Figuring Sh!t Out
Vanessa Fontana
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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!!
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
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
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
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.
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
"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
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
"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
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
"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
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
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
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.
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
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)
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
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
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.
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
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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