1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:12,239 Speaker 1: M from grandmothers who whispered in their baby girl in 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: two fathers on dimly lit street corners, instructing young soldiers 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: to always keep their eyes open. You be queen, you 4 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: were fired. You will pass through centuries on the hands 5 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: of your daughters. They called you wisdom. Proverbs on the 6 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: backs of diamond eyed school children who growing into hymnals 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: recited by amethyst holding urban philosophers who recited neighborhood commandments 8 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: out of the windows of restored ALCHEMYO cherios to keep 9 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: the warmth of their blood. Be wise, be smart, being black, 10 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: Opal Brown courts, bloodstone and prayer. Be every form of 11 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: jim se King told, scribe, scribe, told son, son, told wife, 12 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: wife told her daughter, and daughter told the ant. This 13 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: is at the Innscess has told me that you would 14 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: come to give wisdom of thousands. They said you would come. 15 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: Dropping Roping Gym. Hi, welcome back. It is the Dropping 16 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: Gym's podcast. I'm Debbie Brown. This is technically our first 17 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: show of the new season. I've been playing a couple 18 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: of replays. I shared a meditation, uh, and now we 19 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: are really in the thick of it. So it took 20 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: me a little bit of time to get started for 21 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: this new season because I decided I desperately needed a 22 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: little bit about hiatus. Um. It's been a long couple 23 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: of years, you know, and this last year especially, I 24 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: felt like I was having quite a bit of output 25 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: UM and that mixed with life, mixed with new curiosities 26 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: that I have and some new adventures, I decided I 27 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: really wanted to take my time shaping up this next season. 28 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: So I'm excited for everything that is coming. I want 29 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: to deep dive into some new curiosities this season of 30 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: the show and also kind of go a little bit 31 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: deeper in some areas that I haven't shared yet. So 32 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: first I would love to catch up. UM. I did 33 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:19,399 Speaker 1: something that felt so so so good in December, and 34 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: I've kind of let it run its own pace. I've 35 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: kind of let it unfold into what it wants to be. 36 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: And this is all around my relationship with social media. 37 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: I've been having a lot of thoughts about social media lately, 38 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: and one I really wanted to fine tune my own 39 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: recipe with social media. I enjoy it, um, but I 40 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: don't love posting and I don't love kind of announcing, 41 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: and UM, it just doesn't fit the flow of my personality, 42 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 1: especially with the work that I do. I was trying 43 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: to find a way of like, how what what feels 44 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: the most serving, what feels the most sustainable in this 45 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: relationship that I've been having UM with social media for 46 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: really the last decade. And I think coming into that 47 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: thought first and foremost was something that was really interesting 48 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: for me, you know, and and all the studies of 49 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: how our brains function, a lot of conversation is rooted 50 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: in our neurological pathways and the way that we relate 51 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: to ourselves, the way we make decisions, the way that 52 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: we have emotional regulation, and and you know, all the 53 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: settings of those foundations UM in our early life. And 54 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: I was thinking about the fact that I've been on 55 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: social media now for over a decade, which feels so crazy. 56 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: I remember the first day I signed up for my 57 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: Space and then Twitter UM. And you know, that's that's 58 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: really something for us to start thinking about UM and 59 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: not just in terms of oh, yeah, I'm addicted to 60 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: social or yeah I just you know, you do it 61 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: so mindlessly, you just start scrolling, but really looking at 62 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: the effect that it's having on our neurological pathways, the 63 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: fact that it's having on our brains and our ability 64 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: to make long term decisions for our lives and the 65 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: ways that we equate to ourselves, to our identities, to 66 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: our worth, to our families, to our purpose to our 67 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: lives based on the lens of social media. Um. So 68 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: that's something that was on my mind quite a bit. 69 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: So in December, I decided I wanted to take a break. 70 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: And I'm taking social media breaks before, but I recognized 71 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: there was a new way that I wanted to do 72 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: it because I felt like, even if I took a 73 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: break and I was like, yeah, I'm not posting, I 74 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: might still hop on occasionally and still take in right, 75 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: I might still check in on friends or do a 76 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,119 Speaker 1: five minute mindless scroll. Um. And this time I wanted 77 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: to really know what it felt like to be back 78 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: in life pre social medi YEA. So I decided to 79 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: stop posting for a couple of months and also to 80 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: unfollow every single person that I followed on my page. 81 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: And at first, I it actually was such an interesting 82 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,559 Speaker 1: observation for me to see the areas that felt tight 83 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: about un following people. I think at the time I started, 84 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: I was following maybe people something like that. Two thousand 85 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: and it was such a mixture of, you know, people 86 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: that were in my life, people that weren't in my life, 87 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: people that had never been in my life, people that 88 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: had stopped being in my life, you know. And and 89 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: something I was thinking quite a bit about was, this 90 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: is a lot of information to be taken in all 91 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: the time. And I don't just mean information in terms of, 92 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: like I love on I'm seeing articles, I'm seeing news stories, 93 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: I'm seeing you know, and anouncements, things that people are 94 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: up to. But I also mean the idea that I'm 95 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: staying connected to people that don't actually have presence or 96 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: impact in my life. And this is not a judgment, 97 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: it's just an observation. But I am equipped with the 98 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: nuance of everything about their daily lives, and they're equipped 99 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: with the same about me. And I just thought there's 100 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: not room in my brain for that. And there also 101 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be a judgment around well we've got 102 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: along really good, they're really nice, or well we follow 103 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: each other. I don't want to follow them, you know. 104 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: And I just had to sit and think, but what 105 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: do I want to craft with my day? What is 106 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: the influence that I want to have in my life 107 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: in in many moments. So for instance, me personally, Um, 108 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: in my adult life, I've lived in a few different states, 109 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: and I click really easily with people. I'm definitely an extrovert. 110 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: I love connecting with people. And when I started going 111 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: through my follower the list of people I was following, 112 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, yeah, I followed that person twelve 113 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: years ago because I met them at this party and 114 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: we connected, but we actually never spoke again. Um, but 115 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: you know, we hop on with likes or with you know, 116 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: random comments. And I thought to myself, but is it necessary, right, Like, 117 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: this person seems wonderful. We did connect, but it never manifested. 118 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: It was just not in our divine plan that we 119 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: were actually going to be in each other's pathways. So 120 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: is it necessary to stay connected? Or could I create 121 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: space for more? Could I create more space in my 122 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: mind and my heart and my energetic body, um, for 123 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: maybe having more room to be actively engaged in the 124 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: lives of people I see people I know? Right, So 125 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: that was the first train of thought. Then the second 126 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: train of thought Crimson and it's like, well, yeah, but 127 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: what if you are meant to do something in the future, 128 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: you know you want to stay connected. It's kind of 129 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: like that networking train of thought, right, um. And so 130 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: I kind of spent some time evaluating that. I'm like, Wow, 131 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: I'm not really I'm not really in need of networking 132 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: in that way and the way that I lived my life, 133 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: and I'm kind of in my work in this moment. 134 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: And then I was like, but you know, God, and 135 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: if you're destined to do anything with anyone, no matter 136 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: if you've un followed them, no matter of time has passed, 137 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: that is going to happen. Um. So one of the 138 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: things that was interesting about this exercise and social media 139 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: was also how much back and forth I had to 140 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: do about it in my own mind. So even observing 141 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: that with such a learning it was, it was such 142 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: an interesting practice to have. So ultimately I ended up 143 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: on following every single person that I followed him. What 144 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: that did and what folt really good about that was 145 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: in the one or two times that I did want 146 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: to creep on Instagram and just like open the app 147 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: because my fingers just were used to it. The second 148 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: I flipped it open, there was literally nothing to see. 149 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 1: There was nothing on my feed, not one post. All 150 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: I had was my own page and so then I 151 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: quickly got off, so like, hey, guys, not gonna see her. 152 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: So that for me was what clicked this experiment into 153 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: place and let it have a lot of flow and 154 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: let me connect to a true detox um because I 155 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: also got to start from scratch again and so that 156 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: felt really good, you know, evaluating while I've been on 157 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: some of these apps for twelve years and I've just 158 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: been kind of adding to the noise and adding to 159 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: the clutter. But I want to be back in choice. 160 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 1: I kind of I want to co create. I want 161 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: to craft what my social media experiences and not make 162 00:09:55,679 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: it just this kind of mutation of twelve years of people, 163 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: places and things. UM. I wanted to start following based 164 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: on who was naturally in my consciousness. So that's how 165 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: I started following people back. As people would kind of 166 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: cross my mind, it'd be like, okay, let me see um, 167 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: and I'm still doing that. I decided to take my 168 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: time and not just say let me do a big 169 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: follow back. So I think I'm following a hundred and 170 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: something people now maybe two hundred people, and I might 171 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: add to that, um, but I'm definitely gonna take my time. 172 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: And that's been feeling really good. And I've also decided 173 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: to still not actively engage with the timeline of seeing 174 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: people's posts um and that's been feeling really good. And 175 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: so there's a couple of places I landed with this 176 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: break that I had. I ended up existing like that 177 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: for a couple of months, and I pop back on 178 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: in February, and it really one of the things that 179 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: I love the most was that it was changing the 180 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 1: way that I related to time in my day to 181 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:03,079 Speaker 1: day life. So my day to day started feeling, um 182 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: so much more creative. And I really recognize that that 183 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: that deep creativity, that exciting creativity that was coming out 184 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: of me. It was really rooted in the fact that 185 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: I wasn't being one constantly stimulated by other things and 186 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: too constantly influenced. And I don't just mean that in 187 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: the you know, influencer kind of way of Hey, I'm 188 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: shopping you some product, or you know, I'm trying to 189 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: do marketing for this company, but I mean along the 190 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: lines of even the day to day things of seeing 191 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: what someone is wearing and seeing when someone is eating. 192 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not taking in. I'm just kind of 193 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 1: existing and floating in and relaxing in my own natural creativity, curiosity, 194 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: UM train of thought art, you know. And I didn't 195 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: know how bad I needed that until I did it. 196 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: So I ended up emerging highly creative. I ended up 197 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 1: starting this separate little art project for myself where now 198 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: I take UM one shot photos candidates of people in 199 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: my life in real time. Because another thing that I 200 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: started noticing was I want the real legacy of my 201 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: life to exist somewhere, even if it's just for my son. 202 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: You know, I don't want my story to just be 203 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: the way that I've crafted my Instagram and the way 204 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: that people are perceiving me based on that a little 205 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: more contrived to view. Right, It's still my life, but 206 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: it's Instagram is maybe one to five percent of what 207 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 1: my actual life looks like. And I wanted to start 208 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: really seeing all of my life, but in a way 209 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: that was just for me, not on display for you know, anyone, anyone, 210 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: just for me, just for me and maybe my descendants 211 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: if they so ish, UM. But I wanted a real, 212 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: authentic look at what my days were made up of, 213 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: UM and what I naturally found interesting, not what I 214 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: thought other people would find interesting to or relate to 215 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: as well, you know, so, yeah, that's where I am 216 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: with that, and it's feeling really good. And it was 217 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: also so so so interesting watching any charge that came 218 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 1: up when I clicked and follow you know, I really 219 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: didn't allow myself to say, what if that person gets 220 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: mad and and the whole thing of it. UM only 221 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: one person out of maybe two thousand people that I 222 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: have followed, one person only actually reached out to me 223 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: about it via text and was like, hey, I noticed 224 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: you and followed me. UM, I thought we were good. 225 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: I want to know what's going on, and so that 226 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: gave me an opportunity to kind of understand what this 227 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 1: feeling is or even some of my own feelings when 228 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: I've been and followed, what that feels like and brings up. 229 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: And so I kind of took a breath and I 230 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: just said, hey, yeah, I'm doing something different and we 231 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: are absolutely good. You know, there's I hope you're doing amazing. 232 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: It's so nice to hear from you. But yeah, I'm 233 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: doing something different with my Instagram now, and I'm just 234 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: really trying to connect with people that I'm either currently 235 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: working on projects with or that UM I talked to 236 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: pretty regularly. But it's so nice to hear from you. 237 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: And I just left it at that, and I got 238 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of pushback. I got a couple of 239 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: Texas back that were just like, oh, well, I don't well, 240 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, everything was cool and I like 241 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: looking at you and and it's okay. You know, it's 242 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: okay for that person, For anyone to feel uncomfortable about 243 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: my choice, that's okay too. So yeah, all around, it 244 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: was a really really fun um kind of spiritual experiment 245 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: for myself, and I think I'm gonna do a lot 246 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: more of it. I really really really like the space 247 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: that I've created on social media. And then I end 248 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: up going Twitter crazy. Um, I fell back in love 249 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: with Twitter and I just started tweeting thoughts all the time. 250 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: So I'm having a little bit of fun over there too, 251 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: if you're on Twitter. So that's how I kicked off 252 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: my year, and kicking off two like that felt delicious. 253 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: It felt so good. It felt so good. I feel 254 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: really clear. I feel really connected to my purpose in 255 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: new ways and my personal mission in life. So I've 256 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: been having all of these thoughts about purpose come up. 257 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: And we'll talk about that a little bit more on 258 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: this show. So I jumped the gun a little bit too. 259 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: I want to start every episode now kind of creating 260 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: a container for what our conversation is going to be 261 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: and what our show is going to be. And so 262 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start every show by pulling a card from 263 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: my Karma Bliss deck. UM. I have this affirmation deck 264 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: I created that's really beautiful. It has some gorgeous designs 265 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: on it. But we keep selling out really fast, like 266 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: in four hours. So I hope to get a small 267 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: batch up for sale again um within the next month 268 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: or so. But one of the cards that I pulled 269 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: from there has an affirmation that I wrote that's in 270 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: my book Crystal Bliss. And I shuffled my deck before 271 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: I hit record, and I picked a card and the 272 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: affirmation on the card is this, I create peace in 273 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: my life by exploring the root of my thoughts and feelings. 274 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: I create peace in my life by exploring the root 275 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: of my thoughts and feelings. Um and yeah. So that's 276 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: the affirmation. And the way that I use this deck 277 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: is I usually pick a card at the top of 278 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: every day and I read it and I take a breath, 279 00:16:55,640 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: and I might do a meditation um and I let 280 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: my I let it kind of really sink into my 281 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: subconscious um and see what needs to be lifted to 282 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: the surface. What could come into my mind's eye for observation, Um, 283 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: What what is some deep and knowing I could have 284 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: access to, or what's a new thought entirely that could 285 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: emerge from this this catalyst of thought. So these can 286 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: also be used sterournal prompts. And when I pull a card, 287 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: I kind of look at it as setting a container 288 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: for the show. So I'll do this a little bit 289 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: earlier in the show next time. I kind of really 290 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: got going immediately. It's always interesting to see what comes 291 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: forward when we let spirit kind of tap in. Uh. 292 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: And so I pulled that card again. I create peace 293 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 1: in my life by exploring the root of my thoughts 294 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: and feelings. And it's interesting because right after I pulled 295 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: that card, I instantly went into talking on the show. 296 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: But a lot of what I expressed was just what 297 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:02,719 Speaker 1: this this influence um, this catalyst of thought was exploring 298 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: the root of my thoughts and feelings in everything, And 299 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: I think that's the secret. I get that question a lot, 300 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: you know, I get, well, what's the hack? Well, how 301 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: do I start the work. You know, Um, well, how 302 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: how do I change? How do I get to this? 303 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:20,439 Speaker 1: And my my deepest belief is one meditation. You have 304 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 1: to create a space of silence to be with yourself 305 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: in new ways, to be with the deepest, truest parts 306 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: of who we are, outside of society and outside of 307 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: our family structures, outside of our own thoughts. But then 308 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: also it's the self inquiry. It's the being willing to 309 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: be really honest with you no matter what that answer is. 310 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: You know, it's the ability to ask yourself a question, 311 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: come up with an answer, and then ask yourself another 312 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: question about that answer. And so in the in the 313 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 1: top part of the show, that's that's even how I 314 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: I think I was kind of expressing my social media break. 315 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: It was really all around, Okay, well, I'm feeling uncomfortable 316 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: as I am followed people. It's bringing up some stuff 317 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: to me. So what's that feeling and why do I 318 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: feel like this? Oh, that's why? Okay, And then that 319 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: leads you to another thought, and then you investigate that thought, 320 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: and then that leads you to another thought, and then 321 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: you investigate that thought. Um, and you go as far 322 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: down the rabbit hole as you wish in each moment. 323 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: You know, there's always more available to us. But that 324 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: is such a powerful practice to be in processed with 325 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 1: in every moment of every single day. So that is 326 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: the kickoff to UM. I did some really fun things 327 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: too since I last spoke with you guys that I'd 328 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: love to share. UM. I've been spending a lot more 329 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: time in Mexico. I split my time in the Baja 330 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: of Mexico and I do a lot of my my 331 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: work there, a lot of the private work that I 332 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:58,959 Speaker 1: do with clients UM and and different curriculums that I build. 333 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: I do why all I am in the Baja, And 334 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: then I also spent a lot of time in Atlanta. Recently, 335 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: I found myself in Atlanta actually a couple of times 336 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: a month UM, and that was a lot of fun. 337 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: I hadn't spent a lot of time in Atlanta since 338 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 1: I was younger, Back when I worked in hip hop 339 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: and in the music industry, I used to go to 340 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: music conferences and studio sessions and spend so much time 341 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. But I hadn't been in years, and I 342 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: went back and I was teaching with this incredible organization 343 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: called Overtime UM they are doing just monumental work in 344 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: the sports world, especially for young athletes. And I had 345 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: a chance to teach this group of elite young athletes 346 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: for semester and we worked on in so many things 347 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: emotional regulation, UM, mindfulness, purpose and it was really, really, 348 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: really powerful and I was so inspired by everyone UM 349 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: that I connected to. But I also got to get 350 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: to know Atlanta out a little better and that was fun. 351 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: I spent a lot of time into cater Um, I 352 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: spent some time in Midtown, and I felt like I 353 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: had a completely new understanding of the magic that happens there. UM. 354 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: I had known it in a different way, which was 355 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: kind of like, uh, you know, it was like very 356 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 1: turned It was very magic city. It was very you know, um, 357 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: very party, very food, really about kind of like the 358 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: big good time. And this last this last several times 359 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: that I was in Atlanta, I got to see some 360 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: of the sweetness of it from the quite of it, 361 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: some of you know, the history of it, and the 362 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: art and the creativity in the city. So that was 363 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: really dope. Shout out to anybody that is listening that 364 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: is from Atlanta. I had an amazing time back and 365 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: forth there this last couple of months, I also did UM. 366 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: I had an amazing experience recently with my divine sisters 367 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: Queen of Lulah and lay La Dahlia, and I did 368 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: an opening prayer at Queen of Fulis Sacred Woman graduation 369 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,719 Speaker 1: that she held, and she's been doing this work for 370 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 1: so so so long, such a pioneer of healing for women, 371 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: of ascension for women justin Queen is just an absolutely epic, epic, 372 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: majestic woman and being and such a gift to Earth. 373 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 1: And I had the chance to UM. She asked me 374 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: if I would do the opening prayer at the graduation, 375 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: and I was just I felt so honored. So I 376 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: went and shared a prayer and I got to hear 377 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: the amazing stories, amazing stories, powerful, powerful, powerful stories of 378 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: every woman in the world and every woman that said 379 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: yes to their calling and yes to their journey. And 380 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: there was also a sacred men's group there that was 381 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: really powerful to be a witness of. So these are 382 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: all just some of the things that have been getting 383 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: me going the last couple of months at the top 384 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: of the year, and things that I'm feeling really inspired by. 385 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: And I also, you know, I'm looking forward to this 386 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: this new season of the podcast, really exploring themes of 387 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: divine masculinity, divine femininity, UM, psychedelics, more plant based medicine, conversations, alchemy, 388 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: what it really is to transmute trauma, transmute energy UM 389 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: and come into a space of really being this powerful 390 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: co creator. I want to tell more stories about that 391 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: this year. I want to talk more about cannabis and 392 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: even cannabis trauma UM. Cannabis has been a really important 393 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: part of my self care the last couple of years, 394 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,479 Speaker 1: and I want to talk to more in that field. 395 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: So we have that planned coming up. So many, so 396 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: many beautiful offerings and medicines that I'm excited to share. 397 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 1: I want to talk more about pleasure this season. I 398 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: didn't have so last year called UM Sexual Healing, where 399 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: I talked to a good friend Simone Farshe who is 400 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: a sexologist and Pleasure Coast coach, and I want to 401 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: have more conversations like that, So we will be doing 402 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: that this year from a women's standpoint, from a men's standpoint, 403 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: and there is just there's so many things done well. 404 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 1: There's so many gifts for us on this journey. So 405 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 1: another piece of the show that I'm going to be 406 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: transitioning into a little bit is every episode we're going 407 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: to connect with an affirmation card, We're going to connect 408 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: with some soul work, and we're going to connect with 409 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: our different checker points. And so this is a way 410 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: to subtly layer. A question that comes forward quite often 411 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: every day is can you show me how to be 412 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: on this journey? Can you show me what books to read? 413 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 1: Can you show me, you know, what should I be 414 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: doing about this? What should I be doing about that? 415 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 1: And I found that the best sway to approach it, 416 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: because it does feel like such a mountain sometimes to 417 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 1: get started to explore, is to really layer the process. 418 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 1: You approach it in small, bite sized ways, but in 419 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: very multifaceted ways at the same time. So I'm gonna 420 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: start lawyering every episode just like that, with our soul work, 421 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: with our affirmation We'll be having intentions crystals for every episode, 422 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: different chucker points that we're connecting to for every episode, 423 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: so that we can really as we rely connect on 424 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 1: the show. As you listen to the show, you just 425 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to sink into our bodies a little 426 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: bit more um, to shine light in different crevices just 427 00:25:48,320 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: a little bit more rocking. Neslee wrapped us episode today. 428 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: I really want to sit in some meditation for just 429 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: a moment together, and then we'll kick off our soul work, 430 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: and today's soul work. It's gonna be a little simpler, 431 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: but I definitely recommend getting a journal. We're going to 432 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: connect to thoughts about purpose today and we're just going 433 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 1: to start some of that dialogue. A big theme for 434 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: me this month on my social media is inspired action. 435 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: Inspired action, having that spark, having the thing that is 436 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: bigger than us, that gives us enough gravity to the 437 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: way that we experience ourselves that we're willing to take 438 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: action for more. So we'll sit in that and take 439 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: a second now and just get nice in come throble. 440 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: So if you are seated, settle in a little more 441 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: deeply into that seat. If you happen to be driving 442 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: and listening to the show, UM, maybe consider saving this 443 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: part for later, UM, or just make sure that you're 444 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 1: feeling really connected to both the road. UM, as you 445 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 1: hear my voice, I don't want you to get too 446 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:24,439 Speaker 1: blissed out, because that really can happen. Truly, that is 447 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: something to consider. So, as you said, more comfortably. If 448 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: you're able, and if it's safe, I want you to 449 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: allow yourself to close your eyes for just a moment, 450 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: connect to your breath, take a deep breath and d 451 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: breath out and your chest. Noticing right now how that 452 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: feels in your body, in your chest, where are you 453 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,360 Speaker 1: feeling that breath. Take a moment and connect to that 454 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 1: place in your body. And now take a moment and 455 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: connect with the energy on your crown chakra or crown chakra. 456 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 1: And maybe there is a feeling of violet or purple 457 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: coming into your awareness, the color of her crown right 458 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: at the top of her head. And you may wish 459 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 1: to even let your hand grace the top of your head. 460 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: Not a lot of price, sure, just lately, just feeling. 461 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: Our crown is our highest connection point to source, to God, 462 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: to the universe. Our crown is where the light enters first, 463 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 1: where the wisdom comes in, where the deeper knowing, where 464 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: a lot of our gifts can come online and begin 465 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: to have this open entryway, this portal into the rest 466 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: of our being, into the rest of our chakras. You know, 467 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: it's interesting, the crown chakra, right, we think of an 468 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: actual crown, we think of royalty. We can think of kings, 469 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: we think of queens, we think of wisdom, we think 470 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: of power, we think of higher authority, you know, and 471 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: that is the connection space that we're able to tap 472 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: into that higher authority in our our lives, creating that 473 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: space for more because when we make space, we've been 474 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: in choice with what do we fill that space with? 475 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 1: And maybe we don't rush to fill it, you know, 476 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: maybe we take our sweet time and collect this piece 477 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: and then that piece and really craft the space. And 478 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: now suddenly back in and if you want to drop 479 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 1: your hand down if it was raised, go ahead and 480 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 1: let that fall back down to your lap, hands in 481 00:30:50,920 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: an upward facing position. And if we think about that 482 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:05,719 Speaker 1: affirmation towards the beginning of the show, I create peace 483 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: in my life by exploring the route of my thoughts 484 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: and feelings. I want you to allow yourself to notice 485 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 1: what is the prevailing thought that keeps coming forward right now? 486 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: Whatever that is for each of us, it will be different. 487 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: I don't think too deeply about it. Allow what wants 488 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,479 Speaker 1: to emerge to come forward? You know what it is? 489 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 1: Accept the thought? What's an emerging thought that really wants 490 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: to come forward? About anything? But it's very clear that 491 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: this is ready to come to the surface. And as 492 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: that emerging thought comes forward, I want you to allow 493 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: yourself to have access to it without judgment. So you 494 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 1: don't have to push it away. You don't have to 495 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: judge yourself for it. You don't have to judge your 496 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: life for it. This can be something coming forward that 497 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 1: is ancient inside of you, something that has been part 498 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: of your spiritual curriculum for a long time. It can 499 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 1: be sometimes challenging or painful experiences or memories or current 500 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: current stress or drama. Can also be something really loving, 501 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: something really exciting, something that is in your life that 502 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: has a lot of depth and meaning. Whatever it is, 503 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 1: we're just noticing it. And your soul work, you're so 504 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: work will being to spend some time journaling to that 505 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: emerging thought today. And I want you to journal to 506 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: it today. Whether that is a bullet point, a couple 507 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: of sentences, whether that's a paragraph, whether that is a 508 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: free form full page of writing, whatever comes forward, don't 509 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 1: stop yourself, let the flow come in. I want you 510 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: to just write and dump on the page whatever comes forward. 511 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: Then tomorrow I want you to read what you wrote, 512 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: and I want you to write down the newer emerging 513 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: thought that stemmed from that previous thought, okay, and then 514 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: put it down. And then the next day, I want 515 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: you to read that page and I want you to 516 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: write a new, a refined, a deepened view of what 517 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: you had previously written down. So do you see the 518 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: trio and building here? Right? We are learning and we 519 00:33:54,520 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: are practicing and mastering our ability to deep dive in ourselves, 520 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:09,240 Speaker 1: our ability to get to that original wound for its freedom. 521 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: We keep that investigation going, but we do it gently. 522 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 1: So we write down our thoughts without judgment. Then we 523 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: take a beat, we take a breath, we reread it 524 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: to see what comes forward. We write down new emerging 525 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,720 Speaker 1: thoughts about the same thing. And then we do that again, 526 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: and we repeat as needed, and we sit with that thought. 527 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: And sometimes the trouble is the thought emerges and we 528 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: run from it, and so we stay stuck at the 529 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 1: initial thought that is full of charged but no self investigation, 530 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: no solution, no wisdom. But by staying with the thought, 531 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: by being willing to see it and to continue to 532 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: be with it, and then be with it in new, 533 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:59,280 Speaker 1: refined ways. As we grow, we get to the deepest 534 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: truth of who you are and where our freedom has 535 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:06,799 Speaker 1: been hiding and how we can access it. So go 536 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,399 Speaker 1: ahead now and let yourself gently open your eyes as 537 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: you feel comfortable if they were closed, and just sit 538 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: with that and don't give yourself pressure today. Just sit 539 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:19,160 Speaker 1: with it and be gentle as you right. This is 540 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,399 Speaker 1: not something you can get right or wrong. I will 541 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: not be grading a test. This is just for you 542 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 1: at your own pace. But this is one of the 543 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: paths to get to the deeper truth of who we 544 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 1: are and the deeper calling of who we are. And 545 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: when we pick up next episode, we'll talk more about that, 546 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:46,799 Speaker 1: the deeper calling, the deeper truths, connecting to purpose. All right, 547 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,839 Speaker 1: I'm back, I love y'all. Talk to you next time. 548 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: It's the Dropping Gems podcast. 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