52 Lists: Burning Down Girl Boss Culture with Alison Faulkner

It’s LAUNCH DAY! The first ever episode of my new podcast / video recorded chat seshes with fascinating humans is LIVE! I’m anxious, I’m excited, I’m new to this role as podcast host so ya know, go easy on me as I get my bearings. But most of all, I’m thrilled to get to introduce you to incredible people who will inspire you, give you some solid giggles and help you to feel less alone.

THE TIME HAS COME

Click through and watch, or play it in the background and listen in to my fresh and funny convo with the one and only Alison Faulkner, author of the new book “You’re Already Awesome.” It’s the very first episode of 52 Lists with Moorea Seal, a video series and podcast where I chat with fascinating people and get into all the juicy details of who they are and what makes them their wild and honest selves. Together, we fill out a list from my best selling 52 Lists journal series (this week, its 52 Lists for Happiness) to extract sometimes deep, sometimes ridiculous nuggets of thoughts and feelings to share with you, humans with big thoughts and big feels.

What’s the point of all this?

* To help us all feel less alone.

* To remind us that we are all experts and beginners at something.

* To reminds us to be open to seeing the world from other people’s perspectives.

* To gain wisdom on how to live happier, healthier, more sincere lives.

* To find reason to laugh at ourselves, or to laugh in general. That’s a command. LAUGH.

About Alison Faulkner:

The professional blurb: Alison Faulkner is a branding and events expert, host of the podcast Awesome with Alison a top 100 health and wellness podcast, consultant for Fortune 500 companies, writer, speaker, artist, self-proclaimed nonsense dancer, author, and CEO of Alison’s Brand School, partnering with Microsoft and Alaska Airlines among others. Alison is obsessed with her kids, husband, family, and friends.

How I know Alison: We first met at Alt Summit, a design blogger conference, now a women’s influencer + entrepreneurs conference, based in Salt Lake City back in 2011. This conference was THE place to be as a blogger in the early 2010s and she and I were both in it to win it, baby. We were steeped in Girl Boss culture, over working ourselves to death while finding moments of joy and camaraderie at events like this. We bonded over being bluntly honest wacky women who held big dreams and the DIY determination to make them come true. Over the last almost 10 years, we’ve witnessed each other build Girl Boss “Empires” followed by personal breakdowns and total life re-evaluations. And damn, it feels good to be on the other side.

Video TidBits:

Intro: We have a mini dance party, join in. It’s Alison’s specialty.

Min 2: We are Free Agents of Chaos

Min 3: The height of our “Girl Boss” Empires… before their collapse.

Min 8: The Mania of Girl Boss Culture

Min 14: Reclaiming the Self and New Perspectives with Tarot

Min 20: Embodying all Archetypes

Min 23: 6 Months of Panic Attacks, Hit by a Car and Making a Shift

Min 28: Culture’s Model of Success

Min 33: The Loss of Naivety and What Comes After a Dream

Min 35: Well Enough to Get out of Bed, But Where’s the Thrill?

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