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Kathe Izzo is also known as The Love Artist, in homage to her conceptual performance work and essays focusing on intimacy and love. She is an interdisciplinary intuitive working in diverse environments including deeply personal one-on-one mentorship, psychedelic / noosphere leadership and the metamorphosis of the traditional art world. Izzo is initiator of The MA Platform, a 24/7 continuous chain of femme consciousness praying across borders and around the world.
Kathe is a magical punk rock performance art fairy grandmother witch (this is how I see her), and if youâre feeling called to work with her in any way, I *highly* recommend! I have personally spent time in her 6-month High Garden container, and it was just the thing for the moment.
Get in Katheâs World:- her Instagram, The Love Artist- her Substack & newsletter, My Brainiac Amor- High Garden, Katheâs intimate, magical, 6-month depth support- High Garden FAQ/Q&A
Also mentioned in this episode:- âTo Begin With, The Sweet Grassâ - poem by Mary Oliver- I Am That Witch
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I LOVE YOU! MAKE YOUR ART! xxo kathleen
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Hello Freak Friends!!!
Weâve got another episode of Freak Flag for your ears today. Last April (yes, 2023!), I got to chat with brilliant coach Chela Davison about her path to coaching and her process working with people.
I worked with Chela as my coach for most of 2022, and I can personaly say she is a brilliant, effective, and quite *magical* coach. She REALLY really helped me at a moment when I needed someone to hold me and point out some of my blind spots.
hereâs a bit about Chela: Chela Davison is an Integral Master Coach and Master Certified Coach who works with socially conscious entrepreneurs, creatives, and practitioners to help them align their soulâs purpose with their work in the world. To support clients in doing the necessary inner work to break old patterns and create enlivening new opportunities, she offers coaching, courses and education including Lead your Self, a program and community that helps members to realize their Calling. She is the former President and Lead Teacher of the Integral Coaching Certification Program at Integral Coaching Canada, where she trained and certified hundreds of coaches worldwide. Chela is a writer, speaker and host of the What is Leadership? Podcast. She lives on the unceded territories of the Squamish Nation in British Columbia Canada with her husband, two sons, two dogs and six hilarious chickens.
We got super nitty-gritty about her coaching process and the conscious, structured, titrated process of how Chela works with people in her coaching containers.
abbreviated show notes below:
* the privilege of Chelaâs upbringing in a family system that had a teaching of âdo what you love, and the money will followâ
* gravity as unconditional love
* Integral Theory and Integral Coaching and its lineage
* working with peopleâs unconscious patterns so that they have choice in transformation
* some of my experience working with Chela and how transformative it was
* resistance as a normal part of the change process, and finding ways to relate to it as a âchallenging but welcome friendâ
* the way she works with clients and deals with the delicate and nuanced space of context: things like systemic influence, cultural influence, inherited influence, as well as someoneâs personal operating system, their resistance & ways of dealing, limitations they have or perceive that might not be so written in stone
* Chelaâs beef with mindset language.
* âif you can see your limiting beliefs, those are not your limiting beliefs.â
* Chelaâs ability to to see things in others they canât, and using that to help them choose their path based on what they love to do and are passionate about.
GET IN CHELAâS WORLD!- her website- her newest offering, The Generosity Experiment - her podcast âWhat Is Leadershipâ on iTunes- her Substack âA Little Bit Muchâ (free with an option to pay)
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Freak Friends, it is my super pleasure to bring you an episode with the inimitable ROB BELL (!) today!
We chatted a few days after my album MEDICINE came out, and we had a grand olâ time. He recently released a new book called WHEREâD YOU PARK YOUR SPACESHIP & we chatted it up about following the thread of joy and inspiration, even when it leads to unknown places.
Rob Bell is the New York Times Bestselling author of fourteen books and plays which have been translated into 25 languages. His latest is an intergalactic tale of love, loss, and bread called WHERE'D YOU PARK YOUR SPACESHIP? His visual art can be seen on Instagram @realrobbell, his band is HUMANS ON THE FLOOR, and his podcast is called The RobCast. Rob lives with his family in Ojai, California.
No show notes this timeâjust put this baby on and enjoy the ride!
Get in Robâs world below:
* insta
* web - you can buy all the things here, including WHEREâD YOU PARK YOUR SPACESHIP, printed or audio! *10/10 recommend!!!*
* the robcast - the podcast. episode 301 âand then all of them passedâ (itunes link) is one of my perennial faves.
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Go to www.kathleenmusic.com to listen to MEDICINE and order your very own limited edition, signed, numbered PINK vinyl (only
available until Dec. 1, 2023)!
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hey hey PALS!
new episode cominâ atcha. I have literally been daydreaming about this episode since the very inception of Freak Flag in Jan. 2022, and I decided NOW IS THE MOMENT. âDO IT NOWâYOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE WORLD WILL ENâ
{It was better as a graphic, but I have the screenshot on my phone and my phone is not with me. Câest la vieâyou get the idea.}
No guest, no notes, no intro, no outroâI am going rogue & recording a lilâ Kath Chat.
TOPLINE:
Affirmations are the flower essences of the word world.
Gentle and strong.
Subtle until theyâre not.
Kind of like all that âthink it and it shall beâ stuff but EVEN SOFTER.
No need to white knuckle this stuff, my dear. You can just have a handy lilâ phrase to pick up a few times a day, and faster than you might imagine, things will shift.
love ya. make ur art. subscribe and/or share with a pal if youâre feelinâ it.
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okay folks, this episode is a LIL DIFFERENT.
instead of ME (your local Kath) interviewing someone, this time, SOMEONE INTERVIEWED ME! That someone is our pal Michael Kass (remember him from episode 3?!). On a Tuesday in March 2023, Michael sat in my blue velvet chair, and I sat on the green velvet couch (the guest spot!), and he asked me qâs.
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FUUUUUUNNNNNNN.
there is really something about the way other people see us, which is different from how we see ourselves!
hereâs my bio, which he read to me. I mean, you probably know about me, but hey, why not: Kathleen Smith is a singer, songwriter and producer whose music has been seen and heard on the radio, in TV and film, and by audiences around the US when she comes through on tour. She is also a music supervisor for award-winning TV shows and films on Netflix, Hulu, and Showtime, as well as the popular music podcast (and Netflix TV show) Song Exploder. For her most recent record, Medicine, out on 10.10.23, Kathleen moved from Los Angeles to the woods of New Mexico to write and record in an old barn, teaching herself to engineer, and producing, playing and singing nearly the entire record all by herself. Her whole ethos is to create work from her heart, in the hopes that it might help people connect to their own hearts and inspire them to make their own art. She lives in Santa Fe, NM with her husband, Shawn, and her white piano, Princess, and she occasionally interviews âcool fuckinâ people doing cool fuckinâ shitâ for her own podcast, Freak Flag.
MK asked me many good questions, and we could have gone on for hours, but he is really good at 3D life and time, so we clocked in at about 45m.
Normally show notes would go here, but hereâs just the quickest list this time:* it all started at age 4, with Barbra Streisand & Madonna records * reading an article in Harperâs Bazaar at age nine & then not getting into honor choir changed everything for a minute * the experience of writing the first song at age 19 * cosmic architecture & the need for ritual to plug us back into the remembrance of our place in it all* plus more! feelings! stories!
okay, youâre already in my world {i think!}, but, hey, weâre going same format as usual for this, so here it is in case you want it:
* your local Kathâs Insta
* UTUBE - ya know, the videos & stuff.
* Love Blast list (which is also the Freak Flag list) - ie mailing list, which is the literal FIRST & BEST place to learn what is going on in the Kathleeniverse.
Thanks, as always, to KYLE for editing & mixing this episode!!
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HELLO FREAK FRENZZZZZZZ!!!!!!
Iâm happy to report we have yet another yumsville episode for your ears today. My pal G (aka Giulia Isetti, PhD) was in town visiting from Chicago in February, and we chatted about all kinds of stuff here at the Clubhouse. There was some construction happening in the building, so donât mind any strange ambient sounds you might hearâitâs not perfectly sound-insulated at the Kath Clubhouse!
About Giulia: Giulia Isetti, PhD, is a level two USA weightlifting coach, and strength & conditioning specialist currently based in Chicago, Illinois at her gym, Coaching by G. She has helped hundreds of clients improve their lives with her unique methodology that blends fitness and nutrition with spirituality and inner inquiry. Julia is an advocate for honoring the body and its limits, and believes strongly in the wisdom and intuition of the body. As an expert in both the science and the mechanics behind physical fitness, she also understands that spiritual transformation is an essential part of achieving wellness goals. As the founder of Inside Out Fitness, Julia has created a unique approach to health and wellbeing which blends body, mind, and spirit. Through her guidance, people are able to not only reach their physical goals, but also make a deep personal inquiry to uncover true and lasting change from within.
Per usual, we got INTO IT! In no particular order, hereâs some of what we got into:- G unpacks her sayings âmuscle is the currency of movementâ and âmovement is the currency of lifeâ- there is a biological basis for why it can be difficult to get into a workout routine at first: the body is the ultimate conservativeâit will not make enzymes that are not being used, and it will not stretch its metabolism beyond what is required to sustain its life while also conserving resources - like everything, if you donât ask for what you want, you wonât get it; and further, if you donât *know* what you want, you canât even ask for it- the importance of healthy muscle tissue, and its effect on sustainability within the body and protecting your body from injury for the long-term- why weight-lifting and strength training â concentric movement â is the *only* method to build muscle and keep muscles, bones and tendons strong- even just stomping your feet regularly on the ground with some force can help reverse osteoporosis- the biological basis for the idea that if youâre not growing & transforming, you are actually, literally dying- the spiritual and practical basis of attaching your âwhyâ to any goal, intention or desired outcome- Jerry Colonnaâs question: âHow have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I donât want?â {you can check his interview on the Tim Ferris podcast here}- most good things are cumulative, rather than one-shot, quick fix situations- muscle is not built at the gymâitâs built in rest and recovery. the saying âdonât just do something, sit thereâ is by George Mumford, meditation coach to Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant.
ABOUT GIULIAâS UPCOMING PROGRAM, Fit From Within:Fit From Within is a 4-week program that teaches you a sustainable way to be in your bodyâa way that is true to you and makes you feel alive from the inside out. You will learn to set realistic goals, create an actionable plan, and stay motivated to reach your health and fitness goals.
GET IN GâS WORLD:- her Instagram- Fit From Within program begins May 1, 2023. You can get coaching from G, from anywhere you live in the world!- Coaching by G - If youâre in Chicago, you can literally work out with G!!
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hellllooooo freak frennnnnz!!!
wooâa sparkly new episode of Freak Flag is here!!
SO PSYCHED to share with you my conversation with the brilliant Jenna Reiss. How are we already at episode 8, I donât know. File it next to the meaning of life. MYSTERY.
Jenna is a Breathwork Meditation Healer, Writer & Birth Doula supporting people in living more intentional lives through Breathwork, Meditation & Intuitive Guidance. She teaches private, corporate, groups, and conferences working with people to break free from old patterns and habitual ways of being, and connect with their authentic selves again. She has been a student of many master teachers in Buddhist lineages for Meditation, along with a level 4 certified Breathwork Meditation Instructor, Reiki Facilitator and has been initiated to teach by her mentors for her authentic ability to transmit the teachings. She is also a speaker, and a human development writer, currently working on her own book, and is the founder of Expanded Wild Hearts, an intensive healing experience moving through fears and returning to love.
It was a mutual love-fest times a billion, and here are a few of the topics we covered, in no order whatsoever:
* breathwork and how the breath is something everyone has access to, all the time
* psychedelics and how the breath can you take you there, and farther, and more sustainably
* jennaâs book, her writing and creative process
* the challenges we all have to creative expression, and ways systems of power and oppression add additional layers of challenge for humans who are not white men
* how to deal with creative shame, resistance, and the way life can sometimes âget in the wayâ of our ideas of timelines
* self-compassion and letting go of self-imposed timelines for our creations
* creativity as a deep spiritual path and way to get to know all aspects of self and Self
* the way the breath meets you wherever you are, and can give you exactly what you need in any given moment
* our vision of everyone flying their freak flags from the rooftops and screaming in exuberance
I have to tell youâevery time I do a Freak Flag interview, I am high for HOURS afterward. It is amazing. The people I get to chat with, and the deep and holy and sacred work they are all doingâUGH IT IS SO FUCKING INSPIRING!!!!
OKAY, get in Jennaâs world if you want (and I DO RECOMMEND!):
* Her website - where you can learn more about Jenna and sign up for a session
* Her Instagram
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omg freak frenzzzzzzz!
I am excited beyond beyond to bring you episode 7 (wtafâhow did we even get here ALREADY?!) of Freak Flag with my good buddy, brilliant healer and teacher and AUTHOR, Luke Simon. (Also in the intro I say itâs episode four, but thatâs because I recorded it fourth, but loâreleased it later!!!!)
Luke uses spiritual practice to access creative energy. He shares the healing tools that help keep him in the flow: reiki, breathwork and yoga. He is here for creatives and queers, and anyone who feels outside and is trying to come back to their true self. Living in the Hudson Valley is getting him more rooted into nature. He organized a course called Earth School at Maha Rose North exploring how small scale gardening and ecology can help climate healing.
per usual, we covered TERRITORY. Hereâs a totally non-ordered snapshot of some of the points we covered:
* lukeâs autobiographical memoir/story Venus Juice, themes of which include âsoul searching and finding oneâs place in a very confusing world,â and how he turned it into a story as a very specific tactic and for specific reasons
* allowing ourselves to work the way that works for us, which is sometimes different from our ideas of âhow an author writesâ or âhow a painter paintsâ or whatever
* lukeâs talks details about his process, which was multi-disciplinary and spiral and included things like looking at art, making collages, and actual cut and paste of his book sections,
* creativity, the mystery and allness of life
* our mutual love of Los Angeles, and how Lukeâs status as an outsider who moved from NYC to LA allowed him a particular lens through which to view The City of Angels
* Creativity as a path toward healing
* the mystery of process giving faith to lifeâs unfolding
* a healthy view of discipline and how to take joy in working on your craft.
* Luke talks about finding your medium to share your art and story through
* The beauty in what we canât choose, and that we have limitations.
Also, shameless self-promo plug (which I promise you will thank me for): I PRODUCED AND RECORDED THE AUDIOBOOK OF VENUS JUICE.
Therefore: I really think that if you havenât read the book yet (or even if you have) YOU SHOULD REALLLLLLY check out the audiobook, available exclusively via audible.
But also and tbhâeven if I hadnât produced and recorded the audiobook, I would STILL suggest you get your happy lil hands on this, or, rather, happy lil ears IN this!
I know I can trend toward hyperbole, but Iâm telling you: Luke reading his book in your ears or car stereo or whatever is truly a healing transmission, plus, heâs HILARIOUS.
This man is not only meant to writeâhe is meant to perform his writing!
I AM TELLING YOU! (also a little bit yelling at you, but you get the gist)
okay, get in Lukeâs world if you so desire:
* Instagram
* Website
* the Venus Juice Audiobook
ALSO! FREAK FLAG {THE CLASS} IS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS! Our summer â22 course starts June 15 and goes through Aug 10. Go here if you wanna know more! Breathwork, community, artistic archetypes, and Kath telling it like it is about the creative lifeâitâs gonna be a potent yet cozy cauldron of creative fire to support YOU and YOUR CREATIVITY. CAN YOU SAY FUN???!!!!! WE DEFINITELY DO!
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HELLO FREAK FRIENDS & LOVE BLASTERS!
Psyched, per usual, to bring you the newest episode of Freak Flag, episode 6 with the brilliant and magical Angela Harvey. We got cozy and recorded this episode in my friend Natalieâs living room in Santa Monica on her super squashy couch in March 2022. We had blankets and pillows draping everything to try and minimize sound reflection (sound nerd warning! ha!), and let me warn you nowâwe cackled quite a LOT.
{Love Blastersâwe have a very FULL update coming for you next week, but I wanted to get this out first! More music updates & such coming asap!}
okay, back to the POD.
Below Angelaâs bio is a bulleted list of some of the topics, and per usual, it runs the GAMUT.
I hope you enjoy this episode! I LOVE YOU! MAKE YOUR ART! (if you wish)
Angela Harvey is an award-winning television writer, independent filmmaker and activist. She began her writing career on the MTV breakout hit Teen Wolf, after which she went on to serve as a writer/ producer on Salvation, a sci-fi show for CBS Television and Station 19, one of the latest offerings from Shondaland/ABC. Sheâs currently a Co-Executive Producer on FXâs American Horror Story and developing new shows in partnership with 20th Television and Bad Robot. As an independent filmmaker, Angela has directed three short narratives including Prom, which premiered at the 2020 Austin Film Festival, and she has written An Unlikely Friendship, a script about race and female friendship that will be her feature directorial debut. Along with her work in entertainment, Angela is a long-time volunteer policy advocate with global anti-poverty agency CARE, and is proud to serve on the Board of Directors for CAREâs political advocacy arm CARE Action. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Writerâs Guild of Americaâs PAC and as co-chair of the Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity (TTIE), a consortium of TV writers dedicated to expanding the voice and reach of underrepresented peoples in the entertainment industry.
As always, hereâs a list of the various things we chatted aboutâsome in episode order (THANKS KYLE*!), and some not (courtesy of Kath):
* Angelaâs journey to becoming the award-winning TV writer she is, writersâ rooms, and the amazing mentor who had a huge part in launching her career
* risks to take (& not to take) when moving forward in your career, including Angelaâs story of taking a âdefinitely not recommendedâ risk anyhow (& it worked!)
* Angelaâs perspective on horror in TV/filmâyou get to hear her BLOW Kathâs mind with her brilliant take on this. (full disclosure: kath does NOT watch horror bc itâs too scary for her)
* doing things you hate to create space for things you love
* the evangelical response to Rob Bell, and how his book Love Wins literally CHANGED Angelaâs life
* hypocrisy in the âacceptanceâ of reformed theology and evangelical Christianity
* how we can all be better stewards of faith by accepting that everyoneâs path is different
* plus: pleasure, religious history, wtf is âgenreâ writing, and generally a fair amount of two broads CACKLING about the good life
get in Angelaâs world!
* Instagram
* her website
*Kyle: WE HAVE A PODCAST EDITOR/MIXER NOW, and his name is Kyle and he is amazzzzzing. He also edited & mixed the audiobook Kath recently produced. He is a brilliant musician and audio expert. Hire him for your next scoring/ guitar/ mixing/ mastering/ editing project if you want to be SUPPORTED MIRACULOUSLY BY A FUCKING GENIUS.
ALSO! FREAK FLAG {THE CLASS} IS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS! Our summer â22 course starts June 15 and goes through Aug 10. Go here if you wanna know more! Breathwork, community, artistic archetypes, and Kath telling it like it is about the creative lifeâitâs gonna be a potent yet cozy cauldron of creative fire to support YOU and YOUR CREATIVITY. CAN YOU SAY FUN???!!!!!
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WOO EPISODE 5 of Freak Flag is here, my babes!
It is my deep pleasure to bring yâall the magical herbalist flower fairy woman Elliott Brinkley, of Dancing Willow Herbs in Durango, CO.
Elliott Brinkley is the owner of an herbal apothecary in Durango, CO called Dancing Willow Herbs. She is passionate about bridging plants and people through writing, herbal cooking, teaching and providing herbal support for others. As a vitalist herbal practitioner, Elliott focuses on therapeutics that work with the bodyâs natural processes and support its innate gravitation toward healing. Elliott loves to convey the emotional and spiritual wisdom of plants through leading plant meditations, and classes that allow others to develop their own relationships with the botanical beings.
Among the vast and ranging garden of our meandering conversation, here are some of the topics we covered:
* Elliottâs journey from being a baby herbalist and plant lover, to herbalism school and now being the proud owner of Dancing Willow Herbs
* the way the spirit of this business (Dancing Willow Herbs) was working on and with Elliott almost since the beginning of her time in Durango, CO
* her knowing of what she wanted, and how she fuckinâ WENT AFTER IT in that special Capricornian way of hers ;-)
* how sometimes Life moves faster than our timelines have planned for, and how in Elliottâs case, she figured it must be because she was ready earlier than she thought, so she used it as an opportunity to practice even deeper trust
* herbal allies she has called on and been in relationship with for years
* the herbal infusion she drinks daily (marshmallow!), and some of its magical & scientific qualities
* immuno-modulating polysaccharidesâstarches that are basically like a weight room for your immune system
* beginning steps you can take if you want to come into deeper relationship with herbs, and the caution and respect necessary (ie donât just start trying stuff b/c herbs are POWERFUL, and some of them are contra-indicated if you are on certain meds, etc.)
* herbs for the season weâre in now (we recorded this at the end of January, so itâs slightly different now that weâre in March, but still applicable!)
* elderberry, and all of Her magical deep qualities, which are like a blend of star and cosmic and deep deep earthy magic, and the way elderberry medicine connects us to who we *really* areâwho we really are in relationship to the Cosmos
* when Elderberry bloomsâBeltane to Summer Solstice
* responsible, ecologically sound ways to engage with elderberry
* the essential function of the immune system as distinguishing between SELF and NOT-SELF
* upcoming classes and workshops at Dancing Willow Herbs that people can take from anywhere, because, DUH, we are living in âmodern times,â and there is this thing called the INTERNET
GET IN ELLIOTTâS WORLD! I CANâT recommend enough!
She has a couple of SUPER MAGICAL workshops (online) coming up very soon, so, seriouslyâcheck it out!
* Dancing Willow Herbs: www.dancingwillowherbs.com
* upcoming classes in March & Aprilâcheck out the website for details.
* the IG: www.instagram.com/dancingwillowherbsco
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hello my love blasters & freak flag listeners!
woot wootâfreak flag is back, baby!
well, not back, but sort of back!
I had to take a small break from publishing due to life and health and overwhelm and the need to let my new creative conflagration settle into a more sustained and sustainable hearth fire I can work with WITHIN the life I have rn.
Ah, sustainability always for the win!!!
Without further ado, I am THRILLED to intro you to the newest episode, freak flag ep 4!
(p.s. If you missed eps 2 & 3, which you may have because I did *not* email you about them, you can check them here or on iTunes, spotify, etc. all the places!)
It is my GREAT pleasure to introduce you to the true love of my blessed life: SHAWN PATRICK BOYD. Heâs got some real-world cred Iâll share below, and heâs also my husband, and the writer and creator of a REALLY COOL fâing graphic novel series!
Shawn Patrick Boyd is a writer and actor who has appeared in TV & film. As a longtime copywriter, heâs written ad campaigns for big brands including Target and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He currently lives in Santa Fe, NM, but his family keeps trying to lure him back to the woods and waters of Minnesota.
Various topics/points we touched on (as usualâIN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):
* his graphic novel series Winona Forever, and how it came about, starting as a screenplay and then morphing into a graphic novel
* âitâs only in retrospect that life makes sense,â plus how life is like a forest or a maze, and why thatâs actually cool
* the importance and value of experience, age and more years in our life for stories and storytelling
* how creating for the pure pleasure and joy of creating becomes its own positive feedback loop
* how it seems like some (or all?) creations have souls and agendas of their own
* why âfollow your curiousityâ is often easier and less pressure than âfollow your passionâ
* his tips for someone who wants to get started writing but doesnât know where to start
* lots of talk about the technicalities of writing & best practices: setting, specificity, human emotion
Books we discussed:* Big Magic - Liz Gilbert* The Candle & The Flame - Nafiza Azad* Ginseng Roots - Craig Thompson
okayâget in SBâs world!
The Kickstarter for Winona Forever books 3 & 4 launched TODAY (2.7.22), so if youâre into this, go get into that!
* Winona Forever Kickstarter for books 3 & 4
* Winona Forever website
* Shawnâs Instagram
I LOVE YOU!
MAKE YOUR ART!!!!
ox
kathleen
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todayâs episode, âevery breath is a story with michael kassâ is YUM AF. Tho, tbh and upon momentary reflection, Iâm realizing that probably I will say that about EVERY SINGLE EPISODE EVER THAT I MAKE.
So, Yes: YUM AF.
I had a delicious conversation with Michael Kass, an international facilitator, consultant, and healer who works with organizations and individuals to weave a new story that brings us into greater connection with ourselves, each other, and the wider world. He works with the U.N., The Walt Disney Company, Google, and The Nomadic School of Wonder (just to name a few of the incredible organizations & corporations he does his magic in!), a solo performance show he wrote & performed back in the early 2010âs played and won awards at Fringe festivals (an amazing theater festival) all over the US of A, and he was recently in Dubai where he moderated a panel about dignified storytelling at the Dubai EXPO 2021.
As with everyone I chat with on Freak Flag, this man is offering his deep medicine to help us all live in a world that is filled with compassion, empathy and trust! YES!
Per usual, our convo was wide-ranging and deep!
Here are a few beats, topics, & folks we covered:
* bringing the sacred into corporate boardrooms
* separation & the way the sacred has been leached is a cultural illness
* plant medicine & Ceremony, Michaelâs solo show about a turning point in his life
* compassion, empathy and trust are actually better for everyone, including the âbottom lineâ
* a simple practice to invite the sacred in, wherever you are
* the need for ritual in community
* how we physiologically respond to story is actually an evolutionary adaptation!
* direct experience vs cognitive understanding
* why Michael hates TED talks (;-) a particular fave moment of mine!)
* Breathwork - our teacher is David Elliott
* our hopes for the future
* the stars
AND SO MUCH MORE DELICIOUSNESS!
To dig into Michaelâs world (AND BELIEVE ME, YOU SHOULD! IF U WANT!!!), check him out at the links below:
* Story & Spirit
* Insight Timer - where he leads weekly, donation-only breathwork!
* His Instagram if youâre into social
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HELLO PARTY PEOPLE!!!
Welcome to Freak Flag Episode 2, WE NEED TO REST, with Julia Albain!!!! Julia is a gifted Reiki master practitioner and teacher, folk herbalist, and energy healer (among other fantastic magical things), as well as (we donât mention this in the episode but I feel to tell you) my current pottery bestie here in Santa Fe. (By which I mean we take pottery class together!)
Julia and I had a wide-ranging and delicious conversation about many things, including but not limited to:
* the Januaries, our biological and seasonal need to rest which is in conflict with American (Western? marketplace?) ideas about starting a new year, and the mind-fuck that ensues
* how we are all Just So Tired and We Need to Rest
* we ALL each have a POTENT medicine for these times, and our sense of belonging/un-belonging usually points us straight to what our medicine IS
* the magic of humans and how we *can & do* create, alongside historical context for the ideas of humans as fatally and terribly flawed and horrible beings
* energy and creation, how theyâre actually value-agnostic, and creation as a way of life
* why the world doesnât need us to save it
* moving beyond the framework of ideas of good & bad
* becoming more clear and neutral with language, including beginning to speak from sensation, which opens more possibility
* collective body trauma, how at the surface it is these days, and why that is a âgoodâ sign and can be hopeful
* what it means to be alive in a âpost-healingâ society, why thatâs actually exciting, and why creation is more important than ever
AND SO MUCH MORE!I hope you enjoy this convo!
BOOKS MENTIONED:
* Kissed by a Fox by Priscilla Stuckey
HOW TO GET INTO JULIAâS WORLD MORE:
* Juliaâs website and her Radical Healer Eco-System & program (starts in March, so join up if you feel called).
* Juliaâs instagram
I LOVE YOU! MAKE YOUR ART!
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Hello worldâitâs me, Kathleen, and this is my podcast FREAK FLAG.
I made the first and second episodes in a few hours today, so VOILA â here they are.
Also, you Love Blast subscribers may notice this is a different format than usualâI have switched from MailChimp to Substack due to the super easy audio capabalities and chill UI, so LETâS SEE IF THIS WORKS.
I have so much more I want to say, but the fun thing is: now I have this space, so Iâll probs be saying a lot.
First up: THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE PODCAST.
This is all an evolution and a co-creation!
Itâs kind of rambly!
BUT THE POINT IS I MADE A THING & PUT IT OUT IN THE WORLD & SAID âF STRATEGY AND PLANS AND PERFECTIONISM BC I AM A SPONTANEOUS CREATORââTIME TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE WORLD I CARE ABOUT!
Mentioned in this episode:
* leonie dawson - australian entrepreneur who I LOVE
* rachael maddox - trauma & coaching educator who is BOMB AF
OH AND ALSO THE MUSIC IN THE INTRO OUTRO ISâŠ.take a wild guessâwritten and performed by MOI. Part of the LOVE SUPERSTAR album, co-produced with the MAGICAL and INIMITABLE Trina Shoemaker. You can find it all the places online.
okay, enough is enoughâlisten or whatever.
I LOVE UMAKE UR ART
xx
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