Monday, February 20, 2012

Show #3 - February 20, 2012

I am blown away how time has flown and that I already have three shows under my belt.

A big thank you goes out to all my listeners and supporters. Your comments, calls, emails, and letters have been wonderful to receive. It is a delight to have a chance to talk to you through the internet airwaves.

One thing that I am noticing about myself as I go through this process is that I tend to gravitate toward being more of a listener than a talker and so I am finding it to be a challenge to sustain myself in speaking mode throughout each show. I have a very busy internal dialogue - which sounds great inside my head - and now that I am speaking out loud I am called upon to be very solid and confident in my process. This is slightly scary for me. I have issues around memory and recall - from an early childhood trauma - so details and facts often are not available off the top of my head, especially if I am nervous or anxious. Therefore I need a script to keep me on track. Yet, when I am reading a script I tend to sound mechanical. Doh! A double edged sword. But, here I am, doing a show called "Finding Your Voice", so in the spirit of walking the walk and talking the talk - I am not going to give up - I am going to persevere in finding my own voice and get through this even if I fumble, crumble, creak, and croak. This is an amazing process and I am glad we are here in it together. Life? We can do this thing!

Here are some resources from today's show:

Music:
If You're Out There/John Legend
You've Got a Friend/Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
Future/Musiq Soulchild
Thank You For Loving Me/Bon Jovi

Four Reasons Why Fear is a Creative's Friend by Cath Duncan
http://lifedev.net/2009/02/four-reason-why-fear-is-a-creatives-friend/

When life has gotten you down and you need a helping hand:
Alcoholics Anonymous  www.aa.org
Overeaters Anonymous www.oa.org
Nicotine Anonymous www.nicotine-anonymous.org

National Suicide Hotline 1-800-273-TALK/1-800-273-8255
http://suicide.com/suicidecrisiscenter/
Marin County Suicide Hotline 415-499-1100
Marin County Grief Counseling 415-499-1195
http://www.fsamarin.org/spcc.html

Angel Card Message: Perseverance
"Look at the stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before." Jacob A. Riis

Power Thought Card Message:
"I turn every experience into an opportunity. Each problem has a solution. all experiences are opportunities for me to learn and grow. I am safe." Louise L. Hay

Current Events:
-American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter Hero Award Nominations www.heroesredcrossbayarea.org
-Marin Teen Girl Conference, "Inquire, Imagine, Inspire", March 3, 2012, 8:30am-4pm, Embassy Suites Hotel, San Rafael, http://marinteengirl.org/







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