Have you ever taken the time to ask what’s fueling your mood? In our last episode, we explored the powerful concept of retreat – recognizing when we need to step back, regroup, and realign our energies. Your feedback was incredible, and a common thread emerged: many of you resonated with feelings of heaviness.
Today, we’re going to explore this shared experience. As someone who’s personally navigated through periods of feeling stuck or depressed, I understand the weight of these emotions. Over the years, I’ve developed strategies to shift my energy in a more positive direction, and I’m excited to share these with you.
In this episode, we’ll slow down, check our reality, and focus on what’s fueling our moods. Join me as we embark on another Wise Walk, exploring practical ways to lighten our emotional load and move forward with renewed purpose.
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- What is fueling your mood right now?
- What sounds, environments, or stimulations are impacting your mood?
- How are outside influences or noises affecting your energy and mood?
- As you notice your mood shifts based on the stimuli around you, what are you doing to be intentional about what you listen to?
- As you reflect on this past week, what are the things you are inviting into your life that have been affecting your mood, whether that’s positive or negative?
- What are you doing to change the channel if whatever you’re absorbing or whatever is being pushed upon you is negatively affecting you?
- How can you shift your energies outside of the influences, noises or situations around you, and can you make a better choice for yourself?
- What events are coming up or occur regularly in your life?
- How can you incorporate fuel to enhance your mood or create desired experiences?
- As you incorporate voices or tunes, how do they nourish you and affect your mood?
- Do you give yourself permission to tune out misaligned influences or uninvite others to be more intentional about what fuels you?
As we conclude our Wise Walk today, I encourage you to be conscious of what’s fueling or affecting your mood. Consider the choices you can make to create an enhanced experience, and don’t hesitate to cut ties with things that weigh you down or feel heavy.
Focus your energy on gaining clarity and intention around the things that are life-giving and bring in more healthy, abundant life force energy.
I’d love to hear your takeaways from today’s episode. What’s fueling your mood in positive ways? Share your thoughts and experiences with our community. As for me, I’m excited to see what choices I’ll make today as a result of our wise walk.
In this episode:
[01:23] Last episode we talked about the importance of retreating and recognizing signs and steps we need to move in a different direction.
[02:01] I received a lot of feedback on this episode. A common theme was the idea of feeling heavy.
[03:35] Intentional Listening, Music’s Power as a Channel of Communications a TEDx at Livermore talk by Donna Stoering.
[04:17] Music can heal our mood for the positive or the negative and so much more.
[07:02] There’s a lot to be said for using music as a channel of communication.
[09:22] I’ve also been using music to shift my energy. There’s dance music that really brings me joy like Pitbull radio on Spotify.
[10:25] I’m also being very conscious about what I’m watching.
[11:13] It’s scientifically proven that music can spark brain activity.
[14:38] There are so many outside influences that affect our mood including food and exercise which can all affect us at a cellular level.
[15:09] I’m cutting stuff from my life that feels heavy, because I don’t want to feel this way.
Memorable Quotes:
- “Music does have healing abilities and you can see music as a channel for joy and sadness. You know, if we’re going through grief, there’s different music that might help us cry and release that grief.” – Mary Tess
- “I don’t need to absorb any negativity that I don’t want in my life related to whatever I’m experiencing.” – Mary Tess
- “There was specific music I would listen to in order to feel like I was connected more deeply to that writing flow.” – Mary Tess
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Intentional Listening, Music’s Power as a Channel of Communications