Episode's summary
"If you’ve achieved a bunch of your goals, and you’re still not happy with your life, consider giving up on self-chosen plans. Instead, listen to your life, inner and outer, and see if you can feel a current. Then fall into it, especially if it has nothing to do with the story you had about where you were supposed to be going." Join me on Patreon for Bonus content & book club!: https://www.patreon.com/cw/annacorinnehoward RESOURCES MENTIONED: Surrender as a non-stupid life strategyWhat's This, A Door?Agua VivaConnect with me:💌 vlogging channel - https://www.youtube.com/ @annahowardvlogs 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#
"If you’ve achieved a bunch of your goals, and you’re still not happy with your life, consider giving up on self-chosen plans. Instead, listen to your life, inner and outer, and see if you can feel a current. Then fall into it, especially if it has nothing to do with the story you had about where you were supposed to be going." Join me on Patreon for Bonus content & book club!: https://www.patreon.com/cw/annacorinnehoward RESOURCES MENTIONED: Surrender as a non-stupid life strategyWhat's This, A Door?Agua VivaConnect with me:💌 vlogging channel - https://www.youtube.com/ @annahowardvlogs 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#
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62. Success AND Failure Can Shrink Your Life. Surrender Can Expand It.
Listened"If you’ve achieved a bunch of your goals, and you’re still not happy with your life, consider giving up on self-chosen plans. Instead, listen to your life, inner and outer, and see if you can feel a current. Then fall into it, especially if it has nothing to do with the story you had about where you were supposed to be going." Join me on Patreon for Bonus content & book club!: https://www.patreon.com/cw/annacorinnehoward RESOURCES MENTIONED: Surrender as a non-stupid life strategyWhat's This, A Door?Agua VivaConnect with me:💌 vlogging channel - https://www.youtube.com/ @annahowardvlogs 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#
61. You Don't Have to Suffer on the Altar of Beauty
ListenedWhat would we do with our time & money if we didn't feel the need to be beautiful? Join us on Patreon for bonus content and the Wild Geese bookclub!RESOURCES MENTIONED: Ishaswords tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8EAgSeQ/The Botox Psyop: https://haleynahman.substack.com/p/266-the-botox-psyop?selection=dbf5c244-2a8c-4c79-be16-c4ea46e6cf76Rich Girl Nation: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/749103/rich-girl-nation-by-katie-gatti-tassin/Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability: https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/moving-toward-the-ugly-a-politic-beyond-desirability/When Being “Ugly” Becomes a Moral Failure: https://ashleyaviola.substack.com/p/when-being-ugly-becomes-a-moral-failure?utm_source=%2Finbox%2Fsaved&utm_medium=reader2Want A Feral Girl Summer? Stop Using Skincare: https://jessicadefino.substack.com/p/feral-girl-summer-skincare Connect with me: VLOGGING CHANNEL📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram
60. Why You Don't Love What You're Reading Anymore
Listened"i remember the feeling of teenage obsession, and i miss it desperately." - Rayne Fisher-Quann JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cw/annacorinnehoward Use code WILDGEESENB for a 25% off Notability subscription! https://promo.notability.com/wildgeese Resources: https://sublime.app/collection/ep-60-deep-reading Connect with me: 💌 Vlogging channel 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram
59. How to Trust Yourself When Your Body Sends Confusing Signals
ListenedJoin me on Patreon!!: https://patreon.com/annacorinnehoward?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink RESOURCES MENTIONED: https://substack.com/@annacorinne/p-203876065https://aeon.co/essays/the-phenomenology-of-merleau-ponty-and-embodiment-in-the-worldhttps://poets.org/poem/summer-dayhttps://dsq-sds.org/article/id/1565/https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-diminishing-returns-of-calendarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAbHQ1qAa0I Connect with me: 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
58. how to be yourself by thinking about yourself LESS
Listened“Every time you're given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else. Your job throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself.” - Glennon Doyle Resources Mentioned: - So True with Caleb Hearon- Decentering yourself is the growth unlock you’ve been looking for- Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women's Cinema (Agnes Varda quote)- Why Tech Bros Are Now Obsessed with TasteTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 if you prioritize other people's perception of you over your own needs, this is for you 05:45 "yourself" is a construct built by the decisions you make 07:57 decentering disappointment 10:32 why it's healthy to disappoint your parents 13:00 the etymology of the word "disappointment"14:30 the more selfish you are, the more generous you are 16:00 decentering ourselves 18:49 we don't create ourselves in a vaccuum20:30 big techs obsession with "taste" 21:27 what having "taste" means to me 23:28…
57. How to Ask Questions That Make Your Life More Interesting
ListenedI basically form all of my creations around questions I'm asking myself right now, not around the things I already know. So here's how I use my creative practice to continuously leave room for serendipity! RESOURCES MENTIONED:- Eliza Day's Tiktok- Notes on Coming Back to Your Self- Emma Chamberlain Interview- Bbshayde's tiktok- Rue Yi's Tiktok- This Woman's Work by Julie Delporte- Creativity Isn't a Gift, It's a System by @theperrydaniels - You Could Make this Place Beautiful by Maggie SmithTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 coming up 00:16 intro01:50 experimenting with my old way of doing things 05:48 what does it mean to have creative freedom?10:35 unlearning the need to be answer oriented 11:53 living our way into the answers 18:00 what is a self-guided study day?20:32 how my self-guided study deepened my question 23:46 how to surprise yourself with your own thoughts CONNECT WITH ME Watch my vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6ftwweb3v-70kgJefyO1lw 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild…
56. The World Is a Museum of Passion Projects
ListenedI went abroad & came back with an urban planning obsession. Is anyone surprised? Use code WILDGEESENB for a 25% off Notability subscription! https://promo.notability.com/wildgeese RESOURCES MENTIONED: - everything is a win when the goal is to experience - Why Don't Animals Have Wheels? - General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy - City Living and Mental Well-being - Station Eleven - Deyonna's Tiktok - Jon Jon's TiktokTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 the world is a museum of passion projects 06:21 everything is a win when the goal is to experience 09:57 climate grief13:35 why i'm becoming obsessed with urban planning 16:62 we yearn for walkable cities18:55 why don't animals have wheels? 21:19 finding tiny problems to solve 23:24 baby, even public parks are political25:03 the museum of civilization 28:40 casual vs planned socialization cultures32:39 our bodies will give us our assignments if we listen to them 33:10 desire paths
55. who is the voice in your head? are they actually helping you?
ListenedRESOURCES MENTIONED:-Immigrant Defense Network: https://immigrantdefensenetwork.org/- AID FOR MINNEAPOLIS: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid?brid=0dx4mAhjTdqT7TpmK3GOpQ Minneapolis is absolutely not the only city who needs this type of support. I highly recommend looking up mutual aid networks in your city. ICE arrested 10,000 people over a 5 day period at the end of June. This is an ongoing issue, not just something that was a problem when this episode was first recorded in January. - How to Help if you’re concerned about ICE occupying our cities: https://substack.com/inbox/post/184566787 - Are Influencers Ready for the Warfare Economy by Brendon Holder: https://www.readloosey.com/p/are-influencers-ready-for-the-warfare?hide_intro_popup=trueResolutionize Your Community Involvement by Elise Granata: https://grouphug.substack.com/p/resolutionize-your-community-involvementCONNECT WITH ME: Check out my vlog channel📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services TIMESTAMPS:…
54. You've Built an Altar of Suffering. Where Is Your Altar of Enjoyment?
ListenedDo you only write when you're sad?? Let's change that! Use code WILDGEESENB for a 25% off Notability subscription! https://promo.notability.com/wildgeese RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Enchantment by Katherine May- Against Narrative by Rayne Fisher-Quann- An Interview with Richard Siken- Strangers by Belle Burden-Dia Lupo's Journal- Good conversations have lots of doorknobs- How To Talk To Anyone, At Any Time: The art of Extroversion- Bluets by Maggie Nelson CONNECT WITH ME:📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#Email wildgeesepod@gmail.com with any questions you want answered on the show! To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com
53. How Stories Shape the Way We Think About Love
ListenedIf domination and conflict are not central components of narrative, what is? Today we're chatting about the carrier bag theory of fiction by Ursula Le Guin and love as a way of gathering and sharing the world. I hope you enjoy! REFERENCES: - The carrier bag theory of fiction- inventing the renaissance- Love is about being invested in someone’s continual expansionConnect with me:VLOG CHANNEL📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
52. When I Accept Myself Just As I Am, I Change
ListenedEmail wildgeesepod@gmail.com with any questions you want answered on the show! RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Rulerless Casey Tiktok - Tiktok - Let Them Tiktok - Martyr by Kaveh Akbar - Mad Men clip - 4000 Weeks: Time Management For Mortals - The Diary of Anais Nin 1931-1934 CONNECT WITH ME📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
51. become the creative director of your career
ListenedThe Artist's Guide to Making Money Online (Without Falling For Scams or Scamming People) Use code WILDGEESENB for a 25% off Notability subscription! https://promo.notability.com/wildgeeseRESOURCES MENTIONED:- WTF Is a Portfolio Career- How to Make Money on the Internet (Pt.1)- Offer Design Sprint with Lexi Merritt- Reach out by Molly Beck- Reach Out Party with Carly Valancy- Latasha James Tutorials- Copywriting with Saffana- How to Escape a Career that Makes You Feel Dead Inside- Positioning for Generalists who want to work for themselves- Resources When You're Done Climbing the Career Ladder- What's Actually In People's Portfolio Careers?
50. Your Obvious Idea Is Your Best Idea
ListenedWe all need to collectively decide to stop stopping ourselves from making things because they've been made before!! Also, stop sh*tting on people for making things that have been made before! Use code WILDGEESENB for a 25% off Notability subscription!! https://promo.notability.com/wildgeese RESOURCES MENTIONED CHECK OUT MY NEW VLOG CHANNEL ON YT Connect with me: 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 the pressure to create original ideas 02:09 Living the questions - Rilke 04:05 art as a container for your questions 04:38 don't be afraid to do the obvious08:44 sometimes, i'm in over my head10:30 giving myself what I need through my creations11:41 do we need new ideas, or better influencers? 12:52 social reproductive labor14:58 the discomfort of care17:00 social reproductive labor & influencers18:40 complexities of sharing your work online 19:53 wondering about what already exists 21:30 ideas are not private property22:30 the problem of pain…
49. I Changed My Mind About Intimacy
ListenedRESOURCES MENTIONED & MEMES INCLUDED: https://sublime.app/collection/ep-49-... CHECK OUT MY NEW VLOG CHANNEL ON YT: https://www.youtube.com/@annahowardvlogs CONNECT WITH ME: 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
48. What Carried Me Through The Confusion of My Early Twenties
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47. Become Your Own Muse
ListenedTo try everything Sublime has to offer, visit https://sublime.app/?ref=anna & use code: wildgeese for 20% off at checkout! "The role of the lover is exactly the same as the role of the artist. If I love you, I must make you aware of the things you do not see." - James BaldwinRESOURCES: https://sublime.app/collection/sublime-ep-2 CONNECT WITH ME: 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services This episode is sponsored by Sublime.
46. Let It Linger: Ritualized Note-Taking To Take Your Attention Back
ListenedInstructions for Living a Life: Pay Attention. Be Astonished. Tell About It. - Mary Oliver Resources Mentioned: Henrik Karlsson essay We've Always Been Distracted You're Shaped By What You Pay Attention to Becoming Wise All the Ghosts You Will Be Related Episodes: Rituals Sensuality Digital Gardening 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
45. Forget about being lovable. Love will find you anyway.
ListenedLove and worth are not connected. We don't have to earn love by maintaining our innocence. So, now what? RESOURCES MENTIONED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_We_Meet_on_Vacation_(film)https://www.tiktok.com/@chillbinch/video/7585431135518264590?_r=1&_t=ZT-93GB46E9LYbhttps://www.thecut.com/2020/09/my-brief-experience-with-love-has-been-totally-humiliating.htmlhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpunishablewoman/video/7594833522116807949?_r=1&_t=ZT-93cLvb8khg6https://i-d.co/article/what-does-it-mean-to-get-womand/https://andreagibson.substack.com/p/what-love-ishttps://substack.com/home/post/p-185775926SUBLIME LINK FOR ACCESS TO ON-SCREEN MEMES & WRITING: https://sublime.app/collection/episode-45 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
44. The World Is Re-Enchanted When We Pay Attention To Trees
ListenedRESOURCES MENTIONED: - AID FOR MINNEAPOLIS - The Conscious Universe by Joe Zadeh - Kristianna Smith's Tiktok - The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger - Consciousness - Alex Hanna's Tiktok - Silicon Valley’s Obsession With AI Looks a Lot Like Religion - Animism Essay - Well Being Economy Alliance 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.comTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 02:49 Rosetta Stone Sponsorship04:13 Anthropomorphism 07:00 The debate about plant intelligence 07:46 Coping with "unnatural" systems 09:35 Choosing an advocacy 11:13 The Unique Survival mechanisms of plants 12:52 Plant behavior fun facts! 16:31 What is the role of metaphor in science communication? 17:52 What is consciousness? 19:18 Bridging the gap between art and science 21:50 Artificial Intelligence is a misnomer23:20 People are worshipping AI? 25:00 Animism27:00 Well being economies
43. 2026 creative impulsivity challenge: making art out of curiosity, not fear
ListenedWhat will happen when we stop hoarding our ideas from ourselves? RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Diabolical Lies - Madeleine Voge’s Reel - The Writing Life by Annie Dillard - Zoe’s TikTok - The Hand by Annabelle Dinda - Literally Just Do Things by Erifili Gounari - Analyzing “The Hand” by Annabelle Dinda - The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer - JB’s Tiktok - Francina Simone's Tiktok 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com
42. The BEST books and essays I Read in 2025!
ListenedBooks Mentioned: - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd- The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - Martyr by Kaveh Akbar- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin- The Book Thief by Markus ZusakEssays Mentioned: - In defense of pretension by Ayan Artan- Fake Fairness is Killing Our Relationships - And It's Everywhere by Jamila Bradley- Erotic Decisions by Museguided- On Agency by Henrik Karlsson- The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser- No One Told Me About Proust by Celine Nguyen- Democracy was founded on the legal suppression of grief, and why politics without art is death by Ellie Robins- Write for Your Life by Emily Rapp Black 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services - https://www.annacorinneproductions.com/production
41. Self-Led learning Ceremonies: Your Best Defense Against Brain Rot
ListenedIf you've seen the "personal curriculum," trend online but didn't feel like you could implement it in your own life, here's my take on it! It doesn't need to be a direct mirror of school! RESOURCES MENTIONED: Dahlia’s Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dahliaquintanilla?lang=en Learning Ceremonies Guide: https://liberatedlearning.org/download-free-learning-spirals-guide/ Are You Asking Enough of Your Brain?: https://substack.com/@naomialderman/p-175410802 The Once and Future King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King How to Start Researching as a Hobby: https://substack.com/home/post/p-168506463 Turning Towards the Wound: Examining Unprocessed Grief in White European Descended Settlers and Finding Ancestrally Supported Pathways Back to Wholeness: https://substack.com/home/post/p-162000427 How Can We Prioritize Decolonization? What Makes an Initiative Decolonial?: https://substack.com/home/post/p-162000427 Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods:…
40. How to Discover What You Want & Actually Ask For It
ListenedI believe desire is a map & we can start using it to actually improve our relationships with others WHILE seeing our dream life come into our physical reality!! RESOURCES MENTIONED: A Woman's Guide to Power Unbound: https://www.kasiaurbaniak.com/unbound-book Little Weirds by Jenny Slate: https://www.thejennyslate.com/little-weirds Pleasure Activism: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/pleasure-activism/ RELATED EPISODES: Watch this if you're ready to rethink romantic relationships: https://youtu.be/olzuQmLQlSQ?si=T6BJ_SX340AQK9uV How to be a better villager: https://youtu.be/-cNpV9SL6OQ?si=Ib-dv2Y-s3PaQEBg 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services Watch on Youtube To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com 00:00 intro 01:00 Book of the Month Sponsorship 02:54 How are Desires Different than Goals? 04:54 How can we be ready to answer the question "What do you want?" 05:11 the low maintenance, chill persona is a…
39. How to Bring Joy & Whimsy Back Into Your Life
ListenedReconnecting with our inner child is a collective responsibility and it should be FUN! Resources: - Syllabus by Linda Barry- If We're Lucky, We Never Become 'Good' Humans- Interview with Linda Barry- Jamila Bradley's Tiktok- Sarah Schauer's Tiktok📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
38. Creating in the Age of Distraction & A.I Slop
ListenedI experimented with a media consumption break & it had my reflecting our relationship to art. TLDR: everyone's freaking out about AI stealing our creativity. I think humans are more resilient than that. RESOURCES: - Art as Necessity: Rethinking the Fundamentals of Human Survival - The Book Thief- Behind the WallRELATED EPISODES: - How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up- The Lost Art of Sensuality📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services - https://www.annacorinneproductions.com/productionTo inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com
37. The Critical Thinking Crisis: Choosing Curiosity Over Certainty
ListenedCritical thinking skills require all of us to let go of our need for certainty. Are we willing to do that? RESOURCES: - Eliza Day's Tiktok- Some of Your Are Engaging in Cop Behavior- Maybe We're All So Worried About Getting In Trouble Because We Keep Trying to Get Each Other in Trouble by Hannah Glenn- A Hierarchy of Thinking Styles- Key Questions for Media Literacy- Debate Me! by Priya Jain- How to be a critic by Ayan Artan- Twitchy Witch Tiktok- Kristianna's Tiktok 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
36. how language shapes the way we think
ListenedDoes language shape the way we perceive reality? Can Indigenous wisdom shine a light on a different way forward??! RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Lingthusiasm- The Hatred of Metaphor- Briana Ní Loingsigh's Substack- WordsatWork Tiktok- The Balkanization and Babelification of the Internet- Babaylan, Bye Bye Lang- Hopi Time Controversy- Our Language, Our World- Braiding Sweetgrass 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com TIME STAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Craftsy Sponsorship 02:23 Learning Spanish 04:44 Comparative Historical Linguistics vs linguistic relativity 05:33 Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis06:55 Conceptual metaphors in the english language08:47 The Irish language understanding of time and emotions09:55 How language changes our sense of morality 11:18 the etymology of the word 'culture'12:20 Internet sub-cultures fracturing language14:08 dog whistles 14:54 the grammar of animacy19:20 does…
35. Your Life Is Not An Optimization Problem | Q&A
Listenedlittle Q&A moment today! The first 500 people to use my link in the description or scan the QR code will receive a one month free trial of Skillshare! Get started today! https://skl.sh/annahoward09251 Favorites mentioned: Books: - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer - Hunger Games (lol) by Suzanne Collins - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Musicians: - Muna - Yana - Abba - The Weepies - Samia - Devon Again Substacks: - Rayne Fisher Quann - Ayan Artan - Jamila Bradley - Henrik Karlson - Heather Havrilesky Podcast: -Binchtopia Discount Codes: - Sublime.app: 'WildGeese' at checkout for 20% off: https://sublime.app/?ref=anna - Capacities One month free trial using this link: https://capacities.io/?via=anna 🫶 Join my newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com This episode is sponsored by Skillshare
34. A Writing Practice to Help You Meet Yourself
ListenedI've found real magic in thinking on the page in the last year. I'd love for more people to experience this with me. "When I sit down to write, the meadow is still engulfed in darkness under a sky where satellites pass by, one after the other. My thoughts are flighty and shapeless, like dreams; they morph as I approach them. But when I open my notebook and write, it is as if I pin my thoughts to the table. I can examine them." - Henrik Karlson To try everything Capacities has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit: https://capacities.io/?via=anna ❤️ Resources Mentioned: - Why I Write by Joan Didion - On Abandoning Capitalistic Achievement to Seek the Freedom of Play - 28 Slightly Rude Notes on Writing - A Life in Constant Potential - the one about ai - don't get it f*cked up fr - Why You Should Build Your Raft of Art in the Sea of Slop - Advice for a Friend Who Wants to Start a Blog - If You Have Writer's Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying - Henrik Karlson: One of the World's Most Under-Rated Writers| How I…
33. How to Manage Multiple Interests & Actually CREATE Something
ListenedTo try everything Sublime has to offer, visit https://sublime.app/?ref=anna & use code: wildgeese for 20% off at checkout! Sublime is the tool I use everyday to help make more interesting connections between one idea to the next. If you're stuck in distracting algorithms & having a hard time falling down the rabbit hole, this episode is for you :) RESOURCES: - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert- How to Research Niche Ideas on Literature and Philosophy- Your digital gardening should be communal! (anna howard, artistic isolation, and wilding the web)- The Science of Mind Mapping: A Visual Way to Make Sense of the World - Follow the White Hot Fire Inside of You- Slaughterhouse FiveTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 intro 00:55 From research to creation02:14 Sublime Sponsorship 03:11 How my digital gardening process has changed 04:55 How to fall down the rabbit hole without distraction 05:35 The 3 states of attention 06:36 Addressing the inability to focus 07:22 How to store inspiration & ideas in one place 08:29 Creating…
32. How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up
ListenedFor ourselves and for our neighbors, let's build up our sense of agency, shall we? Please note, while this episode does touch on political topics, that is NOT an invitation to argue about politics in my comment section or DMs. Engaging in that behavior will get you blocked. Donate: - Amal for Palestine: https://amal4palestine.org/ - The Sameer Project: https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeBmkekTb6T5myMZL76q9wI1ZKbPi_nMm-OgBBrKJzXHBhVnmGbE7UFvIutmw_aem_NnVYIwFqxRv0jGGyrNgs1g - Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://gazasoupkitchen.com/ Resources Mentioned: - On Agency by Henrik Karlsson: https://substack.com/home/post/p-167633827 - Untamed by Glennon Doyle: https://untamedbook.com/ - Maybe You're Not Actually Trying by Cate Hall: https://usefulfictions.substack.com/p/maybe-youre-not-actually-trying - The Flinch by Julien Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23786061-the-flinch - Relationships are Co-Evolutionary Loops by Henrik Karlsson: https://substack.com/@henrikkarlsson/p-137775492 -…
31. Reclaiming the Lost Art of Sensuality
ListenedAfter poet Andrea Gibson passed away this week, I realized that poetry and sensuality are deeply intertwined. Both require "masterful sensitivity" and the courage to feel everything, including pain. I believe most people don't realize they're poets, and by tuning into all nine of our senses (not just the basic five,) we can live more sensually and honor the brief, beautiful time we have in these bodies ⚠️Content Warning: Death/Mortality Discussion, Grief/Loss, Mental Health, Body Image Resources Mentioned: - Etymology of Sensuality - Royal Heart by Andrea Gibson - SENSUALISM: Being Sensual is a Lifestyle - How Many Senses Do We Have - Andrea's Instagram - How Cancer Transformed My Crushing Anxiety Into Boundless Bliss | Andrea Gibson | What’s Underneath - “I will not fight:” Viral poet says accepting cancer gave them more life - Tincture by Andrea Gibson - Poetry Watching by *me* - Carlitos Tiktok - Charlie's Tiktok🫶 Join my newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production…
30. Facing Your Fear of Being Misunderstood IS the Creative Process
ListenedHow can you share what you're working on and get through the fear of judgement? Let's chat about it! Resources Mentioned: - Unfiltered Courage: The Radical Act of Being Yourself by Musguided - Design Literacy in the Age of Intelligent Automation by Willem Van Lancker - Get Numb Before You Get Good by Cedric Chin - The Anxiety-Curiosity Switch: How to Redirect Your Mental Energy for Creativity by Anne-Laure Le Cunff - Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You by Kieran O‘Hare - your perfectionism will not save you. by Ayan Artan - Self-Doubt is the Creative Process by Zack Evans - Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power by Kasia UrbaniakTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction00:32 Listener Feedback02:21 Brilliant Sponsor03:21 Quote on Bravery04:00 Love Island Sidebar 06:14 Role of Fear in Creativity10:22 Kurt Vonnegut's Advice07:49 Art vs. Content16:30 Importance of Integrity, Neutrality, Conviction, and Curiosity18:18 Getting Numb Before Getting Good20:45 Qualities Needed Before Sharing Your Work26:36 ConclusionConnect…
29. What We Can Learn From 3000 Years of Love
ListenedWhy is love SO intertwined with ownership? Let's cut that sh*t out! Resources mentioned: - All About Love by Bell Hooks- what the self help industry has wrong about...everything by Jamila Bradley- Love is Not Enough by Museguided- Fake Fairness is Killing Our Relationships -- And It's Everywhere- George Akolade Coker's Relationship Anarchy SmorgasbordTimestamps: 00:00 - intro 00:53 - Brilliant Sponsorship 02:03 - The flaws in our language around romantic relationships03:30 - pathologizing desire 06:10 - extracting ownership from love 11:20 - Why we're all afraid of commitment14:11 - A brief and incomplete history of love & marriage 17:00 - How to introduce equity to romantic relationships 22:00 - Relationship Anarchy 24:25 - Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord Join my newsletter⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com
28. for those who need a gateway to radical imagination
ListenedReading is the powerful tool we have to unlock our imaginations. And right now, I believe it's time to use our imaginations to see a new world. Maybe one that's not dominated by "obsessive technologies," as Ursula K Le Guin so aptly put. Resources Mentioned: - American Library Association - Full Speech: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Passionate Defense of Art over Profits - Celine Nguyen's "No One Told Me About Proust" - Carl Hendrick's Ultra-Processed Minds: The End of Deep Reading and What It Costs Us - Rayne Fisher-Quann's Poser Ethics -Museguided's Freedom’s Fragility, Democracy’s Decline - Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown Timestamps: 00:00 intro 02:33 everyone is using chatgpt to cheat? 03:39 it's easier now than ever to seen as smart and interesting 05:45 Ursula K Le Guin's art versus profit motive 09:10 Literacy IS quality of life 11:17 Stop blaming students - this is a systemic issue 12:29 taste is formed through love 15:09 reading as resistance 20:45 public libraries are being defunded. Here's what we…
27. growing a digital garden to end my doomscrolling (part 2)
ListenedI'm back for part 2 of the digital gardening episode! You wanted to see more of my garden, soI'll give you some behind the scenes today, plus tips on how to turn your notes into art. Join my newsletter! Timestamps: 00:00 - coming up 03:24 - these things AREN'T digital gardens 07:40 - platforms you can digital garden with 11:04 - answering your Qs about the process of digital gardening 24:32 - why this process is for you, even if you're not a writer 26:04 - how to turn notes into something new 29:10 - how to find great sources for your garden 30:34 - my personal takeaways from digital gardening ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
26. the life design process that changed my art (& actually, changed everything)
ListenedWe all need to understand what our greater values are & why we're pursuing what we're pursuing in order to get through the muck of ✨ the process✨. So let's chat about the plan I've been using for the past 4 quarters to change my life and my art! Resources mentioned: - Big Paper Planning Day- The Anatomy of a 'Why' by Museguided- Novelty Wanes, Then What? by Lexi Merritt- Oblique Strategies for Starting a New Project by Celine Nguyen- Are You Bored Enough to be Successful by Layla ShaikleyTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Coming up 01:00 - Join Craftsy for $1.4902:03 - rethinking our the creative process 03:45 - Big paper planning day 05:04 - Finding your "why" 10:12 - creating action menus 12:24 - giving yourself credit 13:13 - finding your next project 14:55 - strategies for starting, continuing and finishing 16:35 - obstacles that come up in the creative process 23:01 - finishing is a skill 💌 Podcast Management Website ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram
25. How to Be An Artist Without Selling Your Soul on the Internet
ListenedLet's talk about public vs. private narratives and the pressure put on women to exploit their personal lives!! Yay! Resources Mentioned: - In and Against the Personal Essay by Kate Bugos- Be on your own side by Sophia Theories- Standing on the Shoulders of Complex Female Characters by Rayne Fisher-Quann- Why My Podcast is Called Wild Geese Timestamps: 00:00 - coming up 01:17 - what makes a good artist? 01:45 - where is the line between vulnerability and exploitation? 02:55 - my personal writing on Substack 04:11 - the benefits of confessional writing06:00 - the risks in sharing personal stories 07:05 - what society values in women's art 09:00 - the dangers in parasocial relationships 10:30 - are you on your own side? 11:15 - standing on the shoulders of complex female characters 12:59 - performing your own life 14:37 - the joy of knowing who to turn to - beyond the algorithms suggestions 15:05 - building expertise through your parasocial besties 18:00 - how i'm finding the line between vulnerability and…
24. how to fall down a curiosity rabbit hole & reconnect to your creativity
Listened"creativity is just connecting things," & how living a project based life will save you from the robot-ization of society! Reading mentioned: - Be More Confusing, Actually - A Project of One's Own- Research as a leisure activity - What does it mean to study independently in 2025? Websites: -Are.na - pudding.cool - https://friendola.com/ - https://ita.toys/scans/milkbar/milkbar2 - https://cloudhiker.net/ Bonus websites: - Make music?? - Play Ispy - Write fiction 💌 Podcast Management Website ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram Timestamps: 00:00 - introo 01:18 - why do we want to fall down rabbit holes? 02:42 - personal branding & niching down 05:21 - how to be so interesting you beat AI 08:11 - living a project based life 12:15 - projects as a curiosity incubator 13:05 - how I fall down rabbit holes 15:42 - research as a leisure activity 21:48 - work/life balance 25:57 - resources to spark curiosity
23. why are we afraid of LOVE? 🥀reflecting on creativity + eros 🌹
Listenedyou can transmute romantic preoccupation into an artistic vision that can literally change your life. resources mentioned: - Audre Lorde's Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power- Rue Yi's Tiktok- Rozie Ramata's Tiktok- Vanessa | LifeisArt Tiktok- "Love, Love, Love, and Everything In Between" By Still Yearning- Attachment Theory is White Supremacy in a Lab Coat💌 Podcast Management Website ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram Timestamps: 00:00 - coming up 00:32 - What is Eros? 01:00 - Dating & Crushing! 04:52 - Creative Satisfaction from a crush 06:25 - Building a creative practice 07:04 - What is Limerence? 08:37 - limerence is about art11:20 - Why attachment theory kind of sucks 14:39 - Creative projects give you something to obsess over 16:35 - not all love stories are romances 18:35 - How to love without abandoning yourself 20:42 - You don't have to invent, you can just see 25:07 - use it as creative fuel #creativity #makingart #selfexpression
22. how to be a better villager
ListenedThe sentiment "everybody wants a village but no one is willing to be a better villager" is going around the internet right now (if you know the OG source, lmk. Right now, it's lost in the internet sauce for me). I'm talking community organizing, beyond friendships. If you have great friends, that's amazing. But we should all be focused on cultivating a wider sense of community and care right now. So, how do we actually do that? Let's talk about it...Resources Mentioned: - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer- Elise Granata's "Becoming a High Agency Person"-Elise Granata's "7 Ideas to Jumpstart Community Practice"- Weenus_Maximus Tiktok💌 Podcast Management Website ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 🐻 Personal Instagram TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Coming up 02:24 Robin Wall Kimmerer on Reciprocity03:30 The Three Sisters 07:25 Finding Your Unique Role in the Village 08:19 Why Urgency Doesn't Bring Community Closer 09:42 Building Up a Sense of Agency 11:06 UN-Branding Community12:58 How to Feel a Sense of Agency in Community…
21. You are the Altar. Not the Sacrifice.
ListenedMen gain sacredness and transcendence through a loss of ego and self. Women gain sacredness and transcendence when they claim themselves and gain an ego. Resources mentioned: - The Divine Feminine: Elizabeth (Liz) Gilbert at Archangel Summit in Toronto, Canada - Jamila Bradley's "What the Self-Help Industry Has Wrong About...Everything" - Bell Hooks "Women Artists: The Creative Process" - The Book of Longings Connect with me: 💌 Podcast Management Website ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram Timestamps: 00:00 - new music incoming?? 01:25 - why do women need to approach spirituality differently? 03:54 - discernment disclaimer05:56 - conspirituality 07:42 - why is "selfless" the ultimate compliment for women? 08:05 - MY experience 09:49 - Liz Gilbert's Divine Feminine Speech 10:40 - The Code of Hammurabi 11:18 - The Axial Age 12:35 - Why spiritual advice from hit the same way for women 17:40 - Drawing a circle of sacredness around yourself 20:40 - personal essay 23:14 - why "i don't care" is empowering 23:59 - Bell Hooks…
20. Convenience Culture is Killing Our Creative Impulses
ListenedSometimes the thing you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing (watch the full episode on youtube). Reaching for convenience is understanding and often necessary. It often satiates our desire for answers and quick solutions. But it's becoming an obstacle to all of our flourishing. Today, we have to talk about how an addiction to convenience is killing our creative impulses. The algorithm is constantly serving up answers and interests on a silver platter. It's convenient. And it's eroding our ability to exercise autonomy, surprise ourselves, and live in the tension of creation. Tune in for a little exercise I'm going to be doing in the coming days to combat this issue. And join me if you feel so inclined! Connect with me <3: Follow Wild Geese on Instagram Join my email list Grab the podcast launch Notion hub Follow for podcast production tips and tricks
19. creating a digital garden to end my doomscrolling
Listened"create more than you consume." Okay...but HOW!? We're all addicted to scrolling already. How do we stop the cycle for long enough to actually create something? Well, we start taking notes. This episode is all about following your string of curiosity and getting serious about your interests. We've all heard the phrase "in order to be interesting, you need to be interested." So let's tap into the power of our own interests with a newfound intentionality. Never heard of digital gardening? Don't worry. Think of today's episode as a digital gardening crash course. In today's episode, we're chatting about: How to be a more interesting person Why would taking notes help you be more creative? What is a digital garden? How do you create a digital garden? Resources Mentioned: Oddyseas' note taking tutorial Ayan Artan's "In Defense of Pretension" A Brief History and Ethos of the Digital Garden
18. How to Decenter Men *BUT Still Enjoy Dating Men* | Stop Worshipping the Male Gaze
ListenedThere is no time like the present to re-evaluate your relationship with men. The cost of centering men in your life: Never truly meeting yourself because you're stuck in a cycle of appealing to the male gaze Lack of autonomy and self-expression Loss of female friendships Missed opportunities And so, so much more... So what are we going to do about it? Some people are all about divesting from men completely. I don't think that's the answer for me. So today, we're talking about decentering men WHILE dating them. This episode will still be relevant if you're actively in a relationship with men or never wanted a relationship with men in the first place. We're all living in a patriarchal society - one that seems to be absolutely imploding and targeting women during it's downfall right now... Resources Mentioned: Jamila Bradley's Substack, The Broken Pedestal Society Venus-in-Pisces Red Alert for Genocide: USA
17. The Mom That Shows Up
ListenedToday, I'm sitting down for a completely off the cuff conversation with my mom❤️🔥 If you've never met my mom, you'll definitely be obsessed with her by the end of this conversation. After literally 3 days of trying to upload the video to Spotify with nothing but "failure to load" messages, I'm opting for audio only for this episode. Womp womp. Please go check out the Youtube video if you want to see all of the family photos and memes I've included love bugs. Last year for Christmas, I gifted my mom a Storyworth subscription that was meant to turn her stories into a book for my baby niece. But I decided, since my mom is one of the funniest, most insightful people I know, I might as well turn it into a little radio show for her as well. So while a lot of this episode may feel totally random to you if you're a stranger, it's incredibly meaningful to me. I hope you enjoy it :) CONTENT WARNING: Please take care of yourself, this episode does contain a short discussion about mental illness and suicide. If these…
16. How We're Ritualizing Everything and Turning Our Lives Into Art in 2025
ListenedYou can't be yourself until you know yourself and you can't know yourself if you're constantly abandoning yourself in pursuit of other people. You can watch the full episode video on Spotify and Youtube (the memes really add to the experience if I do say so myself)! That's the heart of today's episode wrapped up in a sentence. Going into 2025, I hope we can all find the space to be a bit selfish. I've been thinking a lot about how I can toggle back and forth between fixer mode and victim mode. In 2025, I want to take a playful approach to being my own parent, ritualizing everything I do so that it's more fun and more beautiful to me, and getting to know myself intentionally. It doesn't have to all be intense goal setting in the New Year. It can be a process of slowmaxxing into the version of you that knows what you need and stops asking permission. We're talking about self-expression, self-exploration and devotion to the self today. If you enjoy the ep, talk to me! Leave a comment, DM me, follow the show,…
15. Grounded Spirituality, Releasing Dogmas and Finding Home with Eliza Day
Listened"I don't know why we feel the need to look for things that aren't here instead of just looking more deeply at what already is here." Today's guest, Eliza Day sums it all up in that one sentence. Eliza is an artist, speaker, and intuitive guide who is sharing so many nuggets of wisdom that ground spirituality and releases dogma. Connect with Eliza: Check out her website Tiktok Instagram Resources mentioned: The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck The Raven Cycle Series Connect with me: Follow Wild Geese on Insta! Follow Anna’s business insta!
14. What Your Dreams Are Telling You With Jared Ray Gilmore
ListenedWe've all had incredibly vivid dreams where we stumble out of bed and immediately try to recall everything we can. But what do we do with the bits and pieces we remember? Most of us stop at retelling the juiciest bits to our friends. But what if our dreams were the key to understanding ourselves on the deepest level? Today, I'm chatting with Jared Ray Gilmore, a Jungian depth coach, audio engineer and composer. He blew my mind with this conversation. We're digging into how you can read the symbols in your dreams, what the function of your ego actually is, and so much more. If you enjoy this episode, share it with a friend! They deserve to unlock the key to their dreams too! Check out the Spotify playlist HERE! Connect with Jared: Website Instagram Tiktok Connect with me: Follow Wild Geese on Insta! Follow Anna’s business insta!
13. Girlhood, Shame, and Self-Optimization with Hailey Noecker
ListenedGirlhood is a state of constant embarrassment. Not to mention the feeling that you're just...always in trouble? So how the hell are we supposed to become well-adjusted adults when most of us have been raised to have a deep shame rooted in our bones? Well today, I've got Hailey Noecker, self-published author that's absolutely killing it on Substack right now and a prevention specialist for a child advocacy nonprofit. We're chatting about: How working in child advocacy has made Hailey think about her own childhood differently What it means to reclaim your youth in adulthood The fig tree analogy (of course, you know me) Why our obsession with self-optimization can be debilitating Listen to the Spotify playlist HERE Connect with Hailey: Substack TikTok Connect with me: Follow Wild Geese on Insta! Follow Anna’s business insta!
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