Speaker 1: Hey, Sarah, and this is vocal dfrag. Vocal d fragging
is taking the time to listen to yourself, not out
of conceit, but rather out of replenishing, rebuilding, putting yourself
in a position of a better understanding of who, what, where, why,
when and how. I have a DFRAG journal that I
handwrite in and then I do a vocal d frag
so I can preserve the pitch, volume and tones of
the different emotions that I go through on a daily basis.
And the goal is really to have that better picture
and that better plan of how you're going to face
what is in front of you. And you know what,
what's in front of you is never really going to
be visible. It's always that second guess what happens if
it goes this way? What happens if it doesn't go
this way? We plan so much to do this and this,
but it didn't go the way that we wanted it to.
What's next? What do we do? We put ourselves in
positions of being very disappointed with our true selves. This
is vocal d frag Facing the mountain, your way up
the mountain. But is it really all about climbing or
is it about taking it down. My sabonym Master Todd
Harris and martial arts always taught us when you want
to remove a mountain, you don't climb it. You take
it away, one rock at a time. And you know,
when you first hear that, you're going, what why would
I want to take down the mountain when all I
want to do is get across the mountain. It's because
it gives you a better understanding of what the mountain
is made of, so that you can sit there and
get yourself prepared for those invisible days when you don't
understand what the next mountain is going to be. Because
that's what we are. We're explorers. We're the loosen clarks
of a brand new world. And each day we go
out there, we explore the avenues of Hey, what can
I add to my life today or what can I
remove in the way of becoming a stronger, better person
the mind, body, and soul. So in removing the mountain
instead of climbing up and over it, what you do
is you want to take it down one out of time.
I'm gonna give you a good example here. Okay, So
for the past three and a half weeks I've been
badly badly injured my right leg. I haven't been able
to walk very well. The thing is is that I
haven't let it stop me from doing these transition walks
through this forest. Now, for three and a half weeks,
I've not done a vocal defrag because I usually do
them when I'm out here in the forest. I couldn't
do it because the pain is so excruciating. The mountain
had so many cliffs. I stood there at the base
of the mountains and I can't, I can't, I can't.
My body won't let me do do doo. So therefore
I allowed the mountain to conquer my soul. Well, today,
on this walk, I was able to do something, make
it up two huge hills as part of this walk
through this forest, whereas before I couldn't do it. I
would get down one hill and have to turn around,
basically wanting to be a grown man crying because the
pain was so quick and it was so urgent in
the way of saying, I have your attention, you're not
walking anymore. You need to go and plant yourself in
a chair and complain about life. The mountain was right there,
so you take it down, one rock at a time,
understanding what is bringing you the pain, Understanding what's standing
in front of you as a wall, Understanding what depresses you,
Understanding by taking down the mountain one rock at a time.
I'm headed at heartbreak Hill right now. This is exactly
what it sounds like. It is a heartbreaker. It is
so big. Is my leg on fire? Not as bad
as it was three weeks ago, not as bad as
it was yesterday. So through taking this mountain down and
understanding where this pain is coming from and how to
heal it the right way, through the stretching, through the icing,
through the resting, I've been able to look at this
mountain and take it down one rock at a time.
And that's my challenge to you, as you defraank, learn
to ask those questions and question the answers. What is
standing in your way? What is stalin your heart? What
do you think is the reason why you're not getting
the attention you think you deserve from those around you
at work, But in fact maybe you don't need that attention.
Give yourself some attention. I'm Marilyn, and that spoke will
be Frek