[00:00:00] Welcome to the average nineties GAL podcast. Join me as I share my own journeys through life, how I got and continue to get through them, as well as real stories from real people in this crazy world. Let's get through it together.
It really does feel for many of us, like the world is on fire in the outside world. For some of us, in our own personal, uh, world, in our bubbles, it feels like things just won't let up. And I'm just hopping on to. Just to talk through what I believe to be true, and that is when there are things happening outside of our control but [00:01:00] will bother us, will upset us, it may depress us, it may make us angry.
And also, first of all, that is all totally valid. Our feelings are totally valid, and I want to go into this also saying that this does not mean you should not feel these things. This does not mean you should not feel angry. You should not feel fear or depression or sadness or anxiety. Those feelings and all of that will come up.
But what I fully believe is that if we let it take over our lives, then we are letting what is bothering us and what is happening in the outside world, dictate our own lives. We are letting it [00:02:00] win. And so if you are feeling that the world is just. Going down, down, down, and it's gonna crash into flames and you feel hopeless and helpless and that you can't do anything about it.
Well, I want you to know that you actually can, and even when it feels that way, we can try to shift our energy. Shift how we show up for the world into the world and show up for the people in our lives as well as people we don't know. We can do that and we can change. We can change the energy of the world that we're in, and I really truly believe that when many of us and as many of us as possible, do that.[00:03:00]
And we live our lives how we want to live it. We show up every day as our best selves and show up to other people and to the world in general, and putting our energy, our light, our radiance out there. Then it will create change, and we have to first change within ourselves and within our own lives and not let.
The outside world dictate how we move through our lives. I 1000% believe that that is possible, but we do have to actually change it first within us, within our own world, and then also what can we do within our own community? We often. Just feel so down because we're doom scrolling and we're looking at the news too [00:04:00] often.
Listening to the news too often, or just anything in our lives, if something horrible is happening in your life right now, that is really, you know, taking you through it. First of all, I'm so sorry you're going through that and. I can't, I don't know what it is. Obviously, if you are going through something, but if you are truly letting it change who you are and dictate how you live your life, then that is when something needs to happen that you can change.
I fully believe we all can change. We all can make a difference. We don't have to look at the outside world as this huge, massive thing that is just going to weigh us down. Instead, why don't we start from within light our soul on fire and [00:05:00] show it to the world? Why not? Show it to the people around us, the people who live with you.
I will say, if you live with someone, it doesn't matter who it is. If it's a roommate, a spouse, uh, children, and even pets, if you wake up and you're in a bad mood, for instance, or the other person or people in your household are in a bad mood. How does that shift the mood within yourself or when you see your bad mood shift, others in the household?
Do you ever notice that? I, I sure do, and that can change. And then as you walk out the door, what state are you in when you're walking out of your door? If you are in a [00:06:00] depressed. And sad, angry state, you are taking that out into the world and you're bringing it into the world around you. And if that's the type of feeling that you don't want to see happening anymore, then notice that you are actually contributing to that.
But if you decide. When you are at the threshold of your door, for instance, and you're about to step outside or even before a Zoom meeting or anything online, and for me, for instance, before a podcast, before anything that you are sending anything out to the world and sharing your energy, I just suggest first and foremost to check in with yourself.
Before you take that step out your door, [00:07:00] before you join the meeting, before anything where you're interacting, especially with other people. But it really doesn't matter if you're going out your door to take a walk and you're not assuming that you will see other people. That doesn't matter what is the energy that you're bringing, and you can change that.
It's all about knowing yourself. It's all about checking in with yourself. If you're driving and someone honks at you or yells at you because they have anger, how are you responding to that? That's the next question. How are you responding to other people and how are you responding to social media and are you going down Reddit rabbit holes?
Are you turning on the news and just leaving it on and having all this information just flood to you? After checking in with yourself [00:08:00] and how you respond to others, I want you to then also think about when you do go out to the world, how are you going about your day and are you doing. Are you doing things that bring you joy?
Are you doing things that bring connection in a helpful and healthy and joyful and calm and peaceful way to yourself? Do you feel better after you, you know, work out for instance, or, you know, really get your butt blood pumping and sweating? Do you love being calm or sitting in a sauna? Different kind of sweat, but it's more calm.
For instance, what makes you feel good? What makes you feel good? Then on top [00:09:00] of that, I am gonna share something that I learned in acting in the Michael Checkoff, uh, technique. Uh. Which is every character, when you're working on a character, you should decide the character's center, and then you can radiate from that center and then you could turn it off as well.
So I'm just asking you to think of what is your center? Is it your heart, your head, your gut, your groin? Just right in the center of your body, where is it? And then I ask you to do a little research study on yourself. And when you go out into the world [00:10:00] and as you walk down the street, if there are people around you or if you go into a store or a restaurant, I want you to decide to radiate.
From your center, and it might sound silly to some of you, to those actors out there, I'm sure you know what I'm saying, or to anyone who really is in tune with, with their body and what it means to radiate out your energy into the world and to other people. You know what I mean? But I ask you to do this test.
Walk around and just decide to radiate. Now, that doesn't mean staring at people. That doesn't mean looking people in the eye. Although a really great thing to do is to look people in the eye and smile because smiling makes other people smile. And also studies have been done that if you just smile, it [00:11:00] makes you feel good naturally, even if you force it.
And laughter as well. Anyway, back to the radiating. It doesn't mean that you look at people and you know, make them look at you, but just decide to radiate your energy, and I'm sure your posture will change. I'm sure the way you walk will change, and you may not. You may not notice this, but you may notice this.
People may look at you more. This may be uncomfortable for some of you, and that's okay. Uncomfortable is not a bad thing, but just see how people respond to you. Go to buy something and go up to the counter and interact with the cashier at the counter or at a restaurant and you, when you interact with a server or a bartender, [00:12:00] see how they respond to you.
And then I ask that you try turning it off, shut off the light, and shut off radiating and do the same thing. Walk around, go places, and basically you're holding it all in. You're shutting yourself and you're energy off from the world. And then see how people react to you. Then turn it on again. It's actually really fun to do, but the reason I'm bringing this up is I think that if we all walk out the door radiating our own energy, then we will shift what's going on in our lives.
I'm not saying that everything happening in the world is not [00:13:00] going to is or is going to stop burning in flames, but what I am saying is that you have the ability to shift how you move through your life and through each day, and how you affect other people and how you affect other people then trickles and continues to affect.
Everyone else. And it's that ripple effect of good vibes and good energy and taking that and moving with it. And if you think that you can't do anything, you can, you really can. Just connecting with other people in your community, it does wonders. If you feel that you really have to do something, what is it you're interested in?
What is it you wanna help with? And you can do that within your own local [00:14:00] community. It doesn't have to be this massive thing that you do. You don't have to share it online. Just do it. And if you feel good, other people will feel good. Also, if you do things that you love to do, even if it's making art, if it's writing, if it's uh, creating anything, it doesn't even have to be artistic.
It could be anything that you love to do, go to karaoke and sing. That joy will just show itself to everyone who is watching and everyone who is there. And then you're gonna go home and you're gonna feel really, really good. Then anyone you live with or anyone you interact with, they're gonna feel good too, and that makes a difference.
I fully believe this, so [00:15:00] I hope this was helpful for anyone who is really just feeling like nothing's gonna get better, nothing's gonna change. It is possible that things will get better, and I do suggest not doom grueling not watching the news too much, not that you should not pay attention, and if something once again is going on in your own life.
I also just suggest that you take care of yourself. That you tell yourself that things are going to get better, even if you need to say that to yourself every single morning and every single night, things are going to get better. Now we all have horrible [00:16:00] things that have happened in our lives, but if we let it consume us and let us take, let it take over our lives, then what are we doing to ourselves?
And what are we doing to the people around us? I hope you are well, and I hope this helped in some way, some little way. I know I am going to now go on a walk and take my dog off for a walk and I'm going to radiate and see what happens. Thank you so much for listening, and I'll see you in the next episode.
Bye-bye.
