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Geneva Robins and Angela Hoogeveen chat about being stuck! In this podcast episode, we share all the ways you can get moving again. Why do you get stuck? What happens when you're stuck?It can be so depressing, hopeless, and frustrating to be in an uncomfortable place. Being stuck makes you feel like you can't move back, forward, sideways, up or down. You feel like you need to be more connected and engaged with the life you want but just can't seem to get there. When you get stuck, your inner critical voice might be yelling at you. It might be very harsh, pushing you to move faster than you can and saying everything you should be doing. The main theme of the inner critic is "never enough," so no matter what, you get yelled at to get moving faster. It's very damaging. That inner critical voice often makes you more stuck. Even though we might think that a kick in the butt will get us moving, it never lasts for long. The inner wise part of us wants to stop the inner violence. Things externally will grind to a halt. Anytime there's that pushing or pulling or pressure from the inner critic, it is the fastest way to stop everything and get in that really stuck place. The Illusion of Safety in Being StuckThe other side of stuckness is that sometimes it's a protective thing to try to keep us out of what our ego perceives as danger. The inner critic loves you being stuck. Because if you're stuck, you're safe. In its view, if you're not doing anything new, scary, or vulnerable, then it is happy. But being stuck can get so uncomfortable because we need growth, change and transformation to feel alive. Accepting that little tiny bit of emotional risk that comes with doing something new can create the energetic change that can get you unstuck.How do you get unstuck?The steps to get out of a stuck place are: soften, relax, get gentle, notice where you are, come back to your body, see what can change, notice a tiny thing you can be grateful for, and then take even the tiniest little sliver of action. Any tiny movement will move you, even if it doesn't seem like a lot. Stop Struggling against being StuckThe first step out of being stuck is often to stop struggling and get still.  Noticing where you are is the first step to getting out. It's uncomfortable to notice the discomfort of the present moment. Nobody wants to do that. It's much easier to numb, but the numbing only pauses, what's happening, it doesn't process it, and it doesn't end up moving you forward. It just is a delay, which can add more pressure on you.Being stuck in your life is no different than being in a mud puddle. You've sunk in up to your knees. And the more you flail, the worse it will be for you. And so the first thing is to stop, get still, and really pay attention to what's happening in the body. Returning to that state of presence, to your breath, and a state of calm will help you get out. Stop, get present, get grounded, see where you are, and then look for the possibilities around you.Compulsive future-looking doesn't help you navigate. To get anywhere, you have to know where you are first. Gentleness is the key to getting out of a stuck placeThe way forward is just loving yourself more and being okay with where you are. Simply being gentle with yourself and loving yourself through it is the key to breaking free. It feels counterintuitive because, growing up, we are often pushed to go forward. There was a belief that you needed a kick in the butt to get unstuck and get you moving forward. Simply say to the inner critical voice, "You know what? It's okay. Yes, I do want to be over there. I want to be doing things I'm not currently doing. But it's okay. It's okay. I'm here. I need to accept where I am. And love myself through it and be gentle with myself." You can just lower your expectations of yourself. Then once the pressure of the inner critic stops, there is a kind, loving voice that fills the silence that can give you peace, comfort and guidance. That takes away that stuck feeling, and then moving forward becomes natural.Being soft and gentle creates real freedom from the inner critic. If the energy keeping you stuck is harsh, then you need the opposite to break free. Just soften around all of it, don't put so much pressure on yourself, and appreciate your life where it is. The more we struggle against where we are, the worse things can feel. Reframe your thoughts to get unstuckSometimes it's a thought that can keep you stuck. Reframing how you think about your situation can help you move forward. A great app to help improve your mental well-being is Wysa; it's a little cognitive behavioural therapy app. It's fantastic for helping you reframe your thoughts. It can take you through a reframing exercise, help with gratitude journalling, and even has some yoga and meditation practices to help you regroup.All or none thinking can be a contributor to getting stuck. You want to leap immediately from one place to another with no in-between. That rush or pressure creates so much tension that it can halt all forward movement. This type of thinking diminishes even the tiny things that move you forward because it is never enough.Surrender the details and the plan and let it all go; let it be in the hands of the Divine. Spend some time relaxing, doing Reiki or meditation, reading something inspirational, or even watching people being creative on YouTube. Find ways where you can feed your brain new ways of looking at things. Getting curious about anything moves you forward and can inspire your own creativity. Just take a step back and try to look at your life almost as a third party. When you do, you'll realize how far you have come; you are doing big things. Sometimes you need a minute to take a breath. You can reframe being stuck as just taking a breather, a rest. Maybe you just need a moment. Tiny positive actions move you forwardShifting your thinking to embrace any tiny movement forward can really help. You can't leap from where you are. But you can make a tiny little change. Usually, these tiny incremental changes get us from point A to point B. It's the little tiny things that we do every day that add up over the long term. It's much better to change the underlying habit than to get the result. Loosening your grip on the results and knowing that the results are baked into the process creates so much ease. So if we can change a tiny little habit to a healthier one, the progress we're after will appear with time. What is some way that you can make even a symbolic movement forward? What's the next little baby step? Just take that tiny action and then another. And then, when you turn around, you'll notice that you've come a really long way. When Things are Beyond your Control...Even in intensely difficult situations when you don't know how things will resolve, the principles that can help you are the same. Take tiny moments and breaks to return to your breath; return to the present moment. When the future is very uncertain, the only safe space is the present moment. The present moment can be this little island of relief when everything else is up in the air. Doing little tiny kind things for yourself, like taking a shower, making sure that you're well hydrated, making sure that you're meditating and reaching out to loved ones, all those little things are enormously important. Anything that brings in that little breath of relief and comfort and makes you feel good is a step. Remember, forward is forward; it doesn't matter how small.You've got this!!We can go step by step and move away from that stuck place to that place of freedom. The gifts of those stuck moments are that we learn so much when we're stuck. We need to do the same strategies when we're in the flow. Everything you're learning is important and will help keep you in the flow once you're free. You're ultimately building skills to be in that resilient space. And you won't be as fearful when you are stuck. You'll know you can move forward and be in that flow again.We have a new podcast episode every month! Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. You can send us your question in the comments below or record your question here: https://www.lunaholistic.com/podcast/We are also very happy to share the gift of Reiki through our Giving Back Program! Every month we give away free Reiki sessions to exceptional people. Learn more here: https://www.lunaholistic.com/giving-back-program/  LunaHolistic Podcast 07 TranscriptHelp, I'm Stuck! - How Do I Move My Life Forward?Hosted by: Geneva Robins – LunaHolistic Facilitated by: Angela HoogeveenPodcast Air Date: Sunday, January 15, 2023Episode: LHP070:05  Welcome to the show.GENEVA ROBINS: Welcome to the LunaHolistic podcast! I'm your host, Geneva Robins, and every month on this podcast, we'll talk about Reiki, as well as answering your questions on all things spiritual. We are gratefully located in Calgary in Treaty 7 Territory. Thank you all, and welcome to the show!Welcome to the LunaHolistic podcast! My name is Geneva Robins. Welcome, everybody! I'm so happy to have Angela Hoogeveen here with me today. Say hi, Angela.ANGELA HOOGEVEEN: Hi! Hi everyone.GR: Good to see you! I'm so glad to be talking about our favourite topic, Reiki, with you today. And our main theme is: Help! I'm stuck! AH: [laughs]GR: And what we can do to get unstuck. And we'll both be sharing, sort of, the things that we do to get ourselves to a new, fresher place. But before we jump into that, we'll start with [a] collective breath of gratitude. Just a way of connecting in, and little mini meditation. If you're operating any kind of vehicle, please keep your eyes open and maybe skip ahead. Otherwise, I invite you to gently close your eyes, and take a big sigh of relief. Settling in and connecting, noticing the Earth below your feet. Sending a big wave of gratitude into the Earth. Thanking that energy for nurturing and supporting all of your needs. Noticing the plants, and animals. The sky, the water, the land, are all around you. Letting that gratitude ripple out from you. And feeling that wave of gratitude return. And when you're ready, you can open your eyes. [Sighs] So nice. Thank you! AH: Lovely. [laughs]GR: Thank you for joining me today. Before we jump into our main topic, I was curious. Reiki is our favourite topic, but, and, is kind of all of the topics. AH: [laughs]GR: What do you love about Reiki, Angela?AH: Well, there's so many things! So, when I first got started with Reiki, someone who was a Reiki practitioner told me that Reiki was going to change my life. What I sort of thought [was] "sure, okay," maybe not even really believing, or understanding how Reiki could change my life.But now, you know, several years later, it's 100% true. Reiki has changed my life for the absolute better. It's even hard to articulate what it's done. It's definitely helped me through a lot of things, a lot of feelings, a lot of old, stuck traumas, and old, stuck feelings that I wasn't able to process. And then, just in regards to being a practitioner, being able to help my clients and seeing the changes in their life through Reiki. Yeah, it's just, it's awesome. Well, what do you love about Reiki?GR: Ah, all of the things, I really do. It's a fantastic self-healing, you know, self-care practice. I think that's the core of it for me. Like, one of the things we say in our Reiki classes all the time is that "all healing is self-healing." And so, as a practitioner, I'm always doing my own work, regardless of what's happening. So, even if I never did another Reiki session for anyone else, I would still be doing my own practice, because it can shift things. And it's remarkable to me how, even after all this time, I will get sort of stuck in my head a little bit. And I will… I'll try to use my mind to solve problems – terrible idea! And really a few minutes of Reiki can shift things, and it helps me find solutions where I just didn't see any options before. And so, that part is just transformational to me. So, to me, it puts you in touch with your inner wisdom, and it creates this space so that you can connect to, sort of, that calm, quiet inner knowing. And when we're in that place, that sort of like… obstacles don't seem as big, and solutions come in, you know, we get ideas, and we get connected to creative solutions. And it also just makes you feel, like, good, and well, and peaceful. That's what I like about it, for me. And it's helped heal so many things for me, you know – injured back, and migraine pain, and has significantly improved my allergy and asthma symptoms, to the point where I don't even have an inhaler anymore, which is, you know, results may vary [laughs]. So, not everybody is going to have that same experience. But for me, it's been one of the many things that has shifted a bunch of physical things in my own body. But deeper than that, it's cleared a lot of long-standing thought patterns, you know, shifting the inner critic voice to a more kind, interior landscape. And really, it's a practice to, kind of, keep that going and flowing. And then, it's just absolutely the best job in the world when I get a chance to work with other people, because I get to create the space where people can connect to that Divine space inside them. And that place of healing, and rest, and recovery. And I basically just get to facilitate somebody else's miracle, like, to connect, you know. We kind of open up this energy space, and then people can connect to it in whatever way they need to. So yeah, it's endlessly fascinating to me. And it is absolutely -- my conscious mind, or my ego-mind is, like, cannot wrap its head around what is happening. It doesn't seem like it would be possible, but it somehow is, because we just keep seeing these amazing results over and over again. And we keep experiencing it ourselves. So, it's just that, you know, even for people who aren't connected to the energy, or don't really believe in that stuff, you know, you might even just chalk it up to, like, the power of the mind. And that mind-body connection, and that our brains are these, you know, living computers that are inside our physical body. And when we think a new thought, or we're in a different mental state, when we're in that, sort of, calmer, parasympathetic response, we're not in that stressed, "fight or flight" response, then that's when our immune system can do all the healing work. And so, it's almost like we get ourselves out of the way. So that that energy can shift things for us. So yeah, that's what it is for me. Thank you.AH: So, just a few little things [laughs].GR: Just a few! Just, like, it's just all of the things [laughs].AH: It does sound crazy, like you said. The mind -- it's hard to fathom, or maybe even accept that Reiki can help with your asthma, and your allergies. But, you know, I know for myself when I broke my ankle, other than the initial break, I really didn't have any pain throughout the whole process. But I was also giving myself a ton of Reiki. And along with that, like you said, mind over matter, you know, that you can have control over your body with your mind. I convinced myself that I was healed, and it was feeling good. And my cast came off. I didn't need physio. It was kind of crazy how... yeah, I mean, you would think with a broken ankle, you know, it wouldn't just, kind of, "snap" [snaps fingers], go back to normal, but it did.GR: Yeah. Yeah. And that's something, because you're a big hiker. And so, [laughs] you know, ankles are somewhat important when you hike as a hobby [laughs].AH: Absolutely! GR: You would know if something was wrong, but yeah, that's amazing! It's really amazing. I like this next topic, which is: "help, I'm stuck! How do I move forward?" And the reason I like it is because it's so, like, everybody has been there. And it totally sucks when you're in that stuck place. I don't want to diminish anybody who's feeling stuck, because it can be so depressing, and hopeless, and frustrating to be in a place that is uncomfortable. Where you feel like you can't move back, forward, or sideways, up or down. You just are in this, sort of, stationary, static place. Or the feeling, or perception that you're not able to move from that place. That's, you know, sometimes it's being stuck in something that's uncomfortable. And sometimes it's just being stuck in the bleh, you know, not really feeling a lot, not really, you know, being connected or engaged with the life that you want to have. And, you know, there's lots of tips and strategies of, kind of, how we each have gotten through this.But I'm curious for you, Angela, like, what does stuckness mean for you? 08:33 What does stuckness mean for Angela? And then, what are some of the ways that you get yourself unsticky stuck and help others as well? Like, what, kind of, pops up for you?AH: Well, I'm definitely familiar with the feeling of being stuck. I recently have gone through that, where I was really, really stuck, as you know, because I had to come [in] for a Reiki session where it felt like I had cement boots on. And, you know, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and where I wanted to go. But I had so much resistance to it, that I didn't do any of the things, I was just literally stuck. I couldn't move. I mean, I could -- I mean, physically, I could move, of course -- but it just felt like I couldn't. And it's an awful place to be. And now I do feel unstuck. I feel like I am moving forward, and I am a lot happier. And what worked was, again, absolutely, you know, having a Reiki session, that will help move that, kind of, stuck energy. But when I'm stuck, it's that critical voice yelling at me, and saying all [of] the things that I should be doing. "Why aren't you doing this? You should be doing this." "Look where you are, you haven't gotten out of bed for hours!" It's very damaging. And that voice just made me more stuck, because it was: "don't tell me what to do. I [laughs] am going to do this." And I find that just being gentle with myself, and loving myself through it. You know it kind of almost feels counterintuitive. I guess because growing up, it was more: "come on [claps hands], let's go, let's do it." You know, "move!" There wasn't a softness to it, you know. There was a belief that I just... that you needed a kick in the butt to get unstuck, and to get you  moving forward. But for me, that absolutely doesn't work. It may work for some people. But for me, that doesn't work. So yeah, it is just loving myself more, and being okay with where I am. And, kind of, lowering my expectations of myself. Or of that critical voice that's, again, telling me what I need, or what I should be doing, and where I should be. And just saying, "you know what, it's okay. Yes, I do want to be over there, or I do want to be doing these things that I'm not currently doing. But it's okay. It's okay, I'm here."  I need to accept where I am. And love myself through it, and be gentle with myself. And then, usually that is what helps that, you know. Once I stop pressuring myself, once that pressure is gone, and once there is a kind, loving voice in my head, then that seems to take away that stuck feeling. And then I'm able to move forward.GR: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, I agree. I agree. And honestly, I don't think that anybody... that the pushing through, or the, like, the kick in the butt works really for anybody long term. I think it can work for people in the short term, but it's, like, it's a system that relies on kicking, [laughs] you know. AH: Yeah. Yep. GR: So, it isn't... definitely isn't a comfortable way of going, you know. It's, like, it's getting stuck in the push and pull. And for me, anyway, I agree with you. I've got a nervous system that's similar. It's like, anytime there's that pushing or pulling, or that, like, that pressure. That, like, "I have to get all of these things done, and I have to do it immediately. And I have to do it perfectly." And it's like, "Ugh!" It just... it is the fastest way to stopping everything, and getting in that, sort of, really stuck place. And then, you know, and how mean our minds can be, as well. Which kind of comes back to that, like, acceptance piece, that there's a real freedom from it, by just being soft and gentle. And being the opposite of the energy, you know. If the energy that's keeping you stuck is harsh, then you need the opposite to break free. So, whatever energy is keeping you in that stuck place, and is holding you stationary. So, sometimes it's a thought, you know. [It's] that we feel like we're stuck by circumstances sometimes because of, you know. "Well, I can't tell these people no, so I have to keep on doing all of these other obligations, that are not letting me do the things that I want to do for myself." So, then I feel like I'm not moving forward on the things that really matter, you know. And then, that can contribute to the stuckness. 16:36 The importance of noticing where you are is the first step to getting out. So, often it's about, like, kind of, stopping the struggling. For me it's, like, noticing where you are is the first step to getting out. It's uncomfortable to notice the discomfort of the present moment. Nobody wants to do that, it's much easier to numb, right? But the numbing only pauses what's happening. It doesn't process it, and it doesn't end up moving you forward. It just is a delay, which can add more pressure on us, because then we think "Oh, now I've been stuck for a really long time! Three years, five years, 10 years, same place, oh my gosh," you know. Like, all-or-[nothing] thinking is also a contributor to the stuckness, you know. It's often something that's, like, a belief we're holding in our mind. And so, thinking about it in, sort of like, these little, tiny incremental changes is, like... "well, maybe I can't leap from where I am, and don't want to be, to where I'm gonna go. But maybe I can make a tiny little change. Maybe I can notice little changes that are occurring all around me." And kind of get [out of] that panic, you know, of like... I'm in a place and I don't want to be here and it's uncomfortable. And I don't want to keep on being here, but I also don't know how I'm going to go from where I am to where I want to be. So, the whole thing can get really bound really quickly. And so, when I notice that I'm in those spaces, my first thing is to stop. Stop struggling, it's sort of like being in a mud puddle, you know, up to your knees. And it's, like, the more you flail, the worse it's going to be for you. And so, the first thing is to stop, get still, and really pay attention to what's happening in the body, you know. So, coming back to that state of presence, you know, which is very, very difficult when you don't like where you are. But that compulsive future looking doesn't help you navigate, you know, because in order to get anywhere, you have to know where you are first, you know. Like, where are you? If you know where you want to go, the first thing is to stop, get present, get grounded, and see where you are. And then see, what possibilities do you have? And to make tiny changes. Because I think our egos, like, want us to leap immediately there. But that's rarely the way things happen. It's usually these tiny, little incremental changes [that] get us from point A to point B. And it's the little, tiny things that we do everyday that add up over [the] long term. So, it's like, for me, it's like, much better to change the underlying habit than to get the result, you know. So it's, sort of like, loosening our grip on the results, and just, sort of, know that the results are baked into the process.  So, if we can change a tiny, little habit that's healthier, you know. So, something like: when you're tired, stop and rest, you know [laughs]. When you need inspiration, like, go and watch inspiring videos, right? So, you know, looking at ways where you can, like, kind of, feed your brain new ways of looking at things. And getting curious about, and creative about: here is where I am. It's not super comfortable, but what is some way that I can make even a symbolic movement forward? 20:23 How to deal with the fear of being stuck. You know, I remember before I left my other career, and I really knew I didn't want to do it anymore. I knew I really wanted to do Reiki full-time. And so, every minute I was at my other job was just kind of torture, because it felt like I was taking that time away from Reiki. That's a pretty difficult place to be in. And so, my solution was just to soften around all of it, to not put so much pressure on my little, tiny growing career to be the everything. But just to appreciate it for where it [was]. The more I struggled against where I was, and the more I made my day job "bad," it actually undermined the work I was doing to move forward. It was actually the best way of staying stuck, or being in this state of, like, constant tension, which is not the energy I wanted to bring to the work. So then, my reframe was to just see my day job, at the time, as a source of funding capital for my business [laughs], you know. It was [an] investment source so that I could do this on the side. And then, it was this, sort of, inner commitment that no matter how long it was gonna take, I was going to take the time that was required. And I was gonna surrender everything else and let it all go, and let it be in the hands of the Divine. And then, also not... and, like, to be really, really, really grateful for everything I had. And from time to time, I will feel stuck. But the stuckness is almost an illusion, you know. And so, it's this softening into what is, doing Reiki, doing meditation. I really, really like the app Wysa. W-y-s-a. It's a little Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy app. It's fantastic for helping you, like, reframe your thoughts. Yeah I think, you know, the biggest thing is, like: soften, relax, get gentle. Notice where you are, come back to your body, see what you... what tiny thing you can be grateful for. And then, take even the tiniest little sliver of action, even if it doesn't seem like a lot. Because the other thing that I notice is that the inner critic is really quick to, like, beat up on us for not moving forward. And then, really quick to completely dismiss any tiny, little action that moves us forward. You know, so it's, like, it will always say that whatever you do isn't enough, right? It's this constant tape. Not enough, not enough, not enough. Where you are isn't good enough: stuck [laughs], you know. You did five minutes on the project, that's not enough: stuck, right? So, it's like, it loves you being stuck. Because if you're stuck, you're safe. In its view, right? It's, like, it can keep a watch on you at least, if you're not doing anything new, scary, or vulnerable, you know. So, that's the other side of stuckness, is that: sometimes it's a protective thing, to try to keep us out of what our ego perceives to be danger. You know, but that's all the good stuff. You know, accepting that little bit of the tiny emotional risk that comes with doing something new, or doing something for the "effing first time" as Brene Brown calls it [laughs], you know. And we don't like it, and it sucks. And so, it's much better to get and stay stuck, and then find ways of keeping yourself in that immobilized space. Because then no movement can happen, and no change can happen. But it's misery being there, you know. And so, sometimes it's just a matter of, like ... sometimes what moves us forward is the discomfort of being stuck. It sucks so much, not moving forward, not doing something that is loving, kind, generous, creative – that it's worth the risk, you know, the little risk of vulnerability feels less awful than staying where you are [laughs], you know. But, yeah, how does that sit with you, Angela?25:11 The pressure of the critical voice – it's never enough.AH: I've been nodding my head the entire time [laughs] [you've been] talking, because it all resonates. And it is that pressure of the critical voice, that "it's never enough." Yeah, okay, maybe you walked a kilometer today, but you "should" have walked 10, or whatever it is. As you say, it's just, it never seems to be enough, which then causes more stuckness. Because you're like, "Well, then why should I bother?" But it is absolutely surrendering. And it's being okay, and understanding that it's about baby steps. And that we can't go from A to Zed, there's all of those letters in between. You know, one thing that you say often is that: no push, no pull, which I really tried to, like, "okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, no push, no pull." It's huge. And life becomes a lot easier when there's no push, no pull, when you can flow.But yeah, it's that critical voice, it's that ego voice that can sometimes just take a hold of you. And, like you said, they, you know, the critical voice wants you to stay where you are. So, you're fighting yourself. And it can become quite ugly, and quite disheartening. And then, you know, yeah, you start to numb, and it's just this downward spiral. And, you know, it can leave you stuck for a very long time. But, you know, again, when you're gentle with yourself, and you're loving yourself, and you surrender into... "okay, this is where I'm at," you know. I might not like where I'm at, and I don't want to be here. But this is where I'm currently at. And what's the next little step? What's the next little baby step? And then, as you say, when you turn around, you're like, man, I've come a really long way. You know, those were big, big steps through the baby steps. GR: Yeah. Yeah. And each baby step can feel like a giant leap, you know [laughs], sometimes.AH: Absolutely. GR: You know, and some of them are tiny, but momentous, right? Like, you know, "click send" is a very tiny action, but can launch a lot of dreams, right? Writing a single email can be a very tiny step in the grand scheme of everything. But it can change a lot. And so, you know, sometimes we feel that forward motion. And so, then we're pulling back from it, just [trying] to stay out of it. But what are some tools that you like that move you out? What is your little baby step repertoire for getting in the flow again?AH: Of course, a Reiki session absolutely helps. And, again, just taking that step back, and trying to look at my life almost as a third party. And to realize, you know what, you have come far, you are doing big things. And sometimes you do need a minute to take a breath. And so, almost to reframe it that I'm not stuck, I'm just taking a breath. I just need a moment. And, you know, and that moment might be a week, or maybe a day, it might be an hour, I don't know. But then it's like, "okay, yeah, let's go." And then, loving myself enough to hold my own hand in a sense, and be gentle with myself, and kind to myself. To say: "we can do this, come on, let's go. Let's go. It's okay." 29:16 The importance of being in the present moment. And to give myself credit for even, like you said, you know, in regards to sending that email, but even having a shower [laughs] sometimes is a big step and a big deal. And accepting that, you know what, that was... and even if that's all I do in a day is have a shower. You know what? Well, that was a step. And it's okay. Even though my critical mind and my ego is saying: "oh, that's all you did today? Come on!" But it's a "no no, no, no, no, no, no. I love you." They'll hush up. I had a shower today and I'm proud of that. And then, tomorrow I'll have a shower and I'll go for a walk. And then the next day... you know, so it definitely... as it goes in that downward motion, it can go in that forward motion as well.GR: I think it [is], like, any tiny, little thing that creates movement. So, it doesn't, you know... anything that brings in that little breath of relief and comfort, and makes you feel good is a step, you know. And getting support, and, you know... yeah, I'm a big... my go to is Reiki as well, Reiki or meditation. Or I love, you know, going to sort of my book mentors, or to, you know, podcasts or YouTube videos. Or things [from] people who have done their own amazing thing, you know. I like to put myself in the vicinity of creativity, even if I don't feel creative, and I don't know how I'm gonna get from point A to point B. Connecting with inspiration and inspiring people is a big part of, kind of, my mental self-care. It's, like, "well, if they can do it, then I can do it," you know.  Just, you know, even just, like, the Field of Dreams, you know [laughs], watching that movie [laughs]. Like, it makes a big difference to sort of connect in. It's like, okay, I don't know how, but maybe I don't need to know how. And that's the other thing that I like is, you know... often in Reiki, we say, like, we don't need to know how that person's gonna go from the pain they're in to where they want to be. Our job is just to see it as possible, to see them in that happy, joyful, smiling space. And then, surrender everything to the Divine, and we just, sort of, completely let go. And then, trying to apply that to everything in my life [laughs]. You know, so, if I'm stuck and I'm struggling, it's like: "let go," you know. And even in situations that are... [it] seems like there's no way out, you don't know how things are going to resolve, you know. You don't know where things are going to go from where you are, you know. And maybe you're going to be in this uncomfortable space for a while. I think the principles are the same. And where things are just... [it feels] like they're just, kind of, beyond your control, and may be beyond your control. And in those circumstances it's, yeah, taking those moments and breaks to come back to your breath. Come back to the present moment. When the future is very uncertain, the only safe space is the present moment. And so, in some ways it's like the present moment can be this little island of relief when everything else is up in the air. And so, coming back to your breath, coming back to grounding. And then, doing little, tiny, kind things for yourself, like taking a shower, like making sure that you're well hydrated. Making sure that you're meditating, and reaching out to loved ones, because all of that is little, tiny movements forward. And the universe is never static. And no matter where you are, you will never be there forever. Because everything is in a constant flow of change. And if it's changing, it can be changed. Anything that's changeable, will change. And all things can be changed. It might take a very long time. But it's… every little breath, every little step, is a tiny movement forward, and one day closer to not being in that spot. And regardless of what the future is bringing, it's like: how do you want to be through those moments? So, it's coming back to that presence and being, and the intention, and finding joy and gratitude, even if it's the teeniest, tiniest, little thing. Like, I can take an inhale and then exhale. Like, that's a moment of gratitude. It can be a lifesaver. It can keep your mind sane when everything has gone insane [laughs]. So, that's my strategy for times of great intensity and strife. It really is, like, whether you get stuck by choice or by accident, really the tools are very, very similar in both spaces. And in some ways, it's like, the greater the intensity, the more important... and more careful and kind and gentle you need to be with those tools. It really brings you back to just, you know, being present, and being grounded, and being safe, and reaching out for support. And, yeah.AH: Mmhmm. But I think a lot of it feels counterintuitive, you know. That surrender, it's a hard thing. I think people feel that you need to hold on tighter. And again, just going back to, you know, that kick in the butt, where you just gotta, you gotta push, and you gotta move, and you hold on tight, and it's gonna be okay. But really, it is that surrender and accepting what is, which, again, to me, oftentimes feels counterintuitive. But it is the way through. And I absolutely, also, will listen to a lot of videos or audio books, and just knowing that I'm not alone, that other people have felt these things. And then, you know, they talk about their tools, and maybe not all of them will resonate with me, but just knowing that, again, other people have felt this way. And it's normal to feel this way. That definitely, yeah, helps for sure.GR: Yeah, yeah. And there's a huge difference between surrender and giving in. Our ego sometimes flips surrender into giving in or giving up. And it's not that at all. It's about stopping the struggle that's maybe miring you, or making the situation worse, you know. And that, you know, if you're in the state where it's, like, kicking yourself there could actually get you there, you would be there by now, right? 36:40 When we're stuck, it's like another form of control. Because usually the intensity that we feel when we're stuck is because we're trying to not be there. And we're trying to push, push, push our way through it. And the push, push, pushing isn't getting us anywhere, other than more, like, caught and entangled in the situation we're in. And so, it's almost, like, that the pushing is like another form of control, right? Like, we don't like where we are, and we want to control our way out of it. But that isn't how it works, we have to surrender our way out of it. And then we can, kind of... like, the bonds on us, you know, the tangles and the snarls in the muck, it all just sloughs off. And then we can.... we get connected to our creativity and our ingenuity, and we come up with new solutions, and ideas pop into our head. If you're under a lot of pressure intention, those creative epiphanies can't come to you. You're doing the same thing and expecting different results, which is crazy [laughs]. It keeps you further in it. And so, the surrender we're talking about is about, like, gentleness and softening. And in some ways sort of mentally letting go of the plan and sort of surrendering into something greater. So that you're not surrendering to chaos, you're not letting it go to just, sort of, the winds, you're letting it go into the wisdom inside you. And the wisdom of the Creator, of the Universe, of... you know. That we live in this interconnected fabric of reality. And that Intelligence, that is underlying all matter, is constantly communicating with us. And then, when we let go, we let that bigger force and bigger energy communicate with us. And then, that's where all of these sort of ideas you didn't have access to before [come in]. And the celebrating the tiniest, little forward movement and step, that all happens because we're in this place. And then we can just, you know, in that flow and connection, we can just, step by step, move our way from that stuck place to that place of freedom. And when we do that, you know, the gift of those moments, you know -- the looking back on the stuck places, and getting ourselves free -- is that the things that we need to do, and the lessons that we learn when we're stuck, we need to do that when we're in the flow too. So, we have to keep on doing it. We have to keep on coming back to surrender. We have to keep on coming back to being in the flow, and being in harmony with our inner wise self. We notice a lot when we feel stuck and in a bad place. But we... those tools, everything you're learning right now. You happen to be stuck [laughs], you know, welcome to the party [laughs].   AH: [laughs] GR: We're all there at different times. And everything you're learning now is one more increment moving you forward to sort of greater and greater joy, and is ultimately building skills so that you can be in that resilience space. And that you won't resist or be as fearful when you are in a stuck place, that you can move forward and be in that flow again. And if you get stuck, you get stuck. You soften, relax, and come back to the basics. Come back to those little, tiny movements forward, and just heap joy and praise on every little bit and motion. And [keep] noticing how things are constantly changing. So.40:57 Angela's advice for people who want to get into the flow. AH: Mmhmm. Abraham Hicks talks about that a lot, where you're trying to push your boat against the current. And it's just work, and it's work, and it's work, and you're not really moving. But once you surrender, or accept what is, accept where you are, and you go down current, as you say, everything is just easy and flowing. And yeah, things move a lot, well, just a lot easier.GR: Yeah, yeah. And you're putting your efforts towards things that are actually moving you, and moving you in the direction that is in that, sort of, maximum harmony and joy. It's not a place that's devoid of effort, either. It's not that we're not doing anything, it's just that we're in a more relaxed internal space. So that the stuff that we are doing is more in alignment with the energy where we're headed. And so, even if you're putting in a lot of work, to create and make things that are going to move you forward, it's a much more restful space. You can celebrate all of the tiny, little accomplishments, you know. If you're writing something, you're celebrating each sentence, each word. You're paying attention to how joyful it feels to, like, hold your pen; how fun it feels to type up the words, you know. Noticing where you struggle, and then you find ease. Like, those, kind of, little incremental changes are... that's the whole process. So, you get lost in the process and let go of the product. You know, if you're fixated on where you're going, or what it's gonna look like when you're there, you miss the magic that's happening along the way. And even in the most dark, depressing times, there's always these little moments of joy. There's these moments of epiphanies, there's delight, there's wonder, there's grace. And if we're not present, we'll miss them, you know. You know, there's always sunrises happening. And there's always sunsets happening. So, you have these, like, two opportunities every day to connect to joy and wonder, if you're there for them, because they're ephemeral, they don't last. And to really be, and be present with it, no matter what else is happening that's uncomfortable. And those things are, like, the anchor for me, that can move me through very dark times, and very stuck places. And then, sort of, coming back and expanding. Coming back to the tools, you know. Coming back to Reiki. Like, Reiki is fantastic because it connects you to that limitless flow. And can put you in this, kind of, deep state of peace and harmony. You can connect to that moment of, sort of, grace, where you're like, "I don't know how I'm gonna get to where I want to be. But I know it's possible. I can feel it." And I can feel that little breath of movement, that little breath of wind or fresh air. It's on the way for me, and I'm going to just keep going in the direction that feels like ease and flow. And swim downstream for a while instead of upstream, like you said.AH: Mmhmm. Yeah, my previous corporate job that I've had for forever, that was absolutely upstream, where the last few years I was miserable. I didn't realize at the time how miserable I was in that job. But it wasn't that I was terribly unhappy. There were definitely moments of happiness in my life. But it was still a struggle. But then, once I gave that up and, you know, turned to go downstream... now, it's just so much easier, as you say, kind of appreciating those little moments. And I don't have all that stress piled on me where I couldn't. You know, when I had that stress, I couldn't appreciate those moments. But now that I'm flowing downstream, and I have Reiki as a career, everything has changed.GR: Amazing! I love it! I love it. Well, I'm so happy to be on this downstream journey with you. [laughs] AH: [laughs]GR: And I'm also happy to have you as a companion when we... and helper when I get stuck, when you get stuck. We can, like, help pull each other out of the muck [laughs]. And for any of those listening, we're very, very happy to help you. We have great compassion for all of the various places, whether you're in the flow or whether you're feeling really stuck. Come try Reiki. It might be the thing that can really put a little breath of wind in your sails and give you a little bit of a boost to move forward. Or feel, you know, at least peace and acceptance with wherever you happen to be. Thank you everyone for joining us today! Thank you, Angela! It's been awesome talking to you. And we'll catch you next time!AH: Thank you Geneva! Take care. GR: Bye!Thank you for joining us on the LunaHolistic Podcast. We're so grateful that you are here. If you've got a question, we'd love to hear from you. Go to LunaHolistic.com/podcast and we'll answer you in an upcoming episode. 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Geneva Robins and Angela Hoogeveen are talking about the weird nature of Reiki in this podcast episode! We love Reiki, and Reiki is so delightfully weird. It brings us to the edge of our knowledge and into the unknown mysteries of the Universe itself. We discuss why we think that Reiki is so wild, weird and wonderful.Angela shares what brought her to this wild Reiki thing. Something just felt right about Reiki. She leapt into the course with no intention at first of doing it as a job. She really followed her heart and trusted it.Trusting the decisions that come from the heart, while at times confusing to the mind, very often leads to the best places. Sometimes the best decisions in life are ones where the brain does not get a vote! The heart calling us to our purpose creates a wave of energy that gives the mind a vacation. For Geneva, she finds that the mind doesn't know what to do; it just tries to keep her out of trouble. The ego mind keeps her on the 'safest route,' but that is never where the juiciest and most satisfying soulful choices live.It can be very vulnerable to lead from the heart, but it is absolutely the best decision, at least for Angela and Geneva! When you follow those heart decisions, there's a deep feeling of 'rightness.' It's vulnerable but so worthwhile.Vulnerability comes up when you follow your heart, but there is a space inside that is certain. We call that wise and quiet space inside your soul. The soul is eternal and isn't afraid of anything. It has so many energy resources; it's calm, certain, and grounded. Courage is living from the heart space.The ego is fearful, but it doesn't have all the information. The ego will keep us stuck in discomfort and find better ways of managing it instead of following the wise guidance of the soul. Angela and Geneva are well practiced at living in this soul-space, and the choices from that energy have always been the best.Practise following your heart with the little tiny choices in your day from the feeling of the fulfillment of your wishes. It creates a wave of potential energy in front of you and brings you your manifestation faster. Highly recommended!Why is Reiki so Weird?We love it so much, but it is truly weird. Reiki is all unseen, so sometimes, it's difficult for the mind to grasp. Even though we have practiced Reiki for several years, we are still in awe of the process. The word 'weird' means supernatural or uncanny and comes from an Old Scottish term that means "a person's destiny." We think this fits perfectly as a description of Reiki!Reiki takes you into the unknown and into the spiritual dimension. Reiki is universal life force energy from a quantum mechanical space beyond matter to the field that unites everything. It's weirder than you can think!If quantum physics is new to you, a fantastic movie exploring the connection between the subatomic realm and our larger world is "What the Bleep do we Know." Quantum physics is weird. The nature of reality is strange and difficult to understand, even from a scientific or spiritual view.If you study the nature of the Universe, you eventually bump up against the edge of our knowledge and worldview. So with Reiki, we dabble right up to the edge of the unknown, and that makes it weird to us.How is it even possible to release a massive lifelong trauma and pain in a 5-minute Reiki session? We don't know! But we've experienced it ourselves and have helped others do the same.In the post, Quantum Leaps: How Reiki Works, Geneva explores this connection of Reiki to the weird mysteries of the Universe.Reiki is the definition of weird. It doesn't make sense to the material-focused mind. In Reiki, we are directly interacting with the quantum nature of the Universe. As practitioners, we have a method to bring in this universal life force energy and direct it to a positive intention.We practice getting the ego out of the way in Reiki sessions so the energy can flow smoothly. But honestly, it is not likely that the ego can understand it. Just simply the intangible nature of Reiki causes the ego confusion. It pushes on the boundary between what is known and unknown.For us, Reiki is like peering into the mystery of the Universe, which is wild and weird. Yet, we continue to see major changes in ourselves and in our clients even if the mechanism is still being understood from a pure science point of view. Reiki can help to shift the energy around you.  Reiki is inherently non-judgemental. It simply meets you wherever you are with grace, love, and unconditional support. We love that Reiki creates a space for all of the feelings and helps to transform and heal at a deep level. It helps to process the feelings and the energy residue in your body and mind.We open up the energy in the room and create a space where people can connect to that universal life force, and it soothes and lifts the heaviness. As a transformative practice, Reiki has helped us move through so many things. Reiki helps with your spiritual well-being and fits very nicely with other forms of therapy.How do you Stay Clear as a Reiki Practitioner?We are protected and safe as practitioners because the Usui Shiki Ryoho System of Natural Healing gives us a very safe method to be in a very clear field of energy. It's like standing in a waterfall of light, like being in a very special place of being a witness to someone's miracle process.Even when people are in a state of suffering, the Reiki energy answers it with an even more powerful flow of love, hope, and healing. We're honoured and grateful to facilitate those big sessions for others. We get to witness other people's growth and transformation; it is humbling and a huge honour.When we are in the presence of a miracle, we know it because there is a win-win-win effect for all involved.A Course in Miracles says, "Miracles are a kind of exchange. Like all expressions of love, which are always miraculous in the true sense, the exchange reverses the physical laws. They bring more love to both the give and the receiver." Miracles are weird because we don't understand how they work. But we experience them, and experience is always the best teacher!Reiki helps us participate in the miracle process of another's healing. And for that, we are extremely grateful! We'll have a new episode every month! Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Add your question to the comments below or record your question here: https://www.lunaholistic.com/podcast/  LunaHolistic Podcast TranscriptWhy is Reiki So Weird?Hosted by:             Geneva Robins – LunaHolistic Facilitated by:        Angela HoogeveenPodcast Air Date:  Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022Episode: LHP030:05  Welcome to the showGENEVA ROBINS: Welcome to the LunaHolistic podcast! I'm your host, Geneva Robins, and every month on this podcast, we'll talk about Reiki, as well as answering your questions on all things spiritual. We are gratefully located in Calgary in Treaty 7 Territory. Thank you all, and welcome to the show!Welcome everyone, this is the LunaHolistic podcast. My name's Geneva Robins and I'm here today with Angela Hoogeveen, who is also a Reiki Master here at LunaHolistic. Hi, Angela!ANGELA HOOGEVEEN: Hi Geneva!GR: Thank you for being here with me today.AH: Thank you!GR: We're gonna have a good time talking about all things Reiki, and I'm so glad that you could join me today. We'll start, as we tend to do, with a collective breath of gratitude, just a little mini-meditation. So, for those of you listening, if you happen to be driving or operating machinery of any kind, don't close your eyes right now. But everyone else, if you're safe, and still, and you have 30 seconds to a minute where you can comfortably close your eyes, we invite you to close your eyes so you can go into a deeper world. And just take a big sigh of relief. [sighs] That's the stuff. And just let all of the energy travel all the way down to the bottoms of your feet, noticing the land below you, the Earth below your feet, and that comfortable tug of gravity holding you close. Feeling that settled, nurturing energy just below you. Maybe take another big sigh of relief. And just feel a deep sense of gratitude for the land and all of its inhabitants, wherever you happen to be sitting, noticing the people around you, maybe sending a deep sense of gratitude to any Indigenous people in the land that you're in. Feeling a sense of warmth, and thanks to the plant life all around you, to the water, to the air and wind, to the animal life, wherever it happens to be. Just noticing all of the great benefits that come from having solid earth below your feet and sunshine over your head every day. Everyday we get this. And take another breath and expand yourself up big and tall, taking up all the space that belongs to you, your personal bubble. And when you're ready, you can open your eyes. Ah, thank you! Thank you, Angela. AH: That was great.GR: That was great.Ah, so good. I love that stuff. Yeah, thank you for being here with me today. I love all of these Reiki things. And I'm so excited to talk to you today. Maybe before we hop into our questions today, you can fill us in about some of your Reiki backstory – so, how did you get to be here talking with us today? What drew you to this Reiki thing? [laughs]AH: [laughs] This crazy Reiki thing!GR: Yeah!4:08  Angela's background with Reiki:AH: I was thinking about it. It's actually been just over three years since I had my first session with you. I had known about Reiki for many, many years. Didn't give it a lot of thought. A friend of mine, a number of times over the years, asked if I wanted to join him and take a Reiki course and, "yeah, no," I wasn't really that interested. And then I don't even really remember what my motivation was to finally say, Okay, I need to have a session with the intent of hopefully then signing up for the course. I don't know if you remember, but we hadn't even had the session. And I said okay, I'm signing up for Level I. Sign me up! [laughs]GR: Yeah. [laughs]AH: It just felt right. It all felt right. And that first day, it was like, "Yep, okay. I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna be a Reiki Master." Again, with no intention of doing it as a job. It was just to hopefully meet like-minded people, to go deeper into my own spirituality. And then, of course, the pandemic happened, I quit my extremely stressful job, and ended up becoming a practitioner at LunaHolistic. And it's awesome. GR: Yeah. It is awesome, it is awesome! [laughs]AH: Yeah! [laughs]5:39  Why you have to trust your heart to make the decisions:GR: Yeah. It's so wild, I think probably you more than any of the people that I have taught, you were one of the few where you just leapt in with your whole heart. I always trust those decisions that come from, like, deep inside. Like, it's not even, like your brain doesn't even get a vote. It's not consulted in the process. There's just something in you that says move forward, move forward this direction and do it now.AH: Yeah, and that's exactly how you phrased it, which I'm still sort of trying to reconcile. Like, my brain did not have a vote in it, so it all happened just, almost with my brain going, "Okay, yeah, I guess we're doing this now. Oh, okay! Here we are."GR: Yeah, yeah. I think that's like the definition of, like, a calling. Right, like that, like people talk about that often, of being called into it. And it's something that's hard to explain, because we have to use the mind to explain it. The mind wasn't ever a part of the decision. [laughs] It was not consulted. AH: Totally, that's been my experience, yup.GR: So, which I think is just wild. Every time that happens to me, that I get, like, a feeling inside and it moves me, that decision comes not from the logical mind, focus-centred, like, "Hmm, I'm going to plan this out. And I'm going to take this step and that step." But it's like, "No, this is the way to go. Just flow with it." Every single time I follow that calling of my heart, it always works out. It always works out. And I've learned to lean into it and trust it so much – so much so that all of the major decisions in my life all come from that heart-soul-deep energy.And one of the experiments I started September of last year, I was like, "If I trust the Universe with all of my major decisions, maybe I can trust it with my task list." Like, the little, tiny, day-to-day tasks. Like, if I trust the calling deep inside of my heart to decide, "Oh, you have to move your business to a new location," – and I used my heart to decide which one to go to, you know? [laughs] But I trust it with that, then maybe it can help me, it's like, "Oh, okay, Wednesday at noon, you're going to be, this is what you need to do now," you know. So, I started doing that, and it is magic. I highly recommend just giving your brain a giant vacation. The more I play around with that, the more I realize that the mind is just making stuff up. It actually doesn't know what to do. It only knows how to keep us out of trouble. And it's constantly scanning – or at least my brain, I can't speak for other people's minds – but my brain is always trying to minimise getting in trouble with other people and making other people angry by making the wrong choice, and never knowing exactly what choice other people want me to make. So, my mind just, oh, it takes me on little rabbit hole, squirrels, squirrelly – he gets squirrely. 8:49  Follow your heart with the little tiny choices because they add up:And so, if I listen to my mind for my little tiny choices, it ends up taking me on the safest route, but not the best route. Safest to my ego route, safest for keeping me out of the unknown, and in its view, out of trouble, or decisions that will manage or minimise other people's ego responses. So, my ego is busy trying to manage other people's egos and make choices that will ruffle the fewest feathers, including my own, but it's never the thing that is most satisfying. And it's never where the juiciest, most creative work is, but it's also kind of terrifying because you get led into all these vulnerable places. And then you look back and be like, "Oh, I'm doing all this new stuff!" Like, but it feels right, so it's like, it's vulnerable, it's nervy, taking those steps into the unknown territory, but everything in you says, "Go." Like, "This is the way, this is – this is the path. This is where you'll be free." It's not easy, but it's entirely worth it. So, if anybody out there is maybe stuck in a job that isn't so nurturing, or in any kind of situation, you can follow your heart with the big moves, but I also think follow your heart with the little tiny choices, because I think they add up, every tiny step. If you make every choice and a point of joy, or when everything is resolved in your outer life, how will you feel? And you're making the choice that matches that feeling. So, maybe, in your perfect life, you'll feel a sense of contentment and ease and relaxation. So, then you just choose things that bring that feeling, not what you think will bring you that feeling, but which one actually – you know, you're given two routes home, like, really tiny choices, like I can take Crowchild or I can take Deerfoot. [laughs] We're in Calgary, so people who live here know that both are terrible options!AH: Awful! [laughs]GR: [laughs] And so you can just feel into it, it probably doesn't make a giant difference in terms of your day, but one will feel a little more open than the other. And I did that for years and it led me here, so I can only speak from my own experience - here is pretty great! It's not without its challenges, but it is the most purposeful, soulful time in my life where I know every single day I am helping somebody, which is incredibly satisfying. That's my little thing. How does that all sit with you, Angela?AH: I totally agree with what you said. It's definitely a challenge, especially for people like me who are very, like, list-driven, and I have to think everything through and weigh the pros and cons and be very practical. And so, doing this was absolutely not practical and didn't seem like maybe the smartest decision at the time, but absolutely, it was the best decision. I did the same thing when I moved out here, where I didn't think it through – I just said, "You know what, forget it. I'm moving. I'm moving to Calgary from Toronto." Actually, sorry, to Canmore. I moved to Canmore first. But I had been at my job for 10 years, I sold my house, I left my family. People were shocked. I was kind of shocked, again, because I didn't think it through – it was very much a heart decision. And now, gosh, I think I've been here for, like, 16 years. So, even though sometimes it can be very scary, like you said, you're vulnerable, but definitely, it's worthwhile. It is, for sure.GR: Yeah. That's where all the juiciest stuff lies, is like, at the end of the branch. [laughs] You're quivering and quaking every single moment. But then, one part of you is, that's one thing that I've been really exploring, because, FYI, this podcast makes me feel incredibly vulnerable. So, if you're thinking about doing a podcast yourself, do it. 13:22  When you're doing something that your heart says yes, it's not all parts of you that are vulnerable:And it might have your knees knocking, but I've been really exploring vulnerability, and when you're doing something that your heart says, "Yes, do this." And one of the things that I've noticed is that it's not all parts of me that are vulnerable. There's a space inside me that is completely comfortable. It knows that this is the path and there's a solid, steady, warm, comforting feeling inside. And then there's another part of me that is freaking out because it's all new. It's what Brene Brown calls the FFT – the effing first time. [laughs] So, when you do something new, it creates a big wave of vulnerability, but vulnerability is just the feeling you have before courage kicks in. And I think courage, that living-from-that-heart-space, is underneath it all. And so, it's all about finding a practice that can get you connected into that heart space, that soulful space, the space that is eternal and isn't afraid of anything because it's lived forever and will live forever and is connected to all of the Universe and all of the Universe's wisdom. And that space inside you, you know, some people might call it the soul with a spirit, that space inside you has so much, so much resources of wisdom and energy and it's calm, it doesn't get ruffled by things. And when we can tap into that space then it can lead us through a whole bunch of turmoil that our mind gives us. [laughs]AH: Yeah, but it's, you know, the ego with all the fears that you have to wade through and get through to get to that space, that's the challenge is not listening to that voice in your head that is fearful and telling you, "No, this is dumb, this isn't gonna work. No, no, no. Stay where you are, stay safe."GR: Have the illusion of safety, even though where you are is incredibly uncomfortable. And so, our ego will keep us stuck, even though we're literally dying. You know, we just can't break out of the space we're in, and feel like, kind of, underneath all of life, and it's piling up, piling up, piling up. And ego will be like, "Well, that's comfortable, so just stay there. We'll just find better ways of managing the discomfort instead of moving into something that is unknown, because everything unknown is scary." So, it's just been my experience. I can only speak for myself. [laughs]AH: Yep, nope, I'm there with you. [laughs]GR: Angela, one of the questions that I get, and I know we've been talking about – we, you and I – have been talking about this for a while, which I always think is so funny, is, "Why is Reiki so weird?" [laughs]AH: It's so weird! [laughs]GR: It's so weird! And I, we both love it so much. AH: A hundred percent, absolutely.GR: So much. But yeah, it is kind of weird. And maybe someone is listening and they haven't really explored Reiki, haven't had a Reiki session. They don't know much about it. Maybe they've listened to a couple of podcasts here or saw the word in different places, but it is kind of weird and it is kind of new. And [I'll] let you answer this question. Why is Reiki so weird? Why is it so good and weird? AH: Very, yeah, it's awesome, but so weird, and, but I think it is weird, like, not in a derogatory way – obviously, I do it, I love it, it's amazing and awesome – but it's just so strange. And I think for me, because – again, I like lists and I'm practical, I like to see things – and this is all unseen. And so, it's hard for me to sometimes, I don't even know, like fully grasp it because I don't understand it. I know it works, and I mean, I myself have had huge, huge sessions. I've facilitated huge sessions. I have all the proof I need. I know it works. But it's just how exactly does this work? [laughs]GR: Yeah, yeah. AH: So, yeah. So, it's weird. It's weird and wonderful.GR: Yeah. And we Googled it, the definition of the word "weird".AH: Oh yeah.18:12  The problem with googling things:GR: And it actually truly is weird. I don't have it in front of me so I have to use my brain. That's the problem with Googling things – you have to load into your brain! So, "weird" means supernatural, the word weird. This definition is “supernatural or uncanny”. And it has an old Scottish definition, which means “a person's destiny”, which I think is like, yeah, it is completely in alignment, and I love that we kind of had that talk about following your heart and following your destiny.And it is truly weird, because it takes you into the unknown and it takes you into the sometimes unexplainable spiritual dimension, which is, by its definition, is "entering the mystery". It's going into the wilderness or going into, dropping into the Universe. Reiki's definition is "universal life force energy". So, it's energy that comes from a plane of beyond matter. So, in the subatomic realms, for a long time, they thought atoms are the smallest particle that made up matter, and atoms make up molecules, which makes up everything in our world. As they kept on doing these physics explanations, they found out that atoms weren't the smallest thing – they found protons, neutrons and electrons. And then as they kept on drilling down into smaller and smaller and smaller particles, they discovered that it's not really stuff anymore. So, when you go way deep inside the centre of an atom or even the centre of an electron, it's more like a wave of possibilities. It's a whole pile of energy that's superimposed upon all other forms of energy, and it's all entangled. And it gets very, very weird down there. And one of my favourite movies is What the Bleep Do You Know? Fantastic, if you haven't seen it, it's very, very much worth a Google and a watch. And one of the quantum physicists in there says that, “quantum physics isn't just weird, it's weirder than you can think.” Like, it's hard for us to even grasp, even from a strictly science nature, what matter is, what the stuff that makes up all the stuff, like the tables and the chairs and the notepads and the pens and our bodies and the planets and everything, the sun, this stuff of matter, it's hard for us to understand what is happening there, because it's sort of all happening at once. And it's not like a solid thing anymore, it gets influenced by our thoughts. And so, that's sort of the weird basis for Reiki. Anybody who studies the nature of matter and the Universe from any angle, the deeper and deeper you go into it, whether it's from a science point of view, or a spiritual point of view, you get to a point where you kind of shrug and go, "Well, I don't really know what's happening. It's kind of weird," which is sort of the edge of the barrel of our knowledge, but also maybe the edge of our worldview or the edge of our understanding, and we're dabbling in it past to things that seem improbable or implausible. So, how is it even possible that in a five-minute Reiki session, you can release a massive trauma that you've held your whole life and, or pain, and it's just gone! You get, you leap from one state to another state. And I've been doing this since 2005. I know, many years. And when I'm present or participate or experience that big shift occurring for people, I can't explain it either, which is I think what you say of, like, this stuff is so weird, because it doesn't make sense to our linear, logical, material-focused minds. 22:42  What is Reiki and how does it work?And honestly, there aren't many things that we do where we're directly interacting with the quantum nature of the Universe. So, the way that Reiki is described is, you know, it's universal life force energy that underlies all matter, and it's like a field of energy that exists everywhere in everything. And as Reiki practitioners, we learn meditation tools to connect to this universal energy, direct it through our body. You know, that energy is called "ki", there's a "Rei-ki". So, "Rei" means "divinely guided", and "ki" means "energy". And if you've done martial arts, then that will be a familiar word, is, it's connected to "Qi". So, it's the energy that's alive within you, it's alive within everything around you. And in martial arts, we use Qi, or Ki is the Japanese version, to kick and punch. In Reiki, we use Ki to heal. It all gets directed with your intention. So, as practitioners, we've learned ways of connecting with this energy, allowing it to flow through us like a wire and directing it to a positive intention. So, we chat with the person when they come in, [and] get their intention. And then we have a method, because Reiki also describes the method that we use. So, there's a series of steps that you get trained to do as a practitioner, to bring in this energy and to move it through safely. And then you focus on that positive intention. You see the person in that highest light, and basically help harmonize where the person is, where they're vibrating right now, which we can learn to see, feel, and sense, with the energy of their intention. So, basically matching up or bridging those two frequencies so that the person can feel and experience that connected and whole state. And then we surrender, which is also a big part of Reiki is getting the ego out of the way, the part that doesn't know, isn't capable of understanding – I don't think our ego can understand it because it's so far outside of its experience. So, when we set that ego mind aside and just let the energy flow and also get out of the way of the outcome. It's like, just let the outcome be the outcome, let the person take that energy wherever they go. Because a fundamental tenet of Reiki is that all healing is self-healing, that as practitioners, all we're doing is helping that person connect to the energy that's all around them, because sometimes that's hard to do on your own. It can be very, very hard when you're in a place of suffering to connect to that universal well of goodness. So, we're basically just the human in the room helping the person connect to their own flow. I love it so much, because when are you ever going to be done peering into the mystery of the Universe? For me? Never. But yeah, how does that sit with you, Angela?AH: Yes! [laughs] But that's totally it, the ego. Like, again, with me being, you know, so practical, and things have to make sense. And it doesn't make sense, but it's so transformative. You know, my past trauma definitely has been, maybe not healed 100%, but definitely, has helped me move through a lot of trauma. Yeah, it's really been life-changing for me. Yeah. [laughs]GR: Yeah. Yeah, it has, yeah, it's such a good complement to other forms of therapy. So, it works so great with traditional talk therapy and EMDR, and other forms of, you know, cognitive behavioural therapy. It works great with physical therapies, and acupuncture, and all kinds of things. And Western medicine is a beautiful complement to that, is each thing that you do to support your health and wellbeing is like a wedge on the wheel, it's a little piece of the pie. And I feel like Reiki really helps with that sort of spiritual and emotional and energetic wellbeing piece, it's really, really great. And because it's at the centre, you know, if it's a wheel and the middle of the wheel is your total perfect wellbeing, you know, we still, Reiki is amazing, but we still need to drink water, you know? We still need to have good connections with our loved ones. We still need to get outside and enjoy nature. We need all of those pieces of our wellbeing working together and the whole team working together. And Reiki is so nice, because it fits very nicely in there. And I find it's awesome for moving us to the next level. So, particularly when you sort of have done a course of treatment, there's been an improvement, but now you're ready for the next bit, it can kind of help you over that threshold into the new phase, so.28:19  How Reiki can help you move to the next phase of your healing:AH: Absolutely. I mean, just the other day when I had a session with you, and I was feeling so down, and just so crappy for quite a while. And then I had a session, and sort of all of that energy was cleared off of me so that then I was in a space where, then, yes, I could take it to the next level and do the other work that I needed to do to feel better. Yeah, definitely helps along the way. Absolutely. Well, for me in that session, it cleared that black cloud that was around me. You know, when you have that black cloud, you don't want to, or for me, anyway, I don't want to do anything. I wasn't doing my self-care, and my spiritual practice. But once that black cloud, that energy was cleared off of me, then I had the energy to, as I say, do everything else that I need to do to stay in a good headspace and a good frame of mind and to feel good and to be happy. GR: Yeah, yeah. Where we are fluctuates from moment to moment, day-to-day, we're dealing with different things, we're still living in the world. And that's also one of the things that I love about Reiki is that it takes you where you are, respects where you are. It's fundamentally non-judgmental. It's inclusive. It works with every faith background. It works with you and works with your energy. So, wherever you are, just, you're just met with grace and love and unconditional support, and then it just moves you to, you know, often a better feeling space. And that's one of the things that I've really loved about Reiki as, for me, as my self-care practice, my main self-care practice, is that I've become less fearful of my, in quotes, "negative emotions", or the uncomfortable ones, and have really opened up a more loving, gentle, and unconditional space inside me for all of my feelings. And as soon as I do that, those feelings, they have the space to move, and I don't have to be in them as long, but I'm not trying to shoo them away. The other amazing thing with Reiki is it's actually transformational. So, we're not putting, like, a happy face sticker on it, we're not putting a Band-Aid on top of a gaping wound. It's actually healing from the inside. And that's, the thing is that sometimes there's a lot of feelings in there. And so, you get help moving through those deep and sometimes painful feelings, but it's actually like processing them, and clearing them out of your system, whatever doesn't need to be there anymore, whatever energy you've already taken the learning and lessons from, you know, you've already talked it out with your therapist. So, now you can come into the Reiki session, and you can clear it out of your body, you can clear it out of your energy, you know, body, and it has a way of, sort of, leapfrogging you from state to state to state. And, which makes it seem very weird and remarkable, like, how is that even a possible thing? But it is. And it's just, it's just wild. And I just, I think some of the biggest sessions, I feel like I'm just standing there, you know, I've just opened up the energy in the space and brought the Reiki energy into the room and created the environment where a person can connect and breathe, and get that connection to that universal energy, clear off any of that heavy stuff, let it all go, and that kind of leads me to a question that you get asked a lot.32:10  What happens when the negative energy gets displaced from the intention of light?AH: As practitioners, how do we protect ourselves from taking on that energy? That other person's energy that we're trying to clear?GR: Yeah, yeah, because a lot of that energy gets displaced, right? Because the negative stuff can't, or – I don't like using the word 'negative', but the uncomfortable stuff, the black cloud, you know, shall we say – can't coexist in the same frequency as the intention of light and feeling good and feeling happy and feeling peaceful, which is usually where most of the intentions are headed. And so, as all that nice-feeling, comfortable-feeling energies are going in, it displaces the opposite. And so, when that happens, as practitioners, that's the beauty of the Usui Reiki system. So, we're trained in Usui Shiki Ryoho System of Natural Healing. So, that's its full name. There's many, many, many different styles of Reiki; that's our primary, that is our one at LunaHolistic, and so we are used to be Reiki practitioners. Master Usui was the founder of Reiki, and we can get into a little bit about Mastery Usui and his life, maybe in future podcasts. But in the System, this Usui Reiki System, we learn a method to basically keep our energy completely separate from the other person's energy. So, for me, it feels like standing in a waterfall of light. So, it's all around me, it's flowing through me, filling me up, and it's all around my aura, my protective shield or bubble. And because I'm filling up with the flow of light, I get invigorated – I actually feel amazing. I get whatever that positive energy, that intention, energy, and frequency has been called in, that's all flowing through me. And so, I often feel really blessed to be a part of a session. So, even the big, heavy stuff, if people are moving through massive trauma, deep grief, just all kinds of things, like, whatever horrible thing you can think of, I've probably had a client who has experienced that or a part of it or has witnessed it. And all I can say is in those sessions, it is amazing, because whatever the suffering is, and this is also a big piece of how I stay clear, is the nature of this loving Universe that we live in, that's my belief, is that the fabric of the Universe is woven with love. And that is what we are connecting with, is that whatever the suffering is, the love is about a million-billion times greater. It's so much bigger than we can even fathom. We can't even understand how much we are held in this unconditional web of love and grace. So, when somebody comes in with a huge amount of suffering, I feel the answer to it, which is amazing. It's like having an angel step into, around you, over your body, flow through you. And you're just the person holding the space. And it's wild. It's amazing. AH: Weird. It's weird! [laughs]GR: It's weird! Thank you, my favourite word is weird. How about you? How do you feel when you do Reiki sessions that are big and heavy for people?36:02  Angela's favourite part of being an empath is that she gets to be a witness to others' transformation.AH: When I facilitate a big session for someone, it is – it's sort of, you can't really describe how it feels. Like, I'm honoured to, you know, I really am honoured to do that. Even though the person might be in a lot of pain, like you said, it's dealing with just a lot of hard, hard things and big feelings. And absolutely, I have empathy for them. But then, you know, after the session, for them to say, "Wow, like, I feel better. I physically don't have that pain, and I feel lighter, and I feel relaxed," and that things have shifted and changed. And it's, yeah, it really is an honour. I'm so grateful that I do this. And you know, and I think we've talked about before that being an empath has always been a negative for me, you know, when you have those big, big feelings and you take on energy, it was just, it wasn't fun. But now, I am so grateful that I am an empath, because that allows me to feel all these things and to connect and to be able to do Reiki, I think, better …GR: Yeah.AH: ... as an empath. GR: Yeah.AH: So, it's hard to explain how satisfying it is, but it really is very, very satisfying and humbling that you're able to help someone. Like, it's actually the best feeling, really. GR: Yeah, yeah, it is. It's absolutely amazing. And when we step out of the way, it's, I think, the best job because we get to be a witness to other people's transformation. And that just blows my mind.AH: I know in my own life, how much Reiki has helped and absolutely transformed my life. And yeah, and when people leave the Centre and they're happy and they're grateful and they're excited, it makes my heart happy. GR: Yeah, same, same. AH: Yeah. [laughs]GR: It is very, very nice to do this work. And it's amazing. That also is a weird part of it, is that, you know, what other job do you get to go in and help people and the helping of them makes you feel good, it makes them feel good, and it creates a positive ripple throughout their whole – everybody that is connected with them. It's a win-win-win-win-win, which the Course of Miracles says that when you have, you're in the presence of everybody winning, and everybody improves, there's net benefit all the way around, that you're in the presence of the miracle. And miracles are weird, because we don't understand how they work! But we experience them. Yeah, amazing. You, dear listener, if you're interested in learning more about Reiki and how it works, we teach this stuff at LunaHolistic! You can check out the website. And you can also look for a – and [we'll] put the link in the show notes – an article called, "Quantum Leaps: How Reiki Works," where I go into a little bit more about how Reiki works, or how I feel it works, and a little bit about distance Reiki and all that amazing stuff. But thank you for being here. Thank you for listening. Thank you, Angela, for chatting with me today. It's been a delight. AH: Thank you, Geneva! Yes, yes!GR: As always, our favourite subject! Thank you, Angela, and we'll catch you next time. GR: Thank you for joining us on the LunaHolistic Podcast. We're so grateful that you are here. If you've got a question, we'd love to hear from you. Go to LunaHolistic.com/podcast and we'll answer you in an upcoming episode. Be sure to subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And also, please rate, because you never know where your little five stars will go to shine light into somebody's heart today. So, thank you very much and we'll see you next time.

Talking Points: Importance of networking Communication Managing teams How to ask questions Understanding the approaches Daily habits Accountability Quotable Quotes: "I think both of them are essential for people coming out of bootcamps or colleges" [networking and communication] - AH "It's a huge advantage to have a conversation with somebody like that, in an informal setting before you head down the formal path of applying" - DG "Networking isn't about just getting a job, it's about making connections, it's about making meaningful relationships with people" - AH "If I wasn't a tech lead, if I was just an individual contributor, getting contacts, understanding the roles of my team-mates and communicating with my manager would be a primary focus for me" - AH "Focus on the process, on giving people contacts to the process and also being in a constant level of upwards optimization or efficiency" - AH "If you were in a 1 on 1 with me and there's an issue that you wanted to talk about, you have to think about what is the issue, what have I done to try to solve it, who I've talked to, what does the issue do, how does it affect the environment that we're in and is there time limit to this?" - AH "They are never going to get stronger if you keep lifting the weights for them" - DG "The ideal [question] is one that promotes confidence in your understanding about the issue" - AH "State the issue in a comprehensive way and list the things that you've tried in order to figure it out" - AH "Any question that you have is [a good opportunity] to show that you understand what the question actually is" - AH "To see somebody come in with 'everything is good' is not a good sign" - AH "Lead by example" - AH "I like to see developers create a plan for the day and that plan includes all of the different tasks that they are going to do" - AH "Owning your mistakes and learning from them is key" - AH "You just can't get better without making mistakes" - DG "Ask questions until you don't have to ask questions anymore" - AH "Skill does not come from ego, it comes from the work that you put in" - AH Notes: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forevergoodreads.com/book/show/29342515-the-coaching-habitTime Boxingen.wikipedia.org/wiki/TimeboxingPomodoro methoden.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_TechniqueJs.lacontribute.js.la/speakJunior to Senior Communitycommunity.juniortosenior.io

I Christ's substance is determined by His work and expressions. With a heart that is true, He completes what's entrusted, worships God in heaven and seeks His Father's will. This is all determined by His substance, and so too are His natural revelations. So called because His expressions aren't imitations, or from years of man's cultivation or education. They are not learned or self-adorned, but inherent. Ah … They are not learned or self-adorned, but inherent. Ah … II Man may deny His work, His expressions and humanity, they may even deny His life of normal humanity, but not His true heart when worshiping God in heaven. No one can deny that He's here to fulfill the will of the heavenly Father. And no one can deny the sincerity with which He seeks God the Father. His image may not be pleasing to the senses, His discourse may not possess an air of sensation, His work may not be as earth-or heaven-shattering, as what is believed in man's imagination. But He's indeed Christ, who fulfills His Father's will, with a true heart, and total submission and deathly obedience. Ah … It's because His substance is that of the Christ. A truth that's hard to believe but is indeed in existence. A truth that's hard, hard to believe but is indeed in existence. A truth that's hard, it's hard to believe but is indeed in existence. Ah … from "The Substance of Christ Is Obedience to the Will of the Heavenly Father" in The Word Appears in the Flesh

I Christ's substance is determined by His work and expressions. With a heart that is true, He completes what's entrusted, worships God in heaven and seeks His Father's will. This is all determined by His substance, and so too are His natural revelations. So called because His expressions aren't imitations, or from years of man's cultivation or education. They are not learned or self-adorned, but inherent. Ah … They are not learned or self-adorned, but inherent. Ah … II Man may deny His work, His expressions and humanity, they may even deny His life of normal humanity, but not His true heart when worshiping God in heaven. No one can deny that He's here to fulfill the will of the heavenly Father. And no one can deny the sincerity with which He seeks God the Father. His image may not be pleasing to the senses, His discourse may not possess an air of sensation, His work may not be as earth-or heaven-shattering, as what is believed in man's imagination. But He's indeed Christ, who fulfills His Father's will, with a true heart, and total submission and deathly obedience. Ah … It's because His substance is that of the Christ. A truth that's hard to believe but is indeed in existence. A truth that's hard, hard to believe but is indeed in existence. A truth that's hard, it's hard to believe but is indeed in existence. Ah … from "The Substance of Christ Is Obedience to the Will of the Heavenly Father" in The Word Appears in the Flesh

As well as celebrate and appreciate it. Without the silence there is no music. Without the inspiration, there is no creation. Without the down, there is no up. Kim McMillen reminds us, “When I loved myself enough things got quiet inside. Nice. Real nice.” Today we’re going to simply breathe and take this moment to recognize the QUIET. The… Quality. Unique. Inspiring. Engaged. Time… of quiet. The quiet of your life. Ah… It's the feeling of NICE. Isn't that nice? (This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.) Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.) TODAY’S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:   Begin practicing a moment of quiet each day. Start with one minute and simply pay attention to the pause between your heartbeats and your inspiration/expirations. It's that moment at the top and the bottom of each breath. Get quiet today and afterwards journal about how it felt. What did you notice? How do you feel now? If you’ve been feeling like you’re stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you’re drowning in your life, please don’t hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE... Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com  ALSO... I’d be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at drshannon@doctorshannon.com S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/ I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there... To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version. Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/ Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING. I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY. xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life’s work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME. A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast… Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL  Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)  Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com) Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

Ah… It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air. We love our cryptos and we love our listeners. So much love. Crypto ATMs are being installed in the Philippines. We love that. Mortgage rates are low and could fuel a crypto boom. Ya gotta love that. Brock Pierce wants to help make Mt. Gox whole again. What’s not to love? JP Morgan is rolling out the first US bank-backed cryptocurrency. Not sure there is much love there. And we’ve got a list of the top-ten most crypto friendly cities where you can get your crypto love on. It’s not bad news. It’s love news. So hug it out with a crypto buddy, snuggle up with some candy hearts and feel the love on episode #240 of The Bad Crypto Podcast. Full Show Notes at: http://badco.in/240 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcast: http://badco.in/itunes Google Podcasts: http://badco.in/google Spotify: http://badco.in/spotify FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @BadCrypto - @joelcomm - @teedubya Facebook:  /BadCrypto - /JoelComm - /teedubyaw Facebook Mastermind Group: /BadCrypto LinkedIn: /in/joelcomm - /in/teedubya Instagram: @BadCryptoPodcast Email: badcryptopodcast[at]gmail[dot]com Phone: SEVEN-OH-8-88FIVE- 90THIRTY DONATE CRYPTO TO THE SHOW: If you'd like to donate a bit of cryptocurrency to The Bad Crypto Podcast, feel free to send copious amounts to the following locations:  $BTC: Bitcoin: 3GMgCH4dFUHSLdrPnLwEsfKPVnLnoGbzGZ  $ETH Ethereum: 0x1ccE8A04fa6743eD1D24cA063c7543D43B42F328  $LTC Litecoin: LavXqTWVHebEgVhBXdg3Hue3xEAmgtxLgr  $DOGE Dogecoin:  DMngvNMX1U8Sg8PkDjCC3UTS8Mmn9RqTP5 GET STARTED WITH CRYPTO WITH $10 BITCOIN FREE:We have an affiliate code with Coinbase.  If you decide to buy some crypto on Coinbase, you get $10 of free BTC, when you spend at least $100 in crypto.  The Bad Crypto Podcast also gets $10 BTC, as well. Win-Win. Coinbase is one of the most popular and well-known brokers and trading platforms in the world. Their platform makes it easy to securely buy, use, store and trade digital currency. Users can purchase bitcoins, Ether and now Litecoin from Coinbase through a digital wallet available on Android & iPhone. Do your own due diligence, some people have had some customer support issues. Neither Joel nor Travis can attest to that.  If you do use Coinbase, once your coins clear, move it to an offline wallet or if you choose, move them over to another exchange. Here is a list of all of the top crypto-currency exchanges.  Choose one that you like. DISCLAIMER: Do your own due diligence and research. Joel Comm and Travis Wright are NOT FINANCIAL ADVISORS. We are sharing our journey with you as we learn more about this crazy little thing called cryptocurrency.  We make NO RECOMMENDATIONS. Don't take anything we say as gospel. Do not come to our homes with pitchforks because you lost money by listening to us. We only share with you what we are learning and what we are investing it. We will never "pump or dump" any cryptocurrencies. Take what we say with a grain of salt. You must research this stuff on your own! Just know that we will always strive for RADICAL TRANSPARENCY with any show associations. Show Edited By: Aaron The Tech (http://aaronthe.tech) Support the show: https://badcryptopodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When someone says something nice to you--when they WISH YOU good, how can we respond? Well, we can always just say "Thank you!" But it is often better to say something like, "Thanks! You, too!" or "The same to you!" In today's podcast I'll teach you another expression that you can use in casual conversations with your friends--and with me, too!! I hope you have a FANTASTIC weekend with your friends and family^^ Coach Shane Today’s English expression and dialog: Back at you! Ah~ It’s the weekend! Yes, I’m glad~ I hope you have a great time with your family. Back at you!   Subscribe on iTunes and get this English podcast EVERY DAY! PLEASE support my sponsors: (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Study English, FREE ENGLISH LESSONS, on our YouTube channel: Support the Let’s Master English team! On PayPal: Send to Or you can go here:   Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LME #LearnEnglish #ESL

Rian: 혼자 있고 싶어 아... 이거 진짜 힘들게 구한 싸인 부적들인데...Ah… It was so hard to get those charms… I want to be alone.가 Leave.가라구 I said leave. 가 Go.그래 That’s right.내가 그랬어. I did it.

Rian: 혼자 있고 싶어 아... 이거 진짜 힘들게 구한 싸인 부적들인데...Ah… It was so hard to get those charms… I want to be alone.가 Leave.가라구 I said leave. 가 Go.그래 That’s right.내가 그랬어. I did it.

Rian: 혼자 있고 싶어 아... 이거 진짜 힘들게 구한 싸인 부적들인데...Ah… It was so hard to get those charms… I want to be alone.가 Leave.가라구 I said leave. 가 Go.그래 That’s right.내가 그랬어. I did it.

Rian: 혼자 있고 싶어 아... 이거 진짜 힘들게 구한 싸인 부적들인데...Ah… It was so hard to get those charms… I want to be alone.가 Leave.가라구 I said leave. 가 Go.그래 That’s right.내가 그랬어. I did it.

Rian: 혼자 있고 싶어 아... 이거 진짜 힘들게 구한 싸인 부적들인데...Ah… It was so hard to get those charms… I want to be alone.가 Leave.가라구 I said leave. 가 Go.그래 That’s right.내가 그랬어. I did it.

Shin Hae-sung: 아... 이거 진짜 힘들게 구한 싸인 부적들인데...Ah… It was so hard to get those charms… Jung Ui-bong: 나 같으면 그 시간에 연습을 한 번 더 하겠다If it were me, I would’ve spent that time on practicing. Shin Hae-sung: 죽도록 연습해도 안 되니까 그렇지 I did it because practicing to death didn’t work. 나 이번에 또 떨어지면 If I fail again this time, 우리 아버지가 나 잡으러 올지도 몰라 My dad might come and get me. Park Soon-dong: 너무 걱정하지 마 Don’t worry too much. 최후의 방법이 있어 There’s a last resort. 두둥 Du-dun

Shin Hae-sung: 아... 이거 진짜 힘들게 구한 싸인 부적들인데...Ah… It was so hard to get those charms… Jung Ui-bong: 나 같으면 그 시간에 연습을 한 번 더 하겠다If it were me, I would’ve spent that time on practicing. Shin Hae-sung: 죽도록 연습해도 안 되니까 그렇지 I did it because practicing to death didn’t work. 나 이번에 또 떨어지면 If I fail again this time, 우리 아버지가 나 잡으러 올지도 몰라 My dad might come and get me. Park Soon-dong: 너무 걱정하지 마 Don’t worry too much. 최후의 방법이 있어 There’s a last resort. 두둥 Du-dun

Shin Hae-sung: 아... 이거 진짜 힘들게 구한 싸인 부적들인데...Ah… It was so hard to get those charms… Jung Ui-bong: 나 같으면 그 시간에 연습을 한 번 더 하겠다If it were me, I would’ve spent that time on practicing. Shin Hae-sung: 죽도록 연습해도 안 되니까 그렇지 I did it because practicing to death didn’t work. 나 이번에 또 떨어지면 If I fail again this time, 우리 아버지가 나 잡으러 올지도 몰라 My dad might come and get me. Park Soon-dong: 너무 걱정하지 마 Don’t worry too much. 최후의 방법이 있어 There’s a last resort. 두둥 Du-dun