In college, I studied philosophy and I remember when I read this quote by Socrates in "Apology" by Plato., “The unexamined life is not worth living”, I felt a kinship to philosophy and a knowingness of – this is part of my life path – to reflect, ponder to peel the layers from the human to find the hidden gem of finding who I truly Am. 

So moving forward on this podcast we will have episodes called Unpacking, Processing the Unexamined Life to give us an opportunity to using tools to possibly heal. To support this, I will be inviting experts to support this. Today I would like to offer supporting everyone by unpacking what happened last Sunday at the Oscars and tools to help you with this, Stephanie Kinloch, a therapist. At the end of our unpacking, Stephanie leads us through a grounding meditation.

What a week. There was a lot to swirling in the air this week. Much to unpack, process, reflect about. Then there was alot to listen to, a lot to process, and much to try understand.

When a lot of noise like this feels thick, dense in the air & helicoptering around, I’ve learned that it’s often mindful and wise to take a breathe or two and be in mindful pause. I try to diligently keep my human in practice while processing and then wait to see how I am feeling at the end of the week. I remind my human again and again that waiting sometimes is beneficial.

Like many, my week started with the Academy Awards on Sunday. I am not much of an award watcher – yet I love movies and tv shows. The magic of being transported into another person’s world – if done in a way that invites you in – it allows one to perhaps glimpse and understand another person’s joy, pain, trauma, from a certain moment in time. – where you can possibly temporily step into another’s shoes to discover life through their eyes and learn how they may have walked through the world and how they got through it – sometimes I feel it can open and expand your heart in ways that are so unexpected.

I had been excited to cheer for “CODA". This was a film that moved me deeply in my heart. It brought me to tears more than once. It also took me into a world where I had an opportunity to think in a new way about the challenges of those who are deaf. The film took me inside a world I didn’t know I needed to go inside, but I did. My heart was profoundly moved by this film.  So I was cheering on Sunday for the film. 

As many of know by now, everyone was not talking about “CODA” winning best film by the night’s end...By Tuesday, only thing I knew for sure was that there was a lot of pain and trauma swirling around. This was all up for individual and in the collective – along with so much more – the ongoing pain and trauma in Ukraine, the pain and trauma from post-COVID life and any other pain and trauma.

We are on this life road with a winding path that can ebb and flow, turn a corner, go up a hill or glide – or sometimes it can seem like a roller coaster.  All of us - I don’t care who you are or where you came from - I’ve learned that everyone has something they maybe healing, masking, or placing in armor.  When things happen in our lives then this may impact how we and who we love yet it isn't who we  Our life experiences can possibly impact how we handle our triggers,  how we deal with our fear, anxiety, anger, sadness, grief, and power. We may never really understand what makes one do something yet we can take time to process our reaction to it. 

I will admit that there are moments when I don’t even know what I am feeling or if I want to feel what I feel, yet I also don’t want to not feel it either or not know, if that makes sense. So I thought, if I am feeling this way, maybe others are? Maybe we can sort through it together by unpacking, processing, sharing tools and modalities for healing trauma. 

Sending Reiki to anyone who wishes to receive for highest good.