The Mystical Materialist

In this first official episode of Beyond the Coil, I’m sharing an empowering insight from a recent coaching session that explores how our minds cling to familiar beliefs, even when they no longer ser…

As the election draws near, it’s easy to feel swept away. This episode offers essential tools for maintaining emotional balance in these turbulent times. 

We dive into the basics of polyvagal theory a…

Track List:

* Don’t worry I’m writing “serious” songs now – 

* I have a teacher in Brooklyn – and we pretend 

* what we’re doing is consequential, collectively 

* choosing to forget that we’ll both die o…

I wrote this episode on a day I finally broke from getting the same only-ever-subtext message from the online wellness community.

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Johan Huizinga’s definition of “play” reminds me of Octavio Paz’s definition of “eroticism” – that it exists for the sake of itself. Which also sounds like something God allegedly said – “I am that I…

I had been waiting forever for an adaptation of an Octavia Butler work. So when I saw the ad for the Hulu show, I counted down the days. I prepped by reading the book in a couple days. Warning – this…

I wrote this episode in response to Sarah Marshall’s essay Violent Delights about the serial killer media industrial complex in the magazine The Believer after Roxane Gay linked it in her Substack: A…

This episode found its provenance in a letter I wrote to a person I was dating but never sent.

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This season I’ll be talking about mysticism, eroticism, astrology, pleasure, and serial killers. Yes, serial killers. And that’s all I can tell you so far.

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So it’s been two years, and in that time I’ve asked myself lots more Q’s, made plenty more mistakes, and gained experience that I can’t wait to share with you. I’m feverishly working on Season Two so…

Los Angeles-based photographer Parker Day talks identity expression, oneness, film photography gear & techniques, a little art history, and some artist recommendations. We also get lucky and other ta…

Lagos, Nigeria-based artist Adéwálé Máyòwá talks about his journey from engineering and medicine to art, his spiritual inspiration for creation, "Love, Sex, and Robots," and why artists make the best…

Why my decision to go vegan wasn't really a decision but a spiritual commitment akin to sobriety.

Guess what?! I've been featured on Top 20 Sober Mom Podcasts !

Theme song is "Animals" by your host. 

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On August 13, 2019, I came out of the broom closet. That's when the synchronicities started. I indulge my affinity for tangents in this birthday episode. 

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Fear asks some pretty dumb questions. Don't let them stop you from doing a thing. It's time to punch fear in the face, or, at least, tell it to stfu so you can get back to work. HAPPY 2021!

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I love being a multi-disciplinary artist, except for that whole thing about time being a finite resource. 

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We had a great idea for a project. But then we broke up. Hopefully the universe won't let this project fall flat. 

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I reflect on one of the positive outcomes of having had the narcissistic relationship experience. 

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Re-listening to Jane Eyre after eleven years, two divorces, and one kid is kind of infuriating. This week I talk about how I think Rochester is a 🤬 narcissist, how I figured out I was in a relationsh…