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awakening the feminine with rachel rossitto Apr 20, 2023

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i don’t know how i found rachel rossitto but a handful of words on her website changed the way i understood myself in this world.

i had to know more.

rachel is a teacher, guide, mystic, and fairy of rose medicine. having devoted the last 16 years of her life to “studying temple arts, earth-based feminine wisdom, eastern spiritual philosophy and practice, plant medicine, energy healing, the way of tea, women’s holistic health and masculine and feminine healing and integration,” rachel has cultivated a deep practice of alchemizing pain into beauty and igniting women’s wisdom, creativity, sensuality, and power.

she practices a new paradigm of leadership that holds both softness and strength, born of the body and the breath, connected to the earth, inspired by the rose. her truth arises from a life lived in devotion, expressed through love and offerings.

this conversation with her continues to make ripples in my life. it has brought me a new morning practice and emboldened a new way of leading within me.

some of the things we talk about are:

leading in contrast to the culture – how to root in one’s own truth
the story of rachel’s spiritual awakening following 40 days of meditation
rachel’s morning tea practice
how to become a magnetic being that radiates beauty
the many facets and faces of the feminine

may this conversation inspire you to go within: to the raw, wild, expanse of mystery that is  your beating heart, vibrating body, pulsing life in order to go beyond to utter the sacred: your words, dance, painting, art.

you can learn more about rachel at rachelrossitto.com

you can learn more about daphne and all find all past episodes at daphnecohn.com

nadia bolz-weber on grace, leadership and the messiness of being human Jun 10, 2022

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nadia is the author of three new york times bestselling memoirs, pastrix:the cranky, beautiful faith of a sinner and saint; accidental saints: finding god in all the wrong people, and more recently shameless: a sexual reformation. she is an ordained lutheran pastor and the founder of house for all sinners and saints in denver, colorado, a quirky congregation she served for over 10 years.

nadia travels domestically and internationally as a speaker and has been featured on NPR’s morning edition, on being with krista tippett, fresh air, CNN and in the washington post, bitch magazine, the new yorker and the atlantic. international media coverage includes BBC world service, the guardian and magazine features in germany, poland, and switzerland.

some things we talk about: having grace and compassion inside of the pain, the need to be seen as good, the amazingness and the limits of social media, making space for ambiguity, being a leader by going first and never doing it alone.

*this episode is a rebroadcast from the art & activism series in 2020

for all past episodes go to daphnecohn.com

daje james on essence liberation and creative courage May 27, 2022

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when i think of daje, i think of power. wide-eyed, full-bodied power. the kind of power born of tension and tightness, emergence and transcendence. power that roots in the earth and spreads, like tendrils, through their poetry, song and space holding.

daje is “a storyteller, flower essence practitioner, and space-holder for wild-hearted leaders and creative entrepreneurs. she supports creatives in coming home to their true nature and self-initiating themselves into dharmic creative flow while boldly sharing their medicine with the world.”

daje is the founder of “brave school: an institute of dreaming,” creator of “wildboy apothecary” and author at “the story doula.”

some things we talk about:

how to use creative courage to cultivate belonging
essence liberation and how we create wholeness
the catalytic moment that led to daje’s deep connection with spirit and self
3 questions for creating a new relationship with money
regenerative mysticism as a tool for awakening

for all past episodes go to daphnecohn.com

solocast: the stories that make up my song May 20, 2022

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in this episode i share my stories: the stories that make up my song. stories that defy logic, go beyond rational thinking, and yet were the exact experiences i needed to understand my place on this earth and my work in this world. this is my most personal solocast. i hope you enjoy it.

you can listen to all past episodes with beautiful, amazing folks like lisa congdon, valarie kaur, david whyte, rob bell, michael franti, laura horn, and many more at daphnecohn.com

poet mandy kahn on the world-altering power of the peace mind May 13, 2022

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in some way i am changed by every interview but then there are the ones that uproot my knowing and shift the soil below me. this is one of those interviews.

mandy is a poet, peace advocate and public speaker. her list of accolades and accomplishments is long. in brief (but hardly complete), mandy is the author of two collections of poetry, glenn gould’s chair and math, heaven, time, writer-in-residence at the philosophical research society, subject of a feature-length documentary, “peace piece: the immersive poems of mandy kahn,” and recipient of the 2018 shakespeare prize in poetry–other recipients include tom stoppard, ray bradbury and dana gioia.

mandy has given readings around the world, collaborates to make works that combine poetry and classical music, and offers a free weekly online class on the nature of peace.

mandy is a mystic and intuitive whose divine wisdom can truly change this world.

some things we talked about:

the world-altering power of peace
mandy’s health breakdown and how it led to surrender, god and a life of miracles
her earliest experiences as a mystic
what it looks like to live a life led by intuition
hope as a holy elevator
mandy’s exact process for writing poetry and how she maintains her connection to creativity

you can listen to past episodes at daphnecohn.com

solocast: the courage it takes to be true May 07, 2022

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in this episode i talk about the hardest thing when crafting your own life, singing your own song: fear. as elizabeth gilbert says, "creativity is a path for the brave, but it is not a path for the fearless. bravery means doing something scary." i talk about

the fear i live with every day
the truth of this journey
how to let your life speak
the terror, and freedom, in being vulnerable and
staying close to the way we are made

you can listen to previous episodes with amazing artists and makers at daphnecohn.com

anna lovind on telling the truth, the vulnerability backlash, and doing what's right Apr 29, 2022

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anna is an edge walker. dancing with the wild. beckoning towards the unknown. digging into the unchartered to open eyes, shift sands, and create new. she is as wise as she is brave, as honest as she is strong. anna is a writer, creativity teacher and mother. she is the author of “the creative doer” and the founder of the creative doer community and ignite.

anna writes “about writing, feminism, learning to say (holy) yes and (fuck) no, sisterhood, motherhood, and her quest to re-define the creative path.

anna is a gift of a human and it is an honor to share her with you a second time on this podcast.

some things we talk about:

the healing power of honesty and the vulnerability backlash
going against the business advice to follow what’s true
how to simplify, slow down and tune in
prioritizing inner work in order to do the outer work
dealing with fear and broadening your capacity for discomfort
doing the work that you are here to do no matter what

for all past episodes go to daphnecohn.com

solocast: creating a life that is yours Apr 22, 2022

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in this episode i explore one of the most powerful questions i know: how do you use your creativity to craft a life that is yours? i talk about moving from domesticated adult to wild animal, going beyond your personal belief system, learning the language of your body, how to use your body as a tracking system to bring you home and specific strategies for singing your own song.

you can listen to previous episodes with amazing artists and makers at daphnecohn.com

carrie schmitt on devotion, destruction and liberation through art Apr 15, 2022

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i first met carrie when i interviewed her for the podcast several years ago. her story of pain, loss and rebirth captivated me. her colorful paintings of flowers and women delighted me. her success as an artist intrigued me.

then we became friends and i fell in love with her passion for creativity, her devotion to the creative spirit and her wild, fierce questioning, soul. despite carrie’s heat allergy, which can drain her physically and emotionally, carrie is all light, painting beauty into the world.

carrie began painting after being diagnosed with a life-threatening heat allergy in 2009. “painting became a therapeutic practice and act of tenderness amidst the darkness. with time there was healing and the birth of my life as an artist.”

today carrie is a full-time artist, art retreat facilitator at her hōm: house of miracles, in steilacoom, wa, and author of “the story of every flower,” “painted blossoms: creating expressive flowers with mixed media,” and the children’s book, “a flower in her heart.” she licenses her art for stationary, home decor, clothing and other lifestyle products.

SOME THINGS WE TALK ABOUT…

what it means to be a devotee of creativity
how creativity awakens you to the most alive and empowered version of yourself
transforming your relationship to creativity from fear or doubt to trust, love and divine guidance
what your art says about you
how destruction can be the most liberating part of the creative process
money, charging for our work and success in art
the power of naming and using your creativity to create your world

listen to all previous BEYOND episodes here

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learn about carrie here

solocast: how to ask big questions & why it matters Apr 08, 2022

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welcome to my first solocast. in this episode i talk about one of my greatest loves: questions. i share about hearing a voice that changed my life, how to ask big questions, why questions matter and how they bring us freedom.

you can join me and artists, writers, makers from around the world every day, monday through friday, for illumine: a free sacred creativity hour. you can learn more here.

you can learn about emerge, an embodied writing series, here. or {within}: a community for artists and makers here. and listen to all past episodes here.

thank you for listening.

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