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Figuring Sh!t Out

Vanessa Fontana
Figuring Sh!t Out
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    140. the ache in your heart is holy: how to pray

    01/11/2026 | 46 mins.
    "and what can I say of prayer? except that it feels like clean air in my lungs. i sit and i vent and i cough up dirty water and blood and something holy makes me brand new. my heart aches and then it doesn’t. that is all I know."
    this episode is for anyone who has no idea how to hear God, talk to God, is confused about what they believe about God, isn't confused but is looking for new perspectives on interacting with the sacred and holy, and for anyone who knows that learning to commune + communicate with the Creator of all things might just be in their benefit but has no idea where to start.
    i share how prayer has evolved for me over the years and how it's become a life-boat, an anchor, something i cannot live without and i give you a framework to use prayer to invest deeper in a relationship with God.
    my prayer for you in listening to this episode - is that it inspires you to begin or deepen a dialogue of your own with God.
    something sacred, special, and just yours.
    -
    for meditations, workshops, conversations about God, & creative awakening tools join METAMORPHOSIS - a creative nervous-system led sanctuary for women designed to help you move through fear, trust your voice, and express what's inside of you in community. 
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    Journey's like the 10 day Creative Awakening & Inner Child Healing Journey, 5 Day Somatic Expression Perfectionism Journey, 10 Day Heart Opening Journey, Digital Detox Journey's & more!!
    Bi-weekly live sessions (Artist’s Hours + Shadow-Workshops) (Also recorded)
    A library of 50+ meditations, practices, and resources (& Monthly Themes)
    A private community space for connection, expression, and collaboration
    25% off future retreats

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    Mentioned in the episode:
    Traveling mercies - book by Anne Lamott
    Podcast on Unanswered Prayer 

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    139. you were created on purpose

    24/10/2026 | 33 mins.
    learning to see yourself through God's eyes -
    "Fearfully and Wonderfully made
    Knit together
    Created - breath by breath
    and piece by piece
    Gifted and anointed
    Created Intentionally
    And on Purpose
    That is what your creator says about making you. 
    And yet - you make yourself small when you enter into rooms that feel like they can’t hold your loud laugh and big heart
    You shrink into smithereens when the person across from you darts their eyes to the other corner of the room while you’re in conversation
    You ask yourself 
    Am I smart enough? Interesting enough? Skinny enough? Pretty enough? 
    Am I Enough?
    And you forget 
    That you were fearfully 
    And wonderfully made
    Knit together
    Created breath by breath 
    Piece by piece
    Gifted and anointed
    Created
    Intentionally 
    And on purpose"
    What does it mean to be fearfully and wonderfully made, to know that you were created on purpose, and to see yourself through God’s eyes instead of the world’s? In this episode of Figuring Sh!t Out, we explore self-worth, identity, and the freedom of knowing you are deeply loved, intentionally created, and already enough.
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    for meditations, workshops, conversations about God, & creative awakening tools join METAMORPHOSIS - a creative nervous-system led sanctuary for women designed to help you move through fear, trust your voice, and express what's inside of you in community. 
    learn more & hear what members are saying: METAMORPHOSIS
    inside you'll have access to:
    Journey's like the 10 day Creative Awakening & Inner Child Healing Journey, 5 Day Somatic Expression Perfectionism Journey, 10 Day Heart Opening Journey, Digital Detox Journey's & more!!
    Bi-weekly live sessions (Artist’s Hours + Shadow-Workshops) (Also recorded)
    A library of 50+ meditations, practices, and resources (& Monthly Themes)
    A private community space for connection, expression, and collaboration
    25% off future retreats / Free NYC events

    For $20 your first month, join with the code MAGIC - HERE

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    138. maybe you can just... RECEIVE love & healing?? (instead of chasing it???)

    17/10/2026 | 37 mins.
    "tear your heart out of your chest - and give it to God. there is no other healing. i swear, there is no other healing." (Yasmin Mogahed)
    -
    what if healing isn’t about becoming the most "aligned" version of yourself, but learning to receive a love greater than your own and surrender to the path created for you? what if you could stop treating yourself like a project to complete, and let God meet you in the parts of yourself you still struggle to love?
    maybe we don’t just HEAL our inner child - maybe we learn to become children again.
    to surrender the exhausting responsibility of being our own healer, our own source of love, our own answer to everything.
    to let ourselves be held, guided, and transformed by a love we could never earn, but is freely given.
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    in case you missed the last episode:
    God?
    youtube
    spotify
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    for meditations, workshops, conversations about God, & creative awakening tools join METAMORPHOSIS - a creative nervous-system led sanctuary for women designed to help you move through fear, trust your voice, and express what's inside of you in community. 
    learn more & hear what members are saying: METAMORPHOSIS
    inside you'll have access to:
    Journey's like the 10 day Creative Awakening & Inner Child Healing Journey, 5 Day Somatic Expression Perfectionism Journey, 10 Day Heart Opening Journey, Digital Detox Journey's & more!!
    Bi-weekly live sessions (Artist’s Hours + Shadow-Workshops) (Also recorded)
    A library of 50+ meditations, practices, and resources (& Monthly Themes)
    A private community space for connection, expression, and collaboration
    25% off future retreats / Free NYC events

    For $20 your first month, join with the code MAGIC - HERE

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    137. the God i wasn't looking for

    10/10/2026 | 1h 34 mins.
    plot twist: jesus.
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    For meditations, workshops, conversations about God, & creative awakening tools join METAMORPHOSIS - a creative nervous-system led sanctuary for women designed to help you move through fear, trust your voice, and express what's inside of you in community. 
    learn more & hear what members are saying: METAMORPHOSIS
    inside you'll have access to:
    Journey's like the 10 day Creative Awakening & Inner Child Healing Journey, 5 Day Somatic Expression Perfectionism Journey, 10 Day Heart Opening Journey, Digital Detox Journey's & more!!
    Bi-weekly live sessions (Artist’s Hours + Shadow-Workshops) (Also recorded)
    A library of 50+ meditations, practices, and resources (& Monthly Themes)
    A private community space for connection, expression, and collaboration
    25% off future retreats / Free NYC events

    Join at the lowest price ever HERE
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    LEAVE A COMMENT & let me know WHAT this episode provoked in you, what questions you have (bc im probably also having them), and how Figuring Sh!t Out has impacted your life.
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    136. im changing and i'm terrified of what it might cost me, wbu?

    07/06/2026 | 28 mins.
    This episode is a confession, an homage to honesty, a bid of vulnerability on a deeply personal shift happening in my life that I've let through a couple of episodes but I haven't unearthed fully because -
    Well,
    I've been believing lies that have kept me scared and stuck.
    Yes, even (ESPECIALLY) Miss.FiguringSh!tOutYapsALotPodcastHost has fear and doubt that chokes her up.
    In this episode, I share what it’s like to find yourself standing between two voices:
    The voice of fear and the voice of truth.
    And how to discern between the two.
    We touch on healing, EMDR, perfectionism, somatic work, and these hidden lies that keep us stuck long after we’ve outgrown them.
    This is Figuring Sh!t Out - in it's deepest essence.
    A real-time reflection on what it looks like to be unraveling the stories you've told yourself about who you are expected to be in order to survive, knowing that life is more than just surviving, and honoring that most of the things that scare the sh!t out of you don't just scare the sh!t out of you because of all that you have to lose -
    But also, mostly, more importantly -
    because of ALL that you have to gain.
    --
    EMDR Episode 
    METAMORPHOSIS: a creative nervous-system led sanctuary for women designed to help you move through fear, trust your voice, and express what's inside of you - in COMMUNITY.
    Want to learn more about Metamorphosis? All you need to know is here.

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About Figuring Sh!t Out
This show is an exploration of what it means to be human, to seek truth, and to become who we’re meant to be.Hosted by Vanessa Fontana, an NYC-based writer, it explores the questions that shape us, the beliefs that challenge us, and the things that make us reconsider everything we thought we knew.Bridging spirituality, faith, philosophy, literature & lore, healing, and humor, this podcast is your companion in the messy, beautiful process of becoming, and a reminder that we’re all just figuring sh!t out.Stay Connected:IG: @byvanessafontana TikTok: butterflyfountainYoutube:@figuringshitoutJoin Metamorphosis, the Community for women seeking creative exploration, nervous system regulation, and support in their artistry. Partnership / Busines Inquiries: contactbutterflyfountain@gmail.com
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