This episode is my debut of "season 2" of the podcast after a long hiatus. I muse about the past two years and talk about my hopes for the future of this podcast.

23: I'm Back - Catching Up & Starting Fresh

In this episode I talk about my process of creating community in my new city - my relationship to "the other" and to friends, and the actions taken (or not taken!) to make new friends.

24: Manifesting Friendships

In this solo episode I wax poetic on structure, form, and formlessness and the cycle of creation and dissolution. I talk about what astrology is adding to my life and the vulnerability of entering a creative path in a dark forest.

25: Thoughts on the Cycle of Creation and Dissolution

In this episode, I muse about a few different life changing moments that I never expected to be life-changing.

26: The Universe Always Plays Its Hand

In this solo episode I muse about my first awakening experience in which my entire perceptual filter was shattered. I ponder whether or not it can be shattered again.

27: Shattering the Perceptual Filter

Another solo episode in which I tell the story of how I crushed my creative impulse for years and how I'm managing my deep pull toward art with my fear that it's not enough.

28: Learning to Follow the Creative Impulse

In this episode I speak with Zoë Lumiere, a life coach who helps her clients release past hurt through feeling their feelings so they can manifest the lives of their dreams, from relationships to career.

Zoë has two Masters in Spiritual Psychology and a Doctor in Spiritual Science. She has also studied Clinical Psychology, and now specializes in Gestalt Therapy, NLP, and Humanistic Client-Centered Therapy.

In the episode, Zoë tells us the story of how she went from feeling unlovable and broken to finding the love of her life through giving her unexpressed and unacknowledged feelings a voice and healing childhood trauma.

You can find out more about Zoë here:

About Zoë: https://zoelumiere.com/about/

Free Resources: https://zoelumiere.com/spiritual-coaching/free-allowing-love-resources/

Instagram: @drzoelumiere & @allowingdotlove
Zoë's Tik Tok Famous Dog: @fenixlumiere

29: Giving Our Feelings A Voice For True Healing with Zoë Lumiere

In this solo episode I talk out my anxiety about going back to LA so soon after I've moved to Asheville, my fear of losing the good things in my life, and the mindset shift I discover.

30: The Fear of Loss When Things Get Good

In this solo episode I explore how intently and deliberately following my creative impulse has made me less interested in relationships. I also reflect on the past and upcoming Jupiter-Neptune conjunction and how I both found my authentic self and abandoned it over the last thirteen years by putting what others think of me first.

Other episodes I mentioned:

18: Retired with Kerri Feazell: 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/18-retired-with-kerri-feazell/id1469984146?i=1000453988559

19: Abdicating the Throne with Dr. Jeff Ptak: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/19-abdicating-the-throne-with-dr-jeff-ptak/id1469984146?i=1000454884667

27: Shattering the Perceptual Filter: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/27-shattering-the-perceptual-filter/id1469984146?i=1000552439570

31: Soul & Self-Abandonment

In this episode I talk with Deidre Lee, a personal development and mindset coach, performer, and all around fabulous human and friend. We talk about the practice of creating the lives we want to live by discontinuing the stories that get in our way. We focus in on the practice of pride - what it means to be proud, how to embody pride, and how it can help us live better, more fulfilling and authentic lives.

You can find Deidre at the Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica California and at her instagram @deidre4aday

32: Storytelling, Pride, and Practice with Deidre Lee

In this episode I interview Tawni Sands. Tawni is a holistic wellness counselor who specializes in applied kinesiology, or muscle testing. We talk about her practice as a healer, the kinds of things she sees with clients, and her perspective on what healing is and how it works within the body, mind, and soul. 

You can find Tawni at her website 
https://www.holisticsands.com/
and on Instagram @teatimewithtawni

34: The Wisdom of the Body with Tawni Sands

In this episode with my friend Vivek, we talk about (almost) everything under the sun, starting with dating and nutrition and moving on to talk about being present and active in your own life instead of avoiding it out of fear. We talk about values and the way we signal to ourselves and others what kind of person we want to be in life.

You can find Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivekt17/
And Twitter: https://twitter.com/vivekt17

33: Presence, Courage, Values, and Flow with Vivek

In this episode I interview the Founder of BANGS shoes, Hannah Davis!

We met randomly at a coffee shop in Asheville after I'd owned my BANGS for multiple years, long before I moved here! 

Hannah gives us the details on how BANGS came to be, why she started a shoe company, and how the company contributes to social impact. This story is full of twists and turns and fascinating insights. It was such a pleasure to interview Hannah now 10 years after she started the company. 

The TED Talk Hannah mentioned:
The way we think about charity is dead wrong" Dan Pallotta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfAzi6D5FpM

Check out BANGS at their website: https://www.bangsshoes.com/

and follow them on instagram and tiktok (@bangsshoes):

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bangsshoes/?hl=en
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bangsshoes?lang=en

35: The Story of BANGS Shoes with Founder Hannah Davis

In this episode I explore the cracks in my story about how I relate with men and think about the ways in which we can all find cracks in our stories and beliefs that aren't serving us.

36: Finding Cracks In The Stories We Tell About Our Lives

In this "My Spiritual Friendz" episode I talk with my friend David about the stories we tell ourselves, our attachment to identity, and our experiences with Christianity. 

David is on all social media platforms as Fauxtivational Speaker - 
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fauxtivational_speaker
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCysxKS6taFVCz-ijBtpRfIg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fauxtivational_speaker

37: You're Not Who You Think You Are with David

In this episode Nikki Carnarius joins me again for an update on her relationship and muse philosophy. We talk about radical acceptance, the problem with categorizing and judging, and how to have healthy relationships with yourself and others.

You can find Nikki's work at:

Los Suelos: https://lossuelos.com/
Esoterotica: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YRR1P1D/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

38: Radical Acceptance with Nikki Carnarius

In this episode, I catch up with my friend Ryan Hernandez. We talk about podcasting, parenting young kids, the crazy switch from being childless to having a baby, art, and what it takes to be an artist. 

Check out Ryan's art at his website: artbyryan.com
You can also find him on instagram @artbyryan

39: How to Keep a Baby Alive with Ryan Hernandez

In this episode I talk with my friend Maël Jayet about dating, love, polyamory, monogamy, commitment, communication, and everything relationships. 

You can follow Maël on Instagram @azuleyada

40: Polyamory with Maël Jayet

In this episode, I interview Melanie Avalon--actor, podcaster, author, and supplement creator, amazing human--about her life and career. 

We talk about the major key moments in her life that influenced her career and we also went down really fun philosophical rabbit holes about fate vs free will, why people have different visceral experiences of successes and wins, and how the universe comes to meet us when we're putting the work in toward our passions. 

Things we mentioned in the show:

• The LA Weekly article written about Melanie: https://www.laweekly.com/host-of-the-melanie-avalon-biohacking-podcast-reveals-her-expert-biohacking-advice-to-upgrade-your-body-brain-and-life/

• Melanie's blog post about eating times: https://melanieavalon.com/eatingtiming/

Here are all the places you can find Melanie: 

Website: https://melanieavalon.com/

Instagram: @melanieavalon 

Her book "What When Wine":
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0787D7GTT/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Supplements: https://avalonx.us/

Intermittent Fasting Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intermittent-fasting-podcast/id1228755008

Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-melanie-avalon-biohacking-podcast/id1474706111

41: Creating the Life You Want to Live with Melanie Avalon

In this episode, I combine two conversations - one with Sasha Shennikov & the other with Deidre Lee. We talk about fate vs free will, how we think of fate, how we think of free will, and which one we think rules us all. It's a doozy! 

You can find Deidre Lee on Instagram @deidre4aday and on episode 32 of this podcast.

You can find Sasha on episode 13 of this podcast.

42: Fate or Free Will? With Sasha Shennikov & Deidre Lee

In this solo episode I talk about judgment and how it can stop us from being free and allowing others to be free.

43: The Judgment Paradigm

In this solo episode I muse on loss and letting go, both of things that we want to hold onto and things that we're ready to give up.

44: Loss And Letting Go

In this episode, Julie Chazotte joins me for an exploratory conversation about how change really occurs and how changing consciousness can change the world. We talk about both personal transformation as well as social and cultural transformation. 

Find Julie at: 

www.julieannechazotte.com/ 
and
https://www.simpleshift.com/peace-of-mind-in-uncertain-times

45: Can Changing Consciousness Change the World? With Julie Chazotte

In this episode, my friends Sasha & Vivek join me to discuss our experience with the world of Pickup Artistry based on Neil Strauss's book The Game.

47: Pickup Artists & The Game

Welcome to Conversations with Sarah! A podcast where you get to listen in on some of my most interesting and personal conversations.

This episode is a trailer! It'll give you a taste for what to expect in future episodes ;)

00: Trailer

In this episode, three of my wisest friends join me to talk about intuition. What is it and how do we differentiate it from other forms of thought? How do we learn to trust and follow it?

Thank you to my brilliant guests:

Sophie Chiche: @sophiechiche on Instagram
shapehouse.com

Julie Chazotte: https://www.julieannechazotte.com/

David Carzell: @davidcarze11 on Instagram

01: Intuition

In this episode, I speak with 4 people: 
a Professor of Education and Public Policy, my friends Chelsea Hogan and Ericka Young, and my stepmom, Sophie Chiche. 

We talk about what it means to be an artist, how to determine whether you or someone else is an artist, and what that means for our own creative expression. Everyone has different views on the matter, which makes the conversation completely fascinating. 

Thank you to my brilliant guests:

Chelsea Hogan: www.museumprov.com

Ericka Young: www.shootmytravel.com and @erickamyoung on Instagram

Sophie Chiche: @sophiechiche on Instagram
www.lifebyme.com
www.shapehouse.com

02: Definition of an Artist

As I continue to explore what it means to be an artist, I speak with my friend David Carzell, who believes that everyone is an artist if only they're supported as such. 

But what about people who don't consider themselves artists? Jaime Kinsella and Guy Tabibian help me understand why they don't really think of themselves as artists and why. 

Thank you to my brilliant guests!

David Carzell: @davidcarze11 and @davidcarzell on Instagram

Jaime Kinsella: @jmekinsella

Guy Tabibian

03: The Compulsion to Create

In this episode I speak with professional artist, Mary Doodles. She's been making time lapse art videos on YouTube professionally for 8 years, and we talk about how she came to do that, the discipline it requires to become good at an art form, and how to maintain creative excitement when the thing you love becomes your work.

Thank you so much to Mary Doodles! You can find her on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/marydoodles
and on Instagram: @MaryDoodles

04: Interview with Professional Artist Mary Doodles

This conversation with one of my best friends from college, Jess, is a conversation that changed the direction of the entire conversation about creativity for me. It gets to something in my question about what it means to be an artist that I haven't quite articulated yet. 

We talk about what it means to be an artist of our lives, taking creative agency over our choices and our experience rather than being a victim of our circumstances and subconscious habits. Jess talks about the God of Ambition, which she has, for most of her life, obeyed, but which she is now questioning as she turns to another creative driver. We also talk about what kind of art inspires us to create vs what kind of art feels inaccessible. 

This conversation is jam packed with tons of metaphysical and practical philosophy about creativity and life in general. I hope you glean something useful and new from it. 

Huge thank you to Jess for being willing to go on this philosophical journey with me and to share so much about her life with my audience. You can follow her on Instagram @jesskiers

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Jess's short film, which I called the "grocery store video" I think
https://vimeo.com/330254569

The Michael Singer books she mentions are "Unteathered Soul" and "The Surrender Experiment." They're incredible. Find them and read them. 

Jeff Tweedy's Memoir is called "Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)" and here is the Amazon link, you should buy it right away! 
https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Can-Get-Back-Discording/dp/1101985267

05: Soul of an Artist

A philosophical memoir told through curiosity and the gathering of stories. An exploration of the human experience. A plea for self-compassion and visibility of the human spirit.

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