Full-Time Weirdos

In this episode, Sarah and Cecily discuss the themes and practices of celebration, and how it supports our creative pursuits. Our conversation explores:Why celebration in the creative process is important. How celebration is both a radical act and a form of communication. What’s really at the heart of celebration (spoiler alert: it’s gratitude!). How cultural messaging around alcohol skews our sense of celebration.What celebration feels like according to the body.How capitalism alters our expectations of what merits celebration. The different forms celebration can take.An argument for creating our own weird holidays + "celebration leadership."How celebration, rest, and integration go hand in hand. Celebratory updates from four previous guests, including:Ebony Isis Booth (44:00)Goddexx (55:05)Kristina Gonzalez (1:04:52)Kate Belew (1:12:22)Sarah & Cecily celebrate each other – and themselves. (1:18:00)How to work with Sarah or Cecily while FTW is on hiatus. (1:34:00)You can find our guests and their work via the links here: Ebony Isis Booth, Goddexx, Kristina Gonzalez, and Kate Belew.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, we talk with Marisol Vibración, a bruja, diviner, astrologer, and coach. Our conversation explores:“Whack-a-doodles,” laughter as a boundary, and the life-saving power of being a weirdo.Word magic, writing petitions, and envisioning a book in collaboration with Saturn.Cultivating relationships with ancestors and guides, and how to know when they’re really talking to you.Marisol’s journey through Wicca, Catholicism, yoga, Tarot, and Afro-Latin spiritual traditions — and how one divination reading changed her life forever!Marisol’s journey through the realms of gender and sexuality, meeting other versions of Self, and disowning acceptability.How Marisol mentors witchy folks in cultivating their own ritual and spiritual practices.Plus weird-ass obsessions, recommendations, and more!* Also referenced in this episode: Afro Goddess Tarot Arcanas by Andrea FurtickFollow Marisol’s work on Instagram at @marisolvibracion.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, Cecily and Sarah explore five juicy questions from listeners about creativity:Q1: How do we access creativity in exciting, exploratory ways, under deadline? And how can we cultivate freedom in a creative practice? (1:30)Q2: How do we introduce ourselves to the world as creative people (and full-time weirdos)? (18:04)Q3: How can we hear the muses more clearly and more often, and quiet our analytical minds? (33:02)Bonus question: Sarah asks Cecily, WTF are "downloads"? (50:20)Q4: How do we best capture downloads and inspiration when they arrive? (54:57)Q5: How can we expand our capacity for being challenged while also practicing self-compassion and honoring our limits? (1:09:08)Additional Reflection Prompts Shared in This Episode:What do you want to be free to create? If you had full freedom, what might you say, make, or try?What are you doing today that felt impossible in the past? When did that capacity show up? How were you quietly increasing your capacity and preparing yourself?What is the thing you’re reaching for or wanting to do? Where is there resistance, and what does it want for you? Which part of you wants to play it safe? Get the resistant part and the capable part talking to each other. What’s reasonable or available to do next?Sarah’s writing prompts for “success” and “freedom” can be found in this issue of For the Birds.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, we talk with Lara Days, a nutrition coach, Intuitive Eating counselor, personal trainer, and yoga instructor. Our conversation explores…Not realizing you’re a weirdo and wanting to be normalThe guilt that comes when you change identitiesThe weird ways two passions can merge and fuel each otherHelping people trust their bodies and themselvesHow stolen terms get repackaged and used against us Learning to notice our bodies’ messages — and listen to them!Weird-ass interests, recommendations, and more!You can find Lara’s work on her website and Instagram.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, we talk with astrology-informed coach Kristina Gonzalez. Our conversation explores:Kristina’s journey becoming an astrologer and claiming that titleSaturn returns, various signs, and astrology for the workplaceThe astrology of Sarah and Cecily’s collaborationHow expressing yourself creatively is a Venusian practiceUndercover weirdos passing as normiesShyness, or the quality of watchfulnessWeird-ass interests, recommendations, and more!You can find Kristina’s work on her website or Instagram.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, Cecily and Sarah embark on a fun and strange exploration of what it takes to cultivate a healthy relationship to creativity. We discuss:The two main ingredients for a healthy relationship to creativity.The hard work of letting yourself be the artist you already are.The term “emerging writer” and why it’s cringe.The skull as a symbolic motivator for creative practice.The importance of building a creative home for yourself. The High Priestess, photosynthesis, iteration, and in-sourcing versus outsourcing.Creative prompts offered in this episode:Take time to write about: a) the “benchmarks” that feel important to you as a creator, and what they signify for you; b) the definitions you’d like to use for yourself and your creative work (but might feel reluctant to embrace); c) the definitions you feel people mis-perceive about you, and what you see (and want to see) in yourself.If you’re feeling far away from your creativity and saddled with doubts about what you’re doing, whether you’re good enough, etc. — write down all the crappy things you’re thinking and feeling, as if you’re loading up the dumpster to take it to the landfill. Read what you’ve written (with love and non-judgment), tear up the page and throw it away, then sit down and create freely for at least two minutes.Imagine your creative life on an extremely long timeline that reaches back 3 billion years, and reaches forward another billion. Plot some interesting points in your creative development along the timeline. Draw time in whatever fashion you choose, and have fun with it.In this episode we reference:Literary Witches Oracle Deck by Taisia Kitaiskaia and Katie HoranTaro as Colour by Ithell Colquhoun from Fulgur PressThe Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie HoltenThe Dictionary of Symbols by J. E. CirlotWe offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, we talk with life coach and wild woman Dominique Adara. Our conversation explores:Nurturing community through nature and playWomen gathering in circle (not divided in competition)Being undefinable and unfuckwithablePracticing radical vulnerability and the importance of cryingUsing your own voice to ground yourselfPlus weird-ass interests, recommendations, and more!You can find Dominique Adara’s work on Instagram. We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, co-hosts Sarah and Cecily dive into their work as creative coaches, in a conversation that explores:Why they got into this field.What creativity coaching is, and how it enriches our lives.The nature of creativity and why it matters so much.How previous jobs have informed our coaching work.Nature metaphors and the relationship between bugs and creativity.How folks can work with Cecily and Sarah right now.To read the edition of Sarah’s newsletter referenced in this episode, about getting lost and encountering magic, head over here.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, we talk with sex and intimacy coach Portia Brown. Our conversation explores:The relationship between sexual empowerment and self-loveHow to practice consent in all areas of lifeThe spaces where liberation, abundance, and pleasure intersectWhy shadow work is so vitalSexual healing as an ongoing journey, not a destinationWeird-ass interests, recommendations, and more!You can find Portia's work on Instagram or on her website.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, we talk with Bianca Corey, yoga teacher, life coach, reiki practitioner, akashic records reader, and animal lover. Our conversation explores:The existential crisis of the pandemicTossing out everything you know about yourself and starting overIntuitive eating and decision-makingExpectations versus agreementsBroadening our definitions and choosing the weirdo lifeAccessing akashic recordsHaving a boat!Weird-ass interests, recommendations, and more!You can find Bianca's work on Instagram or on her website, and her podcast, A Coach’s Diary, is available on Apple podcasts.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, we talk with Goddexx, a poet, performer, trans brujx, and full-spectrum life coach. Our conversation explores:The relationship between the weird, the sacred, and the divineGoddexx’s work as a full-spectrum life coachEmotional life cycles and the importance of expression and releaseRituals, offerings, and an ancestral pilgrimage to PeruAdornment and visibilityKink, sensuality, and making adult films as a trans personShyness, empowered vulnerability, and being a highly sensitive personWeird-ass interests, recommendations, & more!To explore Full-Spectrum Coaching with Goddexx, or to purchase their book, Butterfly: Una Transformación, visit their website and follow them on IG. We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, Sarah and Cecily have fun exploring:Divinatory wisdom through tarot, oracle cards, and bibliomancy with Mathias Svalina’s I Am a Very Productive EntrepreneurMaking offerings and finding ammonite along a Texas highwayThe Empress, The Sun, and crones working at Taco Bell Lisa Frank, Martha Graham, and Jim CarreyWriting erotica and “weird, cool sex stuff”Publishing expectations that no longer serve usThe importance of staying inside your unique creative channelDeath, existential dread, and other fun topics!Decks referenced in this episode: Next World Tarot by Christy C. Road, Urban Crow Oracle by MJ Cullinane, The Oracle: 40 Cards by Becky Cloonan, Begin by Stacy Jane, and Sarah’s homemade “Strengths-Based” creative writing deckWe offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, we talk with Kate Belew, a Brooklyn-based writer, poet, storyteller, and witch. Our conversation explores:Self-permission and claiming titles for ourselvesHow places of origin shape our relationship to magicWorking in The Corporate World versus The Witch WorldCrafting identity versus picking one off the menuWriting letters to fairies and other secret creative projectsTrust versus securityBeing a writer outside academia and creating an MFA program of one’s ownDuende!Kate’s all-time favorite movie recommendationWeird-ass interests, recommendations, & more!To receive weekly poetry prompts from Kate Belew, or to learn more about her writing program, The Bardo, visit her website and sign up for her weekly newsletter. You can also follow Kate’s spellbinding meme-craft and witchy musings on Instagram.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this episode, we talk with Ebony Isis Booth, a transformational life coach, cultural strategist, and community organizer. Our conversation explores:Doing versus beingHow responsibility minus agency equals burnoutThe work of becoming free and the work of staying freeAudre Lorde and the importance of thrivingMargins, cracks, fragility, and laborThe willingness to be transformedHard work as heart workBlack Girl MagicPoetic licenseMaking self-care weird, abundant, and practicalThe most important skills for a coach to embodyWeird-ass interests, recommendations, and more!You can find Ebony and follow her work via her website or on Instagram. On Friday, February 24, from 12-1:30pm ET, Ebony is hosting It's Bigger Than Bath Bombs: The Power of Radical Self Love for Black Women & Femmes. Learn more and sign up here.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

In this inaugural episode, Sarah and Cecily launch Full-Time Weirdos into the world with a conversation exploring:Friendship, witnessing, and mutual admirationOnly childhood and the value of spending time with yourselfSkydiving and scuba divingThe path to becoming a “full-time weirdo” and what that meansThe intersections of weirdness and workWeird-ass interests and recommendations, including birds, bugs, canned vegetables, and anything paranormalWe offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.

Hosts Sarah Cook and Cecily Sailer offer a sneak peak into their new podcast, Full-Time Weirdos, which kicks off February 1, 2023.We offer this podcast ad-free to the world — with love! And plenty of creative energy and labor. You can support this work by subscribing, rating, and reviewing Full-Time Weirdos. For more inspiration from Cecily, to sign up for her weekly newsletter, or to explore one-on-one coaching, visit her website or follow her on IG @typewritertarot.For more inspiration from Sarah, subscribe to her Substack publication, For the Birds. To learn about one-on-one coaching opportunities, visit her website! She's on IG @freelance.feminist.Questions? Comments? Email us at fulltimeweirdos@gmail.com. Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.Full-Time Weirdos logo by artist and illustrator Ami Plasse.