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Unlocking Your Potential: Empowering Self-Care, Goal Setting, And Mind-Body Transformation And The Sedona Method With Dr. Lynn Carey · Mindful You

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Alan Carroll: Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the mindful new
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podcast. And today, we have a guest definitely a healer, who
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has spent 18 years practicing chiropractic work, healing work,
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physical bodies. And her journey she shares with us her
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experiences, the ups, the downs, which led her down the path, the
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journey into mindfulness. And she even wrote a wonderful book
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called my journey to grace. And our conversations today, she
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touched on many wonderful golden nuggets. And so I'm excited to
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be able to have her share with you some of the clear wisdom of
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the ancients of the sages of India, and Buddhism. Very, very
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clear. So I'm excited to have you. Be with us today, and
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listen to us as we journey together down the path of
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mindfulness with Dr. Lin. Kerry. Thank you. Good afternoon. Good
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afternoon, Lynne. Welcome to the mindful you podcast. How are you
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today?
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Dr. Lynn Carey: I'm great. Alan, how are you today? Thanks for
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having me.
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Alan Carroll: Well, it's it's exciting to have people like
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yourself, who I would say are on the healing path. Because my
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mindful you is really about using the techniques and and
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areas in mindfulness in order to call it heal, calm, relax the
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energy, so you can become present in the moment. And you
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have your story, you have your background, you have your
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journey. So I'd like you to just open it up by sharing a little
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bit of your background to create a context so my audience can
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understand Dr. Lynn carry.
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Dr. Lynn Carey: So I guess my whole life, I question that
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there had to be more to life than what I was being shown. And
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when I was 14, I was diagnosed with scoliosis, which is
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curvature of the spine. And later on, I found out that, you
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know, my spine was in an S shaped, I was being pulled in
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two directions. And that's exactly the emotional component
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behind scoliosis, you're feel like you're pulled in two
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directions. And I had an inner knowing that there had to be
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something more to life, but yet my family and teachers religion
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was telling me this is the way it is. So I think there was
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always an internal conflict there. And it manifested as this
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crooked spine. And I ended up having spinal surgery when I was
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15. Where they put Herrington rods in my spine. And I never
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had symptoms before. But afterwards, I was left sick and
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in pain for years. And they always said the surgery was a
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success. They never connected it to the surgery. So I just you
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know, and every time I would go to the medical doctor for some
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current symptom, they really didn't have an answer for me. I
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always say, Why do I keep getting sick, it was always just
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another antibiotic and other painkiller. And so I just kind
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of gave up thinking that I'm just going to be living like
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this. And I was in college trying to find myself. And
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someone told me to look into the chiropractic profession. And I
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read the pamphlet, and it said, the power that made the body
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heals the body. And just
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Alan Carroll: say that, again, that sounds like one of those
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golden nuggets that you don't want to go by slow. You want to
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go slow with that. We'll just go ahead then say that one again.
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Unknown: Yeah, it said the power that made the body heals the
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body.
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Alan Carroll: So you're saying that there's a power within the
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body, that people if they can access can be used to heal, heal
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the body? So you're saying?
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Unknown: That's exactly right. Okay, great. And it really
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resonated at the time and I believe it was the first time I
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heard truth. And I didn't know that at the time. I was 19 years
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old, but I've always always searching for something. And
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that really resonated deep. so deep that I just went to
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chiropractic school on the philosophy I never even got
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adjusted. And so when I went
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Alan Carroll: you went to chiropractic school, and chose
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chiropractic and never had an adjustment. Never had an
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adjustment. Oh, I tell you that's that's a strong belief.
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Unknown: And I went, ignorance is bliss, you know, but I went
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and it began on a journey of a lifetime, and it changed my
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life.
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Alan Carroll: That's great. So you've been practicing
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chiropractic techniques for the last how many years.
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Unknown: So I had my own practice for 18 years. And then
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I retired my practice seven years ago, because I wanted to
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move from my hometown. That's where I practice and just be, I
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really wanted to work with people who wanted to improve
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their life, because I saw the connection of, you know, I could
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adjust you all day long. But if you're not doing the work on
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yourself, the inner work, you'll never have true well being so.
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Alan Carroll: Wow. So we have things that an external resource
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like a chiropractor can do to adjust the body and regulate
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energy flows. So there's that aspect of healing. And now
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you're saying that you did that for 10 years and decided to
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focus more on is there some internal self exploration that
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can be done to also heal the the physical, mental and emotional
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bodies, and that's what you've been on for the last seven or
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eight years.
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Unknown: Yep. So I really noticed even for myself, I
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always do the work on myself. But I noticed when I lost the
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fear that I really had a shift in my health and my well being
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and I started to come out of my symptoms, and it was a few
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years, you know, of getting adjusted, it wasn't a quick fix.
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The body worked helped me reintegrate into my body, but I
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was also learning and expanding my mind on how the body actually
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heals. As I was working on creating my desired life, you
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know, and I always, when I listened to people come in my
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office, I realized that the mental stress and emotional
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stress that they were carrying was contributing to the stress
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coming out in their body, whether it was pain, recurring
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symptoms, chronic symptoms that wouldn't clear up, you know,
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some symptoms, most symptoms are just your body's way of
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rebalancing itself. But when you're sick get stuck in like a
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chronic state of disease, there's usually more going on.
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And I noticed this just people didn't have enough time didn't
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have enough money, they weren't really living purposefully, they
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were in the rat race of life is what I called it. And even if
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they wanted to choose how to take care of their health, a lot
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of times, they couldn't afford it, they only did what their
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insurance said, you know, they couldn't afford alternative
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care, organic products, or even just taking time off. So I saw
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all this is, this is really crazy how how we're so set up
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with this kind of lifestyle. And I saw how important it was to
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really address all these areas to really make true change.
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Alan Carroll: Okay, let's go down that path. You you have
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done your research, you have done exploration in the area,
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you have a variety of tools that you've heard about. And you then
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can take tools and start to try out tools, see which works we
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see which doesn't work all with the intention of healing and
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becoming more present in the moment. So those crazy thoughts
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stop influencing physical changes in your body. So what
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are some of the the take us down the path now of the of the inner
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journey now the things that you're doing to support people?
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What is your gifts that you bring to the table now?
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Unknown: Well, I have my book that just shares my stories,
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because I always say we learn from each other's stories, if I
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can do it, you can do it. It Empower we, you know, we empower
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each other. By seeing how we overcome obstacles. I believe
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that I have a healthy habits coaching program, I also have if
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people want to create another stream of income to become
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financially free, I have that business mentorship, option two.
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But the best place to start is the mindfulness though, because
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a lot of people aren't quite sure where they need to start,
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or what they want in life. So I always say, ask yourself, you
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know, are you living your desired life? And if not, at you
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know, write down things that need that you want to change in
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your life, write down things that are working in your life,
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the best place to start is really journaling. And just
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becoming aware of where you are presently and what you want to
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change. And sometimes I think a lot of people do know what they
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want. But they don't want to acknowledge it because they
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don't think it's possible. So I always think it's so important
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to write those ideas down because it opens you up to
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receiving guidance and messages might not be today. But it's
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like baby steps one thing at a time will start to manifest for
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yourself to make those changes. But it is mindfulness and
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awareness of where you are in the present moment and where
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your thoughts are and how you're feeling and I think journal
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journaling is a powerful tool to get clear on on all those little
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things,
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Alan Carroll: though writing down a journal, it's, you know,
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I have a, have a journal with me. And I write down sort of
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daily things in my journal, sort of almost like a way of keeping
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track of the flow, I guess I would call it. And so journaling
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creates a, you can write down goals in your journal. And that
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begins to attract that particular manifestation is that
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you're just saying,
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Unknown: yes, that's one way. And even if you don't have a
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goal, if you're not sure what you are looking for, I think a
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good place to start is writing down what you're grateful for,
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like a gratitude list, or even things that make you joyful, or
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inspire you throughout the day, little things, just feeling the
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sun on your face, you know, just having maybe a moment to take a
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walk outside, things like that, because it opens you up to
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receiving more of those positive things. A lot of times we get
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stuck on, I have to fix this, this and this, you know, are all
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our problems, right? That manifesting. Instead of focusing
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on that we can focus on what's right, and then you start
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attracting more of what's right in your life.
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Alan Carroll: I totally agree. I think that the one one teacher
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was telling me before you go to bed at night, you got a choice,
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you know, do you want to watch that that TV show of the crime
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and the violence and all that stuff going on? And then go to
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bed with those thoughts? Or do you want to get your journal and
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write down the things that you're have gratitude and
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grateful for? So you go to bed with gratitude and grateful in
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your mind, and I thought that was pretty slick. And I agree
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that most people complain a lot about the way it is, like these
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things shouldn't be there. No, this shouldn't be this shouldn't
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be I like that. No, I don't like that should be. So there's a lot
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of shouldn't bees in the in the movie of life. And, and they
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complain about the the thing isn't a sort of, don't focus on
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spending the time to focus on the gratitude part. And, and the
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gratitude part is appreciation for the gifts that you're just
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not seeing. And when you begin to focus on the gifts that
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you're not seeing, you begin to see the gifts and then
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appreciate the gifts and allows if for me, that allows me to be
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more relaxed in the moment rather than upset, upset in the
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moment. And I believe and I bet the doctor part of your your
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brand, would talk about the thoughts that you think have a
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has a lot to do with your physical body. So I'd like to
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jump into that. Thoughts to take us take us through the power of
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thought and the influence it has on the physical body.
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Unknown: Yeah, so if you just recognizer that there is an
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inner wisdom that runs your body. I mean, we're all energy.
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So you think about, I would adjust the body, adjust the
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spine, so that the energy flows better. But I always say to
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people, how are you flowing your energy, get in tune with how
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you're flowing your energy, because if you're not dealing
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with the emotional, mental thoughts that are making you
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contract throughout the day, you hold yourself tight, then
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eventually it's going to come out as disease in the body. It
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could be I mean, it could be another symptom.
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Alan Carroll: Let's go real slow that one boy, that's, that is
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real, real, real, real, real, real important. What you just
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said. And so this said, 20 times, so it's just the power of
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your thoughts to change your physical body. Some people
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think, wow, what are you talking about? It's just a thought, you
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know, you got to do push ups. You know, there's talk about the
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power of the mind.
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Unknown: Yeah, I mean, if you notice the mental state that
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you're in, and then connect that to how your body feels, you can
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feel if there's tension or ease right away, that's everything.
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Alan Carroll: So so if you're, if you're, if you're on a train
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of thought, and you wake up and realize that you're on a train
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of thought, and then you immediately look at your body,
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you're saying that you'll you'll notice that there's a tension, a
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physical tension in your body, which causes constriction. Is
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that what we're talking about? That's exactly right. Okay, so
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talk about the the the challenges of bodies that are
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constricted.
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Unknown: Yeah, well, if you can, if you keep your body in a
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period of constriction for a long period of time, over time,
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eventually you create stress on the body. Dis ease, could be
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disease, chronic symptoms, whatever it manifests. sent to
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you. But, you know, there's emotional components to
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everybody, bodily symptoms. So it's just becoming aware, before
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you get to that place. I mean, I always say that disease is a
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wake up call to somebody to make a change in their life. You
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know, it gets to that point where they had small whispers
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before until it got to the point where I have no return. So it's
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really becoming aware of how you're carrying the energy in
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your body, because that's your immune system. It's how you're
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flowing your energy. So you're either flowing it or you're not
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flowing it. And you can totally start to correlate it to the
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thoughts and feelings that you're carrying on the inside
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inside of you.
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Alan Carroll: How do you deal with, I'm right, and I can get
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my anger and I'm right, and you're wrong. And that's the way
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it is. I don't give a damn about this. This is healthy stuff. I
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just want to there's people who, who say, who have anger and
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upset and can't let it go. Because somehow i Even though I
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it causes constriction, I can't let it go. Why can't why people
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can't let it go.
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Unknown: Because they've been carrying it around for a long
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time. And they have to get a new perspective on it. I went
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through this. I found the Sedona Method by how Dwoskin I don't
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know if you've ever heard of it, but it's
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Alan Carroll: write it down. So my audience knows. So that
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Sedona, which is one of the most spiritual capitals of the of the
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world. The Sedona Method, all right.
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Unknown: Yeah, it's a book, I actually bought the course. And
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I did it for about six months. And it just basically asks you
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questions, simple questions, like, can you allow yourself to
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feel this right now? This feeling that you're feeling? Can
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you allow to let it go right now? If so, yes, or no? If not,
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why not? You know, there's kind of thing do you just sit with
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the feeling and ask yourself questions. It's really a
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powerful, it's very simple, very powerful, though, because it
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helps you process all those low vibratory emotions that are
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important in life, the problem is, we've just gotten stuck
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there. It's not that you won't ever feel anger again. But now
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you're going to know how to deal with it, honor it and release
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it. And that's the important part, it's not that they're
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wrong. It's just that you have to know what it's telling you.
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And that's, you know, people need to know how to better
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handle relationships better, better handle things in their
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life, you know, and it kind of just unravels a lot of things.
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That's why a lot of people don't want to deal with those things
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that are life. So it's easier to have to be labeled with the
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disease, because now society accepts that, more so than
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dealing with the problems and the relationship or the problems
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with the job, you know, but it's all interconnected. So you start
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peeling back a layer, it's going to open up, it's going to lead
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you to the to the root eventually. But I think the
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first step is just not being afraid to feel those emotions
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and knowing how to release them. And also how to get a different
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perspective on every situation that where you feel like you're
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stuck in that emotion.
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Alan Carroll: So to become aware of what's happening inside your
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body, would mean that you have to take your attention and put
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it on your body. And my observation is that most people
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don't put much attention on their body. I put my attention
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on my thoughts that my that I'm thinking about what I need to do
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body's just a vehicle that takes me around. So it so i, is there
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going to be a shift? From paying attention to my thoughts, to
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paying attention to my body? Is that part of the process that
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you've noticed?
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Unknown: Yeah, I mean, I think mind body is one, I don't even
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think it's separate. So if you break out into a sore throat,
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you're gonna know Why are you speaking your truth? You know,
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for me, I used to have chronic strep throat, when I was in that
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period of those five years where nobody was helping me chronic
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and I didn't think I could get rid of it without an antibiotic.
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Now, if I get a scratchy throat, it clears up usually within 24
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hours or less. And it's usually because I can tell it's the I'm
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in a situation where I don't feel like I'm being heard or I'm
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not speaking my truth. So you know, little things like that,
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you can see what your body's trying to do, and you can honor
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the symptoms, you know, maybe you just need to rest and stop.
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That's why you feel so crappy. You know, it's your body's
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perfect. It's expressing what it needs to it's rebalancing
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itself. It's always making it's always healing itself. Are you
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in the way, basically. So it's kind of getting into that
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understanding that dynamic in that flow.
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Alan Carroll: So when you say, are you in the way, what comes
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up to my mind are my thoughts in the way of connecting, that's
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not going to work? It's not going to I don't believe What
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does she know about that? There's all these thoughts that
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are in the way that blocked me from? What? So what how do you
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get? How do you navigate through all the thoughts?
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Unknown: I guess it's just, that's another great thing to
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journal is the thoughts that you're thinking. So then you can
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maybe see, is it really true for you? You know, is that thought
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true? And maybe Could I have another perspective? On this
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thought? Can I? Could I look at it from another viewpoint, you
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know, or is this a belief that I'm carrying? And where did I
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get it from? Is it necessary? Is it really true for me? Sometimes
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we inherit all this stuff, and maybe we evolve out of it, and
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we don't no longer need it. So, you know, that's the personal
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development side, you know, you start working on your beliefs
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and thoughts, and that's creating your reality. So do you
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really, is this really serving me? This thought, this belief?
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Is it serving me? And what can I do to change it or shift it?
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Alan Carroll: So thoughts are like building blocks, you're
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constructing a, a, a temple, or a pyramid of your of your of
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your reality, and you're putting these blocks in, and you can
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choose one point, which kind of block you want to put in a block
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of hatred or a block of love, I can begin to choose what kind of
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a pyramid that I want to build, if I'm aware of that. You're
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saying,
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Unknown: Yeah, I love the building block scenario, that's
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a great scenario. I think that's a perfect example. And it's
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really, you know, you're gonna have passing thoughts throughout
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the day, but it's usually the ones that are very emotionally
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charged, that are the ones that are the most potent, or the
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deepest, are the ones that are really creating your reality. So
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I think the thought with the emotion behind it, is the really
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powerful connection.
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Alan Carroll: And the thoughts and the emotion. And the depth
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of the root is connected with with your identities that
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correct. That's right. And so if if I have a strong, for example,
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if I have a strong root of a God, religion, you mentioned
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religion, how you were raised, what what garden of a religion,
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you were raised, and some people are not noticed, or very
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strongly identified with, this is the way and this has to be
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the way and if you don't go this way, you're gonna go to hell.
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And some people are much more flexible. It sounds as though
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you had a little indoctrination. Early days, but really, what was
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your religion in the early days?
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Unknown: Our Catholic Catholic Oh, all right. Well, the
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Catholic school
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Alan Carroll: you went to Catholic school 12 years all
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girl all girl Catholic school, um, just high school. So high
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school, so is inner. So it was boy girl, and then high school
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was all girl. All right? Yeah. I, hey, Catholic education, at
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least in California, and in the Bay Area was considered the best
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you want to do you want a good education, you go to the
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Catholic school.
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Unknown: It was considered that too, when I was growing up.
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Alan Carroll: It's certainly you've read your book talk talk
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about your book before we can play that game. Yeah, I'd like
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to hear about your book and how people can connect with you,
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Lynn, and get closer to the wisdom that you've certainly
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given us today. It's really, I filled my journal up with all
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these wonderful thoughts.
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Unknown: My book is called my journey to grace, a couple years
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into practice and a cup had a few mission trips that I did to
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adjusting people in Brazil and India, it just really opened me
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up to the energy of the body. And I went into a spiritual
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state for about 18 months that I call the grace state. And I
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believe this is the state that everyone is looking for, you
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know, we're all looking for the next big thing. But it's really
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to find that God's source within and that once I understood that,
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it, everything became so clear, and I was so blissful. So happy.
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It's I describe it as it's like falling in love. But there's no
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other person or involved. There's no reason there's no
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rhyme or reason to be this happy. But you are. And you look
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at your problems, and they're just laughable. And I realized
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when we want, enter this state, that's where you have true
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healing. That's where you a lot of times, you have miraculous
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healings happen in that state. You really start to create your
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life from the inside out authentically, not because
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you're thinking you need more money to buy more material
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things or the bigger house or the next relationship because
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it's coming from a place of authenticity, you know, that
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connected to the God's source. And so I share my story, just
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how I learned to heal myself, all the stuff I went through and
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the subtitle is just shattering mainstream illusions and
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creating your desired life. And because I believe a lot of the
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stuff that we're taught isn't necessarily true for everyone.
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So I think there's another way to be so I think we I love to
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hear other people's stories of empowerment. So that's why I
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decided to share mine. Well, that's
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Alan Carroll: wonderful. Well, well thank you very much today
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Dr. Lin carry for sharing with us your your journeys, and your
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and your wisdom with the mindful you audience. It was very, very
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rich and very enjoyable and also very educational. So I
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appreciate all the things that you've done and I appreciate you
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sharing your life with us. Thank you very much.
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Unknown: Thank you, Alan, thank you so much.
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Alan Carroll: All right. Goodbye for now.