Sage Matthews: Sagewolf Herself / Most Hippest Mom / Gypsy Queen

@sagewolf_interviewsThe scene:We are sitting in the “Secret Garden” of Rachel and Chris’s LA home - which they so generously have made my home with them. These guys are my family, truly. They let me be 1000% myself and whomever I’m becoming. After many others’ requests for me to be interviewee, I chose Rachel to be my interviewer for my Sagewlf Interviews Podcast. I knew from the moment I met her that we were sisters for life and actually it was more like “It’s so nice to see you again!” Join us in the garden for the truth-telling of Sagewlf.Highlights:+ When I started going by Sage, my middle name+ My “thing” that I can’t not do is these interviews with all of you+ Creating an intentional gypsy life+ Traveling to always be headed toward the people I love+ My process in editing and note-taking for the interviews+ The importance of curating the environment for the interviewee+ Using social media to build community+ How Sagewolf Interviews began+ Learning how to build a website and do audio editing+ Being a recovering perfectionist+ Saying fuck it and pressing publish+ Experimenting with and learning new tools+ Beginning recording with my grandfather’s life story+ Figuring out what is true to me, what I give a shit about+ Doing everything at 150%, so choosing my “things” wisely+ Recovering from perfectionism+ Resourcing interviewees from my life - past and present+ Learning how to approach a stranger for an interview+ Being intentionally honest and vulnerable with others+ Bringing out vulnerability and the desire to share in others+ Learning to listen to others and making them feel heard+ Changing from a fly on the wall to a fully expressed and joyful human+ Why the name Sagewolf - a story about wolf behavior+ Having interviewees choose their environment to create comfort+ Eliminating considerations of vulnerability+ Being invited into a sacred space by another+ Being strong-willed, perseverant and adaptable+ Disappearing from confrontative experiences+ We have what we need in us already, we just have to learn how to use it+ Self-reliance is a buffer for being vulnerable with others+ Moving from LA to Utah and waking up to your own BS+ Cultivating community without stereotypes+ Finding “family” and “home” everywhere+ Mormons are some of my favorite humans on the planet+ Getting high off human exchanges+ Contouring ourselves to create a comfortable place for others+ Seeing ourselves - our own reflections - in others+ Not allowing humility to keep you from interacting with others+ Loving your younger little sad self+ Aiming to get back to the young, innocent, confident self+ Appreciating self as we are+ What I want the outcome of the interview project to be+ We have an obligation to share our unique gift with our world+ The journey is the joyA taste:“It’s up to us, we have a conscious choice to make. We live in a very victim mentality culture […] and it has intentionally disempowered us. It’s time for people to realize how actually powerful they already are and all they need to do is act on that […] and see their power and not be afraid of that. I have total control over every situation because I choose how to respond […] I can create an opportunity out of that for myself to better learn something..."Favorite saying:“Lemonade.” (When you get lemons, make lemonade)“When the student is ready, the teacher arrives.” (from interviewee Lisa Farmer)Support the showThank you for listening!  Please subscribe to support this project.Love, Sagewolf xoxo