
The Twelfth House
Join host Michelle Pellizzon, the Holisticism team, and expert guests as we explore the connection between the practical and metaphysical aspects of well-being. Muse with us on why self-knowledge, intuitive business, spirituality, and creativity all contribute to embracing life as creatives, entrepreneurs, and squiggly brained intuitives on a mission to do our sacred Work. thetwelfthhouse.substack.com
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Sep 27, 2022 • 48min
From Gooey Girl to Embodied Intuitive Artist with Lenea Sims
Welcome to the fourth episode in our series featuring prolific Creator Communities, where we're sitting down with several creators to dive into how they live their lives so that they're able to engage in doing their sacred work. This week we’re chatting with the charmed and uber-creative Lenea Sims.Lenea Sims is an artist, advisor, producer, and scholar studying Community and Liberation Psychologies. Her work centers upon uplifting, transforming, and healing individuals, communities, and their relationships with one another via cultural productions.Referenced: Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, book by Gabor Maté Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies Inner Play — membership is now open Follow @inner.play on IG and follow along with Lenea’s journey here!Free! DISCOVER YOUR CREATOR ARCHETYPE here! Grab Holisticism's Creator Archetype cheat sheet to see where you fall on the archetype scale, and find the perfect content strategy for your unique skills so you can actually get paid to create and prevent future burnout. Join our free community of intuitives and creators here! Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journal This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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

Sep 20, 2022 • 54min
Alexis Barber on the influencer lifecycle and How to Navigate it With More Ease
Welcome to the third episode in our series about Creator Communities, where Michelle and Wallis chat with a dear friend of the pod, prolific creator, and entrepreneur Alexis Barber about ... Free! DISCOVER YOUR CREATOR ARCHETYPE here! Grab Holisticism's Creator Archetype cheat sheet to see where you fall on the archetype scale, and find the perfect content strategy for your unique skills so you can actually get paid to create and prevent future burnout. How to manage a content empire while still working a full-time job What it means to show up “authentically” across multiple platforms and how to deal with hatred online A sneak peek into the beginning of Alexis’s first product launch Follow along with Alexis’s personal journey on TikTok and IG Listen to her stellar Too Smart For This podcast Pre-order one of the Too Collective robes here! We’re cozy just looking at em’ 😊 Listen to how and why Alexis launched the Too Collective robe and hear all about her backstory hereJoin our free community of intuitives and creators here!Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journalThis podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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

Sep 13, 2022 • 1h 3min
Fostering Friendship In Community: A Chat With Katie Dalebout
Welcome to the second episode in our series on creator communities and the people who build, nurture, and grow alongside their communities of all shapes and sizes.Today we’re talking to the prolific creator and podcast icon, Katie Dalebout!Katie Dalebout is a writer, podcast producer, and host. Her weekly interview show began in 2013 and now has over 400 episodes with nearly 5 million downloads. In 2019, she started Spiraling, a co-hosted podcast with Serena Wolf. Her book Let It Out published in 2016, is interactive and full of journaling prompts and writing exercises. She teaches workshops, and an online class for independent podcasters, runs a digital supportive group called In Process, consults, and writes a weekly newsletter. She lives in Los Angeles.Follow along with Katie on IG @katiedalebout / @letitouttt Sign up for the waitlist for Katie’s In Process workshop here Only a few spots left in her Creative Clinic Definitely check out Katie’s Let it out kits here. Her podcast kit got us going on this whole pod journey! Free! DISCOVER YOUR CREATOR ARCHETYPE here! Grab Holisticism's Creator Archetype cheat sheet to see where you fall on the archetype scale, and find the perfect content strategy for your unique skills so you can actually get paid to create and prevent future burnout. Join our free community of intuitives and creators here! Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journal This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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

Sep 6, 2022 • 39min
Time Auditing, Avoiding Burnout and Nurturing Adult Friendships with Les Alfred
Welcome to our Creator Communities series. Throughout the next few episodes, we’ll be speaking to several creators about how they do the damn thing. When is it time to go all in? When is it time to rest? Retire? How do you know if you’re on the right track? Is balance achievable while launching your business and working full-time? How many friends do you have? Money do you make?These are just a sample of the intimate questions we’ll be diving into while we speak to our guests over the next few episodes. This episode features a lovely discussion with Michelle and Les Alfred from the Balanced Black Girl. Les is the founder and host of Balanced Black Girl, an online wellness community and podcast focused on wellness, healthy habits, spacious productivity, personal finance, and self-care from the perspectives of Black women.Follow along with Les and the Balanced Black Girl community: Les’s Instagram The Balanced Black Girl Podcast (IG) Balanced Black Girl Facebook page Balanced Black Girl on Twitter The Balanced Black Girl Listen to the Balanced Black Girl podcast hereFree! DISCOVER YOUR CREATOR ARCHETYPE here! Grab Holisticism's Creator Archetype cheat sheet to see where you fall on the archetype scale, and find the perfect content strategy for your unique skills so you can actually get paid to create and prevent future burnout.Join our free community of intuitives and creators here!Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journalThis podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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

Aug 30, 2022 • 44min
Self-Actualizing Through Archetypal Journeys
Today Michelle is on the mic speaking about the five archetypal journeys of the seeker, the influencer, the detective, the alchemist, the advocate, and the visionary. By understanding the initiations, dark nights of the soul, and milestones of these archetypes, we can use their journeys as roadmaps for overcoming challenges and a glimpse into the future and finding peace in our spiraling paths to creating our sacred work. Free! DISCOVER YOUR CREATOR ARCHETYPE here! Grab Holisticism's Creator Archetype cheat sheet to see where you fall on the archetype scale, and find the perfect content strategy for your unique skills so you can actually get paid to create and prevent future burnout. Join our free community of intuitives and creators here! Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journal This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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

Aug 23, 2022 • 41min
If “Wellness” is Dead, What Comes Next?
What do we mean when we talk about "Wellness"? We know that it’s a multi-billion dollar industry built on products and services centered on “self-care”, and we also understand that to be "well", means much more than purchasing the latest green powder from Whole Foods.This is part 3/3 in our series unpacking the complex topic of what it means to work, take part, and profit from the (capital W) Wellness industry.This week Michelle and Wallis are musing on the demise of a specific type of “Wellness” consumerism if it’s gone for good, why it matters, and what this means for the future of the complex and weighty world of “Wellness”.We want to hear from you! All we do, we do for you, and your opinions and hot takes really matter. Let us know with a voice note here, your thoughts on this series. We’d love to hear your genius takes and share your sweet dulcet tones with the community on the pod. Don't be shy :) Join our free community of intuitives and creators here! Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journal This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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

Aug 16, 2022 • 38min
A Historical Look at Women's Fitness and the Wellness Industry with Author Danielle Friedman
What do we mean when we talk about "Wellness" today? We know that it’s a multi-billion dollar industry built on products and services centered on “self-care”, and we also understand that to be "well", means much more than purchasing the latest green powder.This is part two of a three-part series we’ll be speaking with several guests to unpack the nuanced and complex layers of what it means to work, take part, and profit from the (capital W) Wellness industry.This week we’re chatting with Danielle Friedman about her incredible work on the history of women’s fitness from the 60s onward and how this history informs our most complex notions of what it means to be well in our bodies today. Check out Danielle Friedman’s book, Let’s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World Join our free community of intuitives and creators here! Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journal This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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

Aug 9, 2022 • 1h 4min
Community Care vs. the Wellness Industry with Millana Snow & Dr. Valerie Rein
What do we mean when we talk about "Wellness" today? We know that it’s a multi-billion dollar industry built on products and services centered on “self-care”, and we also understand that to be "well", means much more than purchasing the latest greens powder. Over the course of the next three episodes, we’ll be speaking with several guests to unpack the nuanced and complex layers of what it means to work, take part, and profit from the (capital W) Wellness industry.This week’s episode features interviews with Millana Snow of Wellness Official, and Dr. Valerie Rein, author of Patriarchy Stress Disorder. Check out the Wellness Official Community here and follow Millana’s work here. Find out more about Dr. Valerie Rein and her book here Listen to Millana’s previous Twelfth House episode here Join our free community of intuitives and creators here! Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journal This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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

Jul 26, 2022 • 48min
The Spiraling Path to Healthy Entrepreneurship with Mimi Bouchard
Today is the fifth episode in our series about money magic and cultivating financial health. Today on the pod, Michelle is joined by Mimi Bouchard for a discussion about the intricacies of running your own business, the non-linear road to a prosperous relaysh' with money, and some inside baseball about Mimi’s experience launching her meditation platform, Superhuman.Follow Mimi on IG here and don’t forget to check out Superhuman! Use code HOLISTICISM and get 50% off Flodesk Join our free community of intuitives and creators here! Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journal This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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

Jul 19, 2022 • 31min
Traditional Money Advice Doesn't Always Work for Squiggly Brained Intuitives
Today we’re continuing our four-part series about money. Michelle is on the pod solo sharing thoughts on why traditional financial advice doesn’t always work for squiggly brained creatives, how money and energy can be (but are not always) related, and what your relationship with money might actually indicate about your relationship with yourself and how you spend your time and energy. Use code HOLISTICISM and get 50% off Flodesk Join our free community of intuitives and creators here! Our detailed show notes can be found @ www.holisticism.com/journal This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds Studio! Check ‘em out.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twelfthhouse/support 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