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Authors note You belong here.
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First off, I'll start by sharing this.
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Life is messy for us all at different times in different ways.
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Some of it we share, some of it we don't.
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But whatever is happening, you belong here now.
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In this moment, you belong here.
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If doubt rises, welcome that.
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But come back to belonging, to knowing you belong and accept it.
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It's okay to explore what is present for you safely, and know whatever it is, it's okay to feel it.
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To love, to celebrate, to cry, to grieve.
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Welcome and experience it all.
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It's yours, it's you, it's connection, it's love.
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Your words matter.
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Your voice matters.
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You are enough as you are, and even if that's hard to digest right now, it is true.
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Let those words linger for a moment and notice what's present in your body.
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And listen to what you have to say, to what your body has to say when you tap into your feelings and emotions.
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The body talks.
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We need to tune in more to our bodies.
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We need to be aware of the feelings, the signs.
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What's inside is really the key to moving in the right direction.
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Here's the most important disclaimer of this book.
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I'm sharing my own experience, not trying to heal or fix anyone.
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It's a flexible invitation to be with whatever is felt for you so you can place your own bridges wherever you want to, if they feel right for you.
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Trust yourself to ride the emotional wave.
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Go with the tide, not against it.
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The more you reconnect to that place inside, the more you back yourself, the sooner that upstream paddle will become a gentle flow, taking you to where you're meant to go.
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If you aren't already aware of it, I'd like to share the idea of the guest house.
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The guest house is a beautiful poem by Rumi.
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I encourage you to look it up and give it a read.
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Although I can't share the poem itself here, I can share my current interpretation of it.
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This interpretation ever changing, as things change simply and subtly all the time, and that's what I notice when I read the guest house.
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Each time I read it, something new comes to light for me.
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That depends on where I am in life, and it will depend on where you are too.
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The invitation, your own guest house, your life, your body.
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Can you welcome all experiences and feelings and learn something, not change it initially?
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Changes happen anyway, all around us, inside us.
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The gift begins in the witnessing, in the seeing.
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Then we become more than witnesses to change.
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We feel something and experience something fully.
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When you feel safe, whatever the experience, you can at the very least be aware of that and be with what is, and this in itself is huge.
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I didn't feel safe to sit with it.
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I knew I needed to heal, but I was often confused why the steps I was taking weren't working.
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I'd look for somewhere else to turn.
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I still of course have times like this, but now I see, more than anything, for a long time I'd been missing the integration.
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I would learn something new and sink into this, doing the work, taking those first steps and showing up.
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But for a while there I didn't give the time to be with it and allow the bridge to form from where I was to where I needed to be.
00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:03.439
This, then, is my invitation for you to feel, to explore, to be curious, and then let it all go.
00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:09.919
Words from an open heart, inviting you to meet yourself exactly where you are.
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The insight lies in the information you receive in your experience.
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I invite you to just be curious, to experience whatever is here, to keep it simple, and whatever happens, come back to love.
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My intention is to bridge the gap between thinking and feeling.
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Bridge the gap between what feels impossible and what's completely possible.
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To bridge the gap between us, to remove the comparison, to foster connection, and lift each other up.
00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:46.399
When we know who we are, we know there is space for us all.
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We each have a gift, and the moment we begin to share our authentic selves, our vibrations work alongside each other.
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And with this they rise, we rise together.
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Trust it, trust you.
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If emotion is stronger than logic, then what can it teach us?
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What can it teach you?
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That's for you to find out with an invitation here to spark curiosity, and with your body as your guide as a little bridge to that inquiry.
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Welcome to your emotional dictionary of self.
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That's what this is.
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Here within this emotional dictionary is a little pause.
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Time to be with yourself for a while.
00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:34.639
Time to explore whatever comes up, or just be with it and then pause again.
00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:39.120
Time to restore connection, time to slow it all down.
00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:44.800
A little collection of insights from me to you, so you know you're never alone.
00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:50.319
The only thing I ask of you be curious, that's all.
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Just be curious.
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Authors note You belong here.
00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:09.919
First off, I'll start by sharing this.
00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:15.359
Life is messy for us all at different times in different ways.
00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:18.879
Some of it we share, some of it we don't.
00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:22.559
But whatever is happening, you belong here now.
00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:25.359
In this moment, you belong here.
00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:28.399
If doubt rises, welcome that.
00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:33.439
But come back to belonging, to knowing you belong and accept it.
00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:40.799
It's okay to explore what is present for you safely, and know whatever it is, it's okay to feel it.
00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:45.200
To love, to celebrate, to cry, to grieve.
00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:47.840
Welcome and experience it all.
00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:53.119
It's yours, it's you, it's connection, it's love.
00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:55.439
Your words matter.
00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:57.200
Your voice matters.
00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:03.679
You are enough as you are, and even if that's hard to digest right now, it is true.
00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:08.879
Let those words linger for a moment and notice what's present in your body.
00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:16.640
And listen to what you have to say, to what your body has to say when you tap into your feelings and emotions.
00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:18.560
The body talks.
00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:21.840
We need to tune in more to our bodies.
00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:25.359
We need to be aware of the feelings, the signs.
00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:30.239
What's inside is really the key to moving in the right direction.
00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.400
Here's the most important disclaimer of this book.
00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:40.000
I'm sharing my own experience, not trying to heal or fix anyone.
00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:49.680
It's a flexible invitation to be with whatever is felt for you so you can place your own bridges wherever you want to, if they feel right for you.
00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:53.120
Trust yourself to ride the emotional wave.
00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:55.760
Go with the tide, not against it.
00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:07.840
The more you reconnect to that place inside, the more you back yourself, the sooner that upstream paddle will become a gentle flow, taking you to where you're meant to go.
00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:12.960
If you aren't already aware of it, I'd like to share the idea of the guest house.
00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:16.400
The guest house is a beautiful poem by Rumi.
00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:19.919
I encourage you to look it up and give it a read.
00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:26.000
Although I can't share the poem itself here, I can share my current interpretation of it.
00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:35.520
This interpretation ever changing, as things change simply and subtly all the time, and that's what I notice when I read the guest house.
00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:39.520
Each time I read it, something new comes to light for me.
00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:44.800
That depends on where I am in life, and it will depend on where you are too.
00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:50.159
The invitation, your own guest house, your life, your body.
00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:56.639
Can you welcome all experiences and feelings and learn something, not change it initially?
00:02:56.879 --> 00:03:00.800
Changes happen anyway, all around us, inside us.
00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:04.639
The gift begins in the witnessing, in the seeing.
00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:07.919
Then we become more than witnesses to change.
00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.599
We feel something and experience something fully.
00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:22.319
When you feel safe, whatever the experience, you can at the very least be aware of that and be with what is, and this in itself is huge.
00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:25.199
I didn't feel safe to sit with it.
00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:31.199
I knew I needed to heal, but I was often confused why the steps I was taking weren't working.
00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:33.680
I'd look for somewhere else to turn.
00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:41.759
I still of course have times like this, but now I see, more than anything, for a long time I'd been missing the integration.
00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:47.680
I would learn something new and sink into this, doing the work, taking those first steps and showing up.
00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:55.199
But for a while there I didn't give the time to be with it and allow the bridge to form from where I was to where I needed to be.
00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:03.439
This, then, is my invitation for you to feel, to explore, to be curious, and then let it all go.
00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:09.919
Words from an open heart, inviting you to meet yourself exactly where you are.
00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:14.960
The insight lies in the information you receive in your experience.
00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:24.959
I invite you to just be curious, to experience whatever is here, to keep it simple, and whatever happens, come back to love.
00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:29.199
My intention is to bridge the gap between thinking and feeling.
00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:33.920
Bridge the gap between what feels impossible and what's completely possible.
00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:42.160
To bridge the gap between us, to remove the comparison, to foster connection, and lift each other up.
00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:46.399
When we know who we are, we know there is space for us all.
00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:54.399
We each have a gift, and the moment we begin to share our authentic selves, our vibrations work alongside each other.
00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.839
And with this they rise, we rise together.
00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:00.160
Trust it, trust you.
00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:05.040
If emotion is stronger than logic, then what can it teach us?
00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:07.040
What can it teach you?
00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:16.720
That's for you to find out with an invitation here to spark curiosity, and with your body as your guide as a little bridge to that inquiry.
00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.639
Welcome to your emotional dictionary of self.
00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:22.560
That's what this is.
00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:26.480
Here within this emotional dictionary is a little pause.
00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:29.199
Time to be with yourself for a while.
00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:34.639
Time to explore whatever comes up, or just be with it and then pause again.
00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:39.120
Time to restore connection, time to slow it all down.
00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:44.800
A little collection of insights from me to you, so you know you're never alone.
00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:50.319
The only thing I ask of you be curious, that's all.
00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:52.399
Just be curious.
