#0046: Aimee Gardner on exchanging the art of medicine for the medicine of art + slaying the star-farting cat

Aimee is the Operations Director for O+ (pronounced oh positive).  Over her time with the organization, she’s also helped launch spin-off festivals in San Francisco and Petaluma, California. O+ works to build long-term relationships between creatives and health & wellness providers to help strengthen local communities. The O+ festival infuses medicine, art, and wellness in a uniquely engaging way.

In addition to talking about O+, Aimee explains how we can trip into new and galvanizing experiences - sometimes unexpectedly - even as organized planners (ahem, my Type-A friends) and live to tell about it. We also chat about ways she’s dealt with burnout, the importance of setting bite-sized goals, and how she spends her “free” time at Disaster Mansion. Oh yeah, we’ll also discover the satisfaction of slaying a star-farting cat. (PETA friends: Don’t be alarmed. No real cats were harmed in this conversation.) 

Selected link love + resources from the episodeConnect with Aimee on social media and on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedInComputer History MuseumKingston Museum of Contemporary ArtsNancy DonskojJoe ConcraKingston Candy BarAmanda PalmerSpirit Family ReunionO Wind Take Me To My Country Mini DocumentaryO+ Festival Website | O+ Poughkeepsie Festival | O+ Kingston Festival (Oct. 5th to Oct 7th)O+ Festival Murals 2016 (video)Carolita Johnson's A Woman's Work: Home EconomicsTeuxdeux (task list app)Disaster MansionKickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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