The Twelfth House

📚 Resources and Links:* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableI've seen no fewer than 17 different examples of people creating self-learning syllabi for themselves, whether it's "these are all the movies and books and podcasts I'm gonna consume in September" or "these are the things I'm going to read and think about in Q4."And I love that impulse! The impulse is correct, it shows a sense of intrinsic curiosity and — dare I say — whimsy which we DESPERATELY need more of in this world. Personally, I’m an absolutely sloot for learning. I would identify as a lifelong learner — it's arguably one of my most deeply held values.Buuuuuuuuuuuuut I think when you just give yourself a list of things to read or consume without a little digestif moment at the end of it all, you're kind of knowledge hoarding without real transformation. It’s a touch of capitalism-inspired scarcity mindset — just endlessly accruing and consuming stuff without stopping to breathe and check in and decide what to do with everything you’ve acquired.This will win me no friends, but to me this rabid consumption of information without taking time to metabolize and process what you’ve ingested is almost equivalent to just endlessly doom scrolling on TikTok.That doesn’t mean I think you should light your self-learning syllabus on fire and commit to a life of smooth brainery. Instead I have a small suggested amendment to your study plan — an artifact.In this episode we talk about...The confidence-competence flywheel. Why sharing your half-baked thoughts actually makes you smarter (and how this loop can take over your entire life in the way that holistically improves your experience of being).Knowledge wants to be used, not hoarded. What happens when information sits unused in your brain like books gathering dust on a shelf, and why that miiiiiiiight be contributing to our collective de-evolution. The artifact approach that changes everything. How creating something — anything! — that helps you process what you learn transforms you from consumer to creator (and why your weird interests are exactly what the world needs, not to go all cheesy on ya).The stuck-in-student-mode solution. If you've been collecting ideas but never sharing them, waiting until you're "expert enough" to have opinions, or convinced your thoughts aren't valuable enough yet, this approach helps you transition from consumer to creator while building confidence and credibility simultaneously. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Resources and Links:* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableThanks for tuning into our series these last few weeks on divination and channeling — did you have fun? I had fun! I hope you had fun. I went into this divination series experiment with a pretty strong opinion about people who throw around the word "channeling" in their marketing copy. Six weeks later, I haven’t totally changed my stance… but there were quite a few ideas that emerged in our research that’ve really stuck to my ribs. As we wrap this experiment, I’m left with four big ideas that I’m still rolling around in my brain that directly relate to channeling. In this episode: I.The body always finds a way to become a divining rod.It’s not all about freeing your mind and opening your third eye.The body plays an integral and oft overlooked role in divination/channeling/flow state, and even thought I know this it still surprises me how involved the physical body is in the quest to become an antennae for cosmic information. It’s very easy to get all ethereal and heady and mental about spiritual stuff and forget your body is a necessary (and literal) vessel of information.Regulating the nervous system through somatic practice — meditation, breath, repetitive motion, routine, etc. — is key for clear downloads.This realization hit me like a brick to the face, which is infuriating because I literally study embodied cognition. I'm training to be a Feldenkrais practitioner for pete’s sake. I should know this. Yet I'm constantly trying to bypass my body — can't I just think my way through everything? Can't I just sit down and make art without paying attention to whether I'm breathing?But every single divination practice we explored came back to the body. Spiritualist artists used repetitive motions to access trance states. Automatic writing requires that flow state you can only reach through breath work or movement. Even your morning pages routine is a somatic practice, though we pretend it's just "journaling."II.Fluency in your preferred medium makes channeling more powerful.You’re able to more accurately describe what you’re channeling when you have more words to say it.Think of it like a computer's operating system. If channeled information shows you "a green tree taller than the tallest building you've ever seen," but your reference for "tallest building" is a two-story house, you're going to translate that as a three-story tree instead of a massive sequoia.Agnes Pelton, trained from childhood in oil paint and color theory, could translate her visions with precision that someone who took art classes in middle school simply cannot match. It's not about the information being wrong — it's about having enough vocabulary to communicate what doesn't work linguistically.This is why I get annoyed when people dismiss skill-building as "too academic" or "not intuitive enough." If your first language is movement, energy will communicate through movement because that's the path of least resistance. But if you only speak one creative language, you're limiting what can come through.III.Channeling is kind of a code word for “ego-less information.” It’s simultaneously not that special and so goddamn special.Just like giving birth or falling in love.When someone uses the word "channeled" to describe something they’re presenting to the world, I think they're kinda of covertly messaging: "I don't have skin in this game. I'm delivering this information without agenda. I'm just the messenger." Whether that's actually true is another question, babyyyyyy.IIII.There are benefits to delusion and meglomania!Self-trust is essential for accessing flow states. The thing that blocks most of us from channeling anything useful is self-surveillance — watching ourselves from a distance, judging and editing in real time. Narcissists don't do this. They're like "yeah, that's divine wisdom" without questioning themselves for even a second.I'm not endorsing spiritual megalomania, but most of us could benefit from like, ten minutes a day of drinking our own Kool-Aid. Spend the other 23 hours and 50 minutes of the day doubting yourself if you want! That’s none of my business. But you have to get over yourself is the bottom line.OK, so those are my direct influences from the last seven weeks — but I wanted to take some time to zoom out a bit and reflect on some pattern observations I’ve seen in the intuitive business and creative work space.Things I’m noticing whether I like it or not I’m of the belief that you need to change up your inputs (experiences, habits, research, practices, influences) to get new outputs (ideas, lessons, beliefs, skills, outcomes).There were a bunch of things that I did this summer — some planned, some coincidental — that shifted my inputs:* I went on a “summer break” from seeing 1:1 Matrix of Destiny clients* I spent two weeks in Ann Arbor training in the Feldenkrais Method (normally my trainings are over three days on zoom)* Saw a new round of 1:1 business advising clients* Welcomed lots of new members to the North Node and personally did onboarding calls with about half of them* My schedule changed a little bit because we (blessedly!) enjoyed a nanny share for two half days a week, which meant that I got 4-8 more hours of “free time” in every week* Put a 15-minute per day timer on my social media use (truly I’m rolling my eyes at this myself because it’s just SO BASIC IT’S SO ANNOYING but it really did impact my inputs and outputs for the summer!)And all of that ^^^ contributed to the things I spent time doing, thinking about, getting annoyed by, etc. There were a few striking patterns that seemed to emerge this summer in the intuitive business and creative work world as a result of those shifting inputs. It’s tough to say if what I’m noticing are actually global patterns, or just microtrends within my little ecosystem. I’ll let you be the judge — either way, I think it’s curious! One of my favorite parts of my job is that I get to talk to lots of people from lots of walks of life and it’s gotta mean something that these concepts have come up so many times with so many different people this summer. "Wait, I Don't Actually Want This"Nearly every new business client this summer had the same realization — they didn't really really want to pursue what they'd initially contacted me about. They'd been on autopilot toward goals that were no longer theirs. And these aren't people following societal expectations; these are self-directed entrepreneurs who'd outgrown their own previous desires without noticing.Running Experiments / “Adjust, try again. Adjust, try again.”People are running experiments and adjusting in real time instead of going back to the drawing board. Launch didn't work? Adjust one thing and try again. This health intervention failed? Try a different approach. Less "burn it all down," more "tweak and iterate."The rage fuel ain’t fuelin’ like it used to.The sacred rage that fueled so many businesses and activist projects is running out of steam. Anger is fast fuel but burns out quickly. People who built entire platforms on rage against AI, MLMs, patriarchy, corporate America are finding it unsustainable. The rage is still valid, but it can't be your only creative fuel source.I’m seeing people reaching for sustainable fuel that doesn't require you to stay perpetually pissed off.Whew, OK let’s wrap this upThis whole exploration reminded me that channeling might just be the magical-mundane experience of accessing flow state where ego steps aside. Whether you call it channeling, intuition, or getting out of your own way, the mechanics are surprisingly consistent: get present in your body, develop fluency in your medium, trust what comes through, and create something that didn't exist before.What stuck with you from this? I want to know what you're noticing in your own creative practice or in the patterns around you. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com/subscribe

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To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com📚 Resources and Links:* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Mentioned in today’s episode: * Channeling a Manifesto Class — happening on 8/28! * Trance mediumship and channeling spirits (and the uncomfortable questions no one's asking) with medium Hannah Macintyre* can an AI tool “channel” messages?* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableI almost didn't record this episode because, honestly, I think we’re all a bit AI'd out. Or maybe it’s just me, IDK. But since we're deep in a series about channeling, creativity, and the importance of wielding your consciousness, I figured it was time to address the elephant in the Substack server room.Here's the thing: I'm not anti-AI, but I'm also not about to let a computer do my thinking for me. Like???? Have you guys even read a sci-fi novel before? That’s an obvious recipe for disaster-slash-technological apocalypse.I can have empathy for why someone might be tempted to outsource writing, thinking, creating, innovating, designing, etc. to a non-sentient algorithm. But I believe using your brain and wrestling with ideas and concepts and art and reality and consciousness and self-concept is like… a biological imperative. Is that not kind of the point of living? Anyway, I’m by no means the first person to point this out.After spending weeks talking about why the wrestling and way-finding process of creativity is so essential to our humanity, I've got some thoughts on how to use these tools without, you know, completely atrophying your gorgeous brain.My Personal AI Commandments* I don't use AI for anything I can't do myself * I don't use AI “just for funsies” — it’s a waste of resources, like leaving the water running or turning your AC on full blast at noon in the middle of August. Also AI is boring! Why would I talk to a chatbot when I can just talk to a smart person. Or even a dumb person, at least that would be entertaining. * I always ask: What am I going to do with the extra time? It better be thinking, reading, creating, playing with my kid, channeling spirits, or touching grass… otherwise I fear I have lost the plot. Actual brain rot — “use it or lose it”I grew up in the 90s and have an irrational fear of contracting something like Mad Cow disease and my brain turning into Swiss cheese. If you also fear brain rot, let me introduce you to a concept that will either help you sleep like a big brained baby or keep you up at night staring into the black hole of your ceiling — “use it or lose it.”Scientists studying dementia found that individuals who started to use a hearing aid as soon as they lost some of their hearing — vs. those who did not use hearing aids once they become audio impaired — had lower rates of dementia later in life. Why? Because the anti-hearing aid group stopped using the part of their brain that processes listening and language comprehension, resulting in neurological atrophy.Spooky. I think about the “use it or lose it” principle when it comes to my physical muscles, my creative muscles, my intuitive muscles, and I can’t help but feel it’s totally true.So here's my first rule: If I can use my own brain to do it without emotionally thrashing myself, I'm going to try. Basically, I don’t want to run to AI first if I’m feeling lazy. Feels like a slippery slope that ultimately robs me of my abilities, which leaves me totally reliant on AI.Before you automate anything, ask yourself: What are you going to do with that extra time?If your answer is "make more mediocre content faster," please stop. The world doesn't need more AI-generated blog posts. But if your answer is "think deeper thoughts, read more books, have actual conversations, or create something genuinely meaningful," then yes—let AI handle your grocery lists and email sorting.Think of it like the nutrition concept of "crowding out." Instead of just removing the bad stuff, you add so many good things that there's no room for the junk. Use AI to clear mental clutter so you can fill that space with the stuff that makes you more human, not less.What AI kind of sucks at as of right now* Good writing: There are tell-tale signs (the “It’s not *** — it’s ***” formula…) and honestly, the majority of the writing that LLMs are pulling from is mediocre at best.* Original ideas: Once again, LLMs use large data sets to predict the probable next word in a sentence, and then the probable next idea in a paragraph. This predictive nature means that even if you really work the platform to help you come up with new ideas, you’re still probably reheating someone’s nachos.* Working reliably: A few weeks ago I spent 30+ minutes trying to get ChatGPT to make a simple grocery list based on five recipes I’d uploaded to the chat. It kept forgetting ingredients, miscalculating numbers, hallucinating recipes. It would’ve taken me less time to just grab a pen and paper and write out what I needed.The Tools That Actually Make My Life Better

📚 Resources and Links:* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableWeek four of our "Divine Downloads" series and we're asking: what happens when "channeling" becomes a convenient shield for questionable authority?Today KP and I are diving into Breath of Fire, the HBO docuseries about Guru Jagat and the Ra Ma Institute. The series, “chronicl[es] the shocking secret history of Kundalini yoga and the evolution of one of its most prominent leaders,” and is based on a 2021 Vanity Fair article by Hayley Phelan titled, The Second Coming of Guru Jagat. (I recommend at least reading the article before tuning into this ep.) Kundalini is a tough topic to broach — there are so many well-meaning people who practice it and who’ve found it incredibly supportive who know close to nothing about founder Yogi Bhajan. (Who was problematic at best, allegedly criminal and abusive at worst.) It’s hard to square how a “technology” that connects its practitioners to the otherwordly could come from such darkness. Breath of Fire does a decent job at explaining the sordid background of Kundalini yoga and Yogi Bhajan while detailing the story of Guru Jagat, an equally complex figure. The Vanity Fair article doesn’t mince words: “Depending on whom you ask, Jagat was a bona fide spiritual leader—or a fraud; a controversial thought leader; a bigot; a feminist; a rape apologist.” It’s tragic that Guru Jagat, neé Katie Griggs, passed away at such a young age under such strange circumstances. And this documentary series does an excellent job investigating some of the questions we’ve been asking about the role of channelling or “divine downloads” in illustrating spiritual authority. On today’s episode, we're talking cults, frauds, the racism that built Western yoga, and why you might want to take a beat if your spiritual teacher is shooting fake money out of guns on Instagram.In this episode we talk about...We somehow connect startup culture to cult behavior, discuss why Venice Beach should come with a warning label, and explore the uncomfortable truth that you can have genuine spiritual experiences in fundamentally dishonest containers.The perfect cult storm. Anti-structure times + low-boundary people + extreme charisma = Venice Beach spiritual empire. It's a formula, people! Why breathwork actually works (and why maybe that's the problem). When the practices are genuinely helpful but the authority structure is complete b******t, what do you do with that?The trickster necessity. Maybe we need spiritual frauds to keep us sane? This theory will hurt your brain in the best way.Plus: why you should never give anyone your credit card information after breathwork. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com📚 Resources and Links:* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableWeek two of our "Divine Downloads" series and we're diving into the big question: what's actually happening when someone says they're "channeling" something?Today I'm talking to Hannah Macintyre, practicing medium and host of Mediumship Matters. While most people in the mediumship world just repeat the same old talking points, Hannah's out here asking the questions we all have — even the slightly (very) uncomfortable ones. I really love listening to Hannah’s show, and I’m delighted to chat with her on The Twelfth House today. In this episode we talk about...The "special gift" myth. Turns out most mediums don't have some dramatic spiritual awakening.

📚 Resources and Links:* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableWe’re officially in week two of our “Divine Downloads” series — and buckle up, y’all, because we’re talking about spiritual possession, but in a cool way? Today novelist, poet, astrologer, and the cohost of COSMIC VALLEY GIRL (season two starts in Sept!) Emmalea Russo joins me to explore the murky, magical territory between creative flow and spiritual channeling.In this episode we talk about… The weaponized use of "channeling." We get into why the word can make our hackles rise — is it a cop-out from creative responsibility, or are we all just vessels for something larger than ourselves? Spoiler: it's complicated.Characters as atmospheric spirits. Emmalea describes how her novel characters literally inhabit her while writing, shifting her mood and language almost automatically. Haters will say she’s possessed! The alchemical writing process. From chaos to gold, we explore how the vessel (aka you, the writer/creator/maker) is the most important part of the creative work. Plus why strategic silence beats oversharing your works-in-progress every time.Editing is channeling, too. Through repetition and that delicious friction of working with a human editor who challenges you, something transcendent emerges.We somehow manage to connect medieval mystics to modern publishing, discuss why your natal chart isn't for public consumption, and explore what it really means to be a "pure channel" (hint: we're all too human for that). Plus, Emmalea spills on her Book Sherpa accelerator program that, in my opinion and the opinions of many of her students, is more valuable than getting an MFA. If you’re ready to finally write the book that’s been haunting you for years, Em hooked us up with a special discount code for the sherpa-curious — use EARLYBOOK for $330 off! Fair warning: we end on some cancellable opinions so… forge ahead to the end at your own discretion. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.comFound ObjectsWelcome to Found Objects, where we give you a behind-the-scenes look at what we’re thinking about, haunted by, reading, making, and what's generally floating around the spiderweb of our etheric minds. These are the building blocks — some directly, some indirectly — that contribute to what we’re focusing on for the next six weeks in our series, The Divine Download: What is Called Channeling?This is the second post in the series. If you want access to the full curriculum for this series, subscribe to The Twelfth House.Private PortalsThe beginning of the summer felt like being shot out of a cannon — two weeks on X-Games mode (studying / parenting / entrepreneuring) in Ann Arbor, during a particularly busy season at Holisticism (doors opened to the North Node and we welcomed so! many! amazing new members; Ruthless Clarity hit hard and fast for eight full weeks and whooooweeee did it pack a punch) followed by family time on the east coast for a few weeks.In between all that, the quotidian details: doctors appointments and test results and exercising and being present and hugging friends and making bad art and annotating books and watching movies and finally (finally!!!) getting eight hours of childcare a week. My brain felt deliciously rung out by mid-July.As I write this, it feels like the dust has momentarily settled in my personal life. I love backstroking through the long, thick days of high summer — no need to rush. The pools of my mind have time to replenish themselves. It’s nice to feel ideas gently bubbling to the surface but free of the urgency to pursue them immediately (rare for me, I’ve gotta enjoy it while I can).Over the past few months my deepest conversations have circled back around to the genocide and man-made famine in Palestine, the presence of ICE terrorizing our neighborhood and kidnapping our community members, and the general existential helplessness one feels watching fascism consume our government — what do we do? What can we do, when it seems like nothing we try makes a difference?Well, here’s how I think of it:If I do nothing, it won’t make a difference to the cause.If I do something, it won’t make a difference to the cause — but at least I’ll sort of feel better. So why not do something, even if it’s small?In my mind Chef José Andrés is a Roma Downey “Touched by An Angel”-level earth angel and deserving of the goddamn Nobel Peace Prize for his work at World Central Kitchen. WCK is on the ground in Gaza baking loaves of bread and handing them out daily. They’re a great organization you can donate to here.8 Ideas Floating In My Psychic Field

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com📚 Resources and Links:* 📩 Connect with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠team Holisticism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableA practical guide to reclaiming your time and mental energy without compromising your professional integritySomething interesting is afoot.I’ve had no fewer than six conversations over the past two weeks about a very particular problem: what to do about having an unproblematic day job.“What kind of problem is that,” you’re thinking.It’s kind of a golden handcuffs demi-fine handcuffs situation — you’ve got a gig that pays well, provides health insurance, and isn't soul-sucking. It’s probably time-consuming, but in an average 9-to-5 way. You might even kind of enjoy it! You have fun slacking weird memes to your coworkers, and whomst amongst us could say “no” to the free snacks that litter the team kitchen? You probably appreciate knowing you’re good at what you do, and being a valuable member of the team makes you feel good.But here's the thing: it's not your passion.It's not how you want to spend your one wild and precious life. You have a gnawing desire to get something else brewing — a creative project, a business idea, a calling that feels more aligned with who you really are.While you’re not pulling 80-hour weeks, you’ve found that you don’t have enough space (mental, temporal, emotional) to really work on your other project. You’re not interested in pulling bleary-eyed all-nighters to work on your side project. But you can’t seem to get enough momentum while working in sporadic, clandestine spurts of free time.Honestly, it’s not about trying harder or having more discipline or drinking more energy drinks so you don’t need as many honk-shoos a night. If that worked, you wouldn’t have this problem.You’re stuck between two paths: stay in the realm of financial stability and accept that your side thing will remain a side thing, or quit to make space for what truly matters to you?

📚 Resources and Links:* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableIn our latest Spiritual Text episode, Jonathan Koe joins me to explore how The Psychology Of Money became an unexpected teacher in the art of being human under capitalism… And THAT’S what I call a spiritual text! In this episode we talk about…Money as spiritual practice. Our relationship with money becomes this incredibly revealing lens for understanding our subconscious wiring and inherited family patterns.The “enough” question. Housel writes that "the hardest financial skill is getting the goalpost to stop moving" — and damn if that ain’t just the skill of life in general? We explore what it means to know when enough is enough.The compound interest of resilience. Warren Buffett made 99% of his wealth after age 65 — not because he became an exponentially more effective investor, but because compounding interest really started to hit its stride and he didn’t interfere even when things got scary. We talk about not quitting right before the magic happens.Optimism as strategy. Honestly, you’re just gonna have to listen to the ep to get this one :) We somehow manage to connect Warren Buffett to the alchemical process, discuss why spiraling on the internet isn't a wealth-building strategy, and explore what your money patterns might be trying to teach you about your next level of growth. And listen, we read the book so you don’t have to (if you don’t want to…) — enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com/subscribe

📚 Resources and Links:* THE DOORS ARE OPEN TO THE NORTH NODE! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableShort one today — admittedly, I had something totally different locked and loaded in the editorial calendar, but felt compelled by something (a spirit? the Muse? Lucifer? Who’s to say?) to share this instead. These are the 11 ideas that I feel have changed my brain, my luck, and my life more than anything else. (I mean, the combo of Notion + Are.na is a close second)Here are the 11 phrases from the podcast that "rewired my brain chemistry and changed the odds on my luck":* "It's more fun to have fun."Make anything more enjoyable for yourself; you might as well have fun with whatever you're doing.* "If you're not having a good time, it's your fault."This was a huge one for me during a time of my life where I had paralyzing social anxiety. When I take 100% responsibility for my experience, I’m not longer a victim to my circumstances. * "If you couldn't tell anyone you got it, would you still want it?"A test to distinguish between genuine desires and people-pleasing/external validation seeking. * "It's not failure until the game is over/until the story's over"You get to decide what the last chapter looks like; failure isn't final until you decide it is. * "That's none of my business" / "That's Future Me's business"What are you going to do in five years? What are you going to do with that degree? How are you going to make money with that skill? What will you do if XYZ happens? Hi, that’s none of my business. I cannot be bothered to worry about things outside my control, including what happens in the future. Also, I trust that Future Me is a brilliant super freak witch who will know what to do when we get there — I have confidence that she’ll figure it out. * "You have a 100% track record of figuring it out."Trust that you'll handle whatever comes because you always have before. * "Your perfect day is always in front of you because perfection is a mindset."You can always turn your day around; perfection is about mindset, not circumstances. * "You look stupid doing nothing. You look stupid doing things. You might as well get something out of looking stupid."Since you'll look dumb either way, you might as well do what you want and enjoy it. * "Sometimes you just have to admit that we're selling you yoga pants."It ain’t that deep. Not everything has to be achingly meaningful; it's okay for things to just be fun or simple. * "The worst thing that can happen is that someone says no."Ok… they said no… Did you die? No! Time for the next thing. * "We are all on a journey of ecstasy and bewilderment"Embrace the mystery and wonder of life! Stop trying to predict everything. You’re stealing the fun and whimsy! Take what you like, disregard what you don’t. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Giving you an etheric hug from here — we need your light in the world. x michelle This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.comThe doors are open to The North Node until July 6th.Welcome to my gorgeous group of secret Jason Bournes minus the murder (probably!)No, it’s not because you look like Matt Damon (that’s a compliment).It’s because you’re walking around using your valuable knowledge and skills in casual conversations, solving problems for people, giving advice that others would pay consultants thousands for... but you’ve completely forgotten that these abilities are extraordinary (and monetizable, but we’ll get there later)Quick poll: How many of you have ever said 'Oh that? That's just common sense' while someone frantically took notes? Or maybe, “Oh, that’s easy, I’m happy to do that for you. I could do that in my sleep, I can’t charge you!”If yes, you’re in the right spot.And, you’re probably someone who has a LOT of confusion about what to spend your one wild and precious life doing … because you enjoy a LOT of things.Maybe you’re secretly hoping that one day your alarm clock will go off, and you’ll rise out of bed knowing exactly what it is you want to do when you grow up.Or that some mysterious billionaire will message you on LinkedIn with a job offer that allows you to work from home 3-days a week doing [insert something you love doing here] for a cool $500k salary a year.I mean, me too. But while we’re waiting for that golden LinkedIn notification, we might as well save ourselves and start getting paid to do the things we enjoy and are good at.Here’s my perspective:Your career isn't a destination — it's a living, breathing, ever-changing organism. We're not looking for THE answer, but understanding the dynamic assemblage of experiences, skills, and gifts that make up your unique expertise.My goal for this sessionYou'll leave knowing you have expertise. Slay.You’ll have a good high-level map to start figuring out your packaging / pricing / format to bring your offer or business or project into the world.… and while I’m confident you can figure that all out on your own through study and experimentation, The North Node helps you get there faster with less wasted resources.

📚 Resources and Links:* 📩 Connect with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠team Holisticism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* The North Node is OPEN! You can learn more here. Doors close on July 6th. * Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeablestudy guide: for when you’re ready to take a leapSo you've graduated from our first study guide ("Help, I'm having an existential crisis and my life feels like a badly written Choose Your Own Adventure book") and now you've entered Phase Two: "I have an idea and I'm pretty sure it's either genius or delusional, but I'm going to find out one way or another."Congratulations! This is actually gorgeous progress, starbeam. You've successfully evolved from "What should I do with my life?" to "I know what I want to do but HOW DO I DO THE THING without accidentally creating a dumpster fire that can be seen from space?"This is the study guide for people who're now standing at the edge of the cliff, ready to take a leap of faith.Maybe you've been carrying this idea around like Gollum with the One Ring—precious, obsessive, and slightly concerning to your friends and family. Maybe you've Googled "how to start a business" so many times that your laptop has started suggesting business schools. Maybe you've made seventeen different vision boards and you’ve filled a year’s worth of Moleskines with your plottings.Either way, you're here because you've got something you want to birth into the world, and you'd prefer to do it without completely embarrassing yourself or accidentally creating the next Fyre Festival of whatever industry you're entering.This is a study guide for someone who is about to take the leapThis is for you if:* You've got an idea for a business that you've thought through approximately 847 times, but when it comes to actually executing, you wish you could just Google "how do I start a business for people who are excellent at overthinking everything" and get a reliable step-by-step guide that doesn't make you want to take a nap.* You know where you're starting, you know where you want to end up (rich and famous, or at least financially stable and emotionally fulfilled), but you're feeling very very uncertain about those pesky in-between steps. You know, The Journey. The part where things actually have to happen in the real world with real consequences.* You feel paralyzed by the idea of wanting to "do things right.” You have a general feeling that this idea is Important with a capital I, and that it's vital to get the foundation right. But you also suspect you have about as much business experience as a golden retriever, which is to say: enthusiastic but probably not qualified to make major strategic decisions. [On that note, consider this my formal petition for someone to write an Air Bud sequel that involves Bud having to step into the wingtip shoes of a Fortune 500 CEO]* You've stopped and started this project 57 times already, but when it comes to your idea, you're basically in a toxic relationship. "I just can't quit you," you whisper to your business plan at 3 AM, no matter how many times it has disappointed you or made you question your life choices.* You really have no desire to build a business/write a screenplay/launch a community/become a person who has to talk to the IRS about tax classifications, but it seems like the Universe has appointed itself your personal project manager and won't let you live your life until you execute this thing. You feel cosmically compelled to do it, but you know you want to do it "on your own terms" — you're just not entirely sure what that means, or if your terms are even reasonable.Relatable! (If it's not relatable, you're probably on the wrong study guide. Go back to Study Guide #1)Personally, I never wanted to be an artist, entrepreneur, community builder, or any kind of person who has to explain what they do for work at dinner parties. I wanted to live a nice, quiet life and mind my own business.Alas, I am plagued by ideas. Cursed, some might say. I truly felt possessed by the idea for Holisticism — it stalked me in my dreams like a la Freddy Krueger, eavesdropped on my conscious thoughts and left cryptic messages in my unconscious until I finally said, "F**k it, we ball," and begrudgingly decided to go through with it.But once you commit to the FIWB (F**k It, We Ball) lifestyle, then you actually have to do the thing.The Inconvenient Truth About Starting ThingsHere's the thing: There's not one right place to start.There are approximately 47,000 things to do when you decide you want to launch a website/business/album/book club/digital course/501c3 that protects endangered sea algae of the Mediterranean. (Respect to the sea algae protectors — someone's gotta do it, and its definitely not me because slimy things make me gag.)And it's tougher than a two-dollar steak to figure out where to prioritize your energy. Where do you start when everything feels both critically important and completely overwhelming? When your to-do list looks like it was written by someone having a caffeine-induced panic attack?I'm going to do the extremely annoying consultant thing and say, "It depends!" because that's legitimately the truth, and also because I've been in this business long enough to know that anyone promising you The One True Path is probably selling something snake oil adjacent.BUT (and this is a big but, I cannot lie), I can give you a high-level, non-custom quickstart guide for getting your potentially brilliant idea out into the world without completely losing your mind or your life savings.Below is my recommended order of operations for birthing your brainchild into reality. I've also included the courses and challenges from our member community, The North Node, that I'd personally add to your study guide to navigate each stage without having a complete breakdown. (Partial breakdowns are still on the table — this is creative work, after all.)Step 1: Figure out why you're doing thisWhile it can be interesting/fun/mildly terrifying to start hammering away at a project without an ounce of self-reflection — purely operating on vibes, adrenaline, and whatever energy drink is on sale — at a certain point, you gotta ask yourself the timeless question: "Bella*, where the hell have you been** loca?!"*Your name, obviously **What's your actual aim hereWe've talked about intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation before (intrinsic = "this feels meaningful," extrinsic = "this will impress people at high school reunions"), so I won't belabor the point. But the same exact project could have WILDLY different outcomes depending on why you're doing it.Getting clarity on what actually motivates you will help you keep going when things get hard. (They will get hard. They always do. This is not pessimism; this is physics.) It'll also help you stay on track when you inevitably get distracted by seventeen other shiny ideas that seem way more fun and way less complicated than whatever you're currently building.Check out:* The Ruthless Clarity 8-week email course (you can literally start this right now, like while you're reading this!)* The Subconscious Audit (10-day challenge) in the North Node* The Audacious Abundance Shadow Work Challenge (5-day) in the North Node* Building Your Spiritual Operating System course in the North NodeStep 2: Look around and see what else is out thereThis is a crucial step that approximately 73% of enthusiastic idea-havers skip because it feels boring and also because they're secretly terrified they'll discover someone already did their idea but better.Before you charge onto the scene, you gotta see who else is already doing what you want to do. If there's truly nobody else on the case, it's crucial to investigate why that might be. Is it because you're a visionary genius ahead of your time? Or is it possible that people have tried to execute on this idea before and failed spectacularly, leaving behind only cautionary tales and abandoned websites with broken links?Necessary research, my friend. Like checking if the ice is thick enough before you decide to ice skate on the pond.During this delightful process of internet stalking (sorry, "market research"), you'll also need to get clear on who you're making this thing for. Who's your ideal client/customer/audience/person who will give you money in exchange for your creation? What do you actually know about them vs. what you're assuming? What do you need to learn about them to avoid creating something nobody wants? (This happens more than you'd think. See: Google Glass, Crystal Pepsi, whatever happened to Segways.)Check out:* The Ideal Client Casting Workshop for authentic ideal client work* The Ideal Client Tarot Spread* Market Research and Analysis Process WorkshopStep 3: Come up with a prototypeListen, this isn't the Old Testament. You're not Noah getting divine instructions to build an ark for the first time in human history because an omniscient voice told you to.You're not gonna build a massive, perfect thing in the middle of nowhere, fill it with everything you think people need, and then miraculously have it work WITHOUT LEAKS for 40 days and 40 nights while chaos reigns ar

📚 Resources and Links:* 📩 Connect with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠team Holisticism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableIt’s kind of crazy to say that our creative working exploratory laboratory, The North Node, has been Paris Hilton-style sliving for five years.That’s a long time. And that’s a lot of content.The good news about having such a vast library of resources inside the North Node is that it makes it really, really easy to give new members an actionable syllabus to tackle the minute they join the NN.(Technically we focus on a new concept every quarter in the North Node, and have three months of programming dedicated to the ideas we’re exploring that includes multi-day courses, bite-sized workshops, group coaching sessions, guest lectures, and implementation challenges that actually make you do stuff. There's always something happening live that you can cannon-ball into when you join us. Plus we meet with all our new members to create a custom syllabus based on their specific goals 🤗)The bad news about having so much content? It makes it virtually impossible to explain what's inside the North Node without turning into that person at parties who corners you by the snack table and won't stop monologuing about their sourdough starter. (We've all been there. Some of us ARE that person.[to be clear, I am that person])And another problem with the North Node… It’s not just for entrepreneurs. Really, it’s a membership for multi-passionate people exploring creative independence, meaningful work, and how to turn their inner wisdom into a life they actually want. It’s a place for people forging their own paths with a little mysticism, a lot of strategy, and total permission to do it differently.Sure, sometimes that shows up through the “project” of launching a brand or business. But other times it looks like working your corporate gig while expanding your creative and spiritual practices like a sort of witchy double agent. Maybe in 2025 it's figuring out how to balance a part-time job with a passion project you're birthing into the world (monetization status: TBD, vibes: litcherally perfection).Basically, we're here for anyone who's tired of following other people's blueprints and ready to draw their own map. Even if that map currently looks like a toddler's interpretation of abstract expressionism done in crayon, which is honestly chic as hell IMO.But, I know that if you’re thinking about joining us in the North Node, you might be like, “……….. but what’s in there?”Short answer: A lot.Long answer: So much that trying to explain it all would be like attempting to summarize the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe to someone who's never seen a superhero movie. You'd end up three hours deep in a monologue about infinity stones while they're still trying to figure out why a billionaire decided to dress up like a bat. (Wait, that's DC. See? It's complicated.)So instead of throwing you into the deep end of our mystical content pool and watching you flounder around like a confused mermaid, I've created this handy study guide for a very specific type of person. So, let’s get into it.This is a study guide for someone who's at the very beginning of their "wtf am I doing with my life" journey.This is for you if:* You feel you're meant to do something with your life, but you're not sure what… just something bigger/more satisfying/more creative/more weird than whatever the hell you're doing now.* You feel like you know some parts of yourself pretty well, but other parts are giving you major mystery vibes. Maybe you've recently gone through some Big Life S**t — heartbreak, geographical upheaval, quarter-life awakening — and your identity feels like a Sim whose player got drunk and just kept hitting "randomize traits" until they gave up and walked away from the computer.* You have concepts of a plan (emphasis on concepts)… you're constantly brainstorming and journaling and going down Pinterest rabbit holes at 2 AM, but you haven't landed on an idea that feels like yours.* You've been trudging along some career path for a while, but recently had that earth-shattering moment where you looked around and thought "Oh god, I absolutely do NOT want to become my manager." Major Devil Wears Prada energy, except instead of glamorous fashion, it's like... Walt from HR who eats sad desk salads and talks about his timeshare. Same emotional devastation, significantly less Prada.If you're basically Derek Zoolander staring into the mirror asking, “Who am I?” —then congratulations. You've found your people, and we have snacks.Now, if you came to me and said, "This, all this, Michelle, is how I feeeeeeeeel! What should I do?!"I’d probably start by reminding you that although this might feel like a crisis, it’s not. It’s totes normal, totes healthy, totes a part of the archetype experience of finding yourself. You must enter the void to emerge into the light.And a 37-point set of directions called HOW TO FIND YOUR PURPOSE AND GET UNSTUCK AND NEVER FEEL LOST OR DOUBT YOURSELF AGAIN won’t help you here. You need a compass, not a map, you get me?I’d probably float a few ideas for you to consider at this stage of your life that could be contributing to your feelings of drifty-ness, lack of clarity, and sense of general impatience to do something while experiencing ambiguous constriction.But here's the thing — without talking to you, I can't tell you exactly what to do. (TBH, that's not really my style anyway. I'm more "here are the keys to the kingdom" than "follow this exact path or perish.")But I CAN give you a bunch of doors to knock on with a high degree of confidence that if you commit to the bit, at least one of these pathways will create the clarity you seek. No need to do it all (overkill); just look for the key that opens the next door.Step 1: Clear the Static (Or: Why Your Brain Is Currently About as Reliable as a Chocolate Teapot)Before you go meaning-hunting, you gotta clear the static. If you’re burnt out, anxious, or depleted, your instincts and intuition will be dulled. More ideation will just lead you to spiral, instead of build into useful momentum.This is the unsexy but absolutely crucial foundation work that everyone wants to skip because it's not glamorous. But listen, even Cleopatra*** had to take baths and eat food before she could go conquer hearts and empires.Check out:* The Burnout Recovery Protocol (21-day challenge)* The Subconscious Audit (10-day challenge)Step 2: Explore Meaning-Making Systems (Or: The Great Spiritual Speed Dating Experiment)Next, tackle meaning making systems like astrology, Human Design, numerology, Matrix of Destiny, Tarot, archetypes, journaling prompts, even spiritual or philosophical traditions. Try ‘em out, try ‘em on, see what you like and cheerfully discard what you don’t. Part of the value in exploring meaning making systems is in rejecting what doesn’t work for you — rejection sharpens your discernment and self-knowledge and helps you shape who you are. Trying on and casting off is part of that.(Heads up — we have so many classes on astrology, Human Design, numerology, the Tarot, the I-Ching, Gene Keys in the North Node library… too many to list here, hosted by varied practitioners who bring their own unique ✨flava ✨to the work. Can’t list ‘em all, but here’s where I’d start)Check out:* Matrix of Destiny, Personal Brand Archetypes, and Your Career Archetypes — A Course!* How to Find Your Gifts and Talents, According to Human Design* Using the I-Ching* How to Open and Use the Akashic Records* 31 Days of The Tarot Challenge* Navigating Your Astrological North NodeStep 3: Map Your Identities (Or: The Great Archaeological Dig of Your Personality)Once you've gotten your energy back and feel less like a phone on 2% battery, it's time to create your own personal map of who you are, who you've been, and who you might want to become. Consider which of your current identities and self-concepts are due for an upgrade, evolution, or complete retirement ceremony.This is where you give yourself permission to change your mind, reinvent yourself, and experiment with what feels authentic to YOU — not what your parents/society/that one judgmental cousin at family gatherings thinks you should want.Check out:* Archetype Cartography 3-day course* Unlocking Identity and Shapeshifting Magic 3-day course* Drawing Your Archetype WheelLook, you could keep doom-scrolling LinkedIn for career inspiration (bold choice), or you could join a community of people who've collectively decided that following someone else's blueprint is for people who peaked in middle management.Seriously though, life's too short to spend it kvetching over whether you're doing it right. Come find out what happens when you stop asking for permission and start asking better questions. We'll be here, probably debating whether Mercury retrograde affects email deliverability and definitely eating good snacks.Ready to stop asking "What should I do with my life?" and start asking "What feels alive to me right now?" Welcome to The North Node, where we turn exist

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com📚 Resources and Links:* 📩 Connect with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠team Holisticism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableEllo! Thanks for bearing with me as this week’s episode comes out a day later than usual — I’m halfway through in an intensive 20-day Feldenkrais Method in-person training in Ann Arbor and admittedly I’m a little, “what day is it? who am I? where do the bounds of my body end and begin? what is consciousness, even?” on top of having long days and a not-so-quiet shared Airbnb with my partner and 2.5 year old :) Real quick, reminder that I’m teaching a free class called: 🔮 HOW TO POSITION YOURSELF AS THE EXPERT YOU ALREADY ARE AND GET PAID TO BE YOURSELF (EVEN IF YOUR EXPERTISE IS "INVISIBLE" TO YOU)! 📅 June 25th at 2p ET 💻 Live + interactive on Zoom 👉 CLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SPOTIn this workshop, I'll walk you through:* The 3 types of invisible expertise everyone has, no matter how old or young or experienced or educated or witchy or talented you are or aren’t* A live "expertise archaeology" exercise where we dig through your psychological rubble to find buried treasure (metaphorically speaking — although if you wanna wear your best Indiana Jones cosplay garb I’m not gonna stop you)* The #1 money story keeping spiritual people broke (hint: it's not just "money is the root of all evil," though that's definitely in the top 5)* A simple framework for testing if your knowledge is monetizable without sacrificing your firstborn to the algorithm gods or becoming one of those people who DMs strangers about "passive income opportunities"* How to decide what to monetize, and what to keep for yourself 😇 and how your expertise plays into that choice either way!It’s going to be fun! Lemme hype you up!!!!! You can register for the class here. Today’s episode begins to wind down our Failure Tolerance series, and in it I’m answering a few key questions that came up from our subscribers around: * How to continue to push yourself and your failure tolerance as things begin to get easier

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com📚 Resources and Links:* 📩 Connect with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠team Holisticism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you a…

📚 Resources and Links:* 📩 Connect with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠team Holisticism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u: * Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableSo here's what happened. I decided to bleach my eyebrows because I love a bold look and figured it would be a perfect way to flex my failure tolerance muscle. For context: I am AGGRESSIVELY Italian. My 23andMe results came back with just, like, a picture of spaghetti as my genetic makeup. While my deepest dream is to be one of those effortless California blondes who look like they were born in a yoga studio, raised on kombucha, and have never experienced a single day of humidity-induced frizz, my Mediterranean follicles would literally dissolve into dust before they'd submit to the industrial-strength peroxide required to achieve my Scandinavian fantasy.But failure tolerance, right? So I went for it.First attempt at going full Julia Fox: Orange eyebrows. My sister FaceTimed me and couldn't speak for two minutes because she was laughing so hard.Second attempt, because apparently I'm a glutton for punishment and also definitely have some unresolved issues around perfectionism: I now look like if Austin Butler's creepy uncle from Dune had a midlife crisis, joined a failed electronica band, and decided to reinvent himself as a SoundCloud rapper. When I showed my very supportive husband, his response was simply: "Oh no, honey. No, Michelle."And you know what? It was PERFECT failure tolerance practice because everything really is low stakes. Worst case scenario? I dye them back. It takes five minutes. No big deal. At least I TRIED it. Now I know I have the no-eyebrow look in my arsenal if I ever need to be truly intimidating.The Sacred Law of CompensationIf you read this week’s ritual you know I’m bullish on Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Compensation" and the sacred law of reciprocity. Emerson wrote about the duality of life — how for everything you've missed, you've gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something.He was basically saying: We don't have to wait until heaven to experience goodness. We have gifts right here — a child's laugh, a good drink with friends, reading poetry. But we also know that when good things happen, challenging things happen too. And when bad things happen, we inevitably receive something good in return. Emerson reminds us there’s “no such thing as a free lunch!” except way more poetically and infinitely less depressing than late-stage capitalism usually makes everything sound.The scales are always balancing. It might not be immediate or one-for-one (one failure doesn't guarantee one immediate success), but sometimes you're collecting failures like Pokémon cards, building up this apparently useless collection of embarrassments and disappointments, and then BAM — suddenly you get hit with a massive wave of wins that makes you feel like you accidentally stumbled into someone else's much more successful life and forgot to give it back.This makes going through failures SO much more manageable because you know: Nothing lasts forever. The good stuff doesn't last forever, and the bad stuff doesn't last forever.Are You Really Open to Receiving?If we accept RWE’s perspective, it opens up an uncomfy line of questioning: If we're not putting ourselves in the position to fail, we're probably not actually open to truly receiving. We’re likely just open to receiving exactly what we want, when we want it, in the precise packaging our anxiety-riddled, control-obsessed, disaster-anticipating brains have predetermined is "safe" and won't require us to grow or change or do anything that makes us uncomfortable.Think about it like this: You litcherally cannot expect to meet your soulmate while you're sitting on your couch in the same ratty sweatpants you've been wearing since the beginning of the pandemic, binge-watching reality TV shows about people with significantly more dramatic problems than yours, and hoping your person will just materialize at your front door like some kind of romantic Amazon Prime delivery.You have to actually put yourself in the position to meet them, which means leaving your apartment, possibly interacting with other humans.Same thing with opportunities, money, success — whatever you're saying you're "open to receiving."If you're truly open to receiving more money, are you:* Changing how you run your business?* Updating your offers? (or are they still the same ones you created three years ago when you thought "authentic" meant "charging $22 for everything because 😇angel numbers😇")* Genuinely shifting your relationship with money, or are you still having a full-body panic attack every time you check your bank account and immediately closing the app like that will make the numbers change?* Preparing for the natural consequences that come with receiving more?If you're open to receiving a TV opportunity, are you:* Willing to rearrange your life for filming?* Prepared for the attention you'll get?* Ready with systems for an influx of applications?* Clear on your messaging so the right people reach out?Being open to receiving means being open to ALL the natural consequences — the good, the challenging, the unexpected.Taking notes from the alchemists Ancient alchemists believed you couldn't transmute lead into gold unless you were pure of heart.You could have the correct formula, all the right equipment, the perfect laboratory setup, but if you were just trying to create gold because you wanted to be rich and buy a bigger house and flex on your enemies, it wouldn't work. The universe would basically be like "nice try, but your motivations are showing and they're not cute."You had to do your inner work — your shadow work, your journaling, your questioning about purpose and humanity. You needed reverence for the mystery.Only then could you create gold.This is why we can't just practice failure tolerance as some kind of spiritual shortcut to get more stuff. If we're grasping and controlling and trying to manipulate outcomes from our small, anxious, definitely-overthinking-everything human minds, it doesn't work as well as when we surrender to the mystery and trust that our future selves — the ones who've done more therapy and read more books and had more awkward conversations — know better than our current selves who are probably just trying to avoid discomfort.Time for some check-in questions Some questions to sit with:Where have you been trying to control outcomes in your life, and for what reason?Are you truly putting yourself out there to receive, or are you only open to receiving certain things in a specific order?What would happen if you put yourself in the position to receive—including receiving some "nos"? (Remember: receiving isn't all positive. If we're going to receive amazing gifts, we're also going to receive some losses, some disappointments, some plot twists that require us to completely recalibrate our expectations. That's the law of compensation, baby.)Signs You're Ready to Test Your Failure Tolerance:* You feel healthy and stable (like you have room to play)* Things feel stagnant or stuck* You want to have more fun* You're lacking challenge in your life* You're wanting bigger opportunities to come through* What you've been asking for hasn't materialized yetYour Challenge This WeekTest your failure tolerance! It doesn't have to be as cosmetically dramatic as bleaching your eyebrows (though honestly, I think you could pull it off better than I did, and that's not even a particularly high bar). Maybe it's:* Asking for something you've been avoiding asking for because you're convinced they'll say no* Trying a new look or approach that feels slightly outside your comfort zone* Putting yourself in a position where you might get rejected in a low-stakes way* Sharing something you've been keeping private because you're worried about what people will think* Applying for something you're not sure you're qualified for* Having a conversation you've been putting offRemember: When you're consistently flexing your failure tolerance muscle, you stop thinking of these experiences as "failures." They become experiments that give you information. You become more elastic to the experience — it doesn't ruin your day or stop you in your tracks.The goal isn't to avoid failure; it's to become so comfortable with the discomfort of potential failure that you can move through the world with more freedom and magnetism.Want the ritual practice for transmuting failure into alchemical gold? It's available for Twelfth House Plus subscribers (you can get a 7-day free trial to check it out). The ritual is inspired by Emerson's essay on compensation and is honestly magical.Also: The North Node, our private members community, opens at the end of June! We only open doors twice a year because we're not trying to be everything to everyone, and it's five years of this incredible jewel box of education, resources, and community for intuitive entrepreneurs and creative people who are tired of business advice that makes them feel like they need to become someone else to be succ

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com📚 Resources and Links:* 📩 Connect with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠team Holisticism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u:* Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableThis week we're diving deep into failure tolerance and going beyond the basic entrepreneurial "learn to handle rejection in sales!" version (though yes yes yes, obviously, send the scary email, make the ask, stop passive-aggressively hoping someone will discover your genius on Instagram). We're talking about practicing increasing failure tolerance from a more creative, esoteric perspective. And why-oh-why would we want to do that? Well, increasing your failure tolerance is a type of nervous system practice. It's not about becoming fearless or turning into some kind of risk-taking maniac. It's about expanding your capacity to hold discomfort, which literally makes you stickier to the things you want.When you can handle the sensation of uncertainty, rejection, looking foolish, or being misunderstood, you stop unconsciously sabotaging yourself. You stop repelling opportunities because you're afraid of what might happen if you actually get what you want.Because here's the thing: If you say you want to have $100k in your bank account, but your nervous system can't handle seeing $10k in your portfolio without completely freaking out, guess what you're going to unconsciously do everything in your power to avoid? Exactly.This is somatic work disguised as creative practice. Every time you stretch your tolerance for the uncomfortable, you're teaching your nervous system that these sensations aren't actually life-threatening. That you can survive looking stupid. That failure isn't death — it's just information, it's just a turn, it's just another step in the ongoing experiment of being human.With that, I wanted to give you some practical ways to flex your failure tolerance in ways that extend beyond traditional business. So, let’s get to it!

📚 Resources and Links:* 📩 Connect with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠team Holisticism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here* Holisticism Resources 4 u: * Ruthless Clarity — an 8-week email course designed to help you achieve crystal-clear certainty about your goals, desires, and energy allocation* How to Begin: A Project Planning Class — a 90-m on-demand class that teaches you exactly how to sketch a effervescent project plan that'll fill you with glee and inspiration and instantly banish procrastination and overwhelm, so your brilliant ideas can finally come to life.* The Subconscious Audit — an 11-day diagnostic framework that helps you identify what's holding you back and making you *feel* blocked. Because you're never actually blocked* The New Age Playbook for Spellbinding, Can’t-Stop-Reading Copy — a 35-page downloadable workbook to take your writing from blah to bingeableIn this episode of The Twelfth House, I'm diving into the somatic elements of failure tolerance — what it is, why it matters, and how increasing your capacity to withstand discomfort can make you wildly more magnetic. (You can read about the whole failure tolerance series here) When we're confronted with potential failure or rejection, most of us go into full-on panic mode. Our bodies literally think we're about to D-I-E. This leads to failure aversion, which might be keeping you stuck in a life that feels... fine, but not particularly exciting.What is failure tolerance?Failure tolerance is simply the capacity to withstand and recover from perceived rejection or failure. It's not about eliminating fear (which honestly feels impossible for my scaredy-cat self) — it's about sitting with the discomfort of "this might not work" and surviving it.When we look at failure tolerance, we can identify three different states that you might find yourself in:* The Bravery Myth State: When you think failure tolerance means faking courage until you feel it. This approach might work for some people, but for many of us (hi!), it creates even MORE anxiety and nervous system dysregulation.* The Hyper-Safety State: When you've designed your entire life around avoiding failure. You stick to familiar routines, places, people, and work. Everything is safe, streamlined, and... a little bit boring. It’s also easy to fall into this relationship with failure tolerance when you’ve been designing for stability in your life. * The Magnetic State: When you can acknowledge your fears while expanding your capacity to withstand discomfort. You don't need to be brave — you just need to be able to survive the feeling of potential failure.Signs your failure tolerance needs attention:* You feel "fine" but not excited about your life or business* You find yourself feeling mysteriously “stuck” or “blocked” — you know I don’t believe you’re ever blocked, but you know what I’m saying — even though things seem to be running perfectly well in your life otherwise * Your offerings haven't changed in ages because "they work" (but do they really work?) * You find yourself ordering the same food, going to the same places, hanging with the same people, in excess * You dismiss ideas as "impossible" before even exploring them* You catch yourself thinking "I can't ask for that" more than "I wonder if I could get that"The nervous system of it all When we face potential failure, our nervous system kicks into sympathetic mode (fight/flight/freeze). In this state:* Your attention narrows (literally — your vision constricts)* Your body gets rigid* Your cortisol and adrenaline spike* Your creativity, adaptability, and fine motor learning shut down completely. Boo! Hiss! But in parasympathetic mode:* Your prefrontal cortex activates, boosting learning and planning* Your movements become more fluid and flexible* Your brain forms new connections more easily* Your creativity and intuition flowSee the problem? When we're failure-averse, we're physiologically cutting ourselves off from the very creativity we need to evolve. It's like trying to brainstorm innovative ideas while a tiger is chasing you. NOT HAPPENING.The Fettuccine Alfredo TestHere's my absurdly specific but clarifying example. You're at Ruby's Diner. What you really want is fettuccine Alfredo with peas.If you're failure-averse, your thought process is: "They don't have that here. I guess I'll order something I don't really want."If you're failure-tolerant, you might:* Ask if they can make it anyway?* Suggest going to a different restaurant?* See if you can order it for delivery while everyone else eats Ruby's?* Propose meeting at home later with everyone's preferred food?The failure-averse person never considers these options because they've decided only the menu in front of them exists. (This extends WAY beyond pasta, promise.)Practical ways to increase your failure tolerance:* Move sloooooowly. When you feel that fear response kicking in, pause. Notice the physical sensations. "My shoulders are up to my ears. My stomach is dropping. My toes are clenched."* Name your thoughts. "I'm having the thought that I'll be rejected." Not "I'll be rejected," but "I'm having the thought that I'll be rejected." This creates a tiny but crucial space between you and the fear.* Stay with the discomfort a bit longer. Your body believes you'll die if this feeling continues. By staying with it for 30 seconds, a minute, two minutes, you're showing your nervous system: "See? Still alive."* Expand your awareness. Release your shoulders and jaw. Take a breath. Let your peripheral vision open up. This signals to your body that you're not in immediate danger.Remember: Your failure tolerance will fluctuate. It's not a linear progression from "scaredy cat" to "fearless warrior." (Thank god, because I'd fail that test immediately.) Some days you'll feel braver than others based on your overall sense of safety, health, and what else is happening in your life.The most fascinating paradox? Many of us are most failure-tolerant when we hit an energetic void, because we literally have less to lose. As we become more successful, we often become MORE failure-averse. We have more to protect. More to lose. The stakes feel higher.The magnetism superpowerWhen you increase your failure tolerance, you energy becomes contagious and uber attractive. Not because you're fearless, but because you're willing to exist alongside your fear without being totally controlled by it. People who are highly failure-tolerant have that quality where everyone turns when they enter a room. Not because they're loud or conventionally charismatic, but because there's a gravitational pull to their energy. They're so purely themselves that you can't help but be drawn in.Think about it: what's more magnetic than someone who can handle hearing "no" without crumbling? Who can ask for what they really want? Who can explore possibilities that others dismiss as impossible?Your homework (if you choose to accept it):* Notice one place where you're being failure-averse today* Practice the "slow down" technique when you feel that fear rising* Ask for ONE thing you've been avoiding asking for (start small!)* Track your physical responses to potential rejectionAnd if you want to dive deeper into failure tolerance, join us in The North Node, our private membership community, where we've been running the Failure Tolerance Challenge for four years with WILD results. Members have launched businesses, created products, written books, gone on life-changing dates — all by increasing their capacity to withstand the discomfort of potential failure.Want more? Check out our paid subscriber episode where KP and I share our "found objects" for failure tolerance — all the inspirations that sparked this series. We even talk about our own failure tolerance journeys and how we've personally used these techniques.Oh, and tell me in the comments: What's your relationship with failure tolerance? On a scale from 1 to 10 — 1 being most failure averse, 10 being most failure tolerant — where do you land? Liked this?You’ll love Holisticism and our podcast The Twelfth House.Want to learn more about intuitive business and creator-ship?Sign up for the North Node waitlist here.Into my persnickety personality and strategic perspective?Inquire about 1:1 advising with me here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.comWe’re celebrating a subscriber milestone at The Twelfth House and want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you gorgeous people for supporting this publication. We’ll randomly select five Twelfth House+ subscribers who open this email to enjoy your choice of either a 30-m 1:1 Matrix of Destiny reading or a 30-m 1:1 Intuitive Business Strategy session. Just by opening this email you’re entered to win :) Found ObjectsWelcome to Found Objects, where we give you a behind-the-scenes look at what we’re thinking about, reading, making, and what's floating around in the hivemind and changing how we see the world. These are the building blocks — some directly, some indirectly — that contribute to what we’re focusing on for the next six weeks.This is the second post in a six-week series on Failure Tolerance as a Magnetic Practice. If you want access to the full curriculum for this series, subscribe to The Twelfth House.

In this episode of The Twelfth House, we’re exploring our concept of Void States and how running experiments can help you break free from feeling stuck, uninspired, or overwhelmed.There are three different void states that we might experience when wondering "what the hell should I do next?":* The Uninspired State: Where you don't know enough about yourself or the world to know what you want to do next. This state can benefit from tools like subconscious audits, meaning-making systems like astrology and human design, and shadow work.* The Burnt Out and Overwhelmed State: When you've put in effort but aren't getting recognition or satisfaction in return, leading to burnout and a lack of clarity on next steps.* The Overwhelmed By Possibility State: When you have too many options and ideas but don't know where to start, experiencing analysis paralysis and fear of making the wrong choice.These void states are natural parts of life's cycles — we’ll all go through all of them many times throughout our lives. But that doesn’t make a Void State, like, a super fun time. Anyway, running experiments in your life or business — essentially creating pattern interruptions that introduce new stimuli and change the way you experience your environment — can absolutely be a tool to getting you unstuck if you’re having a hard time getting out of a void state. Experiments aren't about success or failure, but about introducing new information into your system to help you get unstuck and see the world differently.Signs you're ready for an experiment:* Feeling bored/stuck/overwhelmed * The outcomes you're getting feel like a season of Real Housewives that should've ended three episodes ago* You catch yourself saying "I should..." more than "I want..." (giving very much corporate girlboss energy when you're trying to be intuitive business queen)I share my personal approach to experiments and how to reassess when the experiment starts to feel oppressive (boooo) rather than illuminating (yaaaaay). Some experiments that you can try for yourself: * Sell something in your business every day for 30 days* Change how you present yourself daily for a month* Do something surprising or uncomfortable daily* Test your failure tolerance by putting yourself in the position to get rejected on the daily. Oh, and we just opened the doors to "Ruthless Clarity," an eight-week email course designed to help people clear overwhelm and get clarity on their motivations, priorities, and internal compass. You can learn more here — we start on May 11th! 📚 Resources and Links:* 📩 Connect with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠team Holisticism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Sign up for the North Node waitlist here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠* Inquire about 1:1 work with Michelle here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwelfthhouse.substack.com/subscribe