Location:
United States
Description:
Hosted by Karen Hawkins and Katie Morell, writers & longtime friends, this podcast explores mental health, creativity, & coping with quarantine. The goal: to help people feel less alone, share stores, & create connection.
Language:
English
Episodes
210. Hitting Our Capacity & Storms of Impatience
5/19/2025
Hello, friends and welcome back! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat about how we feel/what we do when we are AT CAPACITY. The duo also discuss how to reframe impatience with ourselves.
Thanks for listening, enjoy!
Duration:00:24:22
209. Your Life's Board of Directors
5/5/2025
Welcome back, Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat about the concept of having a life board of directors. It's such a deep and fascinating topic and spurs on a fun convo!
Also, if you're looking to do your own lymphatic drainage massage every day, here is an easy video to follow: https://www.stopchasingpain.com/the-big-6-tm/
Have a great few weeks - we will be back May 19!
Duration:00:45:32
208. Finding Calm Inside A Tornado
4/28/2025
Hello, Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie discuss the concept of how to calm down when life is swirling around us.
Thanks for listening - enjoy!
Duration:00:32:51
207. Listening To Messages From The Universe
4/21/2025
Hello, Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat about the concept of not comparing our current selves to our past selves, and go deep on the process of listening to messages from the universe.
Thanks for listening - we hope you enjoy!
Duration:00:47:07
206. Deriving Meaning From Q1 2025
4/14/2025
Welcome back, Gorgeous Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie look back on the first quarter of 2025 and (in the tradition of the stages of grief) chat about it's meaning.
We hope you enjoy - thank you for listening!
Duration:00:14:59
205. Responding, Not Reacting
3/31/2025
Hello, Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat about the concept of responding, not reacting. The pair also discuss fight/flight/freeze, and how we can also embrace our neuroplasticity and change narratives about ourselves.
Thanks for listening - enjoy!
Duration:00:34:18
204. The Beauty of 'Clearing The Decks'
3/24/2025
Happy Monday, Gorgeous Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat about cancelling plans, showing up at less than 100%, and considering first what we need above all else.
We hope you enjoy - thanks for listening!
Duration:00:33:05
203. Do You Believe In Luck?
3/17/2025
Hello, Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie celebrate St. Patrick's Day by asking each other if they believe in luck.
Thanks for listening - we hope you enjoy!
Duration:00:12:24
202. Energy (Lust for Al Gore, Part 2)
3/10/2025
Hello, Listeners, we are so happy you are back! On today's Part 2 show, Karen and Katie pick up where they left off with Al Gore and energy and the "it" factor.
The pair chat about how energy enters the room before you do, how important it is to check our own energy when things aren't going that well, and Karen chats about the new app she is using to read her horoscope.
Check out the app Karen was talking about here: https://www.thepattern.com/
Thanks for listening, enjoy!
Duration:00:23:16
201. The "It" Factor (Lust for Al Gore, Part 1)
2/24/2025
Welcome back, Lovely Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat about people who have the "it" factor. Can you get it if you don't have it? What does it mean to have an "it" factor? Also, Katie tells the story about her encounter with former VP Al Gore.
Thanks for listening, Friends! This is part 1 in a 2-part series - tune in on March 10 for the second installment!
Duration:00:19:52
200. Galentine's Day Episode: How To Make Friends w/Ginger Buddha!
2/10/2025
Happy Galentine's Day, Gorgeous Listeners! Today is our 200th EPISODE!!! Thank you all for being part of this journey with us - we are so happy to be in the 200 club & here's to many more!
On today's show, Karen and Katie welcome back the amazing Ginger Buddha (aka Tori) for the third annual Galentine's Day episode to chat about how to make friends. So many hot takes, we hope you enjoy!
Thanks for listening!
Duration:00:41:08
199. Can We Separate The Art From The Artist?
2/3/2025
Hello, Lovely Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat about the idea of separating not-so-great-things from good things. Can we do it? If so, how?
Thanks for listening, enjoy!
Duration:00:22:45
198. LIVE from Homewood w/Princess McDowell!
1/27/2025
Welcome back, Lovely Listeners, to a very special pod! On today's show, Karen and Katie are SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON KAREN'S COUCH as they chat with the incredible Princess McDowell, special projects editor at Rebellious Magazine For Women and all-around fabulous human.
The trio talk about the importance of community, especially right now.
Thank you for listening!
To read some of Princess's writing, click here: https://rebelliousmagazine.com/author/princess/
Duration:00:29:23
197. New Year Intention Setting w/Coach Johanna Derlega!
1/20/2025
Welcome back to a fabulous episode! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat with the incredible coach Johanna Derlega (if she sounds familiar, she was our guest on episode 183!) about how to set intentions for 2025.
To learn more about Johanna's work, check out https://www.beechstrategies.com/.
Thanks for listening!
Duration:00:44:34
196. Game Show Tangent Fabulousness
1/13/2025
Happy New Year, and welcome back to the pod, Lovely Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie start talking about the holidays, but then quickly switch to a tangent about game shows and GO WITH IT.
What ensues is a blast and the perfect way to start 2025!
Thanks for listening!
- Watch it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ2jT-XW5M10wZIYjCqsqIA
- Check out the Feminist Creatives Society: https://rebelliousmagazine.com/feminist-creatives-society-2025-rebellious-magazine-art-writing/
- Register here: https://rebelliousmagazine.com/feminist-writers-society/
- Watch a vid with Karen about the society here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InC_909ZPY4
- And follow the Feminist Creatives Society here: https://www.instagram.com/feministcreativessociety/
Duration:00:38:40
195. Karen & Katie's Year-In-Review
12/23/2024
Happy End-of-2024, Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie discuss how they feel about 2024 and their Spotify Wrapped!
Thank you for tuning in - we wish each one of you a joyful and healthy holiday season xoxo
Duration:00:21:17
194. The Power of Women
12/16/2024
Hello, Lovely Listeners, and welcome back to the pod! On today's show, Karen and Katie discuss some recent events on the show's YouTube page, and get explicit with what this podcast stands for, and how women are incredibly powerful.
Thanks for listening - we hope you enjoy!
*Check out our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@rebelliousmagazineforwomen/videos
Duration:00:25:26
193. Joy As Resistance
12/9/2024
Happy Joyful Monday, Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat about the concept of joy as resistance.
We hope this conversation makes you more joyful - thanks for listening!
Duration:00:16:18
192. 'Un-Boxing The Election' w/Dr. Tania Israel!
12/2/2024
Welcome back, Beautiful Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie welcome back the incredible Dr. Tania Israel to discuss the election and feelings surrounding it.
What ensues is a deep, nuanced conversation unlike most out there right now.
We'd love to know your thoughts, and are so grateful for Tania to grace us with her presence.
She truly is a gift to the world.
- Check out Tania's podcast Ready To Be Strong (especially 11 and 12) - https://taniaisrael.com/podcast-ready-to-be-strong/
Duration:00:39:34
191. Fighting Feelings of Helplessness
11/25/2024
Welcome back, Friends! On today's mini-pod, Karen and Katie chat about how to deal with feelings of helplessness and how leaning on our communities can be helpful.
Duration:00:10:08