This is a Metaphor

Recording a podcast is one of the fastest ways to meet yourself, especially when the Wi‑Fi lags, Riverside refuses to cooperate, and you still decide to hit record. Mo sits down with Madeline Sargent, creator of the She Says It Podcast, to talk about the unglamorous truth of starting a podcast: the tech hiccups, the nerves, the editing spiral, and the pressure to market something that still feels tender. What surprised them most is...

A cold DM turns into a rare, generous exchange about how we actually hear ourselves. Mo sits down, virtually, across time and space, with a quantum hypnotist, Author, and Akashic Reader Mario Radinger, whose “higher self” sessions reveal something both simple and hard to practice: when trust and safety are present, letting go can be easy. He shares how Dolores Cannon’s work lit the fuse, why most clients come seeking purpose, and w...

A single line from an interview can change how you see wealth, and today that line reorients everything toward the inside. We follow a thread from Jessie Buckley’s interview from The Colbert Late Show in which she talks about her character, Agnes, from her award winning performance in Hamnet. From which Buckley says about her character, “She is rich”— which asks us to go into the deeper question of what richness really means when i...

On her most unhinged episode yet, and possibly most insightful, Mo asks what if the thing you’re meant to do today is the one thing you didn’t put on your list? She starts with a playful ode to singing to money, stumbles into an Irish accent breakthrough, and then steps straight into the deep end: real-world flirting far exceeds the fatigued dating-app world and why acting on a single inspired ping beats three hours of tidy procras...

January can feel like a trick of light—too slow, too long, and just honest enough to make you face what you’ve been dodging. We wade into that stretch with a messy mix of car trouble, online yoga teacher training, and a brand-new job in solar that drops me onto a dialer with a script, a headset, and a whole lot of resistance. What starts as a hustle for stability turns into a study in patience, discipline, and the weirdly tender ar...

Mo shares how a week long fever made her burn through identity, ego, and preferences. She shares how a brutal flu made her renegotiate food, comfort, and control: jello for texture, watermelon for water, spaghetti for sanity, and the realization that “good” choices look different when the only goal is to feel better.

This week she digs into the spirituality behind sickness. When your fever peaks at 105 degrees, you start h...

We enter 2026 by trading performance for meaning, letting “yearn” guide how we make, love, and choose what matters. From a cold Tampa night that turned radiant to a creative rejection that became craft, we map how to turn longing into honest work—something more aligned than desire. 

• pressure and pitfalls of year-end recaps
• choosing meaning over performance and applause
• the power of dropping expectations at a ...

The day after Christmas has its own quiet electricity—the kind that lingers in the air when the lights are still up, the floor is a little glittered, and the stories of yesterday are still warm. We lean into that charge to explore how simple comforts—fresh socks, a full stocking, a perfectly folded corner of wrapping paper—can feel more luxurious than anything extravagant. Then we follow that thread into a different kind of package...

Comedy is a mirror and a map, MO’s long conversation with stand-up comic Jake Poland traces both. They start with the personal—the tired voice after a great talk, the open mic nights in St. Pete and Tampa, the strange little signs that push you back on stage—and quickly find the bigger story: comedy as a daily reset. Jake insists the craft restarts every day. Yesterday’s kill doesn’t pay today’s dues, and last week’s applause won’t...

Do you ever know something is working, but the feeling isn’t there? Sometimes something good doesn’t mean it’s right. In this episode Mo tells a tale about a pair of borrowed pants, musical serendipity, and love that feels good but just isn’t right. She reflects on a relationship with kindness, keeping the memories bright instead of bitter. If you’re interested in emotional timing, respecting capacity, and letting a relationship en...

A wrecked trailer with no side door isn’t the obvious start to a creative life on wheels—unless it keeps calling your name. In this episode we share the full, unglossed story of The Chariot, Mo’s DIY mobile studio built from a $1,500 shell, a stack of tarot pulls, and a stubborn need to turn fear of stagnation into honest motion. What began as a quest to “get to the West Coast” became a deeper practice: learning tools, learning pat...

A penny that costs more than a penny is more than a quirky headline; it’s a sharp clue that our symbols of value can slip out of sync with reality. From that strange starting point, we open a wider lens on creative work, purpose, and the messy middle where many pursuits coexist before they cohere. If you’ve ever waited for one calling to choose you, this conversation offers a different map.

We talk through the myth of “the...

We trace the tug-of-war between fixing others and tending ourselves, from breakup fallout to a supermoon yoga class that forces a choice between pushing and resting. Petty thoughts, poofy bangs, and one blocked mirror turn into a lesson on worth, boundaries, and good-enough days.

As heat builds and the sequence stacks, we hit a choice point familiar to every overachiever. Push because you can, or pause because you should. We unpack ...

What do fragile dreams, public grief, and indie film have in common? More than you might think. Mo & Matt Lathrom (from the last guest episode) start with an unsettling “protect the tiny creature” dreams and move through the losses of cultural icons, asking what kind of space opens when giants leave—and who has the courage to fill it. Along the way, they talk illness, resilience, and why a single look in a scene can change how ...

October has a way of shaking the dust off creativity. In this episode, Mo looks at how Halloween’s built-in weirdness gives people an excuse to show sides of themselves they usually keep hidden. It’s not about spells or candy — it’s about the rare moment when performance, play, and belonging overlap.

She traces that spark into the rest of the year, sharing small rituals that keep curiosity alive — Sunday-night cards, moon journaling...

They came for Visual Effects, but stayed for coffee shop politics. On this episode Mo chats with fellow creative, and friend, Matt Lathrom. Agencies thin out while indie film gets louder, scrappier, and—somehow—more fun.  Lathrom, a multi-hyphenate VFX artist and producer whose credits include HBO, Netflix, and a growing list of indie features aiming at Sundance. Together they get candid about the gap between plan and reality, the ...

In this episode, Mo talks about how she set out to have the perfect morning: coffee, art, beach plans, and a finished painting. Instead, she found herself twelve hours deep slowly slipping into the void of an unfinished project. Or worse, a sh*tty painting. Along the way, Mo unpacks what happens when the vision in your head doesn’t match reality, and why having a plan is really useless when it comes to doing something you’ve never ...

Mo dives into Hopecore, meditation, and the strange joy of carrots. She confesses to endless scrolling, whispering mantras, napping like a pro, and discovering that sometimes doing nothing actually counts as progress. This episode is about showing up, staying chill, and weirding out your inner child. 

Made-up time stamps you might find useless, or recklessly accurate:

00:00 – 01:00 – Brain fried toast

01:01 – 02:00 – Scrolling sp...

This week’s episode is a ride through friendship, butt jokes, and the bizarre ways the universe answers when you ask, “Where’s the money?” Over coffee with her best friend, a Capricorn card told Mo to be patient, and Uranus reminded her that change often comes with a punchline. From the intimacy of long-distance rituals to the Bratz doll that showed up in her meditation, today’s musings explore discipline, pleasure, and what it mea...