Still Small

🎧 7. Maintaining Awe and Wonder with Sara Kaiser

Click this link [https://link.chtbl.com/cZ0Lffu2] to listen on your app of choice. In this episode, we discuss: * Her journey - moving from Santa Cruz to Bishop, CA * The importance of nature and connection in our overstimulated world * The security of conventionality vs. listening to your intuition * Remaining open to imagination and creativity and aware of dissonance * Societal standards in our youth * Patriarchy and matriarchy Items mentioned: * Loreena McKennitt [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1JdeDdujDbS6ZeSlkXqx3a?si=F6ab9BQmQjOYsestuhoKSQ] * Michael Meade – Living Myth Podcast [https://open.spotify.com/show/4eJaDGBpfhM0Hlwd1ctOOU?si=2ac28977d7a14942] * Wakeful Ascent Aerial Arts [https://wakefulascent.com/] * Nectar Moth [https://open.spotify.com/artist/2DWvY5IMP1cNSQ53U8Yfvf?si=eLIFs2wTTsWTjCWqZ0Jx2w] — Tags - Art [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/art], Family [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/family], Fear [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/fear], Health [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/health], Inspiration [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/inspiration], Memories [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/memories], Spirituality [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/spirituality], Work [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/work], Writing [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/writing] Get full access to Still Small at stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe [https://stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

🎧 6. The Unconventional Route with Chris Blachut

Click this link [https://link.chtbl.com/cZ0Lffu2] to listen on your app of choice. In this episode, we discuss: * The Zag [https://www.thezag.com/] * The Unconventional Route [https://www.theunconventionalroute.com/] * Feed My Friends [https://feedmyfriends.com/] * Living authentically without worrying about what others will think * Living in Two Cities is Like Living 1.5 Lives at Once [https://thezag.com/living-in-two-cities/] * Lifelogging [https://www.thezag.com/lifelogging/] Items mentioned: * The Good Life [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61272271] by Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz * The Top Five Regrets of the Dying [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13059271] by Bronnie Ware * Ted Chiang [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/130698]'s short stories * MTV’s The Challenge [https://www.mtv.com/shows/the-challenge] * Todd Rose’s Collective Illusions [https://www.toddrose.com/collectiveillusions] — Tags - Books [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/books], Family [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/family], Fear [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/fear], Inspiration [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/inspiration], Memories [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/memories], Wedding [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/wedding], Work [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/work], Writing [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/writing] Get full access to Still Small at stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe [https://stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

🎧 5. Creativity and Connection with Rachael Maier

Click this link [https://link.chtbl.com/cZ0Lffu2] to listen on your app of choice. In this episode, we discuss: * Creative impostor syndrome * Masculine and feminine energy (when to act and when to listen) Items mentioned: * Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way” * The movie, “A Good Person” with Florence Pugh * Rachael Maier’s memoir, “Bowing to Light [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4306515818],” her newsletter, With Aloha [https://open.substack.com/pub/rachaelmaier], and her Spotify, The Gleaming Underbelly [https://open.spotify.com/user/thegleamingunderbelly?si=d6a080f99e834680] * Mark Laita’s Soft White Underbelly [https://www.youtube.com/c/SoftWhiteUnderbelly] * Peter Santenello’s “Inside Skid Row - With Soft White Underbelly’s Mark Laita [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzdHQUKYS3Q]” * Jenny Odell [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18614151.Jenny_Odell]’s “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5370882241]” * Johann Hari [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/321601.Johann_Hari]’s “Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36565043-lost-connections]” — Tags - Alcohol [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/alcohol], Art [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/art], Books [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/books], Family [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/family], Fear [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/fear], Inspiration [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/inspiration], Memories [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/memories], Work [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/work], Writing [https://stillsmall.substack.com/t/writing] Get full access to Still Small at stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe [https://stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

🎧 4. Prioritizing Relationships with Jason Lakis

In this episode, we discuss: Why did you decide to study nursing? When did you start playing the viola? Jason's love of music. Items mentioned: Rachael Maier’s memoir, “Bowing to Light [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4306515818]” and her newsletter, With Aloha [https://open.substack.com/pub/rachaelmaier] Get full access to Still Small at stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe [https://stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

🎧 3. Middle School Feelings with Rachel

In this episode, we discuss: Joining a sorority. Deciding to stop shaving your legs and how this changed your life. Mean middle schoolers. Big feelings and social dynamics of middle school kids compared to how adults move through the world. Items mentioned: Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41716694-wordslut?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=4ZOd0sKfz0&rank=1] by Amanda Montell You or Someone You Love: Reflections from an Abortion Doula [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5586916999]by Hannah Matthews Get full access to Still Small at stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe [https://stillsmall.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]