Soft, Earthen Futures

This Full Moon in Aries, Gate 21 asks: where are you gripping for control when what you really need is to step into your authority?

In this episode, I'm joined by Sarah Belpedio—Storywork Studio team member and my new co-host for the Lunar Rites series—for a deep dive into Gate 21, the gate of control, and what it means to release our grip on outcomes while staying grounded in our power.

We explore:
  • How Gate 21 shows up for entrepreneurs, visionaries, and anyone trying to control every detail of their work and life
  • The difference between ease and easy—and why people pleasing is just another form of control
  • Sarah's personal story of surrendering the need to "have her own business" and how that opened doors to effortless, aligned work
  • How this eclipse season has been surgery, and this moon is inviting us to shake off what surfaced
  • The practice of de-manifestation and working with the waning moon cycle
  • Why releasing control doesn't mean abandoning your authority—it means accessing the finesse and precision of the hunter
This conversation weaves together human design, astrology, Daoist wisdom, and embodied practice to help you navigate this lunar portal with clarity and sovereignty.

Mentioned in this episode:
Connect with us:
  • www.storywork.studio | @storywork.studio
  • Daje Aloh [www.thestorydoula.co / @thestorydoula]
  • Sarah Belpedio: [www.sarahbelpedio.com / @sarah.belpedio]

Creators and Guests

Host
Daje Aloh
Founder of Storywork Studio
Host
Sarah Belpedio
Host
Storywork Studio
An Institute of Visionary Praxis

What is Soft, Earthen Futures?

Formerly known as the Inner Circle Podcast, Soft, Earthen Futures is for creatives, visionaries, and worldbuilders who are imagining new possibilities on the Earth.

Hosted by Daje Aloh—writer, teacher, and story doula—this podcast explores what it means to stand at the threshold between what has been and what wants to emerge. It's about tending the in-between, listening to what the Earth is dreaming through us, and building those visions into form.

Soft Earthen Futures is a design philosophy that awakens life-affirming potential in us. It champions design process that is listening, intuitive, grounded in nature, and centered on the embodied human experience. Design that brings out the best of what humanity can become.

Through reflections, seasonal transmissions, and conversations with other visionaries, this podcast offers frameworks for regenerative entrepreneurship, soul-led creativity, and visionary practice.

Topics include:

How to Shift Reality and Futurewriting
Visionary Entrepreneurship and Worldbuilding
Astrology as Divination Practice and Developmental Process
Creative Process and Weavership
Seasonal Rhythms and Regenerative Time
The Creative Rites and Visionary Rites of Passage