Let's Play: The Create Podcast

Where is the clutter in your life? Is it in your home, your inbox, or in your relationships, or your emotions? This week, we are talking to lifestyle designer, trained coach, and best-selling author Kerri Richardson about what our clutter is trying to tell us, and how we can move what we "don't want" out of the way to live a life in alignment with our dreams. LINKS: WEBSITE: www.kerririchardson.com

We had the great honor of seeing Tricia's stunning pressed flower art at her latest exhibit in New York City. And equally stunning is her incredible story of being an artist and the power of creation. Hear how the phrase "Nothing good can be lost" led her during the pandemic to one of the most fruitful times in her career. This podcast conversation is sure to inspire you -- it sure inspired us!!  Find Tricia's work:https://www.modernpressedflower.com/ Instagram: @modernpressedflower

This podcast also could have been called, "The Surprise Podcast" as Natalie surprises Kristin with the podcast topic this week! Natalie goes deep into a download that she received on "overcoming," which leads to a conversation about trusting our innate value, and ultimately, "the choiceless choice of presence."

Since we are in the middle of a global pandemic and it isn't easy to travel like it once was, Natalie & I thought we’d bring you a podcast from one of our favorite Paris adventures! The interesting thing about travel is how we can allow ourselves to let go and meet the unexpected. We let ourselves be led by our curiosity and joy. Those energies are always inside us, and they always want to lead us somewhere… When we listen to them, we are listening from an embodied place, deeper than the mind.

This week we are talking to Melanie Dean PhD about her break through new book, "The Hidden Power of Emotions." We are so inspired about how she communicates the process of science and spirituality, and we can't wait to share it with you. This week, Dr. Dean is teaching us how to direct our emotions in her 4-step process so that we can communicate with the world that we are living in, and let it communicate back to us! Learn about the role of your intuition, the wisdom of the subatomic particles, and how to become more intentional in your life.

You know we love magic… and we love how to talk about how to find in IN OURSELVES! This week, Kristin interviews Natalie Roy about what she is currently studying about magic, how we access it, and her own personal experiments with it. Listen to learn about the archetypes that live in you and how you can empower yourself in 2021!

This week we are jamming with our friend, DaJuan Johnson! He is a working actor, certified life coach and the founder of Think Bigger Coaching. Currently you can catch him recurring as Detective Rondell Pierce on Amazon’s hit show BOSCH. His mindset strategies are grounded in real-life experience as a veteran working actor. He has helped hundreds of others break through personal blocks and integrate best audition practices so they can book more work and quickly move to the next level. We know this conversation is going to inspire you in big ways for the new year & beyond!!!  Find DaJuan here:https://thinkbiggercoaching.com.

Just in time for the holiday season, do we have a treat for you! Radleigh Valentine is on our podcast: a master of angel wisdom and of tarot. He speaks to us of his love for both and how he found his magic path. This interview will inspire you if you want to know about Angels, how to tune into Divine Guidance, and exploring your own intuitive power and special gifts.Find Radleigh On:Website:https://radleighvalentine.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/radleighvalentine 

You know how every story has a villain? Darth Vader, Voldemort, or Miss Hannigan… the list of these delicious antagonists goes on and on. But why do we love them in our stories? Because, truth be told, we need them in our lives. Opposing forces are essential to our growth. Stories aren’t just uninteresting without conflict. They actually lack the essential building blocks that a hero (or heroine) needs in order to know themselves. So what does this tell us about our lives? And how does the way we view our “opposing forces” help transmute them? All of this, and more, in this week’s episode!

“As above, so below.” Mystics have talked for centuries about living in between two worlds. One might look at it as the world of spirit, and the world of form. Or see the world of love, and the world of ego. And yet, the question seems, “how do we create unity among opposites?” Can we love both parts equally as part of a deeper unity? This week we are talking about non-duality and oneness even amidst the inherent separation that we find. How do we see all as parts of a necessary whole?

When Life brings us to a place we’ve never been before, there can be a tendency to want to hold and cling to the known. But what happens when we take that nervous energy and turn it into excitement about unknown territories? There are places that are calling to you explore. Places you may have never been to before. As upheaval happens, and as our circumstance & our experience starts to change, can we realize that we have been changed in the process? And, wherever we are being led or guided to, can we do it while being sweet and tender with ourselves? Can we be compassionate in the mess?

Did you know there’s a Ferrari that’s parked in your garage? And it just wants you to drive it?!? This week, we talk about Intuition. It’s like having a souped-up race car that belongs to you — and it's just waiting for you to drive it. And it makes life FUN! Albert Einstein said, "The only real valuable thing is intuition.” So what is? How do we use it? How do we trust it? These are all the questions that we dive into. Now, it’s time to joy ride!! 

Has 2020 taught us to go slower? This week we talk about un-doing the hustle, push, and achieve mentality that many of us were brought up with. We discuss the idea that there’s “nothing to prove” and what happens when we allow for space in our lives. We also muse about Mother Nature, connection with our bodies, and explore the “deep listening" that is able to occur when we return to our natural rhythms. 

Have you ever wanted — maybe even needed — to throw your arms up in the arm and exclaim “I have no idea what I’m doing!” Isn’t that the gift of 2020? We don’t even have to pretend anymore that we know? We can relax into the “not knowing.” And in this precious surrender, this deep opening and allowing, we may allow life to move through us. Not knowing may be the greatest gift. And this allows what we DO know, what is clear, to be strong and sure inside of us.

Inspired by Natalie’s honeymoon in the south of France, this week we are talking about life being the ocean that asks us to surrender. We “dive into” the illusion of control, surfing with the present moment, and how trusting the Universe (and our projects) allows us to enjoy the waves in a whole new way.

This week we are talking about permission to be human. We are here to experiment and discover, so we are never going to get it all "right!" In fact, that's not the point. We dive into the concept that our humanity -- with all its messiness and wounds -- is so holy. We aren't here to cover up our imperfections (or even get rid of them!), but to embrace and accept ALL that we are. We talk about what it means to be embodied and repair the relationship with self, so that we can listen to the body's cues and wisdom like never before.

This week we talk about the inception, development, and birth of Kristin’s first book “God, Sex, and Musical Theater” which is available for pre-launch this week. Natalie interviews Kristin on her writing journey, her fears in sharing her work, and the subtle vulnerabilities around creation. Kristin shares one of her poems on this podcast and also talks about the importance of having a mid-wife like Natalie who helped her overcome challenges, obstacles, and deep labor pains in the process. For Show Notes:https://www.amazon.com/God-Sex-Musical-Theatre-Meditations/dp/194934228X

Last week, we asked, “What story are you telling?” But this week, we are backing up even further to ask, what stories did you inherit from your society, your religion, your family, and your schools. On this episode, we talk about the importance of questioning our myths and where they come from, and if they even work for us. How do we create a new story if we don’t look at where are old stories come from???

Do you know what a great storyteller you are? In fact, you are ALWAYS telling yourself a story. It’s true! Often, the way you are feeling has been created by an internal narrative that is going on in your mind. This week we talk about what storytelling does to our nervous system, the exploration our embodied feelings, and how to create the story we want to tell.

The week we talk about The Separate Self. That part of you which you deem unlovable, unworthy, or bad, and then you repress and hide those qualities (from the world, and often from yourself). This is how we get split in two, and in turn, what we don’t accept in ourselves, we project onto others. We talk about how this happens in childhood, and how that Separate Self acts out in adulthood because it wants to be accepted and integrated. We talk about the role that emotions play in this process and the “three key phrases” the Separate Self always needs to hear. In order to heal the separateness in the world, we must also heal separateness inside ourselves.