Holli Rockitt joins us to tell her intense and courageous story. She struggled with domestic abuse on top of having bipolar disorder and came out the other side with the help of medication, therapy, and the healing power of music.

First, we start with tattoo artist Lee Dandy and the Sancheck system on the second half of our conversation about Twin Peaks. We had been discussing the role of generational trauma and abuse. Did Laura Palmer make the decision to end a cycle of abuse? That’s how Sancheck interprets this David Lynch masterpiece.

Then, we talk to Maggie Parrish about what it means to be a circus arts performer with anxiety.

Today’s guest is Kristin Karr. She’s a teacher at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, and she is here to tell us about her journey with both physical and mental disabilities and how she expresses herself through her art.

In this episode, we talk about the pros and cons of resolutions for the new year for those of us with brain weasels and other mental health issues.

My guests are Lee, Manny, and Leif.

Lee is a 35-year-old queer, non-binary tattoo artist at Electric Panther in Cabot Arkansas. Manny, a member of the Sancheck system, is 33 and talks a bit about their Twitch stream. Check them out at multie_player. Leif is a 47-year-old cis-man, works in public health, and is about to become a dad!

It turns out all of us have different relationships with new year's resolutions.