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The Lighthouse Letters

The Lighthouse Letters

di Alison

Stagione 2

making art, letting your soul sing, and feeling deliciously alive

dear wayward ship, life has been so deliciously lovely to me lately and I am full to the brim with it's richness. I hope you'll allow me to share it with you. To hold you and carry you across a stormy sea and to remind you to fall in love with the experience of living. love, alison

expanding beyond limits

Hello dear wayward ship, Today's letter finds you on a sunny sea where the waves are calm and the waves are doing that thing where the water starts to sparkle. ✨ I talk about expanding capacity, being motivated by the carrot or the stick, and the funny ways in which life will sweep the floor out from under you and then take you on the most magical carpet ride you've ever been on. I'm so grateful to you, the listener for taking time out of your day to let me chat in your ear. Today's letter is for those that need a little extra cheer, a little pep in their step, and a tight hug. I believe in you. <3

a feeling heart i refuse to harden

My mom always said my biggest vulnerability is my big heart. Respectfully, I disagree. I love my big heart and how it loves, and with every Human Experience™️ I have, I discover an increased capacity for love that I didn't know was there. This letter talks about the exhaustion that I'm feeling from the past few days, and how it is an earned tiredness, one that is well worth the temporary discomfort of having to run on little sleep and still be sort of functional. I talk about the difference between being alive and living, how different I was a year ago when I first started this podcast, heartbreak, and the reminder to "fall in love with the experience of living". This one goes out to anyone who has ever felt like they feel a little too deeply sometimes, that the edges of the world are too sharp. This is an invitation to keep your heart soft in spite of it all, so that the joy and the love may also visit you when the time is right.

The Scream Unscrumpt

I am so sorry that it's been so long, my beautiful wayward ships, but your lighthouse keeper is back! In this episode, I talk about the difference between self-worth and self-confidence, the inner knowledge of having a secure sense of self, and how getting involved in your community can be tricky and is still worth doing. This one is for those of you who have ever felt like you weren't quite good enough of like something was always missing. Sending a little bit of extra love with this episode.

Comedy, showing up, and the state of the world with special guest Daisy Bentley

Our very first lighthouse letters guest is Daisy Bentley! She's an acclaimed Chicago based actress and comedian and longtime friend of mine. I'm so glad I had her on the pod to talk about comedy, getting over bombing, the state of the world and the heaviness we all feel, and some righteous anger about the way things are and the systems that have gotten us here. This letter is for all of you who have been sowing seeds quietly and consistently, waiting patiently for your dream to bloom, and also for those of you who are fed up with being stuck in the cycle of 'barely surviving'. This one is for you.

doing it scared and doing it anyways

I DID SOMETHING SCARY! For YEARS I have been telling myself that I would get back into standup comedy and for YEARS I have been denying myself the joy of performing onstage as a comedian. I made it SO easy for myself to quit, and then kept wondering why I hadn't done stand up at all yet. I finally faced my fears, and did it scared. And, it turns out, doing it scared will give you the confidence you need that magically breaks you out of the funk you were in and suddenly things start lining up. I don't know how the magic works, only that it does. Do it scared. This letter goes out to all you wayward ships who have a dream but are afraid. You're not alone, and I'm here to tell you to do it scared. Keep doing it scared. It means you're doing it right.

we crave the safety of the cradle

When an idea lives in your head, protected by the safety of your skull, it's never exposed to judgement or failure! You can iterate forever. But then, the ideas never make it into your life and you never get to share them with people. It's a vicious cycle. In this letter, I talk about what it means to leave the safety of your head, being vulnerable and choosing to move forward, and what 'craving the safety of the cradle' really means. This one is for you overthinkers out there. I see you, I hear you, and I'm definitely one of you.

Stagione 1

your own voice as rebellion

I recorded this before the winter break as I was waiting at the airport to board my flight home. This letter speaks of the quiet voice inside that you learn to trust once your nervous system calms down, what labour and work could actually be if we were doing work that was meaningful, and the fact that large corporations only care about you so long as there is money to be made. This letter is for those of you who are still finding their voice, and are courageously moving through the noise.

how to survive your own transformation

How in the helly are you supposed to survive your own transformation? When you're just goo. This episode I talk about the inner child that demanded to be heard, and how finding your own authentic voice might involve revisiting that part of you that's been silent for a while. This letter is for anyone who is currently undergoing a transformation and crossing the bridge from who you are to who you were meant to be. You're not alone. ❤️

not quite good enough

This week's letter talks about the comparison trap, and how I find myself falling into it again... and how I pull myself back out. I've spent the last little while catching up with old friends, many of whom are in vastly different life stages than me, and I found myself battling with that familiar feeling of "not quite good enough". As with most of my problems, I decided to make some art about it. And I found... I couldn't really come up with any video evidence to support my claims of "not quite good enough". Then I realized that if I don't record my bad moments, then the moments I see online, or even the ones my close friends share with me might just be the highlights. I'm rarely privy to the really gritty behind the scenes (you know, the kind where you cry so hard snot comes out your nose in a comically large droplet that swings around like a pendulum?) so comparing myself to what I'm witnessing is actually a truly terrible way of seeing if I'm where I should be. Which, dear way And that thought gave me solace. So, dear wayward ship, this letter is for anyone who feels 'not quite good enough'. This one is for you. <3

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