Crying in My Jacuzzi with Dana Balicki
Join seasoned Transformational Coach & longtime activist, Dana Balicki, for a wildride into the jacuzzi-verse to explore the ebbs & flows of living an examined life. Each and every episode invites you to explore the strange magic of humaning together in these wild times.™ With 13 years of coaching expertise, Dana blends irreverent reverence, spiritual insight, decolonial teachings, collective movement-building, high-woo, personal narrative, and grounded growth-oriented practicality for deep, thought-provoking conversations.
Sound editing and design by Rose Blakelock, theme song by Kat Otteson, artwork by Natalee Miller! Extra support by robot cohost Alex & robot producer (and part-time cohost) Janet.
Podcasting since 2023 • 38 episodes
Crying in My Jacuzzi with Dana Balicki
Latest Episodes
Overcoming Certainty & Embracing Conscious Confusion
What happens when we swap our desperate (conditioned) grasping for certainty for a curious(ly awkward) embrace of confusion? This episode invites you into a radical reframing of confusion—not as weakness or failure, but as an approp...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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48:14
Whatever Can Die is Beautiful: Transforming Our Fear of Death with Social Psychologist Sheldon Solomon
Death anxiety lurks beneath virtually everything we do. Our capitalistic drive for endless growth, our political polarization, even our addictions to consumption – all stem from our desperate attempts to buffer ourselves against the terror of o...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:05:46
Getting in Hot Water: The Sacred Practice of Rule-Breaking
What if breaking the rules isn't just about random acts of rebellion, but a sacred, messy practice essential for personal and collective liberation? Let’s explore the nuances of disobedience, how it (and obedience) lives in our bodies, and plun...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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36:59
Swipe Right on Your Eternal Self with Professional Mystic Leah Garza
What if we approach dating (and LIFE!) with genuine curiosity rather than the calculated performance and feigned ambivalence? With a commitment to compassionate relating rather than just detached, dehumanizing game-playing? Join Dan...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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53:13
Awkward Magic: On Being Transformed by Others
In this *spell* of an episode, magic, penetration, entanglement, and love emerge as steps toward understanding and willingness to be changed by others (sometimes oh-so awkwardly).We enter with the Buddhist concept of PENETRATION (via som...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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22:57