After The Applause with Champagne Hughes

health, fitness, mental, arts, performing, education, self improvement · EN

What happens after the performance ends—when the lights go down, the crowd goes quiet, and the roles we’ve embodied no longer fit?After the Applause is a podcast for performers, healers, artists, and emotional athletes navigating the messy, sacred space between who they were and who they’re becoming. Hosted by therapist, actor, DJ, and body-based storyteller Champagne Hughes, this show explores the emotional, psychological, and cultural weight of embodiment—and what it takes to come home to yourself when no one’s clapping.Through solo reflections and guest conversations with artists, musicians, and mental health professionals, Champagne invites you into the raw truths behind identity shifts, post-performance grief, creative recovery, and the awkward beauty of reintegration. Expect episodes on embodiment, rejection, nervous system regulation, dating as a creative, cultural identity, and joy after burnout.If you’ve ever shape-shifted to survive and are now looking for a space to be