The podcast is over... now what?
Hello friends.
In case you haven’t heard, I recently recorded the last episode of A Millennial’s Guide to Saving the World. I’m feeling a bit sad that this cherished creative pursuit of mine has come to an end, but mostly, I’m feeling grateful and fulfilled. There is truly nothing more satisfying than ending something when it’s meant to end. No dragging on, no self-doubt, no guilt, just an acknowledgement of the death and decay inherent to creativity. The goal I had for the podcast came to fruition, and now it’s time for a new chapter.
That said, just because the podcast has come to end doesn’t mean this is coming to an end. “This” as in our community, this Substack, and whatever decides to come next.
In the meantime, here are some ways to stay connected…
Our monthly community book club
The book club is something I foresee lasting long into the future, and I would love for more of you to join us. The book club started during Covid, and has gone through a few iterations, but we’re still at it! For the past seven months, we’ve been reading books that align thematically to each astrological sign. We’re currently reading Conflict is Not Abuse by Sarah Schulman in honor of Scorpio season, and next month we’re reading Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa in honor of Sagittarius season.
The book club is simple - each month, we read a book together, and at the end of the month, we meet via Zoom for an hour to discuss it. The book club is free to join, and you can participate in whatever capacity you’d like. There’s no pressure to read all the books we have scheduled, but it’s always nice to see familiar faces month after month.
Click here for instructions on how to sign up.
There is also a book club chat on What’s App that you can join by clicking here.
Join us next summer in Montana for the third annual Sex at Dawn Retreat
This retreat just keeps getting better and better, and I’m so excited to return to Montana next summer to co-facilitate the Sex at Dawn retreat alongside Chris Ryan and Cameron & Melayne Shayne of Budokon.
The retreat features four days of thought-provoking community conversation that challenges the status quo, and various movement practices like dance and martial arts. We help you reacquaint your mind with your body in order to see how unconscious imprinting can shape you both physically and psychologically, and we provide opportunities to help you break free from limiting beliefs and cognitive patterns that keep you from living a fully self-expressed life.
The retreat will take place in Whitefish, MT June 21-26 and is limited to 20 participants.
It is ideal for singles, couples, friends, family, someone you have recently exited a relationship with, someone you’re soon to be in a relationship with… truly anyone inspired to do self and relational inquiry work is welcome.
Click here for more details and to sign up.
Follow Chris and my community lifeboat project in Crestone, CO
In 2018, Chris and I met in Topanga, California and discovered we had a mutual fascination with Crestone, a town of less than a couple thousand people at the base of the Sangre De Cristo mountains in the high desert of Colorado’s San Luis Valley.
In 2019, we bought some land, and started visiting Crestone for chunks of time each year before semi-impulsively buying a small cabin, and settling here full-time in late 2022.
Our plans have changed so many times. We’ve bought and sold several different pieces of land, and adapted to surprises over and over.
What hasn’t changed is our vision that one day, we’ll have helped to cultivate a solid group of people who live alongside one another. People who genuinely care for each other and who want to live as reciprocally and communally as possible within the context of this modern world of ours.
We’ve named the project “The Crestone Conglomerate” after a very hard sedimentary rock composed of matrix of different rocks and stones, found only in Crestone. The rocks were forged together over 65 million years ago at the bottom of an ancient, prehistoric sea before being heaved towards the sky in a great tectonic event, ultimately forming the fourteen-thousand-foot peaks northeast of Crestone. Erosion has left pieces Crestone Conglomerate of various sizes scattered all around the area. They’re impossible to miss.
Since this project is made up of a community of diverse weirdos with shared interests and values, coming together to work toward a common goal of community, we figured we’re creating somewhat of a conglomerate ourselves.
I will be sharing lots of updates about what’s going on in Crestone here, on Substack, and also on our Instagram account @thecrestoneconglomerate.