Soft, Earthen Futures

In this episode of the Inner Circle Podcast, we explore the archetype of Leo and what it teaches us about creative expression, pleasure, and leadership rooted in authenticity. Leo season invites us to remember that our brilliance isn’t something to shrink or tone down—it’s something to be shared. As visionaries, artists, and changemakers navigating a complex world, it’s easy to question whether our joy and self-expression are still relevant or responsible. But Leo reminds us that joy is generative. Beauty is strategic. Pleasure is a legitimate measure of success.

We talk about the creative sovereignty that Leo season activates—how to lead from your essence instead of performance, how to reclaim aesthetics as part of your value system, and how to stop dulling your light just to make others comfortable. We also explore the myth of the perfect strategy and why authentic resonance is the real momentum builder. If you’ve been holding back, playing small, or over-editing your presence, this episode is your invitation back into center stage on your terms.

What We Explore in This Episode:
  • Why Leo season is a key moment to reconnect with authenticity, especially in times of global unrest
  • The myth that seeking beauty or impact makes you superficial, and how Leo reframes that
  • Why pleasure and joy are essential indicators of alignment for visionary work
  • How to build resonance through authenticity, not performance
  • The difference between strategy-as-performance vs. strategy-as-devotion
  • Why there’s no one formula for success—and how to trust your unique rhythm

Creators and Guests

Host
Daje Aloh
Founder of Storywork Studio
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