Episodes 122
Avg. Duration 44m
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Since Apr 2023
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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This show is a living archive of becoming.

It’s an ode to awakening, remembering, and reclaiming your creative power in a chaotic, ever-shifting world. 

Hosted by Vanessa Fontana - a 25-year-old writer living in New York City - it explores what it means to live in the in-between of not having it all figured out but not needing to in order to live well.

Bridging esoteric wisdom, philosophy, literature & lore, healing, empowerment, and humor, this podcast is your companion to navigate the complexities of adulthood and live more authentically.

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122. Stop Sleeping On Yourself + Wake UPPP To Your Potential!!

Mar 01, 2026 17m Transcript

There's your potential - and then there's the power that you DECIDE to have to embody it.And it is a decision.One you must make every day.This episode is a short tough-love transmission reminding you…

121. Befriending Uncertainty inside of This Great Cosmic Unfolding we call LIFE

Feb 21, 2026 29m Transcript

here are my fieldnotes from learning to fall in love with uncertainty again and again and again instead of resist and fear it: the point of life is not to figure sh!t out - and sometimes we have to…

120. Meeting the Inner Elder: The Gift of Aging

Feb 15, 2026 33m

A conversation about girlhood and growing older, embracing the vessel and the life of the body, and embodying the wisdom of life through the preciousness of it's fragility.With my dearest friend,…

119. You Were Meant to Love and You Were Made to Feel

Feb 08, 2026 43m Transcript

to remain tender is a gift.this episode is an exploration of everything i've learned about love.put simply:"we have all known the bliss of sunshine hitting our skin on a cold day, and we have all…

118. Actually, Life is Beautiful and You DO Have Time.

Jan 31, 2026 36m Transcript

If the devil can't get to you, he will make you rush."We think our limits live in the dreams we don’t chase, in the tasks we put off, in the emotions that we avoid - but they’re most alive in all of…

117. And Suddenly, Your Dreams Start Chasing YOU

Jan 25, 2026 35m

"I learned how to reach for my dreams with a shaky hand. And time and time again, I’ve seen that once they are in my palms - it makes no difference if I really believe they should be there or not.…

116. Every Part of You Deserves to be Loved: Letting The Shadows Free

Jan 18, 2026 29m

We won’t ever say it aloud - but most of us hold an ideal of perfection inside of our self-development routines. And after spending enough time nipping and tucking away pieces of ourselves that we…

115. You Contain Multitudes

Jan 11, 2026 59m Transcript

"We are mosaics. Pieces of light, love, history, stars. Glued together with magic and music and words." - Anna KritzenThere’s a quiet grief that lives inside a lot of people. Because we’ve learned…

114. The Great, Grand Lock-In

Jan 04, 2026 36m Transcript

This episode is not what you think it is. It is not a hustle-forward, all-gas-no-breaks charge to a new year. But it is also not a total rejection of the new year.It is a subtle and soft invitation…

113. Let The Soft Animal of Your Body Love What it Loves

Dec 28, 2025 37m Transcript

"Allow shame to find no home in your posture, in your dances, in your aura, in your lovemaking sounds, in your dreaming spaces, in your every single desire," - India Ame'ye This episode is an…

112. You Are Allowed to Hibernate, Too: Learning how to Rest In a World That Never Stops

Dec 21, 2025 42m Transcript

Growing wiser into the ancient knowledge of our spirit and the animalistic nature of our humanity demands the realization that many things our society looks at as luxuries are actually…

111. A Pathway to Alignment

Dec 15, 2025 29m Transcript

a reminder that it's as easy as a deep breath and seeing that it has always been okay.xIf you love FSO & this episode, leave a comment!! Tell me what resonated, share what you want to hear next…

110. Your Gift Was Never Meant to Look Like Theirs

Dec 07, 2025 33m

This episode is about remembering that your purpose was never meant to look like anyone else’s - and releasing the comparison that’s been convincing you you’re behind.I believe that we all have a…

109. I Quit my 9-5 One Year Ago to Pursue a "Creative Life." Here's the Truth.

Nov 30, 2025 38m Transcript

Saying yes to yourself is an unraveling process of becoming closer and closer to the gift of uncertainty and confronting the fear that holds you hostage in order to receive it.In this episode, I…

108. The Good Idea Fairy, Synchronicity, & Following the Breadcrumbs

Nov 23, 2025 32m Transcript

you can’t create a life you love while starving the part of you that was born to create it.chapter three of The Perfectionist Diaries is an ode to the Good Idea Fairy - this childlike, intuitive,…

107. Fire, Flow, & Imperfect Creation: Make it Exist, THEN Make it Good. (The Perfectionist Diaries, Chapter Two)

Nov 16, 2025 40m

Creation requires both the fire and the flow.In Chapter Two of The Perfectionist Diaries, we explore the cosmic dance between masculine and feminine energy: the part of you that initiates, and the…

106. Do it Scared - The Perfectionist Diaries, Chapter One

Nov 09, 2025 27m Transcript

Courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness to act despite it. Waiting until you're fearless will keep you stuck in perfectionism forever. And fear cannot live in a moving…

105. Don't Hope - DECIDE: Awakening your Inner Power with Choice

Nov 01, 2025 50m Transcript

Decision is the bridge between your current reality and your highest potential. It is the pathway from survival to creation, from fear to embodiment, and from wishing to CHOOSING. Because maybe…

104. The Seriousness of Being UNSERIOUS: Why Joy is Imperative, Not Naive.

Oct 26, 2025 43m Transcript

I don't know about you - but cynicism has never brought me more life. Judgement towards myself or others has never given me more purpose. Feeding resistance and resentment has never watered the seeds…

103. The Safety to be SEEN: Finding Your People When You're Finding Yourself

Oct 19, 2025 59m Transcript

This week, we explore the tender space between solitude and connection, moving deeper into the theme of unapologetic self-expression (especially for those of us who learned to hide in…

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