 25:07 - use it as creative fuel #creativity #makingart #selfexpression

The sentiment "everybody wants a village but no one is willing to be a better villager" is going around the internet right now (if you know the OG source, lmk. Right now, it's lost in the internet sauce for me). I'm talking community organizing, beyond friendships. If you have great friends, that's amazing. But we should all be focused on cultivating a wider sense of community and care right now. So, how do we actually do that? Let's talk about it...Resources Mentioned: - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer- Elise Granata's "Becoming a High Agency Person"-Elise Granata's "7 Ideas to Jumpstart Community Practice"- Weenus_Maximus Tiktok💌 Podcast Management Website⛅ Wild Geese Instagram🐻 Personal InstagramTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Coming up 02:24 Robin Wall Kimmerer on Reciprocity03:30 The Three Sisters 07:25 Finding Your Unique Role in the Village 08:19 Why Urgency Doesn't Bring Community Closer 09:42 Building Up a Sense of Agency 11:06 UN-Branding Community12:58 How to Feel a Sense of Agency in Community 16:45 a Gift Economy17:40 the inevitability of conflict and inconvenience 18:03 starting on a small scale19:42 you can't bypass small talk21:33 the shared calendar

Men gain sacredness and transcendence through a loss of ego and self. Women gain sacredness and transcendence when they claim themselves and gain an ego.

Resources mentioned:

- The Divine Feminine: Elizabeth (Liz) Gilbert at Archangel Summit in Toronto, Canada

- Jamila Bradley's "What the Self-Help Industry Has Wrong About...Everything"

- Bell Hooks "Women Artists: The Creative Process"

- The Book of Longings

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Timestamps:

00:00 - new music incoming??

01:25 - why do women need to approach spirituality differently?

03:54 - discernment disclaimer05:56 - conspirituality

07:42 - why is "selfless" the ultimate compliment for women?

08:05 - MY experience

09:49 - Liz Gilbert's Divine Feminine Speech

10:40 - The Code of Hammurabi

11:18 - The Axial Age

12:35 - Why spiritual advice from hit the same way for women

17:40 - Drawing a circle of sacredness around yourself

20:40 - personal essay

23:14 - why "i don't care" is empowering

23:59 - Bell Hooks wisdom

27:26 - The Book of Longings

Sometimes the thing you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing (watch the full episode on youtube).

Reaching for convenience is understanding and often necessary. It often satiates our desire for answers and quick solutions. But it's becoming an obstacle to all of our flourishing.

Today, we have to talk about how an addiction to convenience is killing our creative impulses. The algorithm is constantly serving up answers and interests on a silver platter. It's convenient. And it's eroding our ability to exercise autonomy, surprise ourselves, and live in the tension of creation.

Tune in for a little exercise I'm going to be doing in the coming days to combat this issue. And join me if you feel so inclined!

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"create more than you consume." Okay...but HOW!? We're all addicted to scrolling already. How do we stop the cycle for long enough to actually create something?

Well, we start taking notes. This episode is all about following your string of curiosity and getting serious about your interests. We've all heard the phrase "in order to be interesting, you need to be interested."

So let's tap into the power of our own interests with a newfound intentionality. Never heard of digital gardening? Don't worry. Think of today's episode as a digital gardening crash course.

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There is no time like the present to re-evaluate your relationship with men.

The cost of centering men in your life:

And so, so much more...

So what are we going to do about it?

Some people are all about divesting from men completely. I don't think that's the answer for me.

So today, we're talking about decentering men WHILE dating them. This episode will still be relevant if you're actively in a relationship with men or never wanted a relationship with men in the first place.

We're all living in a patriarchal society - one that seems to be absolutely imploding and targeting women during it's downfall right now...

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Today, I'm sitting down for a completely off the cuff conversation with my mom❤️‍🔥 If you've never met my mom, you'll definitely be obsessed with her by the end of this conversation.

After literally 3 days of trying to upload the video to Spotify with nothing but "failure to load" messages, I'm opting for audio only for this episode. Womp womp. Please go check out the Youtube video if you want to see all of the family photos and memes I've included love bugs.

Last year for Christmas, I gifted my mom a Storyworth subscription that was meant to turn her stories into a book for my baby niece. But I decided, since my mom is one of the funniest, most insightful people I know, I might as well turn it into a little radio show for her as well. So while a lot of this episode may feel totally random to you if you're a stranger, it's incredibly meaningful to me. I hope you enjoy it :)

CONTENT WARNING: Please take care of yourself, this episode does contain a short discussion about mental illness and suicide. If these topics are potentially triggering, consider switching to a different episode!

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You can't be yourself until you know yourself and you can't know yourself if you're constantly abandoning yourself in pursuit of other people. You can watch the full episode video on Spotify and ⁠Youtube⁠(the memes really add to the experience if I do say so myself)!

That's the heart of today's episode wrapped up in a sentence. Going into 2025, I hope we can all find the space to be a bit selfish.

I've been thinking a lot about how I can toggle back and forth between fixer mode and victim mode. In 2025, I want to take a playful approach to being my own parent, ritualizing everything I do so that it's more fun and more beautiful to me, and getting to know myself intentionally.

It doesn't have to all be intense goal setting in the New Year. It can be a process of slowmaxxing into the version of you that knows what you need and stops asking permission. We're talking about self-expression, self-exploration and devotion to the self today.

If you enjoy the ep, talk to me! Leave a comment, DM me, follow the show, you know what to do my loves!

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"I don't know why we feel the need to look for things that aren't here instead of just looking more deeply at what already is here." Today's guest, Eliza Day sums it all up in that one sentence.

Eliza is an artist, speaker, and intuitive guide who is sharing so many nuggets of wisdom that ground spirituality and releases dogma.

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We've all had incredibly vivid dreams where we stumble out of bed and immediately try to recall everything we can. But what do we do with the bits and pieces we remember? Most of us stop at retelling the juiciest bits to our friends. But what if our dreams were the key to understanding ourselves on the deepest level?

Today, I'm chatting with Jared Ray Gilmore, a Jungian depth coach, audio engineer and composer. He blew my mind with this conversation. We're digging into how you can read the symbols in your dreams, what the function of your ego actually is, and so much more.

If you enjoy this episode, share it with a friend! They deserve to unlock the key to their dreams too! Check out the Spotify playlist HERE!

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Girlhood is a state of constant embarrassment. Not to mention the feeling that you're just...always in trouble? So how the hell are we supposed to become well-adjusted adults when most of us have been raised to have a deep shame rooted in our bones?

Well today, I've got Hailey Noecker, self-published author that's absolutely killing it on Substack right now and a prevention specialist for a child advocacy nonprofit.

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This is such an unserious episode, the dramatics of my intro music are making me laugh. But ya'll! It's time to start talking to strangers. And if you already do that, tune in to this episode to laugh at me for all the ways in which...I do not.

Find all the resources mentioned + the spotify playlist my lovely guests are creating HERE.

And leave a review or share the show!! This is the perf episode to share and get all of your friends in on this challenge so that by the end of the Summer, you're SWIMMING in community with neighbors that were once strangers <3

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What if you started living your life like you begged God to send you back so you could feel again? That's certaintly what today's guest, Anna Lee, is doing.

Anna is a documentary film maker and co-host of The Entreprequeers Podcast. But it doesn't feel right to try to conform her identity to a set of job descriptions. She takes on the French philosophy of "I work to live, I don't live to work." And you can frequently find her dancing unapologetically in public parks.

We're talking about apocalypse magic and the year of the cockroach. If you don't know what those words mean, you should probably tune into the episode and find out.

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Okay, okay I KNOW the word "networking" can be freaky. And by freaky, I mean it can bring out the freaks. You know the ones - they're constantly cold pitching and saying things that make it clear they don't see you as a human being at all. They're trying to get you into some weird MLM. Whatever it is, they've got ulterior motives.

Well this episode is here to tell you - it doesn't have to be like that! Really kind, warm, thoughtful people exist on the internet, do business on the internet, make friends on the internet and more. And today's guest, Anastasiya, is a brilliant example of what it looks like to network in a heart centered way.

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What if life for the sake of life was enough? What if we were operating off of a state of abundance, instead of scarcity? What if every human being really understood how closely linked (in-extractable) we are to other living beings? Would brutal and consistent resource extraction slow down?

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Chloe Parsons to dive deep into our interconnectedness with nature. She's a watercolor and floral collage artist who creates art for the eco-sensual.

If you're not sure what that means, tune in. It's fascinating and will probably inspire you to go on a little mushroom foraging trip after listening to this episode.

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There are a lot of answers, and none of them are wrong. Does that freak you out or tickle your fancy? Today, I'm sitting down with Lexi Merritt, writer, teacher, and founder of The Pretty Decent Internet Café.

Honestly, she's an icon and a legend to me.

Here's a little peak at what we're chatting about:

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You know that feeling when you're sitting around a campfire singing with friends and you think to yourself "why don't humans do this more often?" The feeling of singing with other people is electric.

Maybe you only ever experienced that at sleep away camp. Or maybe you're like me and you're a tried and true choir kid. Even if you don't sing, if you've allowed yourself to experience a collective song, you know what I'm talking about.

Well thanks to the work of Matt Goldstein, we don't have to fully join a choir to sing with strangers. Gaia Music Collective started with a few friends in a Bushwick apartment. Since then, they've grown to gathering hundreds of strangers every single week with the express purpose of bringing people together to sing.

They've got events like One-Day Choirs that don't require any sort of audition or prior experience. And if you're more into the campfire, chill vibe, Candlelight Circlesingswould be perfect for you.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Matt for a little bit of behind the scenes into a collective that I've had my eyes on for months! I'll be attending Gaia Music Collective's events throughout the Summer because it's the perfect way to meet new people and indulge my little singer heart. Join me!

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Are you friends with your desires? Or do they scare the hell out of you?

If they do, that's okay! You're normal babe, I promise. But today's guest might light a little fire under your drive to follow those North Star needs.

Today I'm chatting with Madeline Qi, host of Over & Out, Tiktoker and Youtuber. We'll be diving into her story, from coming out and leaving a long term relationship to checking herself into an ED recovery center.

This episode is all about addressing those parts of our lives that are compulsive. What are we accepting because we've been told that we should and not because we actually want to? My That's So Raven vision just showed big realizations coming your way after listening to the ep!

Content warning: eating disorders, narcissistic parents (take care of yourself love)

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Are you comfortable making BAD art? It might be the antidote to burnout! Today I’m chatting with Tali Dee, a former therapist who went from helping clients through creative burnout, to experiencing it herself.

After burnout manifested in physical symptoms that sent her to the hospital, Tali knew it was time to take a leave of absence. And in that time away, she’s realized the absolute necessity of centering creativity in our lives.

And we’re not just talking about “I’ll get to that creative practice once I’m in a better place” but actually using that creative practice as the bridge to that better place. We’re also diving deep into community. If you feel like it’s been hard to create a sense of community ever since the pandemic began, you’re not alone.

So what does it take? Does adulthood mean that we’re always going to have to deal with a paywall to meet new people? Or can we take matters into our own hands?

I hope this episodes leaves you feeling inspired to go pick up that blank canvas that’s been sitting in the corner for months. You deserve it! And if you’re in the throes of burnout, check out the resources Tali has to offer HERE.

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If you wish the wellness industry was a bit less puritanical, this episode is for you. I'm talking - you don't need to forbid yourself from going out dancing at the night club to feel good in your body. In fact, that sweaty, exhilarating feeling you get at a nightclub could be the key to body liberation.

I'm sitting down with José San Miguel, Founder of Playground Movement, for a conversation that will leave you dancing through the street like Nicole Kidman after she divorced Tom Cruise!

After going through tremendous loss, José came out on the other side with such a beautiful perspective of the world. I originally reached out to them because of this sentiment: we should assume that everyone is grieving.

They put a video on their tiktok about this philosophy and the wind was sucked out of me. How can we show up for each other in grief? And how can we show up for ourselves? This is more than a conversation about fitness. Essentially, it's two people sitting down to reflect on what it is to move through darkness and alchemize grief.

In this episode, we're chatting about:

We mention a few juicy resources that you don't want to miss out on so grab those HERE! You can also find the Spotify playlist that will continue the Wild Geese experience into your music loving lives.

If you felt moved by this episode, leave a review with a very long personal story about you alchemized grief. I'm just kidding, you don't have to do that (but I would read it if you did and I would give you a little virtual forehead kiss).

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What makes a good conversation? I know we've all stepped away from a conversation feeling like "oof, I did not nail that one." It doesn't matter how extroverted you are! Some conversations are just...stilted.

Well today, I'm sitting down with Miriam Tinberg - a content curator who has built a following on Tiktok that allowed her to leave her unaligned job. Since leaving her job, she has intentionally created opportunities for conversations with strangers.

Whether you feel like you're a good conversationalist or not, this episode will leave you with a nugget that might just change the way you look at "awkward" conversations.

In this episode, we're chatting about:

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If you enjoyed this episode, tell your best friend who lives in a different state about it. And then gab with me in the DMs about how it's bringing you closer!

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Why should you listen to a podcast called Wild Geese? Well, maybe because you want to feel the wonder of a Mary Oliver poem strewn throughout your morning commute.

My name is Anna Corinne, and together, I think we'll make a pretty good gaggle (that's what a group of geese is called). I've been studying the podcast industry for a while. Managing and strategizing with other hosts has shown me the magic tool to sustainable podcasting: curiosity.

So I've created this podcast to dive headfirst into my curiosity and help you do the same. We're flipping the script away from mindless consumption and really zooming in on conversations that will wake us up.

In each episode, I'm sitting down with guests that have one thing in common: they exude Mary Oliver energy. And once a month, you can expect a solo episode as part of my Soft Animal series.

This podcast is for the community organizers, creative entrepreneurs, and conscious consumers. 

In this episode, I'm chatting about:

I'm genuinely so excited to put this out into the world. As a fellow creative, I know you understand the impact of acknowledgement.

So if you like what you're hearing, don't forget to share the show with your besties. You could even pop a review on Apple podcasts. That will earn you a tearful DM from me (I'm not kidding).

ClickHEREto access resources mentioned in the episode! Those articles and poems are just WAITING to be read in full.

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Hi, silly goose!

Welcome to Wild Geese - a supportive space to consider the question: "tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Cue the quarter life crisis!

I'm your host, Anna Corinne. I'm a podcast strategist and actress based in NYC. For the past year and change, I've been supporting other people in launching their podcast. And now it's my turn to step out of my shadow artist era!

Each week, we'll be diving into questions like "how can we have better conversations?" and "what happens if we assume everyone is grieving?" All of my guests exude Mary Oliver energy.

They'll leave you feeling more keenly aware of the magic all around you. Get ready to tap into the wonder and steadfastness that creatives need to fill their well. And trust me, we're all creatives. If you've been conditioned out of believing that about yourself - buckle up babe!