Episode 107: 3 hacks for when you feel stuck in your creative process

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11/13/24 • 20 min

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How ya doing? Holding up ok? I hope this episode finds you well and finding your feet in whatever method

The possibly helpful thing I wrote the day after the election, here for you if you need it.
How the 2nd Charleston Artist's Salon went, and a few of the artists who presented 2:30
A moment of exquisite synchronicity (I'll explain later on) 3:45
My favorite hack #1 for actually getting a chunk of new work created (spoiler: it a deadline that involves other people) 4:40
Ticket link to Shadows at Bloom Movement Artistry, Dec 7th in Charlotte NC 4:48
Why the synchronicity I mentioned earlier was so profound for me 7:23
A Blessed Unrest by The Parlour Trick- unending gratitude to MeredithYayanos 8:15
Habeas Corpus, bitch 10:10
Listen to Episode 67: Art, Grief, and What Happens Next with Shannon McKenna 11:30
Hack #2: Destroy the blank canvas 12:15
Hack #3 You're not stuck, you're scared. Or depressed. Or you're just a giant fig leaf and you need to try the 5 basic rude things 14:50
- sunlight
- water
- food
- rest
- exercise. SO rude.
Do you live in SC or the surrounding areas and want to be apprised of future local happenings? You can do that here.

Don't go back to sleep.
xoRachel
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Send us a text

How ya doing? Holding up ok? I hope this episode finds you well and finding your feet in whatever method

The possibly helpful thing I wrote the day after the election, here for you if you need it.
How the 2nd Charleston Artist's Salon went, and a few of the artists who presented 2:30
A moment of exquisite synchronicity (I'll explain later on) 3:45
My favorite hack #1 for actually getting a chunk of new work created (spoiler: it a deadline that involves other people) 4:40
Ticket link to Shadows at Bloom Movement Artistry, Dec 7th in Charlotte NC 4:48
Why the synchronicity I mentioned earlier was so profound for me 7:23
A Blessed Unrest by The Parlour Trick- unending gratitude to MeredithYayanos 8:15
Habeas Corpus, bitch 10:10
Listen to Episode 67: Art, Grief, and What Happens Next with Shannon McKenna 11:30
Hack #2: Destroy the blank canvas 12:15
Hack #3 You're not stuck, you're scared. Or depressed. Or you're just a giant fig leaf and you need to try the 5 basic rude things 14:50
- sunlight
- water
- food
- rest
- exercise. SO rude.
Do you live in SC or the surrounding areas and want to be apprised of future local happenings? You can do that here.

Don't go back to sleep.
xoRachel
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Previous Episode

Episode 106: Eyes of Possibility with Rachel Strickland (yes I interviewed myself)

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My guest interview for November fell through at the last minute, so I decided to interview myself. I put up an anonymous Question link on the gram, it was only up for around 18 hours so I didn't get many responses, but I am delightedly answering all of them here.
What you'll hear:

I mention giving a tarot reading in the beginning, for shits and giggles, here is the link to book one if you're interested (patrons of the Queensguard and higher get one a year!) https://calendly.com/theaudacityproject/intuitive-tarot-reading
My recommendation for getting the nitty gritty of American politics from a wise, neutral, caring source: Sharon McMahon 4:00
An easy, effective exercise for calming anxiety from the wonderful Dr. Brittni, who I got to meet at BossUp 5:45
Q 1: Any advice for someone who has gone through life believing they are not a creative person? I've recently accepted that there's no such thing but finding it hard to adjust 7:30
Unpacking the cliche of "The Creative Person" and our subconscious expectations of what creativity looks like/how it presents 8:30
One of the most transformative skills you can build if you're going to create anything 11:00
Q 2: What is the sty meat person you've helped unstick? How? (truly if you asked me this please clarify what you meant, but I ran with it) 13:00
How I "help unstick" people (and why you are almost certainly not stuck...you're scared) 14:10
The Audacity Project, cycle 28 waitlist. This is the framework that I used to unstick people, and the next cycle will be March/April 2025. 18:30
Q 3: I am a shameless Rachel Strickland groupie. You are so wise and funny. I love your defence and bolstering of creativity especially women. (this wasn't a question but I LOVED reading it, thank you so so much!) 19:50
Q 4: I'm going to my first ever aerial retreat with Ais in 2 weeks. Any advice? Sincerely, a panicked person who doesn't feel qualified to be there. 21:00
Me hoping to calm the fears of this lovely commentor 21:30
A reminder that fear/anxiety is pleasure without permission 22:22
My recommendation for SPF, I've been using this on my face daily for a decade 23:08

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Next Episode

Episode 108: Witchcraft for Grounding

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This episode is by request from my friend Chloe, who asked, "I’m wondering if you have any advice for managing adrenaline spikes before during and after performance. I find the post performance crash quite intense, any tips would be awesome."

What you'll hear:

Some post-election musings about staying in the room, and why it's important 2:00
The original question 6:13
Need an expert in nervous system regulation? It's JPB of Brain Body Resilience. You can find a whole webinar of her wisdom right here. 6:45
My approach involves witchcraft. So what does that even mean? 7:27
The witchcraft overlap 9:00
Some grounding exercises for you, starting with the quickest version 9:28
Graphic from my Instagram about the quick grounding exercise
Click here for a guided 7 minute grounding meditation from me (no purchase required) 11:30
Post from Patreon about my Muse 13:50
Advice for dealing with the glittercrash 15:00
If you want to learn more about witchcraft from me, Creatrix is the place to do that. You can join the interest list for it here