This week we are joined by the dazzling Dajé Alōh aka The Story Doula, and DANG do we get blessed by her presence. She takes us all the way to church and to the underworld beneath the church, and has us swinging from the rafters by the end of it. We talk recovery from fundamentalist Christian upbringing, and mining the jewels from the faith for a more creative, more gritty OF THE EARTH AND DIRT kind of spiritual fortitude. We talk about the patriarchy killing our relationship to worship and awe. We talk about how everybody can be a land-steward regardless of your location or occupation, and how our relationship to the land we live on has everything to do with our relationship to the Divine. I got drunk on the magic sauce up in this one. Enjoy enjoy, babies. LINKS More about our guest — Dajé Alōh’s Instagram Dajé Alōh’s Website Dajé Alōh’s Podcast Kinspirit Mentioned in the episode— Join me for Getting Unpalatable this Friday 9/8/23 - a free mini workshop and conversation on de-prioritizing being likable to everyone so you can like yourself more. It’s gonna be special and funnnnn Book 1:1 Creative Guidance time with Melissa Free Resources — Check out Attention Reset - my free digital art zine on reviving your road-weary attention Stay Connected — Follow Melissa’s Instagram for podcast updates Join Melissa’s weeklyish newsletter for creative musings and studio news Big thanks to Ben Coleman for composing our theme music, and Gavin Bernard for vocals. Go listen to everything Ben has made, you won’t be sorry! I love you, thanks for being here!