In this first official episode of Beyond the Coil , I’m sharing an empowering insight from a recent coaching session that explores how our minds cling to familiar beliefs, even when they no longer serve us. Many of us carry deep-rooted stories of self-doubt that feel safe simply because they’re familiar, reinforced by our survival instincts and life experiences. Today, we’ll dig into why these thought patterns are so persistent and explore how recognizing and reframing them can create space for ...
Nov 11, 2024•11 min
As the election draws near, it’s easy to feel swept away. This episode offers essential tools for maintaining emotional balance in these turbulent times. We dive into the basics of polyvagal theory and how our nervous system reacts to stress, especially under high-stakes circumstances. You’ll learn quick, accessible self-regulation protocols—shaking off freeze state, releasing fight-or-flight, and reinforcing a sense of safety. Inspired by Ruby Rose Fox’s techniques, these strategies are designe...
Nov 01, 2024•6 min
Track List: * Don’t worry I’m writing “serious” songs now – * I have a teacher in Brooklyn – and we pretend * what we’re doing is consequential, collectively * choosing to forget that we’ll both die one day, * we’re not even sure when, (it could be tomorrow,) * y ella continúa enviando un correo electrónico de nuestra Zoom programada * and I send her payment through Venmo * sometimes even the day before the lesson * which I would like to think that if I died * before the lesson at least she gets...
May 22, 2024•27 min
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Mar 23, 2023•5 min
I wrote this episode on a day I finally broke from getting the same only-ever-subtext message from the online wellness community. Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com , check out the other weird s**t I do at linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Feb 24, 2023•12 min
Johan Huizinga’s definition of “play” reminds me of Octavio Paz’s definition of “eroticism” – that it exists for the sake of itself. Which also sounds like something God allegedly said – “I am that I am.” This puts pleasure and play decidedly close to God in my factoring, though, it’s true, I’ve never been too good at maths. Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com , check out the other weird s**t I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insi...
Feb 17, 2023•20 min
I had been waiting forever for an adaptation of an Octavia Butler work. So when I saw the ad for the Hulu show, I counted down the days. I prepped by reading the book in a couple days. Warning – this episode contains spoilers. Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com , check out the other weird s**t I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Feb 10, 2023•39 min
I wrote this episode in response to Sarah Marshall’s essay Violent Delights about the serial killer media industrial complex in the magazine The Believer after Roxane Gay linked it in her Substack: Audacious Roundup. Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com , check out the other weird s**t I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Feb 03, 2023•13 min
This episode found its provenance in a letter I wrote to a person I was dating but never sent. Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com , check out the other weird s**t I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Jan 20, 2023•15 min
This season I’ll be talking about mysticism, eroticism, astrology, pleasure, and serial killers. Yes, serial killers. And that’s all I can tell you so far. Subscribe to my Substack at lunarviolet.substack.com , check out the other weird s**t I do for fun at adultpapers.com or linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Dec 27, 2022•4 min
So it’s been two years, and in that time I’ve asked myself lots more Q’s, made plenty more mistakes, and gained experience that I can’t wait to share with you. I’m feverishly working on Season Two so look forward to many more stories, straight from the coil. Guess what?! I've been featured on Top 20 Sober Mom Podcasts ! Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Oct 23, 2022•1 min
Lagos, Nigeria-based artist Adéwálé Máyòwá talks about his journey from engineering and medicine to art, his spiritual inspiration for creation, "Love, Sex, and Robots," and why artists make the best lovers. Adewale is a bit of a mystery so I can't find his bio online, but you can learn a lot about him from his Twitter feed: @_AdewaleMayowa You can purchase his work here: https://foundation.app/@adewalemayowa/foundation/106865 Basement Studio Film Club was a short-run Twitter space V hosted to t...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr
Los Angeles-based photographer Parker Day talks identity expression, oneness, film photography gear & techniques, a little art history, and some artist recommendations. We also get lucky and other talented photographers in the room (@BokehPresents and Matthew Pandolfe among others) chime in. About Parker: Her first body of work, ICONS, premiered in a 2017 solo exhibition at Superchief Gallery LA. She has since had solo shows at Superchief Gallery Miami and New York, Peyer Fine Art in Zurich,...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Why my decision to go vegan wasn't really a decision but a spiritual commitment akin to sobriety. Guess what?! I've been featured on Top 20 Sober Mom Podcasts ! Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Jan 23, 2021•15 min
On August 13, 2019, I came out of the broom closet. That's when the synchronicities started. I indulge my affinity for tangents in this birthday episode. Guess what?! I've been featured on Top 20 Sober Mom Podcasts ! Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Jan 09, 2021•15 min
Fear asks some pretty dumb questions. Don't let them stop you from doing a thing. It's time to punch fear in the face, or, at least, tell it to stfu so you can get back to work. HAPPY 2021! Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Jan 02, 2021•19 min
I love being a multi-disciplinary artist, except for that whole thing about time being a finite resource. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe
Dec 26, 2020•24 min
We had a great idea for a project. But then we broke up. Hopefully the universe won't let this project fall flat. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe
Dec 19, 2020•15 min
I reflect on one of the positive outcomes of having had the narcissistic relationship experience. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe
Dec 12, 2020•16 min
Re-listening to Jane Eyre after eleven years, two divorces, and one kid is kind of infuriating. This week I talk about how I think Rochester is a 🤬 narcissist, how I figured out I was in a relationship with a narcissist, and how I managed to gtfo. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet IMPORTANT NOTICE: While my advice is made with every effort to assist you - you are in the best position to determine how relevant this information is to your situation. Advice provid...
Dec 05, 2020•52 min
An effort to give you reasons to care about what I have to say makes for a failed attempt to tell you a little about myself. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe
Nov 28, 2020•27 min
I reflect on how going Flegan, Flexible Vegan, and starting Yoga again, and staying sober, are all indicators that my almost-decade-long trauma therapy work, is working. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Nov 22, 2020•18 min
I share stories about personal growth, parenting, creativity, sobriety, and relationships. Tune in every weekend to hear me stumble through the latest shituation I’ve gotten myself into. This isn’t your regular storytelling. This is Adult Papers. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Nov 21, 2020•1 min
I trace the conception and trajectory of Adult Papers from the art studio to the recording studio. The name came to me in a dream that signaled it was time to grow the f*ck up, and other tales. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Nov 21, 2020•25 min
I tell the story of some of the random events that led to my sobriety, and then I talk about, you guessed it, writing, and writers. Guess what?! I've been featured on Top 20 Sober Mom Podcasts ! Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Nov 14, 2020•24 min
I anticipated having a case of the feels after the election, but I did not expect my four year old to get suspended, and then kinda, kicked out of school during our official social transition from he to she/they. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Nov 08, 2020•18 min
We're in the middle of lockdown, a world pandemic, a consequential af election, I came out of the closet three months ago and I'm getting sober after almost two years into my single parenting journey, and it's just now dawning on me that I should listen to my little boy who's been telling me she's a girl for almost three years. Theme song is "Animals" by your host. https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Nov 08, 2020•23 min
A candid conversation about random crying, being a writer, and, of course, sobriety. Theme song is “Animals” by your host. 🌿 https://linktr.ee/lunarviolet Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe
Nov 07, 2020•14 min
Two months before getting sober I came out. Here's a list of sixteen things I felt. Theme song is “Animals” by your host. Guess what?! I've been featured on Top 20 Sober Mom Podcasts ! 🐍 https://www.adultpapers.com/ Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Oct 31, 2020•8 min
A stream-of-consciousness episode including conversations with the universe, inspired by ten days of sobriety. Theme song is “Animals” by your host. Guess what?! I've been featured on Top 20 Sober Mom Podcasts ! 🐍 https://www.adultpapers.com/ Get full access to Orphic Insights at stonegutierrez.substack.com/subscribe...
Oct 25, 2020•8 min
