This is a Metaphor

Mo Houston
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There are so many ways to be a person. This Is A Metaphor is what happens when a curious creative can’t stop connecting dots. Life hands you a breakup, a bird call, a bagel? Boom. That’s a metaphor. This show isn’t therapy, and it isn’t theater, but it is art. It’s an existential treasure hunt—with jokes. Hosted by Mo Houston, a sharp-witted, soul-deep storyteller who views life through many lenses. She who knows the world makes sense… if you squint really hard. She’s lived out of suitcases and studios, built brands and burned out, laughed onstage and cried in voice notes. This podcast is kind of a memoir, a mirror, and definitely a metaphor.

  1. Ep 22: She Said What? w/Madeline Sargent

    3D AGO

    Ep 22: She Said What? w/Madeline Sargent

    Recording a podcast is one of the fastest ways to meet yourself, especially when the Wi‑Fi lags, Riverside refuses to cooperate, and you still decide to hit record. Mo sits down with Madeline Sargent, creator of the She Says It Podcast, to talk about the unglamorous truth of starting a podcast: the tech hiccups, the nerves, the editing spiral, and the pressure to market something that still feels tender. What surprised them most is how quickly all of that friction turns into momentum once they kept showing up.  They get into the craft and the business in a very real way. Madeline shares how she thinks about podcast editing, solo episodes that feel like journal entries, and the confidence boost that comes from finally accepting your voice as it is. They also unpack the push-pull between creativity and podcast SEO: titles, episode length, discoverability, and how to make “content” without letting the word drain the art out of it. Threads (the anti X platform) comes up as a rare bright spot for community building, guest booking, and finding talented indie shows that deserve more attention.  The conversation widens into self-compassion and discipline: journaling prompts for clarity, what to do when writer’s block hits, and why half marathon training mirrors the long game of creative work. We talk visibility fears, handling low-validation weeks, and the quiet power of choosing kindness as a standard in your work and relationships.  If you’re building a show, a brand, or a braver version of yourself, listen through and then share this with a friend who needs the push. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: What part of podcasting feels hardest right now? Do you want to be on This is a Metaphor? Send Us a Text! Instagram: @tiam.podcast &  @joyscout.mo  For Guest Inquiries, collaborations, and questions: Email Mo: mo@joyscoutstudio.com “Don’t get Deterred, get Inspired”

    1h 11m
  2. Ep. 21: Quantum Possibility w/Mario Radinger

    MAR 6

    Ep. 21: Quantum Possibility w/Mario Radinger

    A cold DM turns into a rare, generous exchange about how we actually hear ourselves. Mo sits down, virtually, across time and space, with a quantum hypnotist, Author, and Akashic Reader Mario Radinger, whose “higher self” sessions reveal something both simple and hard to practice: when trust and safety are present, letting go can be easy. He shares how Dolores Cannon’s work lit the fuse, why most clients come seeking purpose, and what it takes to build a space where answers arise from within rather than being handed down from above. Mo and Mario explore the difference between intuition and a wired-up nervous system, and how the body marks each with a distinct signature. There’s honesty about resistance—performing, pleasing, doubting—and why the session window is spacious by design, giving time for edges to soften. Purpose shows up as remembering, not hunting, and the higher self leads by elevating perspective instead of prescribing fixes. That makes the insight stick. They also step into forgiveness, where a photo becomes a doorway and time finishes the work talk can’t force. Acceptance and compassion come through as powerful energetic correctives: when you stop arguing with reality, much of the pain loses its job. Beyond trance, they talk Akashic readings as a peaceful route for those who hesitate to enter altered states, and the move from solo practice to teaching so more people can access this work. Along the way, ego takes its rightful seat—useful in life, quiet in session—and the craft matures through surprise after surprise until prediction gives way to presence. If you’ve wondered how to hear your higher self, how to separate signal from static, or how to hold purpose without pressure, this conversation offers language, tools, and a felt sense you can take with you. Check out Mario: @the.soul.journeys & https://www.thesouljourneys.com/ If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review to help others find these conversations. What did your body say while you listened? Do you want to be on This is a Metaphor? Send Us a Text! Instagram: @tiam.podcast & @joyscout.mo For Guest Inquiries, collaborations, and questions: Email Mo: mo@joyscoutstudio.com “Don’t get Deterred, get Inspired”

    1h 44m
  3. Musings: “Rich Girl”

    MAR 5

    Musings: “Rich Girl”

    A single line from an interview can change how you see wealth, and today that line reorients everything toward the inside. We follow a thread from Jessie Buckley’s interview from The Colbert Late Show in which she talks about her character, Agnes, from her award winning performance in Hamnet. From which Buckley says about her character, “She is rich”— which asks us to go into the deeper question of what richness really means when it isn’t about money, optics, or curated perfection. Along the way, we bring in Stella Adler’s electrifying idea that some souls aren’t used up by life; they’re overflowing and need a stage. That lens reshapes ambition, identity, and the roles we choose just to hold all that feeling. Our backdrop is Miami, a city built from glass and angles where being watched is easy and being witnessed is rare. We talk about reflections—literal and social—and how a culture of poses can sharpen or flatten who you become. I share what happens when the noise drowns out your voice and you’re left reading micro-movements, questioning whether you want attention or understanding. That tension pushed me back to making with my hands. When language fails, clay speaks. A weird, perfect sign pointed me toward sculpting noses for a new product launch: classical texture, modern attitude, a playful nod to Greek sculpture in the middle of nightlife neon. This is a story about inner wealth as a practice: how craft pulls you into presence, how a city can train your posture, and how confidence shifts from costume to muscle when you prefer witness over watch. We explore creativity as a way of knowing, brand as art rather than noise, and the quiet power of saying “I am” until it’s true from the inside out. If you’ve been craving more depth, more stage for your soul, and a way to show up rich without a price tag, you’ll feel at home here. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a confidence reboot, and leave a quick review—what does “rich on the inside” mean to you? Do you want to be on This is a Metaphor? Send Us a Text! Instagram: @tiam.podcast & @joyscout.mo For Guest Inquiries, collaborations, and questions: Email Mo: mo@joyscoutstudio.com “Don’t get Deterred, get Inspired”

    21 min
  4. Musings: What if the Thing You’re Meant to do Today is the One Thing You Didn’t Put on Your List?

    FEB 13

    Musings: What if the Thing You’re Meant to do Today is the One Thing You Didn’t Put on Your List?

    On her most unhinged episode yet, and possibly most insightful, Mo asks what if the thing you’re meant to do today is the one thing you didn’t put on your list? She starts with a playful ode to singing to money, stumbles into an Irish accent breakthrough, and then steps straight into the deep end: real-world flirting far exceeds the fatigued dating-app world and why acting on a single inspired ping beats three hours of tidy procrastination. She shares how Saturn’s heavy lift through Pisces stripped away her favorite illusions—about time, productivity, and the story of who she’s supposed to be in public. She talks karma, discipline, and the uncomfortable grace of dismantling cages built from safety. If January and February felt long and weird, you’re not alone. There’s a rhythm inside that slowness, and it starts with choosing the next right task, the one that actually moves the needle. That choice builds self-trust, and self-trust changes everything. She digs into identity without hard edges—why visibility doesn’t have to mean a fixed label and how ambiguity can be a superpower. Then comes our favorite part — the metaphor: the Fight Club archetype as your inner rebel, the part that protects and provokes. Mo’s showed up as a loud yes to designing a vision board that truly fits her studio. Saying no to that spark? Instant anxiety. Saying yes? Relief she can feel in her shoulders. Along the way in this episode we get honest about Tampa’s single energy, the thrill of meeting eyes across a room, and the small choices—like a carrot salad for eternally glowy skin—that make you feel ready to be seen. If you’re craving momentum, let’s make it practical. Act while the energy is hot. Trade that concept of “certainty” for aliveness where you can. Let micro-promises compound into real confidence. And if you’re walking through a season where time feels strange and your outcomes won’t land, keep going—you might be closer to the jump than you think. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a nudge, and leave a quick review to help more people find us. Do you want to be on This is a Metaphor? Send Us a Text! Instagram: @tiam.podcast & @joyscout.mo For Guest Inquiries, collaborations, and questions: Email Mo: mo@joyscoutstudio.com “Don’t get Deterred, get Inspired”

    39 min
  5. Musings: “The Art of Shedding”

    FEB 1

    Musings: “The Art of Shedding”

    January can feel like a trick of light—too slow, too long, and just honest enough to make you face what you’ve been dodging. We wade into that stretch with a messy mix of car trouble, online yoga teacher training, and a brand-new job in solar that drops me onto a dialer with a script, a headset, and a whole lot of resistance. What starts as a hustle for stability turns into a study in patience, discipline, and the weirdly tender art of staying with yourself when the room is silent and the stakes feel loud. I share what it’s like to trade studio energy for at-home modules, and why self-paced learning is both a gift and a trap. We unpack the solar landscape—good programs, bad actors, and how to keep ethics front and center—then zoom in on cold calling as a crash course in shadow work. People-pleasing, fear of no, the urge to abandon your point just to be liked: it all shows up. The script, surprisingly, becomes a life raft. Memorize your foundation, and you get to improvise without losing yourself. That lesson echoes in performance, sales, and any creative pursuit that asks you to hold steady while you learn in public. There’s a softer thread too: crying as a reset, resilience as repetition, and the eighth house of astrology as a map for transformation you can’t rush. Think year of the snake—shedding skin that clings in places, moving slower than your ego wants, trusting that relief arrives when it’s ready. If you’re navigating a season of becoming, this conversation offers practical footing and emotional company: show up, choose again tomorrow, and let gravity do its quiet work. If this resonated, tap follow, share it with a friend who’s in the awkward middle, and leave a quick review to help more listeners find the show. Do you want to be on This is a Metaphor? Send Us a Text! Instagram: @tiam.podcast & @joyscout.mo For Guest Inquiries, collaborations, and questions: Email Mo: mo@joyscoutstudio.com “Don’t get Deterred, get Inspired”

    32 min
  6. Musings: “All Clear”

    JAN 17

    Musings: “All Clear”

    Mo shares how a week long fever made her burn through identity, ego, and preferences. She shares how a brutal flu made her renegotiate food, comfort, and control: jello for texture, watermelon for water, spaghetti for sanity, and the realization that “good” choices look different when the only goal is to feel better. This week she digs into the spirituality behind sickness. When your fever peaks at 105 degrees, you start having a different kind of conversation. She spent the week clearing and recalibrating. The takeaway isn’t “suffer more to grow.” It’s this: when life strips away your usual story, the body’s wisdom gets louder, and the smallest wins—breathing easier, tasting something gentle, sitting in the light—can reassemble who you are with more care than any resume or ritual. Listen, share with a friend who needs a reset, and if this moved you, follow the show, rate it, and leave a review with your own mantra for noisy nights. Do you want to be on This is a Metaphor? Send Us a Text! Instagram: @tiam.podcast & @joyscout.mo For Guest Inquiries, collaborations, and questions: Email Mo: mo@joyscoutstudio.com “Don’t get Deterred, get Inspired”

    24 min
  7. Musings: “New Yearn”

    JAN 2

    Musings: “New Yearn”

    We enter 2026 by trading performance for meaning, letting “yearn” guide how we make, love, and choose what matters. From a cold Tampa night that turned radiant to a creative rejection that became craft, we map how to turn longing into honest work—something more aligned than desire.  • pressure and pitfalls of year-end recaps • choosing meaning over performance and applause • the power of dropping expectations at a concert • yearning versus desire as a creative compass • finishing a bold 4x4 artwork and starting a book • mobile studio delays and surrendering timelines • a storyboard pitch loss and the skill it grew • storyboards as living maps, not scriptures • bike metaphor for process and flow • texting an ex, meeting the ache with craft • turning longing into stories instead of spirals • making space so the right story can arrive Let us know in the comments what you’re yearning for, and if you know the visceral feeling that comes with it.  Do you want to be on This is a Metaphor? Send Us a Text! Instagram: @tiam.podcast & @joyscout.mo For Guest Inquiries, collaborations, and questions: Email Mo: mo@joyscoutstudio.com “Don’t get Deterred, get Inspired”

    24 min
  8. Musings: Left Unsaid

    12/27/2025

    Musings: Left Unsaid

    The day after Christmas has its own quiet electricity—the kind that lingers in the air when the lights are still up, the floor is a little glittered, and the stories of yesterday are still warm. We lean into that charge to explore how simple comforts—fresh socks, a full stocking, a perfectly folded corner of wrapping paper—can feel more luxurious than anything extravagant. Then we follow that thread into a different kind of package: a holiday message from someone we loved, and the complicated hope that comes with it. You’ll hear how anticipation can be its own gift, why we sometimes dress the surface when we’re unsure about the substance, and what it means to hold the last present just a little longer because the not knowing tastes sweeter than certainty. We unpack the delicate choreography of reading or not reading a text preview, the pull between information and intactness, and the choice to respond without reopening old doors. Along the way, we trade heart emojis for a single star—our shorthand for steady light, quiet confidence, and comfort in the unknown. If you’ve ever wanted a message that arrives neat and polite but somehow not enough, this conversation offers language for that ache and a way through it. We talk boundaries, invitations that aren’t really invitations, and the surprising power of leaving things unsaid. Most of all, we practice the posture of anything could happen—not as a cliché, but as a daily discipline that keeps us receptive to new friendships, new turns, and gifts that arrive right on time. If this resonates & helps you breathe easier into the unknown, follow the show, share it with a friend who’s between pages, and leave a quick review so more listeners can find our corner of quiet electricity.  What unopened “gift” are you choosing to keep sealed today? Do you want to be on This is a Metaphor? Send Us a Text! Instagram: @tiam.podcast & @joyscout.mo For Guest Inquiries, collaborations, and questions: Email Mo: mo@joyscoutstudio.com “Don’t get Deterred, get Inspired”

    17 min
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There are so many ways to be a person. This Is A Metaphor is what happens when a curious creative can’t stop connecting dots. Life hands you a breakup, a bird call, a bagel? Boom. That’s a metaphor. This show isn’t therapy, and it isn’t theater, but it is art. It’s an existential treasure hunt—with jokes. Hosted by Mo Houston, a sharp-witted, soul-deep storyteller who views life through many lenses. She who knows the world makes sense… if you squint really hard. She’s lived out of suitcases and studios, built brands and burned out, laughed onstage and cried in voice notes. This podcast is kind of a memoir, a mirror, and definitely a metaphor.

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  • Creator
    Mo Houston
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 This is a Metaphor
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