Send us a textMarlee Grace is a dancer and writer whose work focuses on the self, devotion, ritual, creativity, and art making. Her practice is rooted in improvisation as a compositional form that takes shape in movement videos, books, quilting, online courses, and hosting artists. Marlee’s Instagram dance project Personal Practice has been featured in the New York Times, Dance Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, and more. You can find her zines, things she makes, artists she hosts, and more at marleegrace.space/homeIn this episode, Marlee shares her thoughts about social media, being intentional with her attention, and a current experiment with a four month Instagram holiday. We discuss Marlee’s changing relationship with social media and what she’s doing with her days now that Instagram is not a part of them. Our conversation showcases how Marlee loves to bring joy and clarity to others by being herself. I so enjoyed speaking with her about the nuances of being an online entrepreneur who is reevaluating her digital spaces. Tune in to hear us explore…How Marlee prepared for her social media holiday as an online entrepreneurUnderstanding your own needs and gaining clarity before negotiating for your needs in relationshipWhy constant input on social media is not the same as inviting constructive feedbackWhat is looks like to navigate assumed intimacy in online spacesWhere to begin if you’re curious about being more intentional about your own intentionLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show

Send us a textThe Needy podcast is back with season 4 today! HUZZAH! Did you know that your energy isn’t actually meant to be constant each and every day over the course of the year? What might be different for you if you understood how to organize your efforts over the course of the year to best align with your energy instead of constantly feeling like you are working against yourself?Today’s episode delves into the inner workings of how I run my  pro-human and anti-hustle for hustle’s sake business. I pull back the curtain on how I organize my projects and efforts over the course of the year by asking, what is this season/cycle/moon phase BEST-SUITED for? This episodes is a deep sigh of relief and lightening bolt of inspiration for business owners, but is certain to inspire all of us to reimagine how we are organizing our lives to give us more space and a greater sense of alignment.Tune in to hear me explore…Aligning with your energy seasons and cycles (and using that data to plan your business year ahead)How to care for yourself proactively instead of reactivelyHow my sustainable, compassionate approach to self-leadership works in real lifePro-human boundaries & business practicesLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show

Send us a textThe Needy podcast is on a much-needed hiatus as I prepare for season 4. During this time I am bringing you my very favorite episodes from the last four years, including today’s podcast episode, “Advocating for Your Needs in Your Relationships ” featuring the brilliant Pace Smith.Pace is co-host of The Dervish and the Mermaid, a podcast about living wholeheartedly, pathfinding, the Enneagram, feminism & activism for sensitive people, self-love & body love, and plenty more! Pace is a Sufi, a bridger, a pan poly trans Beat Saber player, and a 3. Download her free eBook, Find Your Path Now, to STOP living on autopilot and START living the wholehearted, unconventional life you were meant to live.Pace and I had a fantastic conversation about figuring out what you need and determining how to advocate for those needs in your relationships. I am so grateful to her for how much she shared, because I had a ton of lightbulb moments for how to show up in my relationship with greater clarity! Throughout the episode, Pace shares personal anecdotes and tangible tools that help us connect with others more deeply and live with greater intention.Tune in to hear us explore…Decision fatigue & creating routines to help you meet your needsFiguring out how to advocate for – and not minimize – your needs in your relationshipsSubtle vs. direct communication and how your style impacts your need advocacyBoundaries, feeling safe & what happens when our needs are in conflict with one anotherCreating a spiritual practice that supports youLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show

Send us a textThe Needy podcast is on a much-needed hiatus as I prepare for season 4. During this time I am bringing you my very favorite episodes from the last four years, including today’s podcast episode, “Emergency Self-Care vs. Consistent Self-Care” with yours truly!Have you been using every last drop of your energy without giving any thought to how you are replenishing yourself?In today’s episode, I talk about why we resist taking care of ourselves when things are going well. This is a huge problem that so many humans face, pushing themselves to their energetic brink only to find themselves swinging back and forth from lots of energy to no energy. Tune in to learn how and WHY to tend to your needs on a more consistent basis, so you have sustainable energy to do the things you love most.Tune in to hear me explore…The cycle of rest and creationWhy using every last bit of your energy without giving a thought to replenishing it hurts you every timeConsistency in self-care and not being a fair weather friend to yourselfLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show

Send us a textThe Needy podcast is on a much-needed hiatus as I prepare for season 4. During this time I am bringing you my very favorite episodes from the last four years, including today’s podcast episode, “Self-Care & The Creative Life” writer, editor, and creativity mentor Anna Lovind.Anna helps feminist creatives and change-makers go from dreaming to doing – without the striving and overwhelm. She is the author of The Creative Doer, and hosts a beautiful online course and community where women from all over the world gather to make good stuff happen. Anna lives with her two daughters, two cats and a dog in rural Sweden, where forests are deep, winter is dark and summer nights last forever.In today’s episode, Anna and I discuss the laughable concept of finding “balance” between creativity and taking care of ourselves, practical negotiations in getting your needs met on a more oft occurring basis, and trusting your body to let you know what you need. This deeply rich conversation delves into the heart of what it means to be a driven, ambitious creator with a human body in need to tending and a hunger to live life well.Tune in to hear us explore…doing the work you are called to do instead of what you think you should dosaying no — even and especially when that means saying no to yourselfworthiness and believing you deserve to maintain your own boundarieswhere to begin in cultivating your creative lifeLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show

Send us a textThe Needy podcast is on a much-needed hiatus as I prepare for season 4. During this time I am bringing you my very favorite episodes from the last four years, including today’s podcast episode, “The Self-Care You Need vs. The Self-Care You’re Sold'” with yours truly!Are you exhausted of quick fixes and one-sized fits all solutions when it comes to your care? ME TOO.In today’s episode, I talk about the real reason why the self-care industry on the whole is so supremely ineffective and disappointing. The truth is, you may need so much more than what we are being sold, but are routinely being blamed for your exhaustion. This is an episode for anyone who has ever thought, “If it’s so easy, why am I not doing it?”Tune in to hear me explore…The cozy connection between the self-care industry and the diet industryHaving the compassion for yourself that grieves the loss of a quick fix optionWhat actually works – and helps you feel more well rested, nourished, and supportedLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show

Send us a textThe Needy podcast is on a much-needed hiatus as I prepare for season 4. During this time I am bringing you my very favorite episodes from the last four years, including today’s podcast episode, “Motherhood, Connection & Self-Care” with Tara Pringle Jeffereson.Tara is a writer, speaker, and self-care coach with a lifelong passion for creating community. She’s the founder of the Self Care Suite, a wellness community for black women and other women of color to unlearn exhaustion as their default and develop self-care rituals to sustain themselves. Her work has been featured in Essence, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, The Grio, Babble, Buzzfeed, The Happy Black Woman podcast, and on Sirius XM radio. Born and raised in the Midwest, she lives in Ohio with her husband and two children.Sharing Tara’s wisdom is such a treat, because she is one of MY favorite self-care leaders to follow. During this episode, Tara shares her personal story of creating a dynamic system of self-care for herself as a mother, wife, and entrepreneur. She describes a feeling of having lost herself beneath her many identities in a way that I think everyone listening in will be able to relate to. Tune in to hear her best practical tools for cultivating daily self-care and powerful anecdotes about turning points in her journey to caring for herself more deeply.Tune in to hear us explore…Energy management as self-care (& the cellphone battery analogy)Tuning in to yourself throughout the day and permission to change your mindMotherhood, boundaries, and modeling the type of life that you want your children to know is possibleLetting people know (and love) you, even when it’s uncomfortableLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show

Send us a textThe Needy podcast is on a much-needed hiatus as I prepare for season 4. During this time I am bringing you my very favorite episodes from the last four years, including today’s podcast episode, “The Promise of a ‘Good Body'” with yours truly!Have you ever caught yourself believing that your life would be better if YOU were “better”? As in, if you had a better body, better grades, more money in the bank, or a fancier degree? Today’s episode delves into our primary need for safety — and how we try to meet it through external validation, acceptance, and approval. Stop telling yourself the tired story that you have to spend your life apologizing with your smallness and actions because something is “wrong” with you and reclaim your life.Tune in to hear me explore…the Instagram moment that made me realize the pursuit of a “good body” wouldn’t keep me safepledging your primary allegiance to yourself — and giving yourself the affirmation, approval, and validation you ache forwelcoming the truest, fullest expression of your glorious self into every corner of your lifeLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show

Send us a textThe Needy podcast is on a much-needed hiatus as I prepare for season 4. During this time I am bringing you my very favorite episodes from the last four years, starting with today’s episode which features Amber Karnes, founder of Body Positive Yoga!Amber Karnes is the founder of Body Positive Yoga. She’s a ruckus maker, yoga teacher, social justice advocate, and a lifelong student of her body. Her commitment to accessible, adaptive yoga practice empowers thousands of diverse practitioners around the globe. She is the creator of the Body Positive Clubhouse, an online community using the practice of yoga to build unshakable confidence and live out loud. Amber is the co-creator of Yoga For All Teacher Training, an Accessible Yoga Trainer, Yoga International featured teacher, serves as a board member for Project Yoga Richmond and Accessible Yoga, and is a contributor to the Yoga and Body Image Coalition. Through her workshops, retreats, teacher trainings, and online yoga and wellness offerings, she seeks to further the message of equity, body liberation, consent, agency, and accessibility for all (on and off the yoga mat). She lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband Jimmy, and blogs at bodypositiveyoga.com.Our powerful conversation focuses on the intersections of capitalism, patriarchy, and the way the wellness industry markets self-care. Amber breaks down the REAL reason why we so often feel like we are too much and not enough at the same time — and how we can start to make our living our lives a priority now and not 10 lbs or $10,000 from now.Tune in to hear us explore…Plugging up energy leaks & supporting yourself during times of stressWhy you are (definitely) not failing at taking care of yourselfSocial media & comparisonThe phenomenal power of a supportive communityLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show

Send us a textDo you check in with yourself when you wake up in the morning? Or, do you wake up and immediately dive into tackling the things on your ever-mounting to-do list?Today’s podcast explores the practice of connecting with your mind, body, and spirit as a daily tool to bolster self-partnership and self-trust. So many of us have been raised and conditioned to see our inherent, human neediness as an embarrassing, weak part of our identities — something to be tucked out of view if one wants to be successful in life. Host Mara Glatzel turns this paradigm on its head, teaching us how radically embracing our needs and humanity might be THE THING that supports us in cultivating the lives that we are truly longing for. Tune in to hear her personal daily practice of turning her attention towards herself, honoring and validating her feelings, and deciding to meet her needs in a way that is deliciously doable each and every day.Tune in to hear me explore…what your needs and feelings can teach you about the live you are yearning foran utterly manageable system for caring for yourself in a way that is responsive and not prescriptiveradically embracing your humanity in order to get your needs met on a consistent, imperfect basisIn this episode, I also share about the doors being open for my yearlong program, Cycle. If you’d like to learn more, you can do so here! xxLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review. Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Special treats, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Support the show