Psyche Magic

On this episode, I had the privilege of sitting down with my dear friend Christina Cone in her home here in East Nashville. I knew she would be the perfect person to talk with about how to maintain one’s creative and artistic identity while simultaneously diving headfirst into motherhood. Christina fronts the band Frances Cone along with her husband, Andy. She also founded Phases, a boutique creative agency for independent artists, earlier this year. She and I spoke about the terror and magic of motherhood, the necessary price we pay to live in community, the journey of healing from religious trauma, dismantling the legacy burden of codependency, and strategies for keeping the creative flame burning all the while.
Follow Christina’s work and various projects here and here!
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For our 50th episode, we have an extra special guest who I was so honored to speak with: musical artist/harpist Mary Lattimore! Mary’s ethereal instrumental music, particularly her 2020 album Silver Ladders, was a cornerstone of my self-care in pregnancy, and I’ve been a massive fan ever since. Mary joined me virtually from her home in Los Angeles to discuss her favorite ways to build and nurture community and sustain inspiration in her artistry, the scoop on her favorite artist residencies, dreaming as a form of processing the nightmare that is the current political climate in the US, lucid dreaming, and oh so much more!
With permission from the artist and her management, this episode includes a snippet from Mary’s forthcoming song, “A Lock of His Hair Under Glass”

This episode touches on the following topics:
The Aces in Tarot (specifically the Ace of Wands)
Sustainable artistic practices
Building an artistic community
The value of practicing various art forms in an unskilled way
Where to find artist residency programs
Artistic inspiration through nature and unfamiliar environments
Animism relating to musical instruments
The arts as political resistance
Dreaming as a way to process our deep emotions
Lucid dreaming
School of Song and their amazing Brian Eno workshop (!!)
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross

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I am thrilled to welcome Brooke Lamb to the show: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and self-proclaimed amateur mystic, and co-founder of Abide Counseling and Private Practice Residency here in Nashville. We discuss Brooke’s own journey of healing from religious trauma, coming out as queer, navigating a later-in-life ADHD diagnosis, and the transformative process of advocating for her nonbinary child within her family and society at large. We also discuss her incredible stories around working spiritually and energetically with her ancestors and carrying their torches of activism forward in fighting to dismantle oppressive systems and prioritize capitalist-critical business structures.
Follow Brooke’s work and various projects here! Substack: B.A. Lamb and @therapistbrooke on TikTok
⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for Dream Your Masterpiece: A Virtual Jungian Active Imagination workshop to unblock your creativity - coming up Monday 7/14!
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QUEER + TRANS RESOURCES:
The Trevor Project
GLAAD Resources
PFLAG
HRC LGBTQ+ Youth Support
Trans Lifeline
Oasis Center Nashville
Trans Aid Nashville
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Join us for this virtual workshop Monday 7/14 at 7pm CST via Zoom (the recording will be available after the fact as well!) where we will:
🌱 Explore how Jung discovered and used active imagination to bring unconscious thoughts into awareness for personal growth and creativity
✍️ Utilize different automatic writing techniques to generate ideas and connect with your existing creative skills
🔮 Engage in a creative exercise by dialoguing with a figure from a dream or tarot card for inspiration and guidance in your projects
🤸🏻‍♀️Practice inner child meditation to connect with a favorite childhood art form

This is going to be such a fun evening filled with creative inspiration and flow! I hope you’ll join me and please share with anyone who you think might be interested!
Tickets are available on my website:
https://www.jordanhale.net/workshops
Register with a friend and get 20% off - just email me both of your names at [email protected] to get your promo code
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On this episode, we welcome writer, philosopher, and “introspective detective” AJ Murillo to the show! We discuss her wisdom and perspective gained on psychedelic journeys and explore the subject of her most recent book: the concept of ego death as an aspect of emotional and spiritual healing. We also share some amazing stories about psilocybin guiding us deeper into our intuition, helping both of us to confirm and encourage life decisions around our partner choices and having children.

For more on this subject see episode 17: Psychedelic Therapy with Robert DeSalvo LCSW in our podcast feed!
Follow AJ’s work and various projects here!
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