Planetary Productivity, Astrology x Tech $, and Designer Embryos
Episode Description
Michelle and Wallis discuss creepy affiliate models in wellness editorial, astrology apps and tech funding, more weird vaccine conspiracies, questions of bioethics in fertility tech, and the future of reproductive rights. Michelle finishes off the episode by diving into how to use planetary hours to your advantage when batching your work, planning a date, pitching a project, and everything in between.
Referenced in today's episode:
Everything Tiffany Haddish Eats in a Day | Food Diaries: Bite Size | Harper's BAZAAR
This startup says it can predict the health of your future child | WIRED UK
Ohio hits highest vaccination rate in weeks after offering $1m lottery prize
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“I could see why a parent would not want their kid to go through the pain of the human experience, like getting cancer. That's something that makes your life harder, but that also makes it your life. That's what makes you YOU.” – Michelle Pellizzon
“An orgasm a day is not just good because it's enjoyable, but it's really good for like your cramps when you're on your period, and it's great for increasing your oxytocin and helping with things like depression and being connected to your body.” – Michelle Pellizzon
"Capitalism loves to tell us that our productivity equates our value, but that's just simply not true." – Michelle Pellizzon
"Resistance is normal when you're creating something that you've never done before. Just because you have resistance doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. It just means you've never done it before." – Michelle Pellizzon
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If you enjoyed this episode check out "Breaking Through Procrastination and Perfectionism With Monday Hour One" where Michelle goes in on why her go-to productivity tool is Monday Hour One. If you're done with trying different routines, this might be the right tool to help you tear down your habits and build them anew, baby.
SHOW NOTES
[0:00:06] Podcast begins.
[0:00:20] IG is bombarded with fake news about people who got the COVID vaccine are about to die.
[0:01:22] In Ohio, they’re giving away money to those who are willing to get vaccinated.
[0:01:48] Watch Hayla Wong on IG TV – “Identify as vaccinated.”
[0:03:12] We don't use the term “identify” anymore because it actually is quite invalidating
[0:05:13] The Chalkboard sent a newsletter about common toxic protein with the subject line Remove This from Your Refrigerator Immediately.
[0:10:29] They create a so-called friendships or alliances that are public, to get more people to buy into each other's products. It's a really weird pyramid scheme.
[0:12:16] Those are all just paid sponsorships. That's not actually what people eat.
[0:13:38] In The Cusp, none of our products are sponsored. That's part of our values that we don't get sponsored so we can give real reviews.
[0:16:10] Ross, the known founder, co-founder, and the CEO of the Sanctuary World app, isn’t actually the one who started the company. It was a woman named Emily Thomas.
[0:19:08] ORCHID received almost $5M in funding. ORCHID does early detection of your future kid’s genetic risks ahead of time. Basically, it estimates the likelihood that your child will have a particular condition.
[0:19:43] Most of the researchers and doctors cited that it's not proven to be effective in terms of measuring the outcomes of diseases.
[0:24:33] “An orgasm a day is not just good because it's enjoyable, but it's really good for like your cramps when you're on your period, and it's great for increasing your oxytocin and helping with things like depression and being embodied and connected to your body.” – Michelle Pellizzon
[0:25:43] We have great freebies from really cool companies, and awesome discounts to be taken advantage of in The Cusp this week.
[0:25:56] The Cusp is our wellness hypebeast community and newsletter.
[0:26:23] If you need any vibrator, this is your week!
[0:26:58] End of the wellness news.
[0:27:12] Today, we're going to talk about planetary hours. This is a sneak peek of some content that's inside of the North Node.
[0:27:38] The North Node is the Queen of Holisticism.
[0:28:31] When you're reading a nurture sequence, it's not that different than when you're nurturing plants.
[0:29:09] The archetypal journey of the intuitive entrepreneur: from Seeker to Detective to Alchemist, to the Advocate all the way to the Visionary.
[0:31:37] Capitalism loves to tell us that our productivity equates our value, but that's just simply not true.
[0:31:53] “My goal isn't to be productive. My goal is to be prolific, because I know that eventually I will create something magnificent.” – Michelle Pellizzon
[0:34:03] Every hour in the calendar is assigned to a planet, and it rotates.
[0:34:22] You can use apps to figure out planetary hours or you can calculate it yourself.
[0:34:37] Each planet has a specific energy and force and an area of expertise that can help you get things done.
[0:34:55] There are lots of spells that require you to perform during a specific planetary hour.
[0:40:03] Mercury is a great time to communicate and to provide clarity and to channel your messages, to writing blog posts.
[0:40:13] Jupiter is all about increasing. It's growth.
[0:40:57] Venus is about love, luxury, beauty, decorating shopping for romantic or creative things and pleasure.
[0:41:08] Saturn is long-term stuff like careers, long-term relationships, institutions like marriage, investments, karma. And it's a really good day for a reversal spell. Saturn will teach you lessons to get you back on track.
[0:41:35] Sun hour is ego, consciousness, individuality, creativity, happiness, independence.
[0:41:40] Leo is the child of astrology.
[0:41:44] You can use these planets and look up where the planets are during the day, and time your activities.
[0:45:13] Creating opportunities to do deep work can be really powerful, and can help us get unstuck.
[0:45:24] Resistance is normal when you're creating something that you've never done before.
[0:45:43] Just because you have resistance doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. It just means you've never done it before.
[0:47:19] If we give ourselves only three hours to write a blog post or three blog posts, there's a very high chance that we'll get that done. However, if we just give ourselves free range to write that blog post when we feel inspired, then they might never get done.
[0:49:16] You can use planetary hours to figure out when you want to batch your content.
[0:50:03] “I love doing candle magic before I begin writing something.” – Michelle Pellizzon
[0:51:24] Do it in a way that feels good for you, in spiritual and intuitive way.
[0:51:45] The North Node doors will officially open on June 20th. We have a limited number of spots.
[0:53:31] Podcast ends.
PEOPLE AND RESOURCES MENTIONED
Hayla Wong, @haylawong
This Is Exactly What Tiffany Haddish Eats in One Day, Tiffany Haddish