Dr Crystal Jones: When to say Yes and How to Be for a Living

10/03/19 • 48 min

Dr Crystal Jones is working to shift the narratives + paradigms around healthcare, wellness, inclusivity, listening and self-advocacy. Professionally, she has worked in many different modalities including: chiropractic, reiki, yoga, doula work (for both birth + death).

It was really inspiring to me to hear how she’s been able to converge, coalesce and integrate all of these different tools and interests into one coherent voice that has a very positive impact. I found it helpful and simple to hear about the tools she uses to navigate what is and is not for her in her life right now; and this helps her keep showing up in a positive, productive way that also feels GOOD. which… is the goal, yeah?

We discuss:

▫️Dr Crystal’s astrology
▫️Exploring things because you want to and going into them for the joy of getting to be with people
▫️The value of being, listening + believing when in healing environments
▫️Dr Crystal’s definition of how to be for a living
▫️Witnessing as our primary role
▫️Who are we when we don’t have all of our titles and responsibilities?
▫️Letting go of success without fulfillment
▫️Using breath as the deciding factor for where we want to be
▫️Uncovering unconscious biases and creating space where people show up bravely.
▫️Detours + winter seasons when it’s time to let things go.
▫️Full-Body-YES
▫️Deconstructing money as “I love you” and other stories
▫️Setting up entrepreneurship in a way that works for her
▫️Her frustrations when she worked in nutrition as a government employee
▫️Her morning practice for clarity + presence
▫️What she’s reading right now - a guide to fearlessness
▫️How she’s inspired by her 3-year-old niece right now
▫️An invitation into the present moment

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Links

Dr. Crystal Jones’ website
Dr Crystal Jones’ Instagram
The Places that Scare You (book)
Mary Grace's website
Mary Grace's IG

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Links

Dr. Crystal Jones’ website
Dr Crystal Jones’ Instagram
The Places that Scare You (book)
Mary Grace's website
Mary Grace's IG

Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/mgallerdice)

Previous Episode

Mary Grace: The Search for Vocational Ease

EPISODE # 2: SOLO

Recent career turbulence + dissolution
The value of being at the bottom of an experience
The richness of emptiness + the void
How I’ve bypassed the gift of the void in the past
The possibility of vocational ease
Prioritizing your essence over achievement
How the hustle is actually bypassing
The unhealthy romanticization of our goals
The harm of over-sacrificing for your dreams
Boundaries around self and how much we’re giving
Ease is actually about joy.
The myth of work = stress.
How can you bring yourself back to your Self?
The gift of failing

Album artwork by Erin Palovick
Intro / Outro music by Erin Palovick + Jared Kelley
Mary Grace's website
Mary Grace's IG

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Next Episode

Learning through Ease + the Never-Finished Process of Creative Practice w— Blake Beckham

Dance artist, educator + somatic practitioner Blake Beckham highlights the power of pleasure + play in our learning processes. We explore the aesthetics of failure, how creative work is never done and finding ease to unlock new pathways.
we discuss

The evolving role of the artist
What the Feldenkrais method teaches us about how learning happens
Deconstructing narratives around pain and how it applies to embodiment
Experimenting with the aesthetics of failure
Intentionally queering dance in a way that dismantles normative ideals
The similarity between the scientific method + the creative process
A moment of perceived failure in her own life that she considers a success
How letting go of “should” can lead to a greater sense of freedom
The simple acts + attention that contribute to healthy partnership
How reiki has helped her become more curious + open to the metaphysical

BLAKE BECKHAM is a choreographer, performing artist, educator and producer in Atlanta, GA. She co-directs The Lucky Penny, a non-profit arts organization that serves as a production outlet for Blake's choreography and a platform for experimental performance projects.

Beckham has produced her own choreographic works since 2001. Her most recent pieces have been widely celebrated for their deft craft, ambitious scope and emotional impact. These include OneAnother (2016), Dearly Departures (2014), Threshold (2012) and PLOT (2011). These recent works are emblematic of Beckham’s ongoing interests in blending striking stage design with cinematic imagery, visceral emotion and unadorned physical effort.

Blake earned a BA in English and Dance from Emory University, where she received The Sudler Prize for highest achievement in the arts. She attended Ohio State as a University Fellow, to complete her MFA in Choreography. She has held teaching appointments at Emory University and Agnes Scott College. In 2012, Beckham received a Community Impact Award from Emory University's Center for Creativity & Arts. In 2013, she was honored to receive the Tanne Foundation award in recognition of her outstanding artistry. Her work has been supported through residencies at Theater Emory (2013, 2014) and Performance Works Northwest (2014). Her accomplishments as director of The Lucky Penny have been recognized with honors from The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (SEED Fund Award), Center for Civic Innovation (Civic Impact Award), ArtsATL (Kindle Award), Creative Loafing Atlanta (Best Of) and more.

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —
Episode w— Michael J Morris
Episode w— Aaron Samuel Davis
Episode w— Stephanie Miracle

More about our guest —
Blake Beckham’s website
Blake’s email or [email protected]

Mentioned in the episode —
Hez Stalcup
Pamela + Her Sons
Feldenkrais
Reiki

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