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“I believe every morning when I wake up, and I give gratitude for the fact that my family’s still alive and my kids are healthy that I’m living my dream every with my eyes wide open.”

This episode brings the Feast It Forward series to a close with a doozy of a conversation with visionary thinker Katie Hamilton Shaffer. Katie is the founder and visionary behind Feast It Forward – an intentional cultural lifestyle that combines food, wine, music, and philanthropy spiked with design. Inside this unique, no judgment, adult playground, people can connect, come together, and thrive. 

Katie’s story is one of joining dots, thriving because of NO, and following the call to serve in a big way after her mentor’s daughter was diagnosed with the rare neurological disorder Rett Syndrome. 

Tune in and get activated by Katie’s visionary gifts, her tenacity to live her dream, and her unshakeable commitment to leaving her blueprint in a world of naysayers. 

Key takeaways:

• Back story – how Feast It Forward came to be. 
• The art of joining up the dots of your life to create magic. 
• Why Katie LOVES hearing no. 
• The tenacity that makes big things happen. 
• Creating an empowered relationship with failure. 
• How we mistake passionate confidence for cockiness and ego. 
• The power of doing what you love.  
• The art of mindfully turning off the bullsh*t. 
• And more…

Contact Info:

• Check out feast.network. 

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“Resistance is a doorway and on the other side of that doorway can be a lot of power.”

It was such a joy to meet Jetta Blaine at the Feast It Forward Festival. Jetta is a lifestyle integration coach that specializes in using the plant medicine Kambo to facilitate shadow work, catharsis, and rapid transformation. Jetta has a gift for holding space for medicine journeys that guide people to a place of deep healing and purging. 

I have been wanting to bring on more experts to discuss plant medicines on the show for some time now. In my experience, plant medicines and substances are incredible tools for expanding consciousness and revealing aspects of our inner world that we can’t see. 

Although I have never personally tried Kambo, I’m very inspired to learn about different types of substances and rituals for healing & transformation. I was very grateful for the unexpected opportunity to learn about a new healing modality with someone so experienced and skilled with the medicine.

Tune in now to hear Jetta, and I explore topics that include: 

• Defining the word wholeness. 
• The courage to embrace hard conversations. 
• The moment Jetta took responsibility for her life. 
• What does it mean to bypass? 
• How toxic positivity can prevent us from doing the work. 
• The power of getting the right support for your inner work journey. 
• Inspiring the courage to go within.
• How to know you’re ready for a medicine journey, and how do you decide what to take. 
• Defining somatics and building a relationship with your body. 
• Jetta’s journey back to optimum health. 
• The one-way ticket to India. 
• And more…

In this episode, Jetta shares the story that guided her to explore and then practice different healing modalities. This conversation is a reminder that there are many ways to heal. We get to find the modalities that work best for our needs and desires. In the process, we’re invited to use our own discernment while still having reverence for all healing tools. 

After all, the journey to liberate yourself deserves reverence for all the experiences it leads you through. 

If you’re curious to learn more about plant medicines as a tool for your journey, this episode is for you.

Contact Info:

• Email me@moonflowerinsights.com
• MoonFlowerKambo on Instagram.
• Website – https://moonflowerinsights.com

 

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“You never want to be the person that accepts your situation and complains when you get there.”

 

It was such a buzz to record this episode live at the Feast it Forward Festival. Kosha Dillz is an improv artist and freestyle rap teacher who performs in the street all over the world. He’s been rapping for over 20 years, and one of his songs, “Cellular Phone” – was featured in a Bud Light Superbowl ad. 

Kosha Dillz has a special gift for freestyle. As an artist, he can rap about anything and everything (as you’ll hear at the end of the episode). Through his artistry, he dreams of uniting various groups of people for the better. 

Kosha Dillz’s story is one of hustle, determination, humility, and inspiration. It’s a tale of NEVER giving up. 

As you’ll hear in the episode, it takes a particular sort of courage to be able to freestyle. Kosha Dillz shares with us the pressure of having to wow the crowd within 30 seconds to keep them hooked. In this episode, we talk a lot about the art of being comfortable with being uncomfortable and how the freestyle world inspires you to believe in yourself. 

Here’s a flavor of what we explore together. 

• How Kosha Dillz got started. 
• Learning how to create a show that grabs people in. 
• Cultivating a relationship with fear. 
• Embracing synchronicities. 
• Learning to believe in yourself. 
• Proving yourself to others. 
• Learning to love yourself. 
• Sticking with the dream and knowing it’s going to happen.
• And more…

I love to talk with people who love what they do. This conversation with Kosha Dillz was so creative and so much fun. I can’t wait for you to check it out. Be sure to listen right to the end so you can hear the impromptu rap inspired by our conversation. 

Contact Info:

• Check out  @koshadillz

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“You will find music that will speak to what you are going through at any time in your life.”

 

I recorded this conversation with Christian Swain LIVE at the Feast it Forward Festival. Christian is the founder, producer, and host of the Rock n Roll Archaeology Project. He’s also involved with Pantheon Podcasts. He’s the lead vocalist of Tinman and has been playing with his band for the last 17 years. Christian also describes himself as a political raconteur. As you’ll hear in the show, he has interesting insight on all kinds of topics. It’s one of the things that made this episode so powerful to record.

This episode was a reminder to me that there’s always a thread to be found in a great conversation. It doesn’t matter who I talk to, there’s always a route back to topics that help us remember who we are. Through these conversations, we get to meet life with presence to connect back with what is – allowing the energy of the moment to inspire everything we do and everything we become.

 

 

Christian dives deep in this episode and shares his heart, his wisdom, and his life. We touch on so many topics, from the climate crisis to Christian’s experience of being involved in a mass shooting. At each stage, we return to the influence of music, how it aids belonging, and the power it holds to help you discover who you are.

Tune in now to hear Christian and I explore:

• How does music feed your soul?
• Waking up to bigger dimensions of life.
• PTSD from a mass shooting experience.
• Learning to move through grief.
• Discovering who you are through music.
• Hearing Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon for the first time.
• The role forgiveness has played in Christian’s life.
• Climate crisis.

 

 

Music is a powerful connector. It can bring us together, speak for us when the right words elude us, and activate specific moods to change the way we feel.

There’s music for every occasion, every one of life’s moments, and for every human. Tune in now and soak up a beautiful conversation about discovering who you are through music.

Contact Info:

• Check out Pantheon Podcasts 

 

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