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slow inside

by daphne cohn

deep, lingering conversations with those living slower inside: to live as your body loves, at your soul’s speed, according to your own true. a life of radical sovereignty.

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Episodes

  1. Awakening Creativity with Carrie Schmitt

    carrie schmitt is one of the most devoted humans i know to living with creativity as a living, breathing presence. her entire life is an altar to this relationship. from the way she paints and prays by the sea, to the way she listens for guidance in the smallest moments of her day. she is a...

  2. ritual as remedy with mara branscombe

    while we navigate crises like climate, politics, war, technology, poverty and inequality, we need humans who commit themselves fully to a life of presence, compassion and care. humans whose devotion becomes their offering, gifting us a way forward led by fierce love and steadfast courage. mara is...

  3. why rest feels so hard: burnout, embodiment & healing with ashley neese

    “the day i gave voice to the scared, shamed, and broken parts of myself,” writes ashley, “and acknowledged, out loud, that i had an alcohol and drug addiction problem was a defining moment in my life, a radical step towards the embodiment i had been running from since childhood… it set me on my...

  4. sarah blondin on living from the heart

    sarah blondin is a storyteller, author, and meditation guide, who unceasingly ruminates on the complexities and nuances of life and the human heart. she is the author of heart minded: how to hold yourself and others in love, has over 630,000 followers on insight timer where she has been teaching...

  5. how to come home to yourself: a conversation with elena brower

    such a tender, gorgeous conversation with elena. in her words and in her pauses, you feel the power of presence. you feel how different the world can be, how different the world is, when we arrive here. in this moment. this life. elena brower is a mother, mentor, poet, artist, volunteer,...

  6. Embracing Deep Rest with Tracee Stanley: A Journey to Reconnect with the Sacred

    author of radiant rest and the luminous self and yoga nidra teacher, tracee stanley, explores the profound significance of deep rest and its transformative power on our lives, the differences between sleep and intentional rest, the importance of creating a sanctuary for ourselves, the modern...

  7. divine love with srimati, aka julie piatt

    srimati is one of my heroines and i do not use that word lightly. i look to her often as a model of how to live a courageous, honest, spirit-led life. it was a tremendous honor to have this conversation with her. srimati “has spent decades seeking the divine in all of her life experiences. living...

  8. the way of devotion with nina lombardo

    nina lombardo is a woman devoted. it’s in the way she speaks and the way she moves, in what she teaches and what she lives. it’s in her body, her heart and her whole being. “nina is a yogic intimacy teacher and wisdom keeper of the sacred feminine arts. she supports women in embodying their most...

  9. creating intimacy with allana pratt

    i first met allana pratt over 13 years ago when i interviewed her for a summit i was hosting on pleasure and sensuality. i loved her candor, kindness and deep devotion to her work. allana is an intimacy expert, the podcast host of intimate conversations, and author of six books. she has…

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  10. radical wholeness with philip shepherd

    when i began reading radical wholeness by philip shepherd i cried. these words, this man. how did he put into words what was lining the insides of my soul? how did he know the answers to questions i’d held on to for years? philip teaches embodiment but “unlike the prevailing view of embodiment...

  11. awakening the feminine with rachel rossitto

    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...

  12. nadia bolz-weber on grace, leadership and the messiness of being human

    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…

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  13. daje james on essence liberation and creative courage

    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...

  14. solocast: the stories that make up my song

    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...

  15. poet mandy kahn on the world-altering power of the peace mind

    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...

  16. solocast: the courage it takes to be true

    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…

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  17. anna lovind on telling the truth, the vulnerability backlash, and doing what's right

    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…

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  18. solocast: creating a life that is yours

    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...

  19. carrie schmitt on devotion, destruction and liberation through art

    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…

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  20. solocast: how to ask big questions & why it matters

    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…

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  21. emma freeman: on slow art, sobriety and spiritual awakening

    sometimes we have to go through the darkest nights to live into the lightest days. emma was recovering from two serious health diagnoses when covid hit. within a month she was divorced, had closed her art store, and moved back in with her parents. thus began a spiritual awakening that led to her...

  22. andrea scher: wonder seeker

    andrea is a wonder seeker. she looks for it in the easy moments – a kiss, friends gathered together, traveling to other countries. and she looks for it in the hard moments – beset by anxiety, in the midst of divorce, struggling to stay afloat. we talk about this – about turning towards the hard,...

  23. meggan watterson: doing your soul's work

    meggan is a feminist theologian. she writes about mary magdalene and the divine feminine. one could listen to this conversation and think, initially, that it is about religion, christianity and what it means to be a woman in a male-dominated theology. but it isn’t. it’s about soul work and having...

  24. asia suler: everything is medicine

    asia is a writer, teacher and medicine woman who runs her own online apothecary and offers courses on intuitive plant medicine, business as a spiritual journey and the pussy portal. when asia was a teenager she became ill with a chronic pain condition, vulvodinia. allopathic doctors told her…

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  25. mariana mae: the story we are here to tell on earth

    in the middle of my conversation with mariana, i broke down crying. i had to stop talking to gather myself, to find words again. it was, in part, in response to mariana’s words. but it was also in response to mariana herself. mariana mae is an artist, visionary, founder of easy to breathe…

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  26. jess scheer: the invisible world, dreams and becoming your own spiritual guide

    jess scheer is a business strategist who supports “indigenous leaders and earth keepers with a powerful vision for the world to bring their message to the masses.” in this conversation, jess speak about many things. about the unshakeable stability of the inner world and our connection to all...

  27. ashley river brant: rituals to connect with earth, spirit and self

    ashley river brant is a “multi-dimensional artist, writer, teacher and bridge between worlds.” she is a “spiritual alchemist with a vision of bringing more beauty to this planet […] a mystic sharing the teachings of the otherworlds, a channel for Mother Earth.” her work is “about reconnecting you...

  28. julia cameron on the listening path

    julia cameron has been changing lives all over the world since the artist’s way first came out in 1992. millions of people write morning pages and take artist dates - two of julia’s most well-known tools for finding your creativity and living out your truth. since then julia has gone on to author...

  29. laura horn: the most powerful way to make your art and build a business

    there are so many ways we are taught to make art, to create a business, to live a life. laura horn shows us that the most powerful way to do any of those things is to do them as yourself: to make art that feels good, to build a business in alignment with your strengths and to live in deep...

  30. valarie kaur: the power of revolutionary love

    when I first discovered valarie kaur, I cried. I cried watching her six-minute video that went viral and garnered over 40 million views. I cried reading her book “see no stranger: a memoir & manifesto of revolutionary love,” and I cried in our conversation as she shared her wisdom, heart, passion...

  31. elle luna: your story is your power

    we are born into a world heavy with shoulds, rights and wrongs. growing up in that world we forget that we have the power to change our world. we forget that just because people tell us what we should and shouldn’t do, we can imagine any way to be. and we can always choose our own way forward.…

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  32. rob bell: on staying curious, finding your joy and the miracle of the universe

    there are so many ways to be human. so many ways to look at what we have been given. so many ways to respond to a life. I turn to rob bell when I want to be a human filled with possibility, to look at what we have been given with joy, and to respond to life with wonder. rob is a master creator…

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  33. mia birdsong on "how we show up: reclaiming family, friendship and community"

    in a time when covid physical distances us from one another, politics emotionally separates us, and an economy driven by individual success financially divides us, it can seem almost impossible to create what we most need to truly belong: community. mia birdsong, pathfinder, activist, storyteller...

  34. morgan harper nichols: how art and truth took her from paycheck-to-paycheck to influencing millions

    morgan harper nichols offers her art daily to her 1.6+ million instagram followers, via her podcast and her book of poetry and art, “all along you were blooming” and through her many collaborations with companies like coach, adobe, live nation, aerie and more. in this conversation, we talk about...

  35. david whyte: the art of being human

    listening to david whyte reminds me of something I had long ago forgotten. his words, written and spoken, feel like a homecoming. there is permission within them to lose oneself in the questions and the listening. to simply arrive at what is here, waiting for me. for us. david calls this “the…

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  36. why bother? discover the desire for what's next with jennifer louden

    in this conversation with self-help pioneer and author of, "why bother: discover the desire for what’s next," jennifer louden talks about claiming your agency and knowing your work matters, how to know when to stop bothering and move on to something else? what to do when you don’t know what your...

  37. belonging, creativity and a pathway home with toko-pa turner

    there are those souls that are both soft and strong, wise and wide open. toko-pa is one of those souls. when toko-pa was just 15 she ran away from a violent, destructive home life and found herself having to navigate “the system.” the next decade was a hard one as she figured out, on her own, how...

  38. the path to greatness: episode 4 of "who we might become" with jesh de rox

    in this episode of the ten-part series, "who we might become," joy researcher, jesh de rox, explains what is joy, why it’s so important to creativity, and how to connect to it how to respond to sadness and pain with a creative spirit the path to greatness and how we let go of what doesn’t serve…

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  39. episode 2: who we might become with jesh de rox

    join joy researcher, jesh de rox, and I for part 2 of our ten-part mini-series “who we might become.” in this episode we explore how to see differently, create your own language and change the culture with your creativity. some things we talk about: the seed of all creativity the three stages of...

  40. who we might become with jesh de rox: episode 1

    jesh de rox, at heart, is an explorer. a man who has spent much of his life asking the big questions; the ones that help make sense of who we are and why we’re here. over the years, traveling the planet, immersing himself in experiences and conversations that test the boundaries of commonly...

  41. on being your own "right size" and making your own true thing with marlee grace

    marlee grace is a writer, a dancer, an artist, and a “shape maker.” she has books on social media addiction and “how to not always be working.” she teaches and does creative advising. she has a podcast and a project called CENTER, “an experiment unfolding in space and time.” she lives in a...

  42. using art to create a sustainable planet for all with elaine su-hui

    with the world falling into chaos, it always lightens my heart to find artists and women like elaine. elaine is a rebel of the highest cause: rising up against the worst parts of a capitalist economy to bring about a more sustainable, peaceful life for all. elaine’s studio, inner fields, is…

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  43. tender truth serum in human form with laurie wagner

    laurie wagner is an expert on telling the truth. it’s the way she writes, teaches, and lives. there was a time early on in laurie’s success when the success began taking precedence over the truth. what the market wanted became more important than what her heart wanted. so she quit. she left the...

  44. how I built my entire career, and life, around one thought with brooke shaden

    this is world-renowned photographer, brooke shaden's, second time on the creativity habit podcast. in this conversation brooke shares how she built an entire career, and life, basing every decision on this one question: will this bring me, and others, maximum fulfillment? and she means EVERY...

  45. for female creators, activists, and magic makers with anna lovind

    when things were hard for anna as a child, and they often were, she disappeared into writing and reading. she left behind what was hard for a world that was hers. a world where she had power, voice, and words. a world where she made up the rules and created what she wanted. that world was her...

  46. real, raw, and unedited with jen pastiloff

    when jen was eight her father died. the last words she said to him were “I hate you.” those words would haunt her well into adulthood as she found herself dropping out of NYU as an english major, working as a waitress for 14 years while “pursuing” acting and dead-end relationships, and falling...

  47. quitting everything for art with araki koman

    we all get thrown off course. sometimes it’s the teacher who told us we weren’t any good. or the school that rejected our application. or the job we didn’t get. or the launch where no one bought. it’s different for everyone but everyone has some version of this story. for araki it was when she…

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  48. choosing love over fear in art, business, and life with lindsay king

    painter and writer, lindsay king, is devoted to love: self-love, unconditional love, and spreading love. it's her art, her business, and her purpose. in her own words, my “intention is to create meaningful work that carries the energy of love and healing. Asking to be a clear conduit for messages...

  49. when life is hard and art is the way out with illustrator kaylani juanita

    It’s hard enough to feel worthy and good about oneself just being a human in a big, uncertain world. But for Kaylani, it was even harder. Born to a black father and a Filipino mother, Kaylani never felt like she belonged. She was bullied in school and at home. The messages she received about her...

  50. from meth addict to internationally recognized photographer 32 years sober with catherine just

    Catherine Just started using drugs and alcohol when she was 13. By 18 she was addicted to crystal meth. Then one day, in the throes of addiction, she heard a voice. It said, “There’s more to this life than what you’re living.” Something in Catherine woke up and she got sober. She "checked herself...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

deep, lingering conversations with those living slower inside: to live as your body loves, at your soul’s speed, according to your own true. a life of radical sovereignty.

HOSTED BY

daphne cohn

Produced by Daphne Cohn

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