Month: October 2026

🤔 What if SOFTENING Helps Us to Sail Away from Trauma?

In our STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT☕️🍵, we just wrapped up a 4-week music series to conquer our Fear, and today we’re continuing onto Chapter 9 of REWIRED: The Breakthrough Tapping Method to Stop Overthinking, Calm Your Body, and Finally Feel at Ease by Nick, Jessica, & Alex Ortner.

Chapter 9 — 🤔 When the Past Won’t Stay in the Past: Healing Old Wounds That Still Hurt.

Do you believe in Synchronicity?

That the Universe is sending you precisely what you need to encounter at exactly the right time?

Whether they’re positive or negative, experiences are coming your way, at exactly the time that is meant for you?

Growing up, I never believed in Synchronicity.

Things happened and — depending on my Mindset — it would transform into a learning opportunity that would benefit me (a Growth Mindset)…

Or, it could become entrenched in my psyche, as a long-term hinderance (a Limiting Belief) that would make me take (or not take) actions that would prevent me from moving forward.

Over time, I realized I was the Captain of my Own Ship; the winds of life could blow me this way or that, but I had the personal power to use my own Inner Compass, to decide the direction I wanted to go, the destination I wanted to visit, and how I would travel there. No matter where I went, I came to realize I got to decide which sails to hoist, how to maneuver my rudder, and how fast or slow I wanted to go, to alter my speed.

Most times, I felt a modicum of control over these decisions.

But, as life happens for everyone, sometimes we can’t avoid a storm.

We plan an itinerary — like the 4-week foray into music that we just wrapped up — and, for the most part, we enjoy the ride, with hopefully most of the expected highs. But, there are also unexpected lows that no amount of preparation can prevent us from encountering.

Throughout the journey, EFT Tapping’s been a wonderful guide, like a Timeless Map charting my Past, Present, and Future.

The EFT Setup Statement — “Even though I feel X, I completely love and accept myself”— grounds me in the present moment. It invites me to determine what I am feeling, right now.

Now, take a Mindful Minute, to ask yourself:

⭐️ Think of a Past Trauma or recent hardship.

⭐️ Imagine yourself opening a Timeless Map, charting your own Past, Present, and Future.

⭐️Now ask yourself:

• Am I aimed at my North Star?

• Do I feel anxious, nervous, negative — or excited?

• Do I remember feeling the same way, sometime in the past?

• What was the experience then?

• Looking back, was it a blessing?

• What was the meaning I gave it, at the time? What about now?

• Did I keep going in that direction? Or, did I change course?

• What regrets — if any — do I have?

Like a Timeless Map in my pocket, EFT’s helped me to trust that — even if my Inner Compass took me into uncharted territory, and the seas got rough — I’d have EFT to guide me, to help me get back on course.

Not because I never made any mistakes. Or fell prey to any pitfalls.

But precisely because I’d made many mistakes and escaped. Not unscathed. But wiser, because of the lessons I had learned.

Yes, with the tool of EFT Tapping in my arsenal, I thought I was ready to overcome my F.E.A.R. that it was “too late” to return to my love of music.

So, I invited you to go on this 4-week music journey with me, with the map of EFT Tapping in our collective pocket, to navigate us on this Maiden Voyage.

YES, I wanted us to go off on a grand adventure!

And you can tell, based on the 4 challenges I chose for each week, that I knew EFT Tapping would come in handy, because I planned an itinerary that was daunting, emotionally:

1. Battling Stage Fright

2. Overcoming Perfectionism

3. Abandoning The Mask

4. Practicing EFT for Vulnerability

If you traveled alongside me, we each did EFT Tapping, individually, by ourselves.

And we strengthened our ability to experience what it’s like to truly feel safe in our bodies, minds, and spirit…

But, the Universe turned out to have more Synchronicity planned than that.

The Universe did not disappoint!

It put numerous lessons (obstacles) directly in my path.

Here’s the ugly truth — the Captain’s Log, if you will. Read it.

Then decide if you’re willing to go on your own Voyage, to explore the Great Unknown on your own Creative Sea.

My MINDFUL Reflection:

BEFORE

In many ways, going into September, I was feeling fantastic about my Creative Journey.

Because this was our Maiden Voyage for exploring EFT Tapping to Music, but it was far from my first time venturing away from shore.

In fact, I set sail years ago. When I finally decided to take off the mask I’d been wearing for years as an Attorney. To pursue Creative Writing. I wrote the 1^st book of my science fiction series — The Obsidian Chronicles — and had a blast. But, when it came to sharing the Creative in me, it didn’t go well. Not within the legal sphere. Not even among the personal friends I opened up to.

But, I never gave up. I just set sail for a different port. And a different one. And a different one.

Until, finally, I found the right port for me. Substack was definitely my Creative Home away from home. Then came Instagram, YouTube, and Skool.

At the start of this fall, I published the 2^nd Book in The Obsidian Chronicles — OBSIDIAN: War of Shadows — and decided to open up to more personal friends. To give different people a try. This time, it worked.

After so many years, it felt amazing to be showing my true Creative Self and finally be accepted for that.

I think that that’s what gave me the courage to heal the Inner Child in me that regretted quitting piano when I was young.

After all, I’d healed the Creative Writer in me with the help and support of my new supportive friends and family.

So, I thought, why not use this opportunity, this momentum, to try to heal the Musician inside of me, too?

And what synergy and synchronicity! The timing looked perfect because the Ortners’ REWIRED book happened to land on Chapter 8, that was focused on Overcoming Fear.

So I dove into this 4-week experiment, head-first, thinking it would be fun and I could drop my mask even further — to move away from the always-polished, left-brained Attorney that I often feel I have to be to help my clients.

• Would it be possible, I wondered, to let go of that sense of obligatory perfectionism?

• Would I be able to create videos and music that allowed me to experience Joy, Flow, and a lightheartedness that’s far from the Professional suit that I felt the legal profession often requires?

• Could I move away from the regimented confines of the law?

• Could I embrace the right-hemisphere of my brain, to explore Creative work that’s led by my intuition, not a rigid sense of rules?

• Would music allow me to quiet my logical, rational mind to embrace lyrics, poetry, expression, and artistry embodied in emotional and musical freedom?

These were all things that I hoped to discover on our Maiden Voyage into EFT Tapping with Music.

And I knew EFT Tapping would be necessary, because the itinerary I planned promised turbulent seas:

1. Battling Stage Fright

Buoyed by the fantastic freedom I experienced in my Creative Writing — and in a large part because of my wonderful circle of friends who were there to support me this time, unlike the many times I was rejected in the past — I felt emboldened to push myself out of my comfort zone to overcome my stage fright and post the 1st Video of my music series, to show my playing piano in public for the first time since I was in grade school.

2. Overcoming Perfectionism

In the second week, I published an audio recording of my singing the lyrics for the same song which I had chosen specifically because of its healing title and message: “I Love You Always, Forever.” As an ode to my Inner Child. And in the hope that my sharing this message would allow me to meet like-minded people, who also wished to heal their Inner Child.

I invited my readers to imagine what might be possible for all of us if we were able to tap into the power of this music; to feel empowered by the song’s message; to be able to serenade ourselves with its lyrics and actually mean it, wholeheartedly?

This is a question I often ask myself because I know how I can have love and compassion toward myself, and I also know all too well how incredibly harsh and mean my Inner Critic can be to me. If I could have the capacity to feel such a drastic difference singing these words, to this happy and hopeful beat, I anticipated many other people might experience something similar.

And I wanted to encourage this kind of somatic healing, that utilizes all of our senses: in words, in stories, in lyrics, in music, in the physical sensation of our singing, dancing, and deep-breathing that music can do, uniquely well.

This was the spirit with which I began this journey.

DURING: Control vs. Letting Go

I have to admit, this was a hard journey for me.

The emotions that I felt are like a roller coaster.

When it comes to the music itself, I now feel attuned to a part of me that has been silent for a very long time.

I really enjoyed practicing the piano and I enjoyed singing along as I practiced.

And, while it was hard to record myself playing at the beginning, especially when I had to listen to myself and see myself like an outsider looking in, with all of the mistakes and fumbling that necessarily happens when you’re trying to re-teach yourself an instrument you haven’t played with any teachers or instruction for years…

Eventually, after making enough recordings, I felt better because I was able to see that my playing was slowly improving.

There was an obvious difference between when I started and where I ended from week to week.

But, by the end of Week #2, I wasn’t quite ready to post a video of my piano playing at the same time as I sang. So I tabled that for the time being, and satisfied myself with singing and sharing a Recording of just my voice, singing without the piano.

It was my attempt to take baby steps, as I encourage myself to do in my Video poem, The Littlest Shift.

It was my way to be gentle with myself, to soften, as I have been trying to do with my EFT Tapping practice: to acknowledge how I’m feeling and say, “Even though I feel X, I completely love and accept myself,” which, in this case, meant I was reminding myself, “I don’t rush myself before I’m ready.”

It’s one of the ways I tried to be kind to myself.

But, on the flip side, I also admit it was one of the ways I tried to maintain some semblance of control, as I tried to overcome my fear from week to week.

Isn’t that so human?

This tendency that we all have to try to protect ourselves from the pain that can come with completely letting go of any expectation or outcome.

I think, overall, I was successful, at least with regard to letting go of the stage fright (a little)…

3. Abandoning The Mask

I found it so freeing to show more of my true unpolished Self without the mask, by posting my Video singing karaoke, to celebrate September, let go, & let loose for Week #3.

4. Practicing EFT for Vulnerability

Finally, for Week #4, I merged EFT Tapping with Music, and posted my very 1^st Video, playing piano and singing “For Always” at the same time, in the hope that this EFT script could help us all to heal the dreams we might have had when we were younger:

AFTER

On balance, we could say our 4-week Maiden Voyage was a success.

I did what I’d set out to do.

But, here’s the ugly truth:

We had a Stowaway: Past Trauma.

And there was no controlling that.

Even though I was the Captain.

Even though I planned the itinerary.

Even though I was ready for the storms I knew would come my way.

I was not prepared for the loss of Subscribers that followed!

YUP, this is how Past Trauma can be triggered by Present Circumstances.

I mean, I know a lot of people probably subscribe to my Substack because of my Book Club, where I do a deep dive into every single chapter of the books that I’ve selected for my ☕️STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT☕️ that I host here on Substack.

I had anticipated the potential for people to maybe tune out during my 4-week experiment with music.

I even tried to lessen that likelihood by at least letting my readers know that this was something I was planning for just a 4-week period, in the hope that they’d know I intended to give them the same or, hopefully, better value after the 4-week journey ended.

But man, seeing people Unsubscribe, was painful!

Was it related to my Music experiment?

Or, did they just want to clean up their Substack subscriptions list?

I don’t know.

And I’ll never know.

Because I won’t ask anyone for their reason why; I simply trust that the right people will stay because those are the people who are meant for me.

But — wow! — my Monkey Mind immediately had an insane amount of thoughts like, “Damn! I must really suck at playing piano and singing for people to abandon ship this way!

And I am only human. It hurt to see the number of Subscribers that I have start ticking down.

Which is precisely why I am sharing it so vulnerably in this Post.

Because I value authenticity & believe in the power of “being real.”

I don’t want fake friendships.

And I’m devoted to building authentic relationships in my community, both in real life and virtually, on my Substack, YouTube, Instagram, and Skool.

Plus, now’s the perfect time to “be real” because Chapter 9 is focused on Past Trauma, and I’d be lying if I said that these Unsubscribes did not remind me of the rejection my Creative Self suffered in the past.

That’s why I’m sharing the true story — the good and the bad parts — of this journey I’m on, to find and honor my Creative Self:

It is not for the faint of heart!

There is a tremendous amount of self-doubt and fear when allowing one’s True Self to be seen.

And pain when it seems like you are finally showing your True Self and people who had previously subscribed to you unsubscribe.

It is a level of pain that I imagine early humans must have felt, not only emotionally but physically in their bodies when threatened with the loss of their tribe.

Thousands of years later, we feel the exact same pain echoed even now, in our time of ever-present “connection” through technology.

Yep, every Unsubscribe was a stab to my digital heart.

Not because it my F.E.A.R. is actually true.

But because my Monkey Mind hijacked my brain and body, and it kept telling me that my F.E.A.R. is true.

Remember: The Captain’s In Charge

When the Monkey’s escaped, it’s time for my Captain to take charge.

My Highest Self goes inward, gets curious, and practices what I like to call The VICTUS Method: to THINK•DO•&•BE what we need to THINK•DO•&•BE, to be the Authentic Self we choose to be.

I put the Monkey back in its cage, give it a banana, and, while it’s busy munching, I pull open my Timeless EFT Tapping Map.

While tapping, I THINK. I take the time to slow down. To soften. To reflect on why exactly the Unsubscribes hurt.

I come to the conclusion:

Unsubscribes hurt because they evoke a feeling of separation in me.

That’s what feels painful, I thought, You no longer feel connected to others.

I look at my Timeless EFT Tapping Map, and see the path I took on prior journeys:

When I dealt with pain or disappointment in the past, I’d often go straight to the Left-Hemisphere of my brain, to RE-THINK with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

I’d counter the F.E.A.R. I’d ask myself questions, like, “Is that really true?”

But now I notice, I’m taking a longer pause, to DO a somatic practice instead. It might be yoga or breath work or meditation; but, in this case, the somatic practice I chose was EFT.

I tapped on the meridian points, while telling myself, “Even though I feel self-doubt, fear, and pain from these Unsubscribes, I can truly love and accept myself.”

And I quickly noticed something interesting:

Since I started applying EFT Tapping to my practice, many months ago, I’ve come a very long way.

From saying — but not believing — the part, “I can truly love and accept myself,” to suddenly recognizing, “I can truly love and accept myself.”

And, the more I’ve acknowledged the dis-ease I’ve felt in my body as each of the negative thoughts popped up, followed by the statement, “I can truly love and accept myself,” the more I sensed the more rigid, logical left-hemisphere of my brain relaxing.

Followed by this wonderful feeling of expansion.

I could literally feel myself adopting a more open-mind.

That’s when I knew: I’m ready to RE-THINK with CBT:

Even though my Monkey Mind wanted me to believe the F.E.A.R. that Unsubscribes meant a negative separation…

That wasn’t true.

In reality, I started to believe, I was not being separated from what is negative…

Until I felt a shift in my body, based on the belief:

I am being protected from what’s not aligned with me.

Yes, the more I tapped, the more I was sure, The right people will come. And I am still connected to everyone else who has continued to stay Subscribed to me.

I’m connected to every single person who Subscribes and resonates with the message of healing that I’m trying to share on this Creative Journey.

I was starting to feel better, but — as is most often the case — healing doesn’t happen in a straight line, from despair to joy.

It takes two steps forward and three steps back.

Trauma cycles.

Days passed.

When I kept feeling ugh.

The pangs kept coming, periodically, like the Monkey got hold of a metal cup and was clanging the bars every once and a while.

So, I showed up for myself.

I kept reminding myself of the VICTUS Method’s Motto: Vita est pro victus! Life is for LIVING — truly living! Not as some shell of who we could be, but as who we choose to be, right now.

I had to see my THINK•DO•BE Practice as a way of life…not a one-and-done…to become not only the Creative I choose to be, but — most importantly — the human I want to be:

Someone who trusts that I am not alone.

Someone who knows I can heal with the support of my true friends and family.

I was dedicated to this vision. That’s precisely why I started my FREE Private Skool Community: The Mindful VICTUS Playscape to build a supportive & safe community for Creatives to BREAK FREE from our F.E.A.R.s, one by one, to become the MVPs of our Creative Life!

For the first time, I sensed how different it felt inside my BODY to have this inner realization.

Because I didn’t feel this sinking feeling of fear in my stomach, and I didn’t freeze.

Instead, I shifted to this Mindset Reset: I could see the connection I’m maintaining with my remaining Subscribers and actually felt like our connection was stronger, because it’s full of people who resonate with this journey.

And that’s perfectly ok. I can let go of any Unsubscribers with a sense of peace and harmony.

And I do mean “harmony”:

In my mind’s eye, I can see how we are all participants in an orchestra, coming together with our own unique gifts and talents, and we can create a beautiful symphony of music with a much stronger signal, in a much clearer frequency when it’s not being muddled by those who do not resonate with the music that we are trying to create together.

As I tapped along to these thoughts, I could feel my inner vibration rising, as I turned to the most important part: BE.

My behavior completely changed:

In the past, feeling like I had to hide the Creative in me was so painful that I kept hiding. Like I dropped anchor, moored my ship, and holed up in a cave. I stayed trapped and alone.

But, this time, I didn’t stop at THINK/RE-THINK.

Or get stuck at DO with EFT or CBT.

Instead, I took it one big step further:

I decided to BE not alone. I chose to BE in community.

And everything was different this time.

I felt peace, clarity, and gratitude, like I’d never felt before.

Instead of giving up, all by myself, I trusted the Universe to help me SOFTEN and LET GO of the mask, to show more — not less — of my true Authentic Self.

Not to the “wrong” people. But to the “right” ones: the fellow Creatives who “get it.” Creatives who are toiling away, like me, sharing their own Creative Work in public — in the same vulnerable way that I am.

And they helped me.

By validating how shitty it feels to see people unsubscribe. By reminding me that those unsubscribes are not a reflection of the quality of my work. By telling me how much they resonated with what I was doing. They saw value in my creativity and encouraged me to keep going.

In other words, the Creatives who’ve become my dear friends did what EFT does for me:

Their words were saying, “Even though this happened to you, you’re worthy of love & acceptance, exactly as you are.”

Isn’t that worth celebrating?

Even though we haven’t reached our final destination…

Even though we’re still on our way…

It is so healing to see this community — full of the right people — helped me to change the story my Monkey Mind was telling me, to cause me to doubt myself when I saw those Unsubscribes.

P.S. Before we raise the anchor, to set sail once more, let’s leave One Special Message In a Bottle

On the eve of my drafting this, the lesson in this cycle came full circle, from my mind and body, to my present-day experience:

I posted a Note on Substack, to share how vulnerable I felt sharing the Video of my playing piano and singing; and, now, I’d decided to be even braver: To show the Musician in me for the first time, to my friends in real life.

And guess what?

My friends were so warm, kind, and excited to see this Musical side of me!

And, guess what else?

I got 3 new Substack Subscribers, from that one Note alone!

Now, tell me you don’t believe in Synchronicity?

It’s like the Universe made space on our Community’s Ship: where a few mates left, three new Subscribers came.

And, I sense something magical happening:

The wind’s picking up in our sails.

And I can hear our community of music, powering the breeze.

It’s the amazing sound of our collective mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation.

On this journey of life, we are the instruments playing our own symphony, powering our sails from one shore to the next.

And I’m ready to set sail with you, my dear Subscribers,

Today and For Always.

Now, Take another Mindful Moment, to Go Inward:

⭐️ What does YOUR Highest Self say, when you look at your own Timeless EFT Tapping Map — in your Past, Present, Future?

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🤔 What if F.E.A.R. (False Evidence Appearing Real) is easier to combat than you think? 🔮 Part 4 of 4

In our STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT☕️🍵, we’re doing Part 4 of 4 in our deep-dive into conquering Fear, inspired by Chapter 8 of REWIRED: The Breakthrough Tapping Method to Stop Overthinking, Calm Your Body, and Finally Feel at Ease by Nick, Jessica, & Alex Ortner.

Chapter 8 — 🤔 When Fear Stops You Cold — is such a critical concept that we’re going to take concrete actions to battle our greatest challenge: F.E.A.R. — False Evidence Appearing Real. In this series, we explore what we can do together, to stop thinking and actually take action to combat it this month.

Think•Do•Be the MVP in Your Own Creative Life, inside the MINDFUL VICTUS PLAYSCAPE!

I strongly believe that taking action together — in community with other people who “get it” — makes a tremendous difference. It takes the sting out of doing anything new. It’s fun. And we can keep each other accountable.

Full Recordings are posted in my FREE Private Skool Community: The Mindful VICTUS Playscape, so please join me there. You can overcome one of your own F.E.A.R.s, but there’s no pressure to post a Recording of your own. Simply post what you feel comfortable posting. Even if it’s a simple comment to document what you did to move past your own fear that week. It’s the perfect opportunity to see & imagine what’s possible if you join us, to conquer your own fear. Whatever you decide, my complete Recordings will be posted there, and you can see me succeed or flop 🤣, as I battle the 4 F.E.A.R.s described here.

This week we’re learning to (4) Mindfully Let Music Carry You, For Always

My goal: — Meditation / EFT / Music — To blend meditation with EFT Tapping & music for fully-embodied tactile & auditory nervous system regulation.

MY MINDFUL REFLECTION:

I LOVE how all 4 of these weekly challenges bring our EFT Tapping Script to life, in how we choose:

To envision our own sense of Self (internal self-image);

To express our Self (using our own voice, via the spoken word or by singing);

To engage with the world, using the Self we choose to show others (with or without the mask that society expects us to wear); and,

To enervate our Inner Critic, using the subtle, yet immensely powerful, tool of EFT Tapping, to regulate our nervous system — no matter what we might be going through, internally or externally, in life.

Of course, nothing’s ever perfect but we made progress.

Each weak, we strengthened our ability to experience what it’s like to truly feel safe in our bodies, minds, and spirit…

To meet us as we are, wherever we happen to be in the present moment, with the wonderful words:

“Even though I feel X, I completely love and accept myself.”

YES, if you’ve been following alongside me, we each did it, individually, by ourselves.

Tapping, in the privacy of our own homes or cars or offices.

Wherever we might’ve been. Most often, alone. With no one else to observe our joy or our suffering.

This week, I want to bridge that divide, between our individual Self and the community of Creatives we’re building.

Today, I invite you to join me on SKOOL for this EFT Tapping Session, to heal the dreams we might have had when we were younger.

Now, take a Mindful Moment to:

⭐️ Close your eyes. Picture the child you used to be. And ask:

🔮What if you could heal your Inner Child, even now, after all this time has passed?

🔮What if your life was far from over?

🔮What if you had plenty of time to rediscover the joy you felt when you were young?

🔮What if it was not too late, after all?

⭐️Now, follow this EFT Tapping Script with me:

🔮 Side of Hand: Today, I’m tapping to reconnect with the Inner Child in me.

🔮 Top of Head: Even though it’s been a long time…

🔮 Eyebrow: I remember you.

🔮 Side of Eye: I see you.

🔮 Under Eye: I picture you.

🔮 Under Nose: I feel you.

🔮 Under Mouth: Even though it’s been a long time since I’ve given you a voice, I completely love & cherish you.

🔮 Collarbone: I carry you with me.

🔮 Under Arm: For always…

Repeat as many rounds as you like, and add a description that’s specific to you.

• Like, “I remember how you used to spend time outside, just enjoying the sun on your skin.”

• Or, “I picture how you loved to be silly and make your friends laugh.”

• Or, “I remember how you loved to sing and dance along to the radio.”

Then watch this Video — it’s the 1st time I’ve ever recorded myself playing piano while singing.

VIDEO LINK: 🔗 https://youtube.com/shorts/ezXpeJ3xqKM?feature=share

As you imagine the lyrics applying to you, ask yourself,

“What if you could become one with your Highest Self, in this moment & for always?”

Remembering so well

The day when I met You

You took me in Your arms

And caused dreams to come true

From the fear of what would be

You came and rescued me

Oh, I pray, today…

& for the rest of my life…

Live inside my heart

Please stay…

For always.

Till that timeless place

When we’re face to face

And we’ll embrace…

For always.

Now, Take a Mindful Moment, to ask yourself:

⭐️ Are you ready to THINK•DO•BE what you need to THINK•DO•BE, to become one with your Highest Self?

⭐️ In community, with likeminded Creatives?

🙌 Then JOIN my FREE Private Skool Community: The Mindful VICTUS Playscape! It’s FREE. It’s FUN. It’s how we BREAK FREE from our F.E.A.R.s, one by one, to become the MVPs of our Creative Life!

Let’s Rewire ourselves on the deepest, physiological level, right now.

To be our truest, most Authentic Self,

the POWERFUL Self we choose to be,

Together.

And join us next week — when we move onto Chapter 9 of REWIRED: The Breakthrough Tapping Method to Stop Overthinking, Calm Your Body, and Finally Feel at Ease by Nick, Jessica, & Alex Ortner.

Chapter 9 — 🤔 When the Past Won’t Stay in the Past — Healing Old Wounds That Still Hurt.

Until then…

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And, remember how far we’ve come these last 3 Weeks:

MY KARAOKE from Week 3 — Embracing Joy with others:

To remember: It’s worth celebrating LIFE, in all of its messy glory.

Without the need to be perfect.

Without feeling like we have to be polished all the time.

There’s so much to enjoy, when we simply bask in the joy of Being.

MY SINGING from Week 2 — Battling Perfectionism:

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I chose this song because the name & lyrics of the song — “I Love You, Always Forever” — say it all.

MY VIDEO from Week 1 — Battling Stage Fright:

I LOVE how all 4 of these weekly challenges echo our EFT Tapping Script:

“Even though I feel X, I completely love and accept myself.”

And what a journey it’s been. From week to week, we’ve learned to go from merely thinking and planning, to worrying about it, to hearing the Monkey Mind’s excuses to avoid it, to tapping about it…

To actually doing it.

But that’s how we have to learn sometimes. To truly grow.

To embrace who we are — as is — perfectly imperfect.

And, music’s been the perfect pairing to our EFT practice.

It’s powerful, how the words and rhythms of music can elevate our state, and help us to relax into joy, peace, and Flow.

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• Choose a creative activity to pursue alongside me. Not necessarily the same creative practice as I’m choosing (music). But, the creative practice that YOU choose.

• Together, we will experiment and PLAY.

  • P.S. No worries if you don’t have a Creative Practice yet. I’m planning fun ways to listen-to-learn piano, by going back to basics, so beginners will be right on time!

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