WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:15.519 What if the answers you're searching for are already within you, 2 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:19.839 here at richer within. We believe they are, and we're 3 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:23.719 here to help you discover them. I'm Catherine, joined by 4 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:28.960 Dynamo Doctor Pat. Together we blend science and spirituality to 5 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:33.799 guide you in reconnecting with your inner wisdom and unique magnificence. 6 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:39.159 Tune in for inspiring stories and practical strategies to boost clarity, 7 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:44.240 embrace your worth, and spark meaningful change. Ready to unlock 8 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:47.079 your inner wealth, start your transformation? 9 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:54.320 Now, Hey, everybody, welcome. This is a very very special episode. 10 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:58.399 It is an anniversary episode, it's a birthday episode. The 11 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:03.119 courage to be on script live, unscripted. It's such a 12 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:06.640 powerful topic. We're going to explore a number of things, 13 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:08.840 but we're going to do it through the lens of 14 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:13.000 Catherine's experiences, her day to day's spiritual practice. Is what 15 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:15.599 life hands you today? You're going to hear in this 16 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:21.640 anniversary show and birthday show, Happy Birthday. What is this about? 17 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.879 What are the deepest lessons and what is it we 18 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:28.560 all can cultivate in our lives. What a great episode, Catherine, 19 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:32.560 Thank you so much for picking this. Thank you doctor Pat. 20 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:35.239 And thank you all of our stellar listeners who are 21 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:39.359 with us now and in the future. This is really 22 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:44.480 about the journey that I experienced in doing this live show, 23 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:47.000 which then becomes podcasts for the first time of my 24 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:53.879 entire life. And the greatest learning for me over this year, 25 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.760 which applies both personally and professionally because they're the same, right, 26 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:03.959 is how to trust myself, to live and to speak 27 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:08.439 from my heart. So I'll tell you what happened in 28 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:13.719 the course of this show. I found myself spending twenty 29 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:18.960 to forty hours putting together each monthly show. I found 30 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:22.719 myself caught in writing a script, like a full script. 31 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:26.439 Dr pat Knows's pages and pages, because it's what I 32 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:27.159 knew how to do. 33 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:30.639 And I'm not sorry for any of it. And I 34 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:33.919 think We've had some fabulous, fantastic shows and I'm really 35 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:37.840 grateful for all of them. And what started off as 36 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:44.520 joy and enthusiasm started to feel like work. And I 37 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:48.680 was reflecting on this, Doctor Pat about how much my 38 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:55.000 public life had been shaped by scripts. So I was 39 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:58.560 trained in classical piano performance and my dad was my 40 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:02.199 first primary teacher. I'll just say, you did not really 41 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.840 want to make mistakes with my dad. So I began 42 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:08.560 to fear making mistakes. And when I think about music, 43 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:13.319 we think about musical scores. Note to note to note right, 44 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:18.520 follow the notes. And also I played in lots of bands. 45 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:21.520 I was in a renaissance band for twenty years with 46 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.800 thirteen other people. Note to note to note to note, 47 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:28.680 you have to follow the notes. And then in my 48 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:32.400 professional management career, I went into every meeting with an 49 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:38.080 agenda formal meetings, agenda with desired outcomes and timeframes. I 50 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:42.719 did presentations that were prepared power points over powerpoints to people, 51 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:49.319 I'm sure, and it was all very successful. However, when 52 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:54.439 I felt it start to bleed into this richer within show, 53 00:03:55.120 --> 00:04:03.159 I started to feel a pull towards spontaneity over over preparation. 54 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:08.000 I wanted to find the middle ground between being super 55 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:14.080 prepared and scripted and being spontaneous. And so there's a 56 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:21.160 really beautiful I'm discovering vulnerability and that spontaneity that opens 57 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:24.639 up more authenticity. And so that is both for my 58 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:29.560 life here with the show and my personal life, to 59 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:32.879 find more of that balance between the two and to 60 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.360 really just trust myself to live and speak from my heart, 61 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.399 from my wisdom from my knowing what I know and 62 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:40.839 just trust it. 63 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:45.639 Yeah, you know, I love the way you gave the 64 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.720 outline because there are some things in life, you know, 65 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:54.120 structure music, I played the viola and super structure because hello, 66 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:56.839 you're playing all the in between notes. You cannot mess 67 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:59.120 that up because you like, if you're at a whack 68 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:03.279 with just an note, everybody knows it. But that structure. 69 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:07.519 I play a sport, you speak, you sing, you do 70 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:13.040 all these things, they require structure. But sometimes we can 71 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:17.600 use structure with lack of creativity, and that doesn't have 72 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:18.120 to be so. 73 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:23.079 Mm hmmm, absolutely, I mean structure. Structure is not a 74 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:26.839 problem like you say it can be. It's really helpful 75 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.720 to have a music script, to have an agenda, to 76 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:34.560 have an outline for a presentation. And when it when 77 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:38.480 we look at is this keeping me from being authentic? 78 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:41.800 That's where we're trying to figure out if it's if 79 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:46.199 it's holding us back, if it's holding me from being graceful, 80 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:52.079 from experiencing joy, from feeling really connected within myself, then 81 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:55.439 that's really when the structure starts to get in the 82 00:05:55.480 --> 00:06:01.360 way of that authenticity. And you know, I started looking 83 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.079 at how much my life was scripted. How much our 84 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:09.720 lives can be scripted because we have societal expectations placed 85 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:15.759 on us. We have family all you know, I know 86 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:20.120 they're well intentioned in thinking what we should be doing 87 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:24.879 or how we should be. We have friends well intentioned 88 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:28.240 sometimes as well, thinking what we should be doing and 89 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.399 what we should you know, and we shouldn't be shitting 90 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:36.680 on ourselves. It's not about that, It's about determining. Am 91 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:39.120 I playing from an old tape, an old record and 92 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:43.920 old programming? There's also two things I want to highlight 93 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:47.040 I pay a lot of attention to for myself. One 94 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:53.759 is people pleasing and another is perfectionism. And I know 95 00:06:53.839 --> 00:07:02.399 that both of those are really masks for seeking external approval. 96 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:08.399 There's a reason they call them approval ratings, right, And 97 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:12.120 some people's cars are really depend on those. Oh do 98 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.199 we want to live our lives that way? 99 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:14.639 Right? 100 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.600 So that is where we can look at you know, 101 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.240 am I managing my image by the structure? Am I 102 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:26.240 afraid of what I'm doing? And what can I do 103 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:29.439 to strengthen my own inner confidence? And I also my 104 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:33.560 vulnerability to be willing to make a mistake. We don't 105 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:36.319 allow people to make mistakes a whole lot these days, 106 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:41.879 and they're quite natural. Right. So I remember when we're 107 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.319 talking about structure and scripts. I had a really fun friend. 108 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:49.199 Her name was pat She's very, very spontaneous and just 109 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.920 super fun. And we were at the lake Flathead Lake. 110 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:55.000 I grew up there in the summers and I had 111 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:58.199 a big crush on this guy named Paul. And one 112 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:01.360 day we were at his family caw just having a 113 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.079 good time in the afternoon, and we had forgotten our 114 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:08.519 swimming suits. She jumped in the lake. Anyway, she jumped 115 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:11.000 in the lake and did whatever. And I'm on the shore, going, yeah, 116 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:11.800 I can't do that. 117 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:12.079 You know. 118 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:14.000 I didn't bring a change of clothes. I didn't bring 119 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:18.720 my makeup, I didn't bring a blow dryer, you know, right, 120 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:22.800 And Paul was really attracted to her, and I'm like, well, 121 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.800 what's the deal. Well, you know, there's something really compelling 122 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:31.000 about that type of spontaneity that's just like, you know what, 123 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:33.240 I'm going to do this. I'm not prepared for this, 124 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:34.799 but I'm going to do it anyway, and I'm just 125 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:38.360 gonna make sure it's just gonna be fine. Whatever. But 126 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:42.519 I was more in my image management script that I 127 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:47.320 had not unlearned. And so, you know, some years later, 128 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:50.679 I was reflecting on how many moments like that I 129 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:53.120 missed out on in my life, how many lakes I 130 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:55.519 didn't jump into, how many rivers I didn't jump into, 131 00:08:55.879 --> 00:09:01.080 how many jacuzzis or saunas or whatever I didn't jump 132 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:06.799 into because I was wanting to still look composed, and 133 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:09.919 you know how I wanted to present myself and not 134 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:13.399 mess that up. Yeah, that's a lot. 135 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:16.399 And what about other people's fears about what you're doing 136 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:19.440 and the overspill from that? You know what I'm saying. 137 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:22.200 It's like, oh my gosh, she just told me she 138 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:24.960 jumped into the lake. Now you're coming home and they're, 139 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:27.720 you know, maybe your parents looking at you, maybe your cousins, 140 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:30.320 I don't know, and they're saying, she has lost it. Now, 141 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:32.759 I'm afraid if she jumps into a lake, is she 142 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:34.440 going to jump off a cliff? Is she going to 143 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:36.240 jump off a car? Is she going to jump off 144 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:39.480 the empire state? But you understand, and that's an energy 145 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:44.720 to doesn't that hate help shape whether or not somebody 146 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:49.279 is willing to move slightly off script to try. 147 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:55.039 Something new, absolutely because they are wanting us to conform 148 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:59.039 to their fears about us and what we're doing. And 149 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:01.879 you know, I'm not saying that this is easy. 150 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:05.759 No, it's not easy. I didn't say that it's not easy. 151 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:07.600 It's not easy. It's not easy for me. And I'll 152 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:14.840 tell you why. Sometimes you feel responsible to other people, right, 153 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:19.000 But the reality is, what does it take for us 154 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:24.919 to be responsible to oneself? To learn, you know, what 155 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:27.519 is going to be good for you? Do you understand 156 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:30.799 what I'm saying. If we got to race all of that, 157 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:34.919 may I call it conditioning, yes, and trust the spiritual 158 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:39.360 concept and intuition of the moment. What would that look like? 159 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:42.600 I mean, how did you feel afterwards? You didn't say 160 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:45.559 how you felt after you jumped to the lake? What 161 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:46.320 was that feeling? 162 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:51.840 I didn't jump into that lake, However, when I realized 163 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:55.080 how many I missed on, I was scheduled to go 164 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:59.240 on a backpacking trip in the Allawa Mountains, and before 165 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:02.919 we left, I made a commitment to myself, a devotion 166 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:05.919 to myself, that I was going to jump into every 167 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:11.360 single lake we came across. Wow, And I did no kidding, 168 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:16.519 I think, And they were glacial lakes, and you know 169 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:21.279 it was it was so liberating and that became a 170 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:23.799 practice of freedom. And I still practice that. I just 171 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:28.639 jumped into a lake yesterday afternoon, and it's like it's 172 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:33.320 practicing right. And the more we practice, and the more 173 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:35.120 people around us get used to we're not going to 174 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.399 do anything crazy because it's not about being irresponsible and 175 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:46.080 it's not about being inconsiderate. It's really becoming conscious. What 176 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:50.360 you're talking about is becoming conscious of what truly serves 177 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:54.320 me and when I'm following a script right, And so 178 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.720 it's a constant kind of playing around between the two 179 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:05.559 and living from that place of authenticity with conscious awareness. Yeah, 180 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:06.279 that makes sense. 181 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:09.519 I totally love this topic because you know, there are 182 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:11.639 things you and I do that have to be scripted 183 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:14.799 or structured. Let's call it structured. You know, I play 184 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:19.320 a sport and if I if my forehand is off 185 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:24.799 by one sixteenth or one hundred percent. Yeah, so that 186 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:28.200 takes practice. So let me ask you about the practice 187 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:34.720 of practicing structure and the practicing of unstructured scripted versus unscripted, 188 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.879 because if you've never done it before, you do have 189 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:39.879 to get your feet wet and look at you now, 190 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:42.919 your feet's wet now you jumping into lakes, right, m 191 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:50.240 hm hm. But that feeling you have to feel some 192 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.480 level of freedom, perhaps that you have not felt before. 193 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:54.919 I'm just guessing, though. 194 00:12:55.519 --> 00:13:01.000 Yes, it is a visceral experience for me. That's that's 195 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:03.879 embodying it, right when you can talk about it all 196 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.360 day long and until we jump into that dance, even 197 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:10.159 though we didn't wear our favorite cowboy boots, which I 198 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:15.720 know you once we're willing to say yes to something 199 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.600 that we'd been a little bit shy about once we'd 200 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:21.639 be It'd be little things. It doesn't have to be 201 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:25.440 something big and grand. And the more we practice it 202 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:30.919 and feel that and feel that liberation, feel that joy, 203 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:36.200 feel the rewards of that spontaneity, it's really being intimate 204 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:40.639 with life. Life is constantly inviting us, Hey, come on, 205 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:44.039 look at this beautiful sunset. Rather than you know, staying 206 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:47.519 around with everybody who's on their cell phones. I'm gonna 207 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:49.879 step outside and look at the sunset and maybe invite 208 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:54.519 someone to come with me, right'. It's this. It really 209 00:13:54.519 --> 00:14:00.000 engenders a much deeper trust in my own spiritual sense 210 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.440 because it doesn't lead me astray ever. 211 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:07.240 And I want to say something though for those people listening, 212 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.200 this is an act of courage to take this yes, 213 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:13.639 what you know where Catherine is talking about is a yes, 214 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:15.799 and it's a yes to her life. 215 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:22.000 It is very courageous. And authenticity is not about self indulgence. 216 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:28.039 It's really about aligning with that life that we are 217 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:32.759 uniquely here to express. And this is the whole thing 218 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:37.320 about the birthday, Right is my birthday. I celebrated the 219 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.200 birthday as well as the one your anniversary on this show, 220 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:47.440 and I know that for me, I celebrate my birthday. 221 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:51.600 Everybody's birthday. It's important to me because I know that 222 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:58.879 thirteen point nine billion years of evolution into me, into 223 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:03.879 everyone and our thing here. One thing is to express ourselves, 224 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:08.759 express our unique in a way that no one else 225 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.200 can because there's only one of us. So the whole 226 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:14.519 thing is not that it's a it's a flawless performance. 227 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:18.480 It's to become available to the truth of who we 228 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.519 really really are. What a delight to do is offer 229 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:29.159 people some questions that that they can carry into the week, 230 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:35.600 perhaps three questions, and one of them is is to 231 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:38.440 look at where am I? Where am I over rehearsing 232 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:44.159 in my life? Maybe another way to put that is 233 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:48.960 is what script am I am? I following that no 234 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:54.080 longer fits? And then what is one small way that 235 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:59.120 I can practice being more authentically myself? Again, you don't 236 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.399 have to jump into a way. It can be very small, 237 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.720 very well, there's nothing small in the universe. Everything, everything matters. 238 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:09.679 So let's do take a quick break so we'll be 239 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.159 right back in just a moment. 240 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:24.600 Hey, everybody, we're talking about something really important. It's really 241 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:28.039 really important, and you know, this is a show where 242 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:31.440 we get to ask ourselves a question. Do I feel 243 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:36.440 self indulgent when I'm authentic, when I'm in alignment with 244 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:39.679 my self expression? Can I do it without worrying? With 245 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.600 Mary Tom Dick and harrything. I don't know why we 246 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.080 did the Tom Dick and harrything grow or not. But 247 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:49.519 also now we're going to talk about the idea of 248 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:53.440 rejecting preparation, because that is not what we're talking about. 249 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:55.240 But for those of you out there you want to 250 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:59.240 work with Catherine, please go to our website Katherine Richer 251 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:02.320 dot com. At the end the last couple of minutes, 252 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:05.960 you are going to experience what this means from where 253 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:11.160 Catherine sits as she becomes transparently authentic. But talk about 254 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:13.319 this idea where people are like, well, what does that 255 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:16.559 mean rejecting preparation? I don't prepare? What's that about. 256 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:22.440 It's really not about rejecting preparation. It's being in touch 257 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:28.240 with ourselves enough to since when we're over preparing, right, 258 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:32.559 even when it's necessary to prepare, or can I go 259 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:37.440 in with three questions and trust myself? So it's really 260 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:41.839 navigating the balance between the two. It's not a rejection. 261 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:45.200 Believe me. I have spent many, many hours preparing for 262 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.279 meetings and concerts and they've gone very, very well. And 263 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.799 there is a place where we can live unscripted, where 264 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:54.160 we can say, Wow, I forgot my swimsuit, but I'm 265 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:55.680 going to jump in the lake with my clothes on. 266 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:57.920 I don't care because this is just too good to 267 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:03.400 pass up. Right, And notice when I'm shrinking And that's 268 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:07.519 when I noticed if my physical body is shrinking from something, 269 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:13.200 And oh, how do I stand into this in my truth? 270 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:16.880 How do I express myself in this? Am I keeping 271 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:19.480 myself from something? And you know, we get to do 272 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:22.200 this with a lot of compassion, because it takes a 273 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:25.240 lot of practice to do this. It's probably one of 274 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:29.039 the hardest things that we're born to do here, which 275 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:34.279 is to live ourselves, live our own lives. Yeah, while 276 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:36.880 embracing everyone and not disregarding them. 277 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:40.039 Right, Oh my god. So let's talk about some of 278 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:43.319 the three questions that we can reflect on, because look, 279 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:47.160 you know, I just went back to the gym and 280 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:51.559 we get an orientation to So I talked to the 281 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:55.319 orientation person the other day because although I may know 282 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:58.079 how to do something, I may not be doing it right. 283 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:01.200 And when you're doing something physical, it is so important 284 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:03.599 to do it right, just like music, just like anything else. 285 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:07.079 But yet we don't translate that to our everyday life. 286 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:09.559 So what are the three questions I got to be 287 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.599 thinking about right now? 288 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:16.759 Well, really simply where am I over preparing? Where am 289 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:20.000 I putting more energy into something that's simply not necessary? 290 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:22.799 Because I really know what I'm doing. I know what 291 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:25.480 I know, I know what to say, and I know 292 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.079 how to say it, when to say it. I know 293 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:28.880 what to do when I need to do it, and 294 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.039 how to do it. So when am I over preparing? 295 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:37.000 And then where am I following a script that no 296 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:41.119 longer fits me? Right? Am I in a relationship that 297 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:45.039 keeps me down? Am I in a people pleasing mode 298 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:51.720 that restricts me from expressing who I am? And small 299 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:55.279 practices how we can practice being authentic in these ways. 300 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:58.920 Somebody starts to order something for me at lunch, I'm like, 301 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:01.960 actually always looking breadth the grilled cheese sandwich, but thank you. 302 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.279 It can be a very very simple thing, and the 303 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:10.079 more we practice it, the more we build, like building 304 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:13.279 the muscle, then it becomes more and more natural to 305 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:17.400 us to do while we're also aware of our surroundings. 306 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:20.000 We're not hurting people, we're not running over people, and 307 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:24.039 the beauty is doctor Patt and everyone. When we are 308 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:31.359 living that way, we give others permission to also live authentically. 309 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:35.599 Sometimes people just I sometimes I need a little nudge 310 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:39.079 of somebody doing something like, Wow, you know I can 311 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:42.519 do that. That is brilliant. I'm going to start practicing 312 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:46.640 now too. It's encouraging, it's inviting. 313 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:54.799 Yeah, you know, baby steps, baby steps. You know. I 314 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:57.319 started out by talking about anniversary and a birthday, and 315 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:00.440 I want to just get back to that because birthdays 316 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:03.319 are a celebration per some, but they are definitely a 317 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:07.079 unique expression expression of who we are. However you want 318 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:10.920 to celebrate it. Now, I tend to celebrate my sobriety 319 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:13.920 you know, my clean and sober birthday more than my 320 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:18.240 actual what do they call that chronological thing? So that's 321 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:20.960 my big birthday. And it's not that I don't like 322 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:24.400 December as my birth birthday, but how do I know 323 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:27.359 the birthday in July is kind of cool. So you know, 324 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:31.240 today you're helping us understand what it is we can 325 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:34.640 do to be fully expressed. Now I know you're going 326 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:37.400 to close the show with something special. Tell us about it. 327 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:45.440 Yes, Birthdays, Earth birthday, sobriety days, every day is a 328 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:49.759 day to celebrate being alive. And what I offer at 329 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:51.559 the end, I like to call them a spiritual mind 330 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:55.799 spot treatment. And the funny thing about this is there 331 00:21:55.880 --> 00:22:00.720 are five steps to it. Everything else is spontaneous. It 332 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:05.480 definitely comes from the heart. It comes from that inner wisdom, 333 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:10.559 the richer within. And I offer it to everyone now 334 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:15.680 as a beautiful little closing affirmation. So thank you for 335 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:18.359 being with us, and thank you for giving the gift 336 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:22.039 of this to yourself. And I invite you to now 337 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:26.640 simply relax if you're in a place to that feels safe. 338 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:30.440 To let your eyes close and just drop everything, the pencil, 339 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:36.640 the phone, the whatever, just to be fully fully present, 340 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:41.240 like water off a ducts back, and to simply breathe 341 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:46.559 into this gift of now, this gift of now where 342 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:50.079 we are present to that which is all that there is, 343 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:55.440 to that very power that moves the planets around in 344 00:22:55.519 --> 00:23:00.640 perfect order, that intelligence and wisdom, that beautiful presence, that 345 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:05.240 is energy, it's the life force. It's indestructible, and it 346 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:09.079 is everything that there is. And we see this expressed 347 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:13.240 in everything, everywhere, all the time, All that we can 348 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:16.839 see and all that we cannot see, all that is unseen, 349 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:21.720 it is all from the same source and all expressions 350 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:24.799 of that. I know this is the truth of who 351 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:27.599 I am, and I know that this is the truth 352 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:30.839 of everyone within the sound of my voice. I know 353 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:36.480 with every fiber of my being, everyone is a beautiful, unique, 354 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:46.640 whole and complete individualization, specializing in them only one time 355 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:50.119 around to experience this life. And so I call forth 356 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:57.759 that willingness to be unscripted in a way that liberates them, 357 00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:00.680 in a way that they experience the freedom that is 358 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:04.559 their birthright, the joy that it is at their fingertips 359 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:09.119 every time they say yes to a heart's desire every 360 00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:12.319 time they say yes to an inner knowing an inner 361 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.599 guidance and inner pulling towards a direction, towards an action, 362 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:21.000 towards a word, a relationship, a new something. Every day 363 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:25.759 being birthed anew in this way, celebrating life and accepting 364 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:29.839 all that is already theirs. It is simply opening to 365 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:35.160 these gifts, to this freedom, and to live authentically and 366 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:38.799 joyfully with every breath they take in this gift we 367 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:42.759 call life. I'm so grateful to know that this is 368 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:46.319 true for all of us, And in that gratitude, I 369 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:50.720 released this word into that cosmic womb of infinite potential, 370 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:56.119 that place an absolute, unconditional love that always says, yes, 371 00:24:57.480 --> 00:25:00.279 my beloved, and you are my beloved. It is my 372 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:03.440 love to give unto you that which is your desire, 373 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:08.079 for yours and mine are the same. I let this be, 374 00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:12.079 and we allow it to be by saying yes, yes, 375 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.920 so it is. 376 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:19.640 And so it is. Happy birthday and happy anniversary. Now, 377 00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:21.960 what is the best way for people to find out 378 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:25.920 more about richer within? To take a look at what 379 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:29.559 you're doing, to work with you, to hire you all 380 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:32.640 of the above, How do they go about that full expression. 381 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:36.000 All of the above is a very full expression on 382 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:42.279 my website Katherine Richer dot com and also on Instagram. 383 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:47.160 I also have a YouTube channel, richer Within, and would love, love, 384 00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:50.880 love the opportunity to work with everybody, and so grateful 385 00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:53.480 for your presence here and for being lights in the world. 386 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:58.480 I love it and I will never look out a 387 00:25:58.519 --> 00:26:04.680 lake in the same way us. Thank you, Kat, thank 388 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:07.799 you so much for everything. Thank you all for tuning 389 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:10.839 us in and turning us on. Remember this show will 390 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:14.240 be replayed again later on. And of course if you 391 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:17.519 go to Katherine Richard dot com, what you'll find are 392 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:20.880 richer within dot com. Either way, you'll see this showing 393 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:24.319 up in Catherine's player on our podcast page. All of 394 00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:27.279 the above is for all of you, fully expressed. We'll 395 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.160 see you next time. 396 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:36.799 I'm Starr. Thank you for investing in yourself by listening 397 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:41.759 to richer Within with me. Catherine and doctor Pat continue 398 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:45.119 this journey with us every third Monday at eleven am 399 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:51.240 Pacific on Transformation Talk Radio. Feeling inspired, visit richerwithin dot 400 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:55.640 com to explore one on one sessions, speaking engagements and 401 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.880