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Finding Beauty After Losing Her Mother and Sister with Britt Michaelian | Episode 70 · The Touch of a Mustang

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All of us are here to heal on some level.
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You know, we're healer here to heal our childhood wounds.
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We're here to heal, you know, the collective.
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We're heal. We're here to heal.
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I realized in that moment, oh, this is it.
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She's going. And then I looked at her and I
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literally saw her spirit exit her body.
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It was the craziest thing. And then I, you know, just laid
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her back and and as that was going on, I just was telling
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her, I love you. I love you.
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I love you because I was thinking to myself, this woman
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brought me into the world and as hard as this is right now, I get
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to be with her as she leads the world.
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It would be interesting for us to kind of look at dis ease in
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the physical body as a way that our body is speaking to us so
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that we can learn certain things that we wouldn't learn had that
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not happened. What do we choose to do with
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ourselves every day? Do you want to create in the
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world or do you want to consume? And when you're consuming, what
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are you getting from that? If you're getting something
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that's a lower frequency that doesn't really feel good, but
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you're kind of just like out of habit.
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Going back to that pattern, it's important to kind of look at
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that. We only need to feel an emotion
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for 90 seconds in order to process it.
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So if we know that we're feeling sad or upset or angry, look at
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the clock, allow yourself 90 seconds, and then exhale it out
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and move your body to release it.
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There are healers on this planet with the power to soften the
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suffering of mankind if they have remained in the recesses of
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the world, abused, discarded and labeled as trash.
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This is the touch of a Mustang. I am your host.
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Shalise Clough and I'm here to tell the story of wild horses,
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Mustangs and the humans who are discovering and sharing their
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gifts while working to protect their well-being and preserve
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their spirit so this divine power won't be lost.
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Join us on this quest with the Wild Mustang.
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Britt, it is great to have you on the podcast today.
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Thank you so much for being here.
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Thank you for having me, it's such a pleasure.
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To start with, can you tell the audience a little bit about
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yourself and what it is exactly that you do?
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Yeah, so I'm a frequency artist and quantum guide or quantum
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healer. And the way that I got into that
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was a very windy Rd. But as most of us are on our
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journey, it's never a straight line.
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And so a frequency artist is kind of a different type of
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artist. I started out as just a
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traditional. I went to school to be an
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artist. I went to the Art Institute of
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Chicago or the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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And, and then I got my master's degrees in marriage and family
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therapy and art therapy. And at that time I started
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showing my work just in traditional galleries.
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And I had my stuff in galleries across the United States with
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collectors around the world, which was pretty cool.
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And and then things kind of shifted a little bit a couple
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years, probably my mom got diagnosed in 2010 with lung
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cancer. And so that was 1 pivot and I
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stopped painting at that period of time.
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And then I went back to painting in 2019, which was two years
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after my sister got diagnosed with cancer.
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And when I came back into painting, I had become a Reiki
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master. And, and so I realized when I
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was taking care of my sister that I had kind of a divine,
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divine download, if you will, that I was to create artwork
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that would transmit healing frequencies.
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So using Reiki as a means to send healing to whoever was
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around each of my paintings. And so I created this whole
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sacred process, which is so different from any traditional
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art. And, and I had worked in
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hospitals. We can talk more about that too,
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but I had worked in hospital setting with oncology and
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pediatric patients, heart transplant as an art therapist.
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And so, you know, kind of seeing the the full roundabout scope of
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what the power of art and creativity is for healing and
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just for our souls in general. I am a completely different
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artist today than I was when I first started out or even when I
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went to art school. I didn't even know that I could
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create art like this. So, and then I also help people
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who are kind of looking for to live with more purpose and to
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have kind of confidence and clarity in that.
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And so that's why I say I'm a quantum guide and a quantum
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healer because even though I have my background in therapy
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and therapeutic practices, things have just gone on such a
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different Rd. with my mom, my dad and my sister all having
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cancer and just kind of experiencing that through them
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and their journeys. I just see life in such a
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different way. And so I help other people to
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kind of come to that realization of why their soul is here in
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this life and kind of guiding them on how to get aligned with
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that. So that's kind of a long answer
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to your question. No, that's perfect.
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You definitely have a long story behind it.
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Let's get into that a little bit more.
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So you went to college, more traditional art program, did
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traditional mental health practices with marriage and
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family therapy. Yeah.
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So, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I went to a lot of therapy
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when I was younger as well. So I experienced a lot of, you
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know, my everybody has their journey, everybody has their
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struggles. And so, you know, I found
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therapy to be extremely helpful for me and just going and having
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somebody to listen. And and so I was wanted to kind
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of do that for other people because I always had friends
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that looked to me to kind of help them with advice or to just
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listen to them. And so therapy really played a
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huge part in my kind of evolution.
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And then I got to a point, which is funny because now I kind of,
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I feel like therapy is almost becoming antiquated for a lot of
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people. Like it still has its place and
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for, you know, trauma and for, you know, people that are
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experiencing things that are acute, I think it's really
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powerful. But I think for long term kind
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of personal evolution, I think you get to a point in therapy
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where you just start kind of digging up the same things.
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And so I feel like energy healing and just becoming more
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aware and conscious of living mindfully kind of expands on
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what you learn when you're in therapy.
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So I think therapy is definitely has its place, but for me, I've
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kind of moved beyond that. And so that in the work that I
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do with people and just kind of how my artwork is and, and just
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kind of how I show up, it's just a little bit non traditional.
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And I never would have thought that I would have ended up here
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from where I was, you know, originally my parents were both
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super alike. My dad was corporate, you know,
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he was in that world. And my mom was an interior
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designer and she worked actually, she did the interiors.
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We lived in Northern California and she did the interiors for,
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she worked with Steve Jobs for Apple in the 80s.
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And so, and she worked for like Hewlett Packard and she did a
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lot of the interiors for the early Silicon Valley, you know,
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offices. And so she had to figure out how
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to put like a computer on the desks.
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And so things were a little bit different.
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So I came from like a pretty traditional background.
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And then, you know, now I'm just not traditional at all.
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And so, you know, I have three daughters and raising them and
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then kind of, you know, seeing how the world is changing has
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just been really interesting, is really interesting process.
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Yeah. Yeah, and we really have a lot
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of overlap there because we often think of therapy or it's
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presented as a end all. Like if you're struggling,
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that's the place to go. That's always what's
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recommended, you know, talk to a therapist, call a professional.
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And I do think it's really important for people to realize
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there are other places and modalities and even things that
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you in your particular situation might need.
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Obviously from my perspective, a lot of times that leans towards
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horses, but I found the same thing in that because my
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background is also in psychology and it gives us some answers and
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we're talking about a lot more things.
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But it's not always like you don't always go there and things
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aren't fixed and sometimes we have to look a little bit
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farther. And so it's really great to know
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that there's a lot of other places that you can maybe
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explore and see if they are the things that you need.
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Tell us a little bit more about that journey for you from pretty
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traditional, pretty well known paths that a lot of us follow
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after college, kind of, you know, getting the degree, the
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certifications into what you do now and how that all came about.
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Yeah. So it's interesting because when
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I got my master's degrees, I worked and at the same time I
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got a certification. I did my practicum at California
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Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.
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And the program that I did that through was called the Institute
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for Health and Healing. And, you know, San Francisco
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tends to be obviously pretty progressive in terms of
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everything. And still at this hospital and
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through this program, I was exposed to healing modalities.
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And this was like 25 years ago. I was exposed to, you know,
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sweat lodges and shaman. And, you know, this guy, Wayne
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Mueller came in and spoke and he was married by Ram Dass.
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You know, he and his wife Ram Dass married them.
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And so, like, I was exposed to all kinds of different healing
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modalities. The other programs that were
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getting their certifications at the same some time as me to do
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the work that we were doing in the hospital setting were like
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massage, which at the time was pretty new to have massage in a
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hospital setting. And then there were chaplains,
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which were pretty common. And then there was guided
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visualization, which is interesting because in, you
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know, the quantum work that I do, there's a lot of
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visualization that I do and I do have a lot of guided meditations
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on my podcast. The first season that I did was
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all meditations. And so I think with healing in
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particular, visualization is a really powerful modality.
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And so that goes along with the art that I do.
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And so like looking back at all of the things that I've done,
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but really like that one of the turning points was that program
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when I was getting my master's degree at the Institute for
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Health and Healing, because it opened my eyes to the fact that
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traditional hospitals and, and hospital settings do have and do
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offer alternative therapies that are extremely complementary.
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And yet even though there's these scientific studies that
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prove the validity of everything from like color therapy to art
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therapy to sound healing to equity, you know, all of the
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different therapies, there is still so much resistance and
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skepticism in the world that these because people are so
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programmed to believe that you go to a hospital, you go to a
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doctor, you go to a surgeon, you do these things and that's how
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you heal. But people don't realize that
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your thoughts carry such a important and powerful
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importance in terms of how you experience life.
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And those thoughts have a frequency and that frequency
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impacts your body physically and energy gets stuck.
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And so people believe in acupuncture, right?
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Like they know that acupuncture is powerful and it can help
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people to relieve pain and, you know, it helps with fertility
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and all these things. And that's all based on the
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energy systems and the meridians in our bodies.
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And I know that horses actually have a lot of tools and things
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that people use that that are energy and frequency based that
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are super interesting. Like there's something that I
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wear around my neck. It's called AQ Link.
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Have you heard of this AQ? Link I haven't.
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So it's, it's got copper in it and then it has, it's basically
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for me, the reason that I wear it is so that I kind of my body
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and my energy system is balanced with all of the frequencies that
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are around us. And I know that people use this
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same, they have different things that you can put onto horses
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that affects their performance and effects their joints and
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things like that so that the energy is flowing in them.
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I am not a scientist, obviously, so I can't speak to this from
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like a scientific perspective. But I do know that there is a
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lot of science out there to support, you know, that the
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energy and keeping your energy flowing and copper in particular
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is very powerful. So like on the backs of my
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paintings on the wire that goes across the wire itself is not
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made of copper, but but I put a copper coil around it so that it
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balances the energy of the painting forever, you know, And
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so the cue link that I wear is over my heart.
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So in your hearts are basically like, you know, the battery of
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our body supposedly. And and so, you know, it's
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keeping everything balanced. And so just going back to the
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skeptics out there, and I've had a lot of people who've been very
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skeptical about my artwork and whether or not it sends healing
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frequencies. And my response is, whether you
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believe in it or not, just knowing the intention behind it
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is tuning your mind into the frequency of that possibility.
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So, so I think it's interesting also, like when it comes to
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horses, I have always been very sensitive to horses.
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I grew up going to camp when I was a kid.
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I had this experience, which is kind of sad, but at the same
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time, like it was so beautiful. I was like when I was about 6
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years old, maybe 5, I had a camp that I went to in the summer and
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I had a horse that I got, you know, there were farm animals
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and I had a horse. My horse was chocolate chip.
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And if there were other horses and I got to wash the horse and,
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you know, brush it. And I was so proud.
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And then the next day we went to camp to find out who won, like
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the contest of whose horse was the cleanest.
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And I saw that I had won the contest.
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The reason that I won is because Chocolate Chip was really old
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and he had died in the night. So they gave me this and I was
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like, I, I don't know why I was still so proud that I won the
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award because I Chocolate Chip and I bonded so well, you know
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what I mean? And so like, I just loved this
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horse. It wasn't even mine.
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It was just the one that I took care of at camp, you know, and
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from like from just a young age, I always felt like this
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wonderful bond with horses. My parents had a place up in
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Idaho and the property next door there are horses that do like
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the, we call it in winter, the sleigh ride.
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They lead the sleigh. And so in the summer they would
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keep them in the pasture that was right next to my parents
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house. And so every summer we look
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forward to going up there and spending time and they would
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come over and we would give them apples and carrots and just like
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bathe and their beautiful, glorious energy, you know, And
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it was so healing just being around them.
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And so anyway, and then also, I think I told you about this
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before, but my nephew, he did equine therapy.
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He has autism and there was a horse that he's, he's very low
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functioning, but he has a really good memory and he's very
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intelligent. I know he's in there.
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You know, he just has, he can't express himself.
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Anyway, so this horse, Kate, he's 25 now, but he started
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working with Kate when he was about 8 years old.
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And he just still remembers Kate.
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If you bring up Kate, he just lights up because he had such a
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beautiful connection with her. So anyway, Long story short, I
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just think that for me in particular, what I when I went
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from sort of the more traditional, I've always been
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open to the non linear path. I've always been open to the non
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traditional. I don't know why that is because
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the rest of my family is not that way.
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And so maybe it's just because I knew on some level that this was
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kind of the direction that I was going to be going in.
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I'm not sure. But, but I feel like the older
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that I've gotten, sort of the weirder I get, the more I'm open
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to more alternative things and the more I attract people into
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my life who are experiencing, you know, I have one person who
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just bought one of my paintings who's got stage 4 cancer and
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she's not going through any traditional healing modalities.
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And so, so, you know, and she's healing, you know, so, and she's
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living every life with just like the most beautiful joy and the,
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and, you know, she's trying everything and she's not afraid
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to. And so I think all of us are
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here to heal on some level. You know, we're here, here to
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heal our childhood wounds. We're here to heal, you know,
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the collective, we're heal, we're here to heal.
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And so I think, you know, any healing modalities that you can
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tap into or that you resonate with or that you have any
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curiosity toward in any way will help you to expand and heal
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ultimately. So, you know, again, going back
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to those skeptics, I think if you are driven by curiosity and
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your heart is leading you toward any type of healing modality, I
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think it's important to just explore it, even if it's just
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reading an article or a book, you know, before you actually
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spend money and to see if that's something that will actually
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help. So anyway, yeah.
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That's definitely something that brings a lot of people to
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horses. They just feel something inside
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them and they can't resist it. And then the next thing they
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know, they're with horses and owning horses and in this
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beautiful world where they share life with horses.
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So that's neat. Yeah.
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Talk to us a little bit more about your experience, your
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family in cancer. You had something that said the
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grief was relentless but beautiful.
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And I thought that phrase was so interesting because you
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experienced a lot of loss. Yeah, yeah.
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It's funny because not funny, but interesting because I never
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knew anybody who who died really.
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You know, like I had a boyfriend from college who died from
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cancer when he was 29. And my oldest daughter at the
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time, I only had one child at the time.
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She was like 8 weeks old or something, when my boyfriend
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from college died. And I remember going to his
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funeral and thinking like, this is the first person that I know
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who I've been close with his past.
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And then in 2010, so my oldest daughter was 12.
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In 2010, my mother passed. So she was, she was diagnosed
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with lung cancer. And it was she was the one in
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our family that we thought would live forever.
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Nobody in her family had cancer. But two years before she passed,
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her only brother died from pancreatic cancer.
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And then his only daughter just passed away from cancer as well.
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So my parent, my mother and her brother grew up, my grandmother
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had a garden center and I, they used to run through the fields
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where they would spray the pesticides.
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And I suspect that's probably why they had cancer.
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And so when my mom got diagnosed, she was like, she was
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the woman who was going to the gym to exercise.
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She was always eating salads and eating healthy.
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You know, like everybody thought she was going to live to be the
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oldest. And so when she got diagnosed,
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she was 67 years old and everybody was like what, you
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know, we all kind of were like it just, it was just a total
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record scratch moment for so many of us, you know, for my
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sister, for my dad, for my cousins, you know, for.
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And so that was kind of a wake up.
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And then, you know, it's interesting as my mom was total
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type A. You know, I told you she was an
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interior designer, but she started out as a design
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assistant and worked herself up to be partner in the firm.
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And this was in the 80s. Do you know what I mean?
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Like a woman doing that in the 80 process.
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Two men. Yeah.
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So this was like a big deal. But she was a badass.
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Like, excuse my French, but she just was.
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And she just was like one of those people who was just like,
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determined to do whatever she wanted to do in life.
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So when she got sick, it was interesting because the first
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thing that she did. Was go to the Chopra center.
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She was like so far outside of her box like and the only reason
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why she went is because I was friends.
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I was in a business mastermind with a man whose father was
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business partners with Deepak. And my friend had done all of
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the courses and things that they had offered at the he was in
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charge of the courses at the Chopra Center.
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And so when my mom got diagnosed, I sent him an e-mail
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and said, hey, my mom just got diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Do you or your dad have any recommendations for her?
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So she went down to the Chopra Center.
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She learned how to meditate. She did a week long retreat down
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there. She learned how to eat healthy.
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She came back with CDs. This was, you know, back when
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people were still using CDs. But she had meditation CDs.
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She had. Yeah, she had like, this whole
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diet. She had all these books on
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quantum physics. And, you know, Deepak Chopra's
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people aren't really thinking so great of him now with the
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Epstein stuff that came out. But there was value in what he
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was teaching and she definitely found peace in the process of
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learning how to meditate and her energy completely shifted.
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So, you know, I have a different view as a result of watching my
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mom go through this because my mom and I were very close.
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I had a difficult relationship with my dad because I wasn't
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kind of the corporate ladder like my sister was, more like he
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was. And I was kind of more creative
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and he just didn't understand me, whereas my mom was creative.
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So she did. And so anyway, when she got sick
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and watching her, I would meditate with her.
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I was already into all of these things, so it was nothing new
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for me. But it was so beautiful to
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witness her not being afraid of the cancer and not being afraid
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to try new things that were completely outside of her realm.
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And, you know, she was the go to a therapist, to go to a doctor,
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get a pill, do all of the things that, you know, we're kind of
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taught to do. And so it's interesting to see
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her go outside of that. And then when she passed, I
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couldn't even speak at her memorial because I was the only
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one that was with her when she passed.
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And she passed in my arms. And, and at the moment that she
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passed, it was like I realized in that moment, oh, this is it.
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She's going. And then I looked at her and I
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literally saw her spirit exit her body.
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It was the craziest thing. And then I, you know, just laid
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her back and, and as that was going on, I just was telling
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her, I love you. I love you.
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I love you because I was thinking to myself, this woman
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brought me into the world and as hard as this is right now, I get
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to be with her as she leaves the world.
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And so like, what is more beautiful than that?
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Do you know what I mean? Like we come here and in and I
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didn't think about that up until that moment.
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That wasn't like a thought. And so I don't know if I was
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receiving information to help, you know, make the IT kind of a
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more gentle landing or if my sort of higher self was aware of
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this or what was going on. But at the time, and I just was
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going with it, you know? And so things shifted for me
23:24
significantly after that because I just saw life in such a
23:27
different way. And I didn't see dying as
23:30
something that was something to be avoided because you can't
23:33
avoid it. We're all going to die until my
23:36
mom being this woman who we thought was going to live
23:39
forever and she was the 1st to go was really a powerful moment
23:44
for my girls. We were all actually living in
23:47
my parents house with them at that time because we had a home
23:50
that we were renting and we were in between closing on a house
23:53
that we were buying. So we were actually living in
23:55
the house with my parents. My girls were asleep when my mom
23:58
died. So it was like death was
24:01
something that my girls were very familiar with.
24:04
And then my father-in-law had dementia and he passed away.
24:08
And then my sister got diagnosed.
24:10
My, my father had bladder of cancer, which wasn't as scary
24:13
because his treatment was not that long and then he was fine.
24:18
But when my sister got diagnosed, she was a later stage
24:22
and she, and it was just my sister and I.
24:26
And so it was, it ended up being, you know, a longer
24:29
journey with my sister. It was four years and she had
24:32
three kids or has three kids. And so, you know, that was kind
24:36
of a harder thing because, you know, they have had to learn how
24:40
to, you know, kind of navigate the world without a mom, which
24:43
many people do. And these kids are thriving.
24:46
They're doing amazing. I'm going to my nephew, my
24:49
youngest nephews college graduation in May.
24:52
My sister would be so proud and you know, her daughter's doing
24:56
great and her oldest son that has autism is being well taken
25:00
care of and you know, so everything is fine.
25:04
Everybody's doing all the things.
25:06
But the what's beautiful about the journeys that they all had
25:11
is that every single relationship that they had
25:15
before they got diagnosed versus after and then through their
25:19
treatment was so beautiful. It was, it allowed people to
25:23
show up in ways that they never would have showed up had that
25:27
cancer not happened. Do you know what I mean?
25:29
Like it allowed them to show how much my mom and my sister meant.
25:33
It allowed them to just just express themselves in ways and
25:38
heal in ways that they wouldn't have been able to heal if that
25:41
hadn't happened. So I just have a different view.
25:44
I really do. And so this person that just
25:46
this woman that just bought this painting on stage 4 cancer, her
25:50
husband had just passed away less than a year ago.
25:53
And so she saw this painting and it really spoke to her and she's
25:57
living this most beautiful life. And she really views cancer as a
26:01
gift. And so, you know, I think it
26:04
would be interesting for us to kind of look at dis ease in the
26:08
physical body as a way that our body is speaking to us so that
26:14
we can learn certain things that we wouldn't learn had that not
26:17
happened. And of course we don't want to
26:19
get sick. Do you know what I mean?
26:21
But when we do get sick, what is our body trying to tell us?
26:24
And I know that horses actually have a really interesting
26:28
instinct with this. I've seen some healers that work
26:31
with these horses that know exactly what's going on
26:33
physically, and they know how to.
26:35
I don't know what they're healing energy is, but it's
26:37
powerful. Yeah.
26:41
Yeah, I've definitely heard some stories as well that would be
26:45
described as miraculous when people have gone to work with
26:48
horses. So, yeah, talk with us about
26:52
some of the things that you found helpful moving forward
26:56
from that. And one thing you touched on was
27:00
the power of our thoughts, which is such a huge 1, something we
27:02
don't really talk about in terms of health a lot of the time, but
27:07
it is so impactful. And even as you were talking
27:09
about that, some very tragic situations that lots of people
27:14
would see, but you talked about it in a beautiful way and how
27:19
even just thinking about things and the way we choose to think
27:23
about them can alter our entire experience.
27:27
Yeah, yeah. I mean, so we have a choice
27:31
every single day, what we focus on and how we react and show up
27:35
to life as it presents itself to us.
27:39
And I think, you know, especially over the last few
27:41
years, it's just been relentless in terms of what's been going on
27:45
in the collective. And so I think a lot of people
27:49
tend to, and I just actually wrote something on my sub stack
27:52
about, you know, kind of how to set yourself free right now from
27:56
all the noise in the world because it's very, it's like
28:00
roadkill when you're driving, you can't help but look at it.
28:03
Do you know what I mean? What's going on in the news?
28:06
And I think a lot of people and I and I've gotten into
28:08
discussions kind of heated ones with somebody.
28:11
I don't get heated, but other people do where they feel it's
28:13
like you have a civic or or a responsibility to know what's
28:18
going on in the world. And unfortunately, I think it is
28:22
important to know what's going on in the world to some degree.
28:25
And you need to also check in with your body because if you're
28:28
having physical things going on with your body and you're tuning
28:31
into things like the news every single day, you're not
28:34
necessarily doing something that's good for you.
28:37
And so our thoughts create energy and our, and they carry a
28:41
frequency. And so when that's in our body
28:43
and it's stuck and every day it's like the equivalent of
28:47
eating something that's really bad for us, but we're thinking
28:51
it. And so every day we're eating
28:52
that thing that's really bad. And they say, you know, like
28:55
everything in moderation. Well, I don't know, with the
28:58
news of the world these days, I don't even know if if knowing
29:02
that in moderation is good for us because it's so everywhere
29:07
that you look, it's local, it's national, it's, you know,
29:10
global. And so I personally believe that
29:14
we have a choice. It all comes down to choices.
29:18
What do we choose to do with ourselves every day?
29:21
Do you want to create in the world or do you want to consume?
29:24
And when you're consuming, what are you getting from that?
29:26
If you're getting something that's a lower frequency that
29:29
doesn't really feel good, but you're kind of just like out of
29:32
habit, going back to that pattern, it's important to kind
29:35
of look. At, which is super easy to go
29:37
at, yeah. Yeah, especially because
29:39
everybody's got their phones, you know, So it's important.
29:42
Everywhere. Yeah, it's important for people
29:45
to really be questioning, like, why am I doing this?
29:47
And if it's just out of habit, how can I shift that habit?
29:51
So one of the things that I wrote about today was creating a
29:55
list of things that feel good to you.
29:57
Like, what are the things that you know are good for you and
29:59
that feel good for your soul? And it's different for
30:02
everybody. You know, riding a horse, if you
30:04
can't ride a horse, watching, you know, a movie about a horse
30:08
or just thinking about a horse or meditating on a horse, you
30:11
know, whatever it is, or just thinking about a beautiful
30:13
experience that you had with a horse, you know, or how horses
30:17
make you feel and just tuning into that frequency.
30:19
Because I think for a lot of us, you know, horses have that
30:23
magical energy. And so to be able to just like
30:25
close your eyes anytime that you find yourself sort of doom
30:29
scrolling or whatever, you know, and be like, wait, I don't want
30:32
to do this. And So what is what are the
30:34
things on your list that help you to feel good and elevated
30:38
and that bring you joy? Going for a walk, being in
30:41
nature, sitting in the sun, putting your feet on the ground,
30:44
watching a funny movie, you know, whatever it is, turning on
30:48
music that you love, having a dance party, you know, all of
30:50
these things help move energy through our body.
30:53
And I think that's another important thing is if you do
30:56
find yourself in that kind of doom scroll or you do find
31:00
yourself getting upset by the news of the world, move your
31:04
body, get up and turn on music and move your body.
31:07
Or, you know, go for a walk and breathe and be consciously
31:11
moving energy through your physical vessel so that it
31:14
doesn't get stuck, you know, And so, and then so that you are,
31:19
you know, kind of running the energy through you.
31:22
And you know, again, I'm not a scientist or anything, you know,
31:26
in that realm. I'm an artist.
31:27
But what I do know is that, you know, from Nikola Tesla and
31:31
Albert Einstein and all these people, they all said that
31:34
frequency was, was where the medical world was going to be
31:37
focused eventually. And so right now we know that
31:41
our thoughts carry the frequency.
31:42
And so if we want to heal ourselves, we are, you know, if
31:47
we're choosing a high frequency, then when we go out into the
31:49
world, that frequency is spread around us.
31:53
You know, just like if we're in a lower vibration frequency when
31:56
we walk into a room, people who are sensitive can feel that.
32:00
And so, you know, do we want to be spreading energy in the world
32:03
that helps lift people up or do we want to be spreading energy
32:06
in the world because we want other people to kind of, you
32:10
know, we want to carry the weight of the world.
32:14
What good is that doing? You know, what good is that
32:16
doing for anybody? When we're carrying that weight
32:19
and we're carrying that out into the world, then that makes other
32:21
people who are empaths feel that weight.
32:24
Whereas if we're keeping our energy high and I don't need to
32:27
bypass, you know, like, obviously if you have emotions
32:30
or situations, you want to feel those emotions.
32:33
But again, scientifically, there was a study that was done that
32:37
said we only need to feel an emotion for 90 seconds in order
32:42
to process it. So if we know that we're feeling
32:44
sad or upset or angry, look at the clock, allow yourself 90
32:48
seconds and then exhale it out and move your body to release
32:52
it. And that's all you need to do.
32:53
And if you keep feeling it, then feel it and release it and
32:56
choosing to keep release it, it'll, it'll, you know, the
33:00
impact that it'll have, the weight that it'll carry will be
33:03
less and less every time that it comes up.
33:05
But again, it's those choices. Yeah, that's interesting.
33:09
I hadn't heard that one, but it does make sense.
33:12
We do need to feel those emotions, but the problem comes
33:15
when we start ruminating on them and staying with them and making
33:18
them a part of who we are. Yeah, for sure.
33:21
Yeah, yeah. And you talked about creating or
33:25
consuming, which I think is so interesting because the more
33:29
that we consume, especially things that aren't good for us,
33:31
it really does become part of who we are.
33:35
I was recently on Facebook and someone posted how horrible the
33:38
world is. And I thought it's so
33:40
interesting that we say that because a lot of people do say
33:43
that. A lot of people feel that, think
33:44
that. And if we look at it from that
33:47
perspective, certainly we will also feel that there's plenty of
33:50
bad things that are happening, plenty of wrongs that are
33:53
happening, children that are not being taken care of the way they
33:56
should, all those things. But we can also look at it and
34:01
see how much amazing good there is.
34:03
Like we have never had more opportunity, more comfort, you
34:08
know, so many things where our world right now offers also a
34:12
lot of good. So talk with us a little bit
34:15
more about creation versus consumption and how we can learn
34:21
more into creation to help our internal state of being.
34:27
I love this question. This is a good one.
34:29
Yes. So there's so many parts to
34:31
this. So again, going back to, you
34:35
know, when it comes to what you want to create, because not
34:38
everybody is an artist or they don't think of themselves as
34:41
being an artist. And a lot of times when you say
34:43
create versus consume, people are like, well, I'm not an
34:45
artist, but you don't have to be an artist.
34:49
You can be everybody is an artist in some way.
34:51
You know, if if you're making food, you can create food that
34:54
is beautiful and nutritious and nourishment, you know, it's just
34:58
like pure nourishment. You can create thoughts in your
35:00
mind that are higher frequency. You can create special routines
35:05
and rituals in your day that allow you to feel levity and
35:09
that do you know, I think I have 7 healing practices that I talk
35:15
about. So there's grounding,
35:17
inspiration, movement, nourishment, gratitude,
35:19
forgiveness and grace. And I believe that those 7
35:22
practices, if we practice every single one of those, we create a
35:27
foundation for our Wellness that is pretty solid.
35:30
You know, I mean, you really can become your own greatest healer
35:33
if you practice those seven things every day.
35:36
So we can just, you know, kind of talk about creation from that
35:39
perspective. So if you're grounding every day
35:42
and from a creation perspective, that just means choosing to be
35:47
connected to the earth and the present moment until when you're
35:52
grounded, you're able to create. Because when you're consuming,
35:55
if you're online, for instance, and you're reading something,
35:58
you're in your mind, you're out of your body.
36:01
So the whole concept of grounding is being back in your
36:04
body. So what brings you into your
36:05
body? Breath, you know, focusing on
36:08
the present moment. Sometimes it's just taking
36:10
inventory of the things around you.
36:13
I'm sitting, you know, I have a roof over my head.
36:15
I'm warm right now. You know, just kind of taking
36:18
inventory of things in this present moment so that you can
36:21
bring ourself back in because, again, we tend to be up out of
36:24
our bodies in our thoughts. And so that brings you back
36:27
down. Yeah.
36:28
So that's why grounding and putting your feet on the earth
36:30
is so powerful. And again, like, because we are
36:33
these kind of batteries, when we put our feet on the earth, it's
36:37
like when you when you are starting a car battery, you have
36:41
to ground one of the wires. And so that is how you restart
36:46
the battery. It's the same thing with us.
36:47
We put our feet on the ground and we're recharging our
36:51
batteries and balancing the energy in our system.
36:53
So it's super important. And then inspiration inspires
36:57
like in spirit. So it is the things that help
37:00
lift our spirit, the joy that we find.
37:03
And you know, it's like we all know what brought us joy when we
37:06
were kids. And for some reason as we get
37:09
older and we have the responsibilities, we forget what
37:12
brought us joy when we were kids.
37:14
So just trying to remember, like, what did you love to do?
37:16
Did you love running through the forest?
37:18
Did you love digging in sand? You know, what is that?
37:21
And then go do that, you know, do some form of that wherever
37:25
you are and do it with the intention of being inspired.
37:29
And, you know, for some people being inspired is going to an
37:32
Art Museum or, you know, listening to motivational, you
37:37
know, like Neville Goddard and, you know, like people like Jim
37:40
Rohn and, and you know, listening to these kind of pep
37:43
talks, spiritual pep talks. I love doing that.
37:46
You know, there's, I think it's called Be Better Every Day,
37:49
which is a podcast that has these old inspiring talks.
37:52
I listen to that when I'm getting ready in the morning,
37:54
you know, just to kind of inspire myself.
37:56
For me, that works. And then movement is not just
38:00
about moving your body, although we all need to do that.
38:03
Going for a walk, you know, yoga, whatever it is moving, but
38:06
it's also just like not keeping your thoughts stagnant.
38:10
So it's allowing thoughts to move through you.
38:13
So if you notice that you keep having a recurring thought, that
38:16
means it's stuck, that's blocked energy.
38:19
So, you know, noticing, OK, I am feeling, I'm thinking this
38:23
thought and then noticing, do I feel it in my body somewhere?
38:26
And then thinking like, why is it that I'm like, what is the
38:29
message in this thought? And if it's not a useful
38:32
thought, then OK, I'm going to let it go.
38:34
And then just exhaling it out and releasing it, you know, and
38:37
then what thought do I want to choose to replace it?
38:40
You know, what's a higher vibration thought or what's an
38:42
empowering thought? And then nourishment is the same
38:45
type of thing where, you know, we think of nourishment with the
38:48
food that we eat, but it's also the choices that we make.
38:51
It's also so that, you know, everything, the food that we
38:54
eat, the choices we make, the people we surround ourselves
38:57
with, are these people feel, yeah, filling us up or are they
39:00
draining us? And if they're draining us,
39:01
well, let's figure out how we can, you know, move toward the
39:05
people that do fill our cup. And then, you know, forgiveness,
39:08
gratitude, those are obviously so important right now.
39:12
And just like you said, where people think like the world is a
39:14
horrible place, anytime that you catch yourself thinking
39:18
something like that, know that yes, if you turn on the news,
39:21
they report on all of the bad things because that's what keeps
39:24
the ratings up. It's not because that's what's
39:26
good for us. But if you did, think about what
39:29
are all the babies being born? Look at all the butterflies that
39:32
are flying around. Look at all that, you know, like
39:34
look for this. Listen to the birds.
39:37
Listen to and look at all of the beautiful things that are going.
39:41
Look at the flowers that are growing up through the concrete.
39:44
Do you know what I mean? Like look for the blessings and
39:47
the magic because it's around. If you look for it, you will
39:50
find it, just like if you look for what's wrong, you'll find
39:53
that too. So it's just tuning your
39:55
frequency to what it is that you want to think and feel.
39:58
And it's not bypassing. You have to acknowledge always.
40:02
Like I always go back to, we want to make sure we're not
40:05
bypassing anything. We're definitely like
40:07
acknowledge, yes, there is suffering in the world.
40:10
There always has been and probably always will be.
40:12
That's how we grow. If everything was comfortable
40:15
and perfect all the time, we wouldn't grow.
40:18
So we go back to things like cancer, which every.
40:21
Everybody thinks is this horrible thing.
40:23
And I know that when people get the diagnosis of cancer, they're
40:26
immediately confronted with their concept of death because
40:29
that's the first thing that you think.
40:32
And so, you know, death is not a final horrible thing.
40:36
It is a transition from physical and to spirit.
40:38
And I know that because I've seen so many people, I've
40:41
actually physically witnessed people die.
40:44
And I know that it is not, it is the end of a struggle.
40:47
It's not the beginning of a struggle.
40:49
And I know that you know, whether no matter what religion
40:53
you are, we definitely move into spirit and it is a lighter place
40:57
to be. And there is so much healing
40:59
that we do here, even though it is hard.
41:02
We heal, we learn, and we grow through challenge.
41:05
So if the world is hard right now, it's because we're learning
41:08
and we're growing. Yeah, and very true also.
41:11
Those are the places that we learn, are the places that are
41:13
uncomfortable and difficult and a struggle.
41:16
That's where we get new knowledge and wisdom in our
41:20
life. I love to your discussion of
41:23
creation because we do often have a specific idea of what
41:27
creating something is, whether that's art or poetry or music.
41:32
And I was talking with my husband about this the other day
41:35
and he's very analytical, very data oriented.
41:38
And he was saying just how he admired people that can make
41:41
music because that's way off his radar.
41:44
But I thought about him and he will go out in the woods.
41:46
We have some acreage and he we'll go out there and work to
41:50
make trails that are better and things like that.
41:52
And it's something that really grounds him like you talked
41:55
about. And I was thinking like right
41:57
there, you think of stuff that I would never consider, like I
42:00
would not be like, let's see how we can make this path flatter or
42:02
whatever. I'd just be like, let's walk on
42:04
the side. That's a lot of work.
42:05
So that creation, that creative energy can come to us in so many
42:09
different ways. It doesn't have to look like
42:11
anything specific. And I think we are all meant to
42:15
be creators. So the trick maybe is finding,
42:18
well, where are you creating things to add to the world,
42:20
whether that's, you know, beautiful art or something that
42:24
maybe we wouldn't normally look at in that way.
42:27
Something that's more analytical or scientific leaning.
42:31
Also places where we can create versus consuming.
42:34
Talk a little bit more about how we can improve our intuition and
42:40
our clarity in life. Yeah.
42:42
So it's interesting because it it it, it goes along with this
42:45
idea of consumption versus creation.
42:48
So when we're in that creative space, we're in touch with our
42:52
intuition. And our intuition is basically
42:54
the voice of our soul. And so when we want to get more
42:59
in that intuitive space, we have to quiet down and not be
43:02
consuming and allow ourselves to be still.
43:06
And so that's really challenging.
43:08
It's really challenging because especially so I don't have a
43:11
smartphone, but I remember how it was when I had one and I have
43:14
an iPad and I am online, so I'm not like completely
43:17
disconnected, but I don't have the same tendencies.
43:21
So the majority of people, for instance, will have their
43:24
smartphone and they'll be walking down the street with
43:28
their smartphone in front of them.
43:29
They'll be standing in line for coffee with their smartphone in
43:32
front of them. They'll be waiting in line to
43:34
get on an airplane with their smartphone in front of them.
43:36
It's always in front of them. And so if you want to be in
43:40
touch with your intuition, if your smartphones in front of
43:43
your face, you're never going to be in touch with your intuition
43:45
because you're constantly seeking information outside of
43:48
yourself and your intuition is inside of yourself.
43:51
So if you want to be connected with your intuition, a lot of
43:54
Mystics and psychics say you need to be meditating.
43:57
And a lot of people have a really big problem with the idea
44:00
of meditation. And so I have to say that at
44:03
times when I don't want to sit still, like sometimes your body
44:06
just wants to move and you still want to receive that kind of
44:09
message from your soul. And so for me, and I know a lot
44:12
of other people, they receive that information when they're
44:15
walking. No, no headphones in while
44:19
you're walking either 'cause that's essentially just a
44:22
different form of the screen in front of your face, right?
44:25
So I can, I can say with one exception, and that is if you're
44:29
listening to healing frequency music, because that will affect
44:32
your energy and your body. But if you're not listening to
44:34
healing frequency music that's specifically attuned to
44:37
connecting you with your intuition, then don't listen to
44:40
anything. Because when you're out in
44:42
nature, you do hear the birds sing and you do notice things
44:45
that you don't notice otherwise. And then that allows you to
44:49
notice and, and hear messages from your soul.
44:53
And so if you want to get out of that sort of consumption habit,
44:57
the first thing to do is to notice when you're doing it.
45:00
And then to choose a different pattern.
45:03
If it's a, you know, if it's like, if you want to think about
45:05
it as a thought loop, it's reframing the thoughts, it's
45:08
reframing your habits. And it's really like if you want
45:11
to go into that intuitive space, it's giving yourself time.
45:15
If your day is really busy with work physically where you can't
45:19
really like take time to go for a walk, then take like 10
45:23
minutes before you go to bed at night.
45:25
And I turn on healing frequency music every single night before
45:29
I go to sleep to allow my system time to, to, to, to wind down.
45:34
And I don't sometimes it'll have like, you know, I'll put it on
45:37
YouTube and it'll have, you know, like a graphic or
45:39
something. But most of the time it's just a
45:41
black screen with specific healing frequencies to help my
45:45
nervous system to just chill out.
45:47
And then that sends a signal to my body that I'm in that space
45:51
and I'll receive, I sometimes have like my journal next to me
45:54
and I'll get, you know, kind of things that I want to write
45:56
down. But if you just allow yourself
45:59
that space in the morning is a good time to do it as well.
46:03
Because then you start your day not from like hitting the ground
46:06
running and starting everything, but from a very gentle, you
46:09
know, it kind of eases your nervous system into the day.
46:12
It's a really beautiful way to start the day.
46:14
I think like before you get your coffee or your tea or whatever,
46:17
just sitting with yourself for just a few moments to just kind
46:20
of breathe and, and then you'll receive messages and throughout
46:23
the day you'll want to tune back into that quiet space.
46:26
So if you can start and end the day with that, I think that's a
46:30
good way to start developing a closer relationship with your
46:34
intuition. Yeah, that's beautiful.
46:37
I'm making it intentional. I know in the horse world, a lot
46:40
of people will say, like cleaning the horse stalls is
46:42
like where you get the inspiration.
46:44
And it's that same idea that you're freeing that space around
46:49
you to become open to that and to listen, like you say, from
46:52
the inside out instead of listening out all the outside
46:55
voices. So I love that.
46:56
And I think anyone can find it, whether it's turning off
46:59
everything while you're driving, That can even be a space.
47:03
I think it's easy to make excuses.
47:05
I don't have time, but it's so easy to turn your phone on and
47:07
you're like, oops, I just scrolled for 30 minutes when I
47:11
got on there to check my calendar or something.
47:13
Yeah. So that intention really makes a
47:16
huge difference. Everything that I want to say,
47:19
and just cuz I know that this is kind of like something that's
47:22
been coming up is the algorithm is designed to make you addicted
47:26
to it. So for me, being sort of like
47:29
the rebel by nature, as soon as I think about the fact that
47:33
that's designed to suck me in, I'm like, I'm not doing it.
47:38
You know. So if you have like that rebel
47:41
nature, just remind yourself, like, this is designed to make
47:44
me lose myself in it and it's not designed for my best
47:48
interest. So if I want to take my power
47:50
back and sort of have my best interests at heart, what do I
47:54
want to be doing with my time, you know?
47:56
Yeah, great point too, because it is highly designed to keep us
48:00
on there. That is the goal of the people
48:03
that created it. How long can we keep an audience
48:05
on there and cycle through that? What if we created, designed our
48:11
life with the same intention that we really had something we
48:15
wanted to accomplish and our design focused on that.
48:18
It's really easy to to lose it and just go with what comes
48:23
easy. And they've already designed
48:25
that addictive nature for us. So, but if we could turn it.
48:29
Yeah. And to your point, I think a lot
48:31
of people have lost touch with what it is that they want in
48:34
life because they're so used to sort of giving their attention
48:38
away. And so that's why like for me,
48:41
like my art was the was the original catalyst to doing my
48:46
creative work, but the work that I'm doing.
48:48
And I think you're doing as well as just allowing people to like
48:52
holding space for people to reconnect with themselves in a
48:55
way that they never would. Because if they just keep doing
48:58
the things that are, you know, like scrolling and watching TV
49:02
and doing all the things that society sort of normalizes, it
49:06
completely takes us away from who we are and why we're here,
49:10
You know, and I think horses really do remind us how
49:15
important it is to just be these beautiful majestic beings that
49:18
we are. We don't need to have, you know,
49:21
kind of all the status and material things and whatever.
49:25
We are beautiful, majestic beings, just as horses are, you
49:28
know. Yeah, definitely a huge degree
49:32
of acceptance there with horses. That's something that we talked
49:35
a lot about on the podcast, how being in a place where you're
49:38
accepted exactly who you are and realizing that like that's a
49:43
good thing. Yeah, that's very relevant topic
49:47
in the in the things that we talked about.
49:50
Talk a little bit more about how if people have maybe lost
49:53
themselves, gotten caught up in, you know, the path that we're
49:57
supposed to take, the consumerism, all those other
50:00
things. What are some things that we can
50:02
do to lean well to 1st find and then lean into more of our souls
50:07
mission, the thing that we feel called to do or we feel drawn
50:11
to? And maybe how can we even find
50:13
that if we have no idea what that might be?
50:16
Yeah, a great question. So I there's two places that I
50:20
start with everybody. And the first thing is your
50:22
values. What are the values that are
50:25
important to you? And it doesn't matter how much
50:28
media you consume, you know what's important to you.
50:31
And I think the majority of people are very connected to and
50:36
attached to helping save the world because they have
50:40
something inside of themselves that wants to be of service to
50:43
others. They just don't know what that
50:45
is and they don't know where they can fit it into the life
50:49
that they've already created. And so, you know, looking for
50:52
ways that you're already being of service to others.
50:55
Maybe it's small things like I said before, like I was always
50:58
the person that my friends would come to for, you know, advice or
51:02
feedback or just to listen. If that's something that, you
51:04
know, you find yourself doing, then how can you do that a
51:07
little bit more? You don't have to necessarily,
51:10
you know, start a career or anything doing that, but maybe
51:13
just notice when you are doing that how it feels and how the
51:17
other person feels and then just go from there.
51:20
Just tuning into what you're already good at, you know, is a
51:24
really important thing because a lot of times, you know, and I
51:28
actually used to coach people, I'm building passion based
51:31
businesses. And I think that's, you know,
51:33
back when I was doing that about 20 years ago, you know, 1520
51:37
years ago, there wasn't as much noise going on in the world as
51:41
there is now. And because of that, I think
51:43
people can't even think about what they're passionate about
51:46
because they just don't know when they see cats and dogs and
51:49
all these things on the their algorithm and they're like,
51:52
that's what I'm interested in, you know, But I think going back
51:55
to what you were interested in as a kid is a huge indicator.
51:59
You know, maybe when you were a kid, you wanted to be an
52:01
astronaut and you don't want to be an astronaut anymore.
52:04
But what was it about being an astronaut that somehow, you
52:08
know, and just kind of digging into that.
52:10
I think journaling is super powerful for people if they want
52:13
to do that self exploration. And so yeah, I would, I would
52:18
start with your values and just writing down a list of like what
52:21
your top five to 10 values are. And then, you know, going from
52:25
there, I would look at what your strengths are because when you
52:29
have natural strengths, that's kind of those are your gifts.
52:33
You know, those are the things that come easy to you.
52:35
And they say, you know, if you want to create, you want to
52:39
create work that feels like play, not that feels like a job.
52:44
So you know, what are the things that you're good at and that are
52:47
easy for you? And, and you know, cuz something
52:50
that's easy for you might not be easy for me.
52:53
And so there's something there. And so just kind of exploring
52:56
that. And also like, you know, when it
52:58
comes to life purpose, so many of my clients come to like
53:02
expecting their life purpose to be this big grand thing.
53:06
And I don't think that your life purpose is what you do.
53:09
I think your life purpose is who you are and how you show up.
53:12
And sometimes, like maybe, maybe my purpose, part of it was to be
53:15
there for my mom when she passed.
53:17
And then part of my purpose is to be a good mom to my daughters
53:20
and they're navigating this world and to be a Good Wife to
53:23
my husband and to, you know, And so that's all part of our
53:26
purpose. And so I think it's really about
53:28
being aware, not attached to any type of accolades or
53:34
achievements, but just being aware of what we've already been
53:37
doing naturally and then just expanding on that, you know, and
53:41
being kind of mindful about what we're bringing into the world
53:45
and how we're showing up. Yeah, that's a beautiful point.
53:48
I think in the culture of the United States, a lot of times we
53:52
do define ourselves by how we make money.
53:54
And that's not necessarily who we have to be.
53:57
And even our life purpose can be outside of that.
53:59
Like money might just be the necessity we need to take care
54:02
of our families and ourselves and what not, and purpose and
54:07
who we are and the things that we should be spending on our
54:10
time on don't necessarily have to be attached to our income.
54:14
They may be, they could be. I know a lot of people who do it
54:17
and it's amazing when you can find that.
54:19
But that doesn't necessarily need to limit you.
54:21
If that's not the case for you, what is some advice you would
54:24
give someone who's deep in the trenches of things?
54:28
You know, we talked about meditating and going on walks,
54:30
and that sounds great. And sometimes life gets really
54:33
overwhelming, and it's really difficult to find time to feed
54:39
our soul in the way that would be helpful to us.
54:42
And sometimes the emotions can get so overwhelming if you're
54:46
really just feeling overwhelmed, like you don't know your way
54:50
through. What are some things you would
54:52
suggest for people? Yeah, I think the number one
54:55
thing, and it's really hard to sometimes for people who are
54:59
really in it, in the thick of it.
55:00
And I've been there, you know, But I think if you can always
55:04
test yourself and develop when you're not in the thick of it,
55:08
develop a practice of thinking the things that you're grateful
55:11
for. Then when you're in the trenches
55:14
and you're going through these difficult times, just knowing
55:17
that you're learning things and so trying to figure out what it
55:21
is that you need to be grateful for in that moment.
55:24
So for instance, when my sister was going through the last
55:28
couple of weeks of her life, it was very hard.
55:33
And she was in and out of the hospital and I was having to,
55:36
you know, feed her through. It was just a very intense
55:39
period of time. And then her kids, she didn't
55:41
want to be like knowing what was going on.
55:44
And so keeping that bubble around them.
55:46
And at the same time, I was having all these, I'm so
55:50
sensitive to the spirit world. So I was seeing like flashes
55:53
and, you know, crazy things going on.
55:55
And it was very overwhelming and at the same time so beautiful.
56:00
And so I think when you are in the trenches of what's going on,
56:04
remind yourself that if you look for them, you will see things to
56:08
be grateful for. If you look for things, you will
56:10
see beauty and, and even if it means that somebody's life is
56:14
coming to an end, you will have, if you do, you will have grief.
56:19
And in that in grief, it's the proof that you loved somebody
56:23
and that you were, you felt so intensely loved and you still
56:26
love this person. Grief is just basically
56:29
unexpressed love and so finding, you know, reframing the things
56:35
that could kind of send you downward in terms of the
56:38
frequency and trying to find the things that will help lift you
56:41
up and again, surrounding yourself with people and
56:44
circumstances that do help elevate you energetically.
56:49
So that and gratitude is the highest frequency and it's the
56:52
easiest way. So for anybody who is depressed,
56:57
finding things to be grateful for, even if it feels in that
57:00
moment like you're not really physically feeling the
57:02
gratitude, but knowing the gratitude, the more that you
57:05
kind of exercise that muscle, the easier it is and the, and
57:09
the faster it will help, you know, kind of raise your
57:12
frequency to a more higher vibration state where you're
57:18
happier and, and kind of able to be enjoy.
57:20
And it's interesting because when we were going through this
57:24
very difficult time with my sister and then right after, you
57:27
know, and, or right after my mom died or yeah, right after my mom
57:30
died and then my dad got sick and, you know, then my sister
57:33
and all of these things that were going on, it just was
57:38
really hard sometimes in the thick of it to think of what I
57:41
was grateful for. But if you remember to do it,
57:45
it's like this gift that you're giving yourself.
57:47
And then, you know, when you have children or when you have
57:49
people around you who are struggling and you can remind
57:52
them that gratitude is the way through.
57:55
Gratitude is the way through. Yeah, yeah.
57:58
And I agree that sometimes it can be, especially when things
58:01
are really heavy and overwhelming, it can just be the
58:03
smallest step in the right direction, which in that moment
58:06
might just be finding one thing you're grateful for, that you
58:10
can see the sun out the window or whatever it might be.
58:14
That can help alter our direction a little bit and also
58:17
reset our minds a little bit so that we can learn more more into
58:21
that, even when it's really difficult.
58:23
Yeah, yeah, for sure. Beautiful.
58:26
To wrap up, can you share with everyone where they can find you
58:30
how they can take advantage of your knowledge and the work that
58:33
you do? Yeah, thank you.
58:34
So I'm on, I have a website, it's Brit, my Killian dot art,
58:39
and that I have, you know, all my offerings on there.
58:42
And then I'm on Instagram as well if anybody wants.
58:46
I have something called the Quantum Kickstart, which is a
58:49
free guide for anybody who wants 3 simple exercises to really get
58:54
you in tune with your Intuit tuition and what you want in
58:57
life. So that's if you go to Britma
59:00
Kellian dot art and slash quantum hyphen kickstart and
59:05
I'll send you the link so that if anybody wants that in the
59:07
description, it's a really powerful, you know, it's
59:10
completely free. And it's a really powerful way
59:12
to just kind of get you moving into that direction where you're
59:16
more aligned with, you know, what your soul is trying to
59:20
communicate with you and just get clarity on what you want to
59:23
bring into the world. Yeah.
59:27
Thank you. Yeah.
59:28
My heart works on my website, obviously, Brit mycalian dot
59:31
art. And then I also have a sub
59:32
stack. So that's Brit mycalian dot sub
59:34
stack. And my last, it's 2T's Brit with
59:37
two T's. And then it's like Michael Ian,
59:39
my last name. Yeah.
59:42
OK, perfect. And yeah, we'll definitely
59:44
include all those links and everything people might want to
59:48
find. Thank you so much for being here
59:50
and for the things you shared. There are a lot of practical
59:53
tips that are easy to implement that you shared with people that
59:57
I think can really help them to lean into creating a beautiful
1:00:01
life. So I appreciate you being here
1:00:03
and talking especially about your experience, which.
1:00:08
It can be really heavy and the way you talk about it, you can
1:00:10
just see the difference that that can make when we are able
1:00:13
to see the beauty and the good in life despite the hard things
1:00:16
that come with it. Yeah.
1:00:18
Thank you so much. Yeah, Thank you for having me.
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