AmandaFest Podcast

Turning the Dance Floor Into Ceremony with Ruby Chase

In this episode, Amanda sits down with Ruby Chase, a singer, producer, DJ, and ceremonialist who transforms dance floors into ritual spaces. Raised in a spiritually rooted home and initiated into performance at a young age, Ruby shares how a series of medicine ceremonies guided her to walk away from Hollywood and devote herself fully to music with purpose. This conversation is for dreamers who feel called to create with intention and live with deeper connection. We explore: ✨ How spirituality and artistry shaped Ruby from childhood ✨ The moment she chose her soul mission over the industry mold ✨ Why intention, prayer, and energy work matter behind the decks ✨ What it really takes to build a sustainable artist career ✨ The butterfly journey inside Resonance Chrysalis ✨ How festivals and dance floors can become modern temples ✨ Bringing magic, synchronicity, and play into everyday life If you feel like you are here to start a new story and not fit into an old one, this episode will meet you exactly where you are. —— Connect w/ me on IG @amandalaurena & @amandafestpodcast Connect w/ Ruby @rubychase

Expanding Your Capacity to Hold It All with Amanda Laurena

This one is for anyone who has ever felt like life is moving at hyperspeed in the best way. In this solo episode, Amanda dives into what it really means to stretch your nervous system to hold more magic, more connection, and more opportunity without burning out. From underground saunas to dancing on a float in the NYC Halloween Parade, Amanda shares what integration actually looks like when everything you have been working toward starts aligning all at once. We get into: ✨ Manifestation through friendship and co-creating synchronicities ✨ Finding rhythm between devotion, discipline, and play ✨ Choosing presence when your plate feels full ✨ Building momentum through authenticity and intention ✨ Expanding your capacity to hold abundance with grace This episode is your reminder that alignment does not mean slowing down. It means trusting yourself enough to keep dancing while life speeds up. ____ Connect w/ me on IG  @amandalaurena & @amandafestpodcast

The Man Behind Healing House with Lincoln Jesser

In this episode, Amanda sits down with Lincoln Jesser—artist, producer, DJ, and sound healer—who is pioneering “Healing House,” a blend of frequency tuning, ancient mantra, breath, and uplifting dance music designed to shift your inner state. Fresh off a TEDx talk on why sound heals and new work as Director of Sound for a wellness space in Florida, Lincoln shares how following curiosity led to a movement, a community, and dance floors that feel like ceremony. This conversation is for dreamers who want deeper connection to self, creativity, and purpose. We get into: ✨ How sound and specific frequencies (think 432 Hz, 528 Hz) can lower stress and boost connection ✨ The roots of Healing House: mantras, breathwork, and house music as a safe space for all ✨ Moving from burnout to alignment and why intrinsic joy is the most sustainable strategy ✨ The mentor who helped connect the science and the spirit (shoutout Jonathan Goldman) ✨ Building community online with real presence and why your whole life is your art ✨ Fate vs. destiny: responding instead of reacting, and letting intuition lead If you’ve ever felt called to dance, to create, or to turn pain into purpose, this episode will meet you right where you are. —— Connect w/ me on IG @amandalaurena & @amandafestpodcast Connect w/ Lincoln @lincolnjesser [https://www.instagram.com/lincolnjesser/#]

Integrated So Hard, Now Life Feels Like Burning Man with Amanda Laurena

This month wasn’t about travel or chaos. It was about alignment. From sunrise raves to slow Sundays, this season feels like the full-body integration of everything I’ve been working toward. Flow, discipline, connection, and play all happening at once. In this solo episode, I take you behind the scenes of what it really looks like to live in flow and let life feel like one big dance floor. We get into: ✨ Volunteering as connection medicine and finding community through service ✨ The “menu of possibility” mindset and leaving space for magic ✨ Choosing rest when your body says no ✨ Deepening friendships through spontaneity and flow ✨ Expanding your capacity to hold abundance and alignment This episode is a reminder that integration isn’t about stillness. It’s about embodying everything you’ve learned while letting life keep surprising you. ____ Connect w/ me on IG  @amandalaurena & @amandafestpodcast

How the Writer of Legally Blonde Turned Being Delusional Into a Career with Karen McCullah

In this episode, Amanda sits down with Karen McCullah—screenwriter behind iconic comedies like 10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde, She’s the Man, The House Bunny, and The Ugly Truth. From teaching workshops to teen gang members to writing studio films and hosting infamous Hollywood scavenger hunts, Karen shares how audacity, joy, and “delusional” self-belief shaped a career that still makes the world laugh. This conversation is for dreamers who are ready to stop waiting and start creating—on their terms. We get into: ✨ The mindset that carried her from marketing to major movie sets (“never let it occur to you that it won’t happen”) ✨ Networking without the ick—why genuine friendship beats transactions every time ✨ Hollywood then vs now: assistants, Me Too, and the comeback of comedy ✨ The whitewater-rafting mantra that kills fear: “don’t look at holes” ✨ Why being a good hang matters on long projects (and can win you the job) ✨ Fan stories that prove comedy can be medicine (yes, endorphins do make you happy) ✨ What’s next: her film Last Resort in post, a new novel (Permission), and a possible first turn in the director’s chair If you’ve ever felt called to write, create, pitch, or pivot—but weren’t sure where to start—this episode is your permission slip to go all in. —— Connect w/ me on IG @amandalaurena & @amandafestpodcast Connect w/ Karen @karenmccullah