Lizzy Co and The Artist's Way

EPISODE 4: Lizzy recounts her experience with the first set of tasks.

FEATURING: being seen as a threat, the key to living a sober life and reflections on early sobriety, reframing negative self-talk, when to keep something secret, choosing healthier friendships, why she went no-contact with her mother, her theory around why people quit their jobs, working peacefully with difficult people, how the Artist’s Way might be different if it had been created today, how she gauges her mental health, her old-fashioned upbringing, how to have a good day, what everyone has in common regardless of age, ho...

EPISODE 3: Lizzy explores the tasks for Week 1.

FEATURING: how she got her hands on her copy of The Artist’s Way, her experience as a creative child of the 80s, being in the current Sandwich Generation, red flags, stifled expression turning both her and her mother into a******s, the embarrassment of recovery, real friendship, fear and ableism hidden within positive affirmations, why she chose to go no-contact, and praise that comes attached to ulterior motives.

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EPISODE 2: Lizzy learns more about the two basic tools of The Artist’s Way.

FEATURING: creative life vs. day job, playing the numbers game, childhood journals, parents as censors, the culture of not-enough, better nervous system health through setting tough boundaries, and Lizzy’s personal agenda for working the program.

ABOUT THE PODCAST: Curious about The Artist’s Way but not ready to take the leap? Working through the weeks alone and looking for a companion? No matter where you’re coming from, this podcast is for you. Welcome!

Lizzy Co approaches this material...

EPISODE 1: Lizzy Co introduces this new, limited podcast series, reads the introduction to The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron for the very first time, and editorializes wildly shares her own thoughts.

FEATURING: times Lizzy learned things the hard way, a suspicion confirmed, how she got her hands on her copy of the book, a bit of her sobriety story, a temporary intruding car alarm in the neighborhood, the magic of boundaries, and a silent battle with sliding-down glasses.

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A read-through of the final proof for Shake the House, the new chapbook from Lizzy Co. Find it through Barnes & Noble today.

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Note: I totally forgot I already did some of these in a past post! (The perils of scheduling far ahead.) Guess it’ll be fun to compare the two.

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Performed live on Substack on March 26, 2025.

Program:

Troll

More Time

Use and Fashion

Find a Graveyard

Gravity Babies

Hands of a Girl

Racing Heart

The Sun at Your Birth

Third Act

Juicing

See How, or, Fixing Stuff with My Dad

All Souls’ Day

Girl-Gang Ghazal

Red Maple

There’s a Trick To It

Lacuna

Cherry Almond

Purple

Thank you...

Program:

* Cliffsides (ghazal)

* Rind (ghazal)

* Attachment Theory (free verse)

* The Sun At Your Birth (ghazal)

* Clean Sweep (ghazal)

* Chapters 1-3 from Give It A Home (sonnets)

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Program:

* Let Us Rise

* There’s a Trick To It

* Roots, Leaves, Flowers

* Gray

* Streets Make No Sense

* Chapters 8-9 from Give It A Home

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In which I share some book chapters and spoken word stuff

In which I enjoy my spiffy new mic boom arm

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In which I read from a collection I’m currently writing, titled Cherry Almond

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In which I read from my upcoming sonnet collection

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In which I rehearse for my first open mic

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