Audacity Works

Rachel Strickland
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A podcast inspired by and dedicated to the working artist, the creative entrepreneur, and generally, doing the damn thing. This exist for those who have the audacity to believe that their lives have value. This is for you.http://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/original artwork by the great Dominic Bonuccelli

  1. 20M AGO

    Episode 173: A Spell for the Waxing Moon

    Send a text What you'll hear: The waitlist will be enrolling for Cycle 30 of The Audacity Project March 2-6, get yourself on the waitlist with haste!  https://poser.kit.com/cycle30 General lifey updates from me 2:00I've heard through the grapevine that folx would be liking MOAR witchy shit.  True?  I hope so 5:00My personal feels on using witchcraft and calling oneself a witch (spoiler, I don't care what you call yourself, it's human nature to create ritual) 5:45Why a growing spell during the waxing moon?  And why I use moon magic even though I don't really follow astrology 7:15This is similar to the mirror tray that I use, thanks for this Kim Melohn!  12:00Candle colors and their correspondences:  https://www.everywitchway.co.uk/knowledgebase/candle-colour-correspondences/index.phtml   13:25Recommendations for ritual (not rules, but do enjoy using my recommendations of boundaries here for structure) 15:15How you might want to clean the energy of a space 15:50What to do with the mirror tray and accoutrements after you've done the initial spell 20:45Good ritual music, thanks to Sister Shannon for this one!  Chantress Seba:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/4oTzhtimVVQIgOofBNFVp4 22:30Here's the cheat sheet!Decide on an intention- something that you'd like to GROW.  Let this be clear.  If it's muddy, make the clarity itself what you'd like to grow.Gather accoutrements:paper and penmirror tray or simply a mirror you can set things on, as an amplifierglass bowl for waterquartz crystal (any crystal you feel attracted to will work though)talisman or symbol of what you want to grow.  If you can't think of anything that will work, just draw it on a piece of papercandleCreate the container in space and timeClean the space's energy, light other candles or incense, and play music if you wish.Write your intention clearly on the paper, as though you already have it.  ie:  "I am so happy and grateful that I have _______"light the candle, hold your intention, and enjoy a good old fashioned day dream about already having that which you wish to grow.  Enjoy feeling it in your body.  Pay attention to anything that comes up.Fill the bowl with water.  Place the crystal or stone in the water, and submerge the written intention.  Come back daily to spend a little time at this space, daydreaming about the intention, enjoying the fantasy of having it, and burning the candle.  It doesn't need a huge time committment, quality of time is better than quantity.If the water evaporates just refill it.At the end of the spell (when the moon is full, or whenever you've dictated it would be complete) give the water to a houseplant.  Carry the stone or crystal with you as a daily touchstone reminder.Don't go back to sleep. xoRachel Sign up here for monthly blasts and functional woo Find me on Instagram Support this podcast on Patreon

    24 min

  2. FEB 11

    Episode 172: On Costumes!

    Send a text What you'll hear: The LAST CYCLE EVER of the Audacity Project is enrolling in a couple of weeks.  Do not miss it!  I mean it!  https://poser.kit.com/cycle30 1:00All jobs have costumes!  Fight me.  3:45If you hate costuming and don't have that particular brain cell, USE YOUR FRIENDS we can't all be experts in everything 9:30The staples I recommend for aerial corporate costuming 10:30White/silver/gold (one of these tends to be plenty)Black"Classic Circus" with a red base 13:00Accessories! They make a huge difference 14:00Fishnets.  The real shit, y'all, no b******t fishnets.  These fishnets from Capezio are the real deal. 17:00Here's how to alter fishnets to look great on your feet and prevent me from being deeply disappointed in you:  https://youtu.be/8uth4Ro1-AA  18:00Please don't forget shoes.  And no, I don't mean flip flops.  19:00The Hot Pink middle section of The Monstrous Feminine (paywalled for Patrons!  But honestly well worth the price of admission)  https://www.patreon.com/posts/131307336  21:45Looking Glass Gems, Black family owned, high quality glass (read:  super sparkley, please don't use plastic) gems for bedazzling:  https://www.lookingglassgems.com/ Ok so Discount Dance Supply isn't taking orders BUT I did find this place:  https://www.dancesupplies.com/collections/adult-leotards Don't go back to sleep. xoRachel Sign up here for monthly blasts and functional woo Find me on Instagram Support this podcast on Patreon

    27 min

  3. FEB 4

    Episode 171: Three Ways I Conserve Cognitive Energy

    Send us a text What you'll hear: Why we need to find ways to conserve cogntive energy 3:00Definitely follow Sharon McMahon in instagram 5:22Our brains weren't built for social media, but social media was definitely built for our brains 6:45Here is the article from The Preamble I refer to:  https://open.substack.com/pub/sharonmcmahon/p/weve-lost-discernment?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web  7:15Hack #1 for preserving my cognitive energy:  I use the witches' almanac to inform how I dress.  It really works for me, these are choices I don't like making.  9:20Hack #2 for preserving my cognitive energy:  eat the same meals over and over 12:15Hack #3 for preserving my cognitive energy:  using my word of the year to make choicesThe next Charleston Artists Salon is February 15th!  You can share and save this IG post about it:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUQ1XzsEWer/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==  21:00If you wanna be on the local email list and be reminded of this and other local happenings, you can do that here 21:30Don't go back to sleep. xoRachel Sign up here for monthly blasts and functional woo Find me on Instagram Support this podcast on Patreon

    23 min

  4. JAN 28

    Episode 170: Choosing a Mental Health Professional

    Send us a text What you'll hear: Me bitching about having the flu, and unsolicited advice if you get it 1:00Why this subject, why now 4:00The first parameter to consider when choosing a mental health professional 7:00InclusiveTherapists.com a great resource for affirming mental health care and coaching 12:00Check out your prospective therapist on Psychology Today 14:35Psychiatrists vs. other practicioners, and why the highest possible education does not guarantee a good practitioner 16:00Thank you to the wonderful Janelle Peters/Janelle Dinosaurs for these resources!  If you can work with Janelle, DO IT!  10/10 recommend.  19:25For alternative approaches I can also highly recommend Sharon Loerzer at Family Evolution Center  19:45If you want to hear more about Imbolc and how to celebrate it:  Episode 14: May Brigid bless you: Imbolc- what is it and how can you celebrate it 20:30Woo Corner is comin atcha in the next week!  Sign up here 22:06Don't go back to sleep. xoRachel Sign up here for monthly blasts and functional woo Find me on Instagram Support this podcast on Patreon

    24 min

  5. JAN 21

    Episode 169: Molting Rituals and Unexpected Funerals

    Send us a text What you'll hear: how I manage my energy while hosting retreats 1:00 (spoiler...it's avoiding the news)Gratitude to the guests, staff, and cohosts at the wonderful Sweet Retreats! 3:40Why we needed an unexpected funeral/molting ceremony 5:00I take a moment to vent about how it doesn't have to be a big deal to create a ritual space (it only takes attention, really) 11:00How we went about the molting ritual1 3:00The story about a dream I had:  the New House.  The original post from my old blog about the New House  15:00A request for an introduction to an old artist, preferably someone who has spent their life in physical performance.  18:30Don't go back to sleep. xoRachel Sign up here for monthly blasts and functional woo Find me on Instagram Support this podcast on Patreon

    20 min

  6. JAN 14

    Episode 168: If you're consistently missing the mark

    Send us a text What you'll hear: Currently right in the middle of ho-hosting the Aerial Serpent retreat with Kristina Canizares at Sweet Retreats, Mexico- so sustainability is on our minds a lotKristina's goal exercise rating the access we had to time, energy, community, and facilities 6:30When we are consistently failing to live up to our expectations, we create a hostile relationship with our creative practice 8:00Sustainability is boring.  No wonder we prefer to set spectacular spectacular goals for ourselves, that's more exciting- buuuuuut 9:00"Expectation is resentment under construction"  -Al Anon quote 15:12Are your goals humane enough that you can operate inside of them with grace, even when circumstances are not the best case scenario?  If you're constantly failing to meet the mark, your efforts might not be the problem.  The mark might be the problem.  17:00Patron meet up details for Sunday 1/18!Sweet Retreats MXKristina Canizares Fit & BendyDon't go back to sleep. xoRachel Sign up here for monthly blasts and functional woo Find me on Instagram Support this podcast on Patreon

    19 min

  7. JAN 7

    Episode 167: For the Islands

    Send us a text What you'll hear: Wanna share your words of the year, or your 13th intention?  I wanna know!  Patron meetup!  January 18 3-4pm EST.  Link is here on this patreon postHow the not vaping is going 3:15Last cycle of The Audacity Project coming up in the next two months!  Hop on the waitlist hereWhat is an island, and what kind of island is this episode for 5:00If you feel emotionally defensive in most space you enter, I have to gently suggest that "It might be you." 7:55LIved experience and past pain are very real and valid.  I was the weird girl on the playground too, I get it.  But we're grown people now, and we get to choose. 9:30Pls don't rest on your laurels.  Think of them more like an uncomfortable sofa. 15:00The question:  how have i been complicit in my own erasure from community? 15:30In answer to "ok so now what" here's some somatic witchcraft for you 16:50 Don't go back to sleep. xoRachel Sign up here for monthly blasts and functional woo Find me on Instagram Support this podcast on Patreon

    22 min

  8. 12/31/2025

    Episode 166: WTF is "shadow work"?

    Send us a text What you'll hear: NYE is a weird "holiday".  People get in their heads about it.  This is your invitation to let it be whatever it is and don't pressure yourself to make it look any certain way.  1:30What me and Manflesh have been doing the past few years (it is not a rager) 2:15The impetus for this episode 4:00MY definition of Shadow Work 5:10What is the POINT of shadow work?  7:55What I think is shadow work is NOT (spoiler alert:  it's needless gratuitous suffering)  9:45What you can expect from me this coming year 12:00If you missed the Desire series, you can still get it emailed to you by signing up on this form:  https://poser.kit.com/desire  15:00Don't go back to sleep. xoRachel Sign up here for monthly blasts and functional woo Find me on Instagram Support this podcast on Patreon

    16 min
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A podcast inspired by and dedicated to the working artist, the creative entrepreneur, and generally, doing the damn thing. This exist for those who have the audacity to believe that their lives have value. This is for you.http://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/original artwork by the great Dominic Bonuccelli

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  • Creator
    Rachel Strickland
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    174
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Audacity Works
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