Reiki, YouTube, AI and Growing with Grace with Andrea Kennedy

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Pam (00:07):
hi, and welcome to the Reiki from the Farm Podcast,
brought to you by me, Pam AllenLeBla from Hidden Brook Farm.
I am a scientist, abusinesswoman, and a licensed
Reiki master teacher with theInternational Center for Reiki
training.
Each week in this podcast,you'll be entertained as you
learn about a wide variety ofrelevant Reiki topics helping

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you become a more knowledgeableand effective Reiki
practitioner.
We caution you though thispodcast may also dramatically
improve your life.
And we are so happy that you'rehere.

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So welcome everyone to thisweek's podcast.
This week I have Andrea Kennedyhere, and we're talking about
growing your business withgrace.
So welcome, Andrea.
I'm so happy you're here.

Andrea (01:12):
I'm thrilled to be here, Pam.
Thank you so much.

Pam (01:15):
Thank you.
And before we go too far, I justwanna let you know about some of
the things we have coming uphere at the farm in October.
Both online and in person at thefarm.
I have a Reiki level one and twoclass that's followed by a
masterclass.
So the one and two is the 18thand 19th, the masterclass the

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20th and 23rd to the 23rd in,its online in evenings.
I also, the following weekend,have animal Reiki training on
October 25th and 26th.
And then the master teaching isonline on the, in the evenings
the following week.
And we just set up a newhealthcare Reiki class.

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And I know our current class isfull.
So I know people have beenlooking for these dates.
November 15th and 16th.
In the evenings.
It's a Tuesday, Wednesdayevening or Monday, Tuesday
evening, Tuesday, Wednesday, andthe 22nd and 23rd the following
week in the evenings.
So I'm excited about that.

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And we also have healthcareReiki coming up February 7th and
eighth as a weekend class.
And then I'm finally teachingUna for those of you who are
interested in an advanced Reikimasterclass.
November 17th to 20th in theevenings, I am just getting
rolling on my animalcommunication book.

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So do look for announcementsabout that.
And we do have animalcommunication classes coming up.
There's a weekend class,November 22nd and 23rd online,
swallowed by.
A, a master practitioner class,the 24th to 25th over three
evenings, and then a masterteacher class December 1st to

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third online in the evenings.
And so that's the week after ourAmerican Thanksgiving.
One of the projects that I'mreally excited about to, you
know about is in February wefinally have the dates nailed
down.
I am going to be teaching alevel one and two class,

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followed by an animal breaky oneand two class in Kenya, February
19th to the 28th.
And so if you've ever wonderedabout.
Going to Africa, I think this isgoing to be a lovely way to go.
And so people will arrive the19th just have a day to settle
in.
The next day we're going to begoing to a giraffe sanctuary and

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then long got links to a market.
Then we have four days of class.
And then on day eight we will goto or day seven an elephant
orphanage and spend some time inNairobi National Park, which is
where Jane Goodall did her greatwork.
And that following that wheelhead just a, an hour or so away

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to go to Nasha, to the Nki gamePark and have a few days there
with an animal experience.
So I am just super excited.
I'd love to, it's a destinationtrip.
So if you've ever wanted to goto Africa, thought that it might
be a bit difficult to navigatebecause I think it is, this is a

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really great way to get thattrip in.
And for anybody who's reviewingthose classes with me, as
always, you can do that at halffee.
So that might be really neat.
So there'll be more informationcoming, but I do just want you
to hold those dates if that'ssomething that you're interested
in.
Andrea, I'm going to introduceyou in a minute, but before I

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do, what do you have coming upthat you'd like to tell people
about?

Andrea (05:00):
Oh I'm really excited because I have just released
after all these years, my Reikibusiness success course.
So it's a self-paced course and.
It's phenomenal.
I think it demystifies a lot ofthe steps and it helps people
grow or refine their business ifthey've already started one.

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And I first released it in mymainstream Reiki community for
those members.
And now it's available foreveryone.
And so that's on my website,mainstream Reiki dot com.
And I am apparently teaching achanneling class in January.
You're kidding.
No, I'm, I did a channelingclass gosh, it's been over a

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year ago, just for a smalllittle group of people and I
just invited them to it and itwas great and the feedback was
wonderful and then I didn'treally do it again.
But lately all that part of mywork, that part of what I'm
offering.
Publicly has just really gottena lot more prominent for me.

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I've noticed

Pam (06:09):
it in your newsletters, Andrea.

Andrea (06:11):
Yeah.
And so apparently I'm teachingthis class I'll have a lot of
help.
If they read my newsletter, theyknow, the Emissaries of Light,
they're also on my YouTubechannel.

Pam (06:22):
I love that

Andrea (06:23):
it's really their class.
And I'm showing up for it, butit'll be called Channel Your
Divine Self.
Nice.
And yeah.
And a lot of the things I'mdoing are shifting right now.
Even my own podcast when thisairs.
We'll be in season six and we'llhave a new name.

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How about that?
So whatcha

Pam (06:46):
doing it now?

Andrea (06:48):
What resonates?

Pam (06:50):
I love it.

Andrea (06:51):
And, before all the listeners here that we share.
They know it as beyond the ReikiGateway.
Gateway.

Pam (06:58):
Exactly.

Andrea (06:59):
Yeah.
And it's been a wonderfuljourney, but what resonates is
speaking to the future, becausefor me, this new dawn that we're
in is all about individualstuning into what resonates for
them.

Pam (07:20):
Yeah.

Andrea (07:20):
And that's the be, that's the foundation for their
decision making in their life.
And my philosophy is, when youfollow what resonates, how can
you not live a meaningful andpurposeful and joyful life?

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So that's what we're doing.
We, I'm rebranding everything atthe moment, but it'll all be
live.
I believe our first episode iscoming out the 8th of October of
the new season.
So what resonates?
Yeah, so nothing stays the sameat mainstream Reiki and the
podcast, I have to say.

Pam (08:04):
I love that though.
And I think you're absolutelyright.
We've and Colleen Vanilli and Italk regularly and we've been
talking about that for a while.
The fact that we're moving outof that age of an outer
authority and into an innerauthority and what you're saying
is exactly right.
And I, it just occurs to me, wehave so much in common in this,

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in the way that, we want to helpother Reiki practitioners get
their businesses out there andlearn from learn more
efficiently from some of thethings that took us longer to
sort out and get through.
And and that's the reason forthis podcast as well, is to see
if we can help people there.
So thank you so much for beinghere, Andrea.

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I just, my

Andrea (08:48):
pleasure.
Thank you so much for invitingme.

Pam (08:51):
Oh my gosh.
This is it's always fun.
I always enjoy it.
And so I do want to just tellpeople a little bit about you,
Andrea, before we jump into aninvocation and some questions.
And you are a Reiki masterteacher and also an energy
intuitive, a channel like,that's another thing we have in

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common.
With over 25 years ofexperience, you teach Reiki
around the world.
You host the mainstream ReikiYouTube channel and beyond the
Reiki Gateway podcast, which isbecoming what resonates.
And you've got a mainstreamReiki community, which I think
is just brilliant and a globalmembership space for Reiki

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practitioners to learn, grow,and connect.
So I am really excited to haveyou here with us today.
Thanks.
Thanks

Andrea (09:43):
again.
Thank you.

Pam (09:45):
So folks I'm just wondering if I can just invite everybody
to go ahead and activate Reikitoday, whatever way that works
for you, and maybe place yourhands over your heart or your
voice, your throat chakra, orwherever you feel guided, and

(10:08):
just breathe into taking themessages from this podcast that
are meant for you.
What resonates, and the purposeof this podcast is to just
encourage you to considerstretching yourself and to use

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technology in a way that helpsyou get the word out.
And so if there's anyresistance.
To stretching and growing, toallowing your voice to be heard,
to speaking up and showing up inyour truth.

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And I just encourage you to lookwithin and notice where in your
body or in your mind, yourspirit, your emotions that the
resistance exists, and justallow it to release from you.
Now, just notice that the Reikienergy is floating around you.

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It's everywhere, and it just tegently teases any fear, any
tension, any resistance that'sthere for any reason, any
conditioning.
It just gently teases it out ofyour body and your being, and

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just lets it go so that you canbe open to the possibility of
sharing your voice and sharingyourself and sharing your truth
today.
And we take a moment to justthank you for being here.

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We appreciate how precious yourtime is, and we're so grateful
that you choose to share it withus.
And we thank you for being thelight that you are in the world,
just being you.
You make the world a betterplace.

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So thank you, Aho.
Andrea, I've watched yourjourney for a while now.
I guess we've been friends forsome time and I just, you just
never cease to amaze me with allof the things that you're

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constantly doing and, we have somuch in common with our science
background.
Our, the sort of, the ways thatour businesses have evolved.
They've almost done so inparallel.
And sometimes you go thisdirection and I go that.
And yet there they're sosimilar.
And so I thought, you know whata perfect guest to have on to

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talk about this subject.
Can you tell us a little bitabout your journey?
What inspired you to start yourYouTube channel?
What happened when you did, whatresistances did you come up with
along the way?
I'm just gonna lob this backover to you and ask you to tell
us all about that because I knowYouTube really I remember when

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it really took off for you and Ithought you'd be an excellent
person to tell us about that.

Andrea (13:46):
Oh yeah.
Thank you so much.
I will say that, honestly,YouTube was a happy accident.
Really.
I was seeing clients in personhere.
I'm in Michigan, and this was mysecond Reiki business because I
used to live in Idaho, and so Istarted a business there.

(14:08):
It started with animals.
That was a whole nother lifetimeago it seems but when we got
here to Michigan and gotsettled, I decided, now's the
time.
So I started my Reiki businesshere.
From total scratch.
I didn't even know a one personwhen we moved here.
Wow.
And so I started it and thingsstarted well.

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So my clientele picked up and,that there's so much I could
say.
But things grew.
And then by the time it was, Iwould say early summer of 2019,
I was pretty busy.
I had a full schedule.
I had clients that were comingregularly.

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I had a really good foundation.
I was teaching Reiki classes inperson, and my office was
actually in a facility withmedical offices.
It was a dream.
It was a dream.
And so I was really happy.
And then one day I came homefrom seeing clients all day, and
my husband says, you shouldstart a YouTube channel.

(15:14):
I thought, what are you eventalking about?
I didn't watch YouTube except tofix my dishwasher one time,
'cause my dishwasher broke.
So I had looked on YouTube forif I had a need, like that.
Yeah.
But I never thought aboutYouTube and Reiki and me.
So I have learned though, thatmy husband, he's pretty good.

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He is pretty tuned in himself.
And he's a wise individual.

Pam (15:44):
So

Andrea (15:45):
I never just write off stuff that he says.
So it struck me as weird and alittle crazy, and I thought,
what would I do on YouTube?
That was my initial reaction.
And then over the coming weeks,I guess I started looking on
YouTube and I thought, what'sout there?

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And some of the things I saw.
I will say I reacted to,

Pam (16:12):
I remember those days.

Andrea (16:14):
Yeah.
Be I reacted to those thingsbecause I thought that is not
how I would present Reiki to theworld.
Yeah.
And it's not that there'sanything wrong with the other
people out there, that wasn't mything, but it was like my
feeling inside was, I think Ihave something I could say that

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would be a little bit differentor, I think I have some helpful
information.
And I would say that was thetotal driver is trying to be
helpful.
If I do this, I could helppeople.
I didn't know anything about theplatform or how to make videos
or what was important or analgorithm.
I didn't know anything.

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And I would just say I followedeach step because it just felt
like it was in resonance, itjust felt like a good idea.
It felt like, yeah, okay.
I could take the next step, and,but I didn't know where it was
going.
I had no grand plan and I madethe first video and I just used

(17:20):
my cell phone, I think.
Yeah.
I had an old iPhone.

Pam (17:24):
Yeah.

Andrea (17:24):
And the microphone there.
And so it was very low tech andI started and then I would say
that December was December,2019.
I had 320 something subscribers.

Pam (17:45):
Wow.
Which is a lot to start offwith.

Andrea (17:48):
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think the first video came outin June.
Or so, June or July of 2019.
And I know it was about 320because I, my heart skipped a
beat one day because mysubscriber count went down like
20, like at one time.
And I thought, oh wow, thingshave changed.

(18:11):
But we could probably allrelate, because remember social
media, like when we first gotstarted and the light count
might go down.
Yeah, I know.
In those days I was like oh no.

Pam (18:21):
Yeah.
What did I do?
Yeah.
And what could I do better?

Andrea (18:25):
Yes.
And so it's all a journey,right?
Yes.
But I remember the count wentdown and my younger son said,
oh, mom, he's it's nothing.
He says, that's a YouTube thing,they'll probably reappear in a
couple of days.
And I thought that doesn't makeany sense.
Sure enough, there they were.
And I was like, oh.
And that taught me, don't worryabout the numbers.
Just the, I obviously couldn'trely on them very well.

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And then then what ended uphappening was yeah, what ended
up happening was I had made thefirst distant Reiki video on my
channel, and I never had theplan to do that.
And honestly, Pam, I didn't knowif it would even work, and I did
not go on YouTube, and I did nothave sessions from other Reiki

(19:12):
people on YouTube, to try itout, because that didn't feel
right to me.
But one day I was at my officeand it just came in oh, just do
one of those videos.
And I thought, okay, whatever.
But I had some time and I justused my laptop.
It was.

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The microphone picked up allkinds of extra noises.
It sounded terrible.
The camera in my laptop wasn'tgood, so it was grainy.
And the last time I'll say this,the whole time that I'm have my
hands up and I'm doing Reiki, inmy mind I'm thinking, is this
even working?

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I look ridiculous.
And so I'm having this wholedoubting thing while I'm
supposed to be offering theviewer Reiki.
And I had no idea if it wouldeven work.
It was ridiculous, the level ofmental chatter I had going on
and self-doubt and all thethings.

Pam (20:11):
But what I, but it was new.
It was new.
You would be thinking all ofthose things like,

Andrea (20:16):
yeah.
Yeah.
I think so.
But here's the weird part.
The last time I looked, and itwas a while, it was a while ago,
it was over 700,000 views onthat video.
And for the quality of thatvideo, it is astounding to me
that out of every video I'veever done for YouTube, that is

(20:37):
the number one video I, at leastthe last time I checked, but I
wouldn't be surprised if it was.
And I like to, I like thatstory, because one of the things
I wanna say isn't it great thatReiki just works?
And it doesn't depend on yourself-doubt, and it doesn't
depend on the mental chatter.

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It just works.
And thank goodness, becausewithout that video would've been
a disaster.
In the next March, though.
We had the pandemic start.

Pam (21:10):
Yes.

Andrea (21:11):
And they closed my office because there was a
assisted living in that same onewing of my building.

Pam (21:18):
Okay.

Andrea (21:18):
And those rules and regulations were really tight.
And so they actually closed downthe whole facility.
So I didn't have an office, so Itook everything, home.
And we were all in a strangeplace at that point.
And then somebody contacted mebecause I was doing a monthly

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Reiki share for my students andthe public at that point.
But someone contacted me in themidst of all of the pandemic
uncertainty and at thebeginning, and they said, what
are you gonna do for us?
And my knee jerk reaction was,what do you mean what am I gonna
do for you?
I'm, I don't know which way isup either,

Pam (22:03):
yeah.

Andrea (22:04):
And then I sat with that and I thought, wow what can I
do?
Is there something I can do?
And the thing I came up with wasthe livestream, the weekly
livestream.
And in those days it was everyweek.
And I didn't wanna do it, but Ithought, I wanna be helpful.

Pam (22:24):
Yes.

Andrea (22:25):
And that's just always been the driver for me, is if I
can be helpful and I have thecapability, I wanna do it.
So I started those live streams.
And again, the tech wasterrible.
I would.
Spend all this time writingsomething or finding a
meditation, and I get so nervousbeforehand and I would be

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shaking.
I sat on my floor right overthere and I had my camera and
oh, I was so relieved when itwould be over, because oh, it
was scary, to put myself out.
I remember

Pam (23:01):
my first podcast, Andrea, and probably the only reason
I've got, I think, 190 podcastsout now.
But I think the only reason Idid it was I promised people
that I would, yes.
And I went on and I did anintroduction and I said, my
first podcast will be out nextweek.
And then I had to figure it outand I was, you are, you're so

(23:22):
scared to stretch yourself likethat, but Reiki said to do it.
And so you, you do it and

Andrea (23:29):
yeah.
It was so I'll never forget oneof the, one of the viewers on
YouTube, and I even remember hishandle.
He made a comment and he sayssomething, he was complimentary,
but he said.
Turn your phone sideways.

(23:50):
Oh.
Because you, I was vertical onYouTube.
And so that just, that justillustrates how much I didn't
know, but I was doing it anyway.
And that's what I wouldencourage people to do is just
move.
Just move.
And the universe will supportyou.

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Because when you're in motionenergy moves, you're creating a
current, you're creating a path.
And I think one of our biggeststumbling blocks is we often
wanna know the destination.
Before we set off on thejourney.
Because why wouldn't we?

(24:32):
That would be nice.
But here's my thing.
It's I want us to revisit thatbecause you don't wanna know the
destination.
You really don't because whenyou create on the fly, when you
create, based on what happenedfive minutes ago yesterday in

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what comes to you in thismoment, that is alive, that is
dynamic and that is the mostleading edge kind of way to show
up in the world.
And so I don't wanna know mydestination, I just really wanna
know the next thing that I'mdoing.
And if I resonate with that andI just keep doing that, I'm

(25:15):
gonna end up in a place that isreally phenomenal feeling, at
least to me.
But that's how I roll.

Pam (25:25):
I agree with you completely.
I I'm still at a loss about whyI was told to run politically.
I still don't understand thatand I, but I go back to and so
often I do jump off the ledgewithout knowing where I'm going.
And I think that is important toI love that, just keep in motion

(25:47):
and keep those waves goingbecause yeah, I still don't know
why, but I'm sure that in a fewyears I'll look back and go, oh,
okay.
That was a building.
Block or a step to somethingelse.
And so you just listen, I think,and I think Reiki can take you

(26:07):
there.
And I keep going back tosomething William Rand said
Andrea, he said that he justreceives the next step and the
next step.
And because he can't it isn't,he isn't capable of envisioning
where he's going to.
He looks back at his life and hesays, if I had known where we

(26:27):
were going, I would've shut itdown.
I would've thought, no, that'snot possible.
So I think in a way, we're goingto a place that we don't have
the context to understand, orthat's beyond what we can
foresee.

Andrea (26:42):
Yeah, I totally agree with that.
Totally.
And the world is changing soquickly now.
It's funny, I was just having aconversation the other day.
And we were laughing aboutfloppy disks and dial up
internet,

Pam (26:59):
and

Andrea (27:01):
remember dial up, internet

Pam (27:02):
dial up.

Andrea (27:03):
Oh my gosh.
That's, but the weird thing is,we for dial up, it's crazy to
think that's, we thought thatwas so great and we'd sit there
and we'd wait and it would ringand the whole thing, and now
look at where things are.
But we could never have satthere at that moment and known

(27:26):
we would be at this placetechnologically, where you can
just type in to a website andhave all of this information
brought to you.
Like with AI, I guess is whatI'm talking about.
But from Dialup, what, 20, 30years ago?

(27:46):
I think we were at Dialup timefor internet connections.
And now look at us.
Smartphones in our pockets.

Pam (27:54):
I know ai, it's more information on your phone than
what used to be in a library.
Yeah.
At your fingertips.

Andrea (28:02):
Yeah.
In real time

Pam (28:04):
like that.
In real time, yeah.
Yes.

Andrea (28:07):
It's phenomenal.
So we, the children of today,they're gonna be doing things in
the world that we have noconcept of right now.

Pam (28:15):
Yeah.

Andrea (28:16):
And that's a wonderful thing.
That's a, we don't wanna, wehave no way, because we'd be
limiting ourselves by settinggoals based on what we know
today.

Pam (28:26):
I think that's such an important concept, Andrea, and
that kind of leads us into aquestion of AI because
personally I do use it and Iknow that there are people, it's
relatively new, and there arepeople who have some fear around
it.
And and I can understand that,but I keep thinking back Colleen

(28:49):
and I had a conversation aroundsocial media and the fact that
because there was fear aboutsocial media, years ago, and the
fact that.
It's important to put highfrequency, high vibration
energies into technology.
And you got started withtechnology because how can I

(29:13):
help?
And that's exactly the sameconversation that was going on
with me.
Only I was really resistingtechnology.
And when I was in London in theairport, and flights were being
grounded and borders wereclosing and everybody was
freaking out.
And I was cool as a cucumber.

(29:34):
I just knew oh my gosh,everybody needs Reiki at times
like this.
But then I got overwhelmed.
I thought, I'm only one Reikiteacher.
How can I impact?
How can I help if I'm just oneperson?
And that's when I heard, yeah,but you're in a position of
leadership.
You have an MBA, and yet it wasstill really difficult for you

(29:56):
to start your business.
So help other people.
With their businesses and you'vegotta get over your fear of
technology because that is howyou reach people.
So did any of those fears showup for you?
And I guess I look at ai, I am acreative as well, and a channel,

(30:18):
but I can get very scattered.
And I love AI because I'll putmy ideas in and it will organize
'em for me.
And it's oh, there, now it makessense to everybody else what I,
what my daughters do havediagnosed me with A DHD.
But I think that might be aI isreally useful for providing that

(30:39):
structure around these creativeideas.
And I also believe it can bereally useful to put that high
vibration energy into it.
And so I've got a few ways thatI use it, a few tips and tricks,
but did you find any resistancewith the technology?

(31:00):
It sounds like you were reallytrusting did you run into any
obstacles and then how did youdeal with them and how are you
working with AI now?

Andrea (31:09):
Yeah technology I guess in general, I've been on board
with it because for me there'sbetter living through
technology.
Yes.
If we look at just, this is alittle off track, but in
medicine.
Oh my goodness.
Technology has completelyrevolutionized what is possible

(31:36):
for our healthcare.
We have devices and differentthings like that now that can be
used.
There's so much technology inthat field, but what we're
talking about with applicationsfor Reiki people and people who
wanna help, in, in a field morelike this, I would say for
myself I was, I've hadintimidation and what's funny

(32:01):
right now is I have a reallyfancy camera over there.
Because, shouldn't all YouTubecha, shouldn't all big YouTube
channels have the fancy camera?
So I have the fancy cam.
Do I use it?
No I'm intimidated by it, so Istill use my camera.
That's built into.
My iMac Pro because I'mcomfortable with that using too.

(32:24):
Yeah.
I'm comfortable with that.
Okay.
Even my iPhone would have abetter camera than the one I'm
using.
I think it goes to maybe my mainmessage when it comes to my
relationship with technology andmaybe even broader than that.
And it's, I'm gonna utilize whatI can, whether it be social
media, YouTube technology, ai.

(32:50):
I'm gonna use all of it my way.
So I'm not going to do the normor what's expected.
I'm gonna use it my way.

Pam (33:00):
And

Andrea (33:01):
I get to decide how that is.
I get to feel good about it.
And for YouTube, for example,the main thing, a lot of people
join YouTube and the thing is, Ineed to get enough subscribers
and hours watched and all ofthat so I can monetize and do
ads.
And I didn't do that because Ithought wait a minute.

(33:24):
I want the experience to be thebest for the people who will
come to the channel, becausethat's most helpful.
And, I did a Reiki meditationonce on YouTube, which yeah, I
told you a few minutes ago.
I never went before I started mychannel.

(33:45):
I never, really went and didthat.
There came a time and I thought,I'm gonna, I'm gonna give this
one a try.
And an ad came right in themiddle.
I said, you know what?
Never again, because my energywas so in such a beautiful
place.

Pam (34:00):
And my

Andrea (34:00):
eyes were closed, and then an ad hit me and I went,
whoa.
And I said, forget that I'mnever gonna have an ad on a
healing video.
I just never will do it.

Pam (34:10):
I didn't even, I've never even attempted to put ads on my
YouTube.

Andrea (34:15):
Oh they'll put it on for you.
Seriously.
Okay.
Oh yeah.
If you haven't looked at yourcha.
So what I would suggest is getan in, don't be yourself when
you go to your YouTube channel.
Go incognito browser orsomething like that.
And look at it like a viewer

Pam (34:31):
Yeah.

Andrea (34:32):
Who's not subscribed.
Yeah.
And go play some of your videosand see if there are ads

Pam (34:38):
where they Oh yeah.
They put ads.
Just, okay.
Yeah.
Because they can.

Andrea (34:43):
And my early time on YouTube, it was strange because.
I was going to, I wasn't opposedto ads at the beginning'cause I
didn't know enough at thatpoint.
So I started the application todo ads when I could be approved.

(35:03):
But it was this weirdtechnological glitch and it
wouldn't let me finish because Ithought, at least if I have the
ability to do the ads, then Ican still sign up and still
choose not to do them.
That was my thinking.
I could have maybe choice, butthere was this glitch in the
process of when I applied and Icouldn't figure it out.

(35:27):
And in hindsight it was theuniverse.
It was my guidance comingthrough to help me.

Pam (35:38):
Yeah,

Andrea (35:39):
to help me know at that time.
But here's the weird part.
I think it was the glitch in theprocess.
It made YouTube ignore mychannel.
It was like it put me in thewaiting no way, queue or
something.
Okay.
And so no, no ads were appearingon my channel and I was like,

(35:59):
wow, this is cool.
And I thought it was like thatfor everybody, but I learned
later.
No.
So it was just this really weirdglitch.
And then when I reached ahundred thousands subscribers, I
think this was like lastNovember, oh, somebody noticed
my channel in the YouTubeuniverse and went, holy cow, we

(36:19):
have not been making any revenueon this channel.
And I was at the hair salon andI picked up my phone and
somebody in all caps said thatthey were just interrupted on a
healing video with an ad.
And I went, what?
That can't be right.
So as soon as I was done at thesalon, I came home and I looked,

(36:42):
oh my gosh.
I had been discovered by YouTubeand they were putting ads on my
videos and I freaked out.
And I, I tell you, Pam, I thinkI was in tears a little bit.
Not it was just so unsettlingbecause to me, yeah, it's

Pam (36:57):
unsettling for me.
I didn't know there were ads onmine.

Andrea (37:00):
And I'm not saying that

Pam (37:01):
there are, but there probably are.
Could be.
Probably are.
Yeah.
I had no idea.
And and I don't do ads on mypodcast'cause I don't like that

Andrea (37:07):
yep, yep.
I'm with you on that too.
But I, yeah and I freaked out alittle bit and so I thought, oh
my gosh, what do I do?
And I thought I have to join thepartner program.
And so then I went and theglitch was still there and I
thought, ah, what do I doanyway?
Like lightning speed, everythingworked out and I was approved

(37:29):
within 48 hours, which.
They often will tell you it cantake at least a month to get
approved.
Once the approval came through,I was able to choose.
That's why you wanna join thepartner program.
Okay?
So you can turn off ads or youcan decide you can turn them
off.

Pam (37:47):
Okay?
You can

Andrea (37:48):
turn'em off.
And you get a lot offlexibility.
But anyway, you just don't knowwhat you don't know.
And that's okay.
And I'm sorry that kind of tookus off the detour, but No, this
is

Pam (37:59):
exactly what I wanted to talk with you about.
I'm like, I'm sure, because Ihaven't even been, I've, this is
embarrassing, but my podcast Iwas interviewing William one day
and we were just about to startthe podcast and I said, yeah,
William, I'm thinking of maybe.
Do you know, it was suggestedthat I do the podcast in video

(38:22):
as well and put them on YouTubeand he goes, great, let's start
today.
And I didn't have makeup on.
I didn't, I was like, did I combmy hair today?
And, but I wasn't gonna say noto William Rand.
And so I was like okay.
I had no idea what I was doing.
That was my first video, wasthat one.

(38:43):
And then I just, I continuedwith it.
But recently I used DS script tojust put the, put my intro and
the music and stuff with mypodcast.
And recently it's, it change.
They're always changing.
And just as I get used to howsomething works, it changes.
And I'm not great at adapting tonew ways of doing things.

(39:09):
It takes me a little, a fewminutes.
And so I haven't been able tofigure out how to get my podcast
onto YouTube.
I'm way behind.
Oh no.
And I just figured it out lastweek, but now I have to go back
and take all the podcasts thatI've done for the last few
months and get them over toYouTube.
I don't know.

(39:29):
This is embarrassing.
I don't really know how YouTubeworks very well

Andrea (39:33):
you know what's interesting too about YouTube is
and I haven't fact checked this,but I have heard they have never
taken down a video

Pam (39:41):
really.

Andrea (39:42):
Unless they're, unless it's goes against their violence
policy or something like that,maybe.
But the very first videopublished, I think is still
there.
You could still find it, andthat's pretty remarkable.
As far as all the platforms go,I really love YouTube because.
You can put what you want there,and it lives, and people can

(40:07):
visit anytime they want to.
The algorithms on Instagram andFacebook, it's a constant churn
and burn, as a creator on thoseplatforms, it's rough, because
it's what was your last reel?
What was your la everything'sfast moving on there.
So I really have enjoyedYouTube.
There's a lot with YouTube thatI could do that I have not done.

(40:28):
They give you so many differentanalytics and things, and they
have even now put AI in so thatit will give you inspirations
about future new videos to dofor your channel.
It will generate for youthumbnails, the whole nine yards
that, so YouTube in and ofitself has ai.

(40:48):
I haven't used that really.
I went and clicked on it alittle bit and, but what I was
saying about AI and all of thesethings is, I don't have a fear
about these things because to meit's up to me.

Pam (41:02):
If I

Andrea (41:02):
put garbage into chat, GPT, I'll get garbage back,
yeah.
If I give my power to chat GPTand let chat GPT run my life,
that's my choice.
I use AI to help me, number one,brainstorm because I only have
my perspective and I wanna knowa wider range of topics that are

(41:30):
of interest to people ordifferent ways to look at
something.
And so I use AI to brainstormfor things.
And I have to tell you, it'shugely helpful because I only
know what I know, and that'spretty limited, aI's very
helpful and it'll organizethings.

(41:51):
That's what

Pam (41:51):
I love.

Andrea (41:52):
Yeah.
It's very organizing.

Pam (41:54):
It'll organize them.
Yeah.

Andrea (41:55):
Yeah.
And so there's huge potential.
Somebody on YouTube you, mementioned people sometimes have
fear about it.

Pam (42:03):
And

Andrea (42:03):
I've seen that too on YouTube in comments that people
make on my videos.
One of the popular formats thatI have are the eight hour
videos.
And one just came out thismorning, but I just take a
shorter video and then I have myvideo editor.
I used to do all of this myself,and I have to tell you, oh my

(42:23):
goodness, what a joy it is tohave help.
I don't have that yet,

Pam (42:28):
but I'm working on it.

Andrea (42:29):
Yes.
And so what he'll do is he'lltake it and he'll loop the video
he'll edit it a certain way, andthen he'll loop it basically.
So the original beginning isthere and the original ending is
there, and in between it's alooped segment.

Pam (42:46):
And it

Andrea (42:47):
extends it to the eight hours.
And a lot of people reallyappreciate having that extended
version.
But it's interesting to mebecause people will say, I can't
believe that you gave Reiki foreight hours.
And I put right in thedescription.
It's an extended version of theshorter loop too.
It's I'm not trying to say I amdoing this for eight hours, but

(43:09):
the funny thing is to me thatsome of'em, they think it's ai
and it's and they're put off byit, or they, criticize me like,
you shouldn't be doing ai.
And it's I'm not doing ai, but Ithink we need to understand that
AI can be any number of things,but not everybody is utilizing

(43:31):
AI for negative purposes or tofool you.
Or it can, it's, isn't it likeeverything, Pam, it's like you
can use it for help.
Yeah.
And positivity and you can alsouse it for other reasons and
other motivations, but that'severything.
So as long as we bring ourselvesand our authenticity to whatever

(43:58):
it is that we're investing ourenergy into, I just don't see a
problem with that.

Pam (44:05):
No.
It's like a match can burn ahouse down or cook your food.
So which do you want to use itfor?
And I just thought this would bea great place to share a couple
of my tips or some of the waysthat we have used it.
And that is oh, sorry.
I just had to look outside for aminute'cause it looked like

(44:26):
there was smoke, but they'reactually doing some cleaning and
we've had some wildfires in myregion.
So it's dust, not smoke.
But yeah, it's one of the thingsI've done even with healthcare
Reiki, is I'll record mychanneling, our channeling with
Tracy.

(44:46):
The energy comes through withall kinds of great information.
And so I record our Zoom meetingevery Friday, and then I use the
transcript and I get chat tosummarize the transcript.
And so then when we're trying toput things together I'll say,
okay, give us all theinformation about this section.

(45:08):
And we might have talked aboutit in six different meetings
that were scattered and it justpulls everything together so
that we can, we can utilize itand.
I'll tell it like, okay, I wannacreate this meditation and
here's what I want in it, andhere's what I want it to do.
And I've also taken anddownloaded several meditations

(45:30):
that I've just channeled andreally been proud of and said,
look, this is, memorize this asmy style of meditation.
And so then I'll say, Hey, thisis, I'd like you to use my style
of meditation and I want you tocreate a meditation, and we're
going here and we're doing this.
And we're like, and so I'll justoutline it all, but it can be in

(45:51):
any helter skelter order and itjust pulls it together for me.
And is it the final meditation?
No, not usually, but it's astarting point so that I'm not
starting with a blank page.
And then I can go in andoccasionally, like you said,
brainstorming occasionally itbrings in something that I'm
like.
Oh, I never thought of that.

(46:12):
I really like that.
And then occasionally it bringsin something that I'm like, I
would never say that.
And that's not even what I askedit to do.
Yes.
Yeah, and I'll fix it, but Iknow recently I was really
specific in everything that,that, because the meditation had
come through in a session and Iwas, but it wasn't one that I

(46:35):
had recorded.
And but I just, from memory, Iwas really specific in what I
wanted the meditation to do fromwhat I recalled.
And it pulled it together sobeautifully as we read it.
There were tears in our eyes.
We were like, yes, that'sexactly what we, that organized
it perfectly.
That's exactly what we wanted itto do and say.

(46:55):
So I love that about it.
And I find that even downloadingsome writing in and saying,
memorize this as my writingstyle now write me an outline
about this and then I can fillit in.
So yeah, there's so many thingsthat AI can help us do.

Andrea (47:14):
Oh, completely.
I mentioned rebranding thepodcast.
Yeah.
So what was, I used AI for thatbecause I knew I wanted to
change it.
I felt that very clearly, but Ididn't know the name for it and

(47:34):
what I decided to do, I had donewhat you had already mentioned
too, where I gave it differentarticles I had written.
Yeah.
And I taught it who I was.
Yes, I'm on YouTube.
Here's my channel, here's my,this, here's my podcast, here's
this.
And so I educated the platformchat, GPTI educated that about

(47:57):
who I am, how I write.
And then that was earlier.
But when I went to do thepodcast, I told it what I asked
it, tell me everything you knowabout my podcast.
And so it, it told meeverything.
It remembered from my podcast.
I said, okay, here's where I am.

(48:19):
I feel like I wanna change my,here.
I want a whole brand shift here.
And so there's mainstream Reikiand if I had a parent company
name Pam, I've never said thispublicly, it would be called
Mainstream Resonance.
That would be my parent companyname.
And now this new podcast is whatresonates with a question mark,

(48:42):
because that's the listener orthe viewer on YouTube.
That's the question for them.
What resonates?
And so what I put into chat GPTthough, because I didn't have
the podcast name yet, was mybrand philosophy.

Pam (48:55):
Yeah.

Andrea (48:55):
What is coming up for me right now?
What have I done?
What is really pulling meforward?
What is the vision that I have?
What's got my heart's attention?
And I told it all of thesethings.
What I know today about who Iam, what I do, and where I feel

(49:15):
I'm going.
And then I asked it to, suggestnames for the podcast and they
were all very chat GPT sounding.
And I looked, this is the coolthing because it's it's like a
dialogue, right?
And anytime we're in a dialoguewith a person or even chat GBT,

(49:36):
you're gonna get input.
So the AI is giving me ideas andI'm going, oh, no.
That's not right for thisreason.
I that a little bit.
That word's totally wrong.
But you see it, it ignites thatprocess in my own mind of
discernment.

(49:57):
And I, it helps me feel my wayforward to what is really true
for me.
I'm not relying on it to tell methe truth.
I'm allowing it to have thatdialogue so I can arrive and
decide at my own truth.
And you know what is funny?
It gave me all these things andI just kept answering back.

(50:19):
I'll, I never would use thatword.
And it'll say, it was like thankyou for the input, or whatever.
But it was just really cool.
And it was about 4:00 AM when Iwas doing this with my laptop.
And then all of a sudden whatresonates came to my own mind.
It wasn't a chat GPT thing.
And I was like, huh.

(50:39):
So I typed that in.
I said, what about, whatresonates with a question mark?
And it was so cool because itcomes back something like, this
is a brilliant idea.
I have to admit.
I just was like, oh, yay.
It thinks I had a brilliantidea.
So it's fun, but that's what Ijust don't take it too

(51:01):
seriously.
It's just, it's like having ateam member.

Pam (51:06):
Yeah.

Andrea (51:06):
And it, it doesn't, it only has the power you give it,
it only has the power you allowit to have.
So I just don't think it'sanything to fear.

Pam (51:19):
At

Andrea (51:19):
least not how I engage with it,

Pam (51:21):
yeah.

Andrea (51:22):
And I can't control what other people do, the government
or other people, if they wannacreate videos that are fake and,
it's like AI is here, they're,and it's like the floppy disc
and the dial up internet.
Do we really wanna, do you wannastay stagnant?
I don't.

(51:44):
I'm not gonna get a typewriterout that doesn't plug into the
wall because, for whateverreason I'm gonna stay in the
current, literally.
So what's current and thecurrent of energy I'm surfing,
I'm gonna ride those waves andI'll use it for my own purposes.

Pam (52:02):
And I think, Colleen, working with Colleen as my
mentor in the licensed teacherprogram, she's a decade older
than I am, and this womanembraces technology and her
philosophy is, look, it can helpus reach more people.
And when I looked at it thatway, I was like yes, obviously I

(52:23):
wanna help more people, so if itcan, and it is funny though
because it's not, technology hasnever been natural for me, and I
do find that when Holy Fireupgraded and we did start
teaching online, I love teachingonline now.
It's probably my favorite way toteach because it's just,
everybody's so comfortable intheir own environment and

(52:46):
everybody, when it's lunchbreak, you actually can take the
dogs for a walk or, and itcosts, it's got a lower
environmental footprint.
It takes, it, it costs people somuch less money and they're able
to access classes that theymight not have been able to
access.
So it I do love teaching online,but I certainly, I resisted that

(53:07):
in the beginning.
So have you found any resistanceas as you've been getting into
these things?
Because it does for me, it takesme a while to figure it out and,
although my husband has alwayssaid, just go to YouTube.
There's it'll teach you how todo anything.
And he like your husband, he's alittle more in touch and so he's

(53:27):
often helping me with things.
I found that Reiki has justreally helped me overcome the
resistance and shown me that youknow how to find things.
And what have you noticed withthat?

Andrea (53:39):
Yeah, I would agree.
There is so much out there thatyou cannot possibly learn it all
or know it all.
And even if you do learn it, youalready mentioned with DS script
when I first Dscr is a greatprogram for anybody looking for
that kind of thing.
And it has come so far.
But anyway, they change it allthe time.

(54:01):
And so I agree with yourhusband.
Just as I

Pam (54:03):
get used to it, they

Andrea (54:04):
change it.
Yeah.
And.
Even on YouTube, sometimes youcan't find the most UpToDate,
help videos because, they gottalearn it too and then put the
videos out.
But, for me I guess what I wouldsay is what my relationship with

(54:25):
technology and learning what Ineed to learn, it's always just
been driven by what I need rightnow.
I think in the old days, I'dprobably remember when we bought
the discs at the Best Buy storeor something, and then you went
and installed them.
Wow.
And isn't that, the old model,oh, I need a program.

(54:46):
I'm gonna go buy the program andlearn this program.
And now it's just a snippet hereand a snippet there, and this
platform and that platform.
And so I don't, honestly, I havevery little.
Comprehensive knowledge aboutany one major software program
or anything.

(55:07):
I just know what I know to getby doing what I wanna do, right?
So I have an issue I remember Istarted it was YouTube and I
was, I think it was my firstchakra series that I did.

(55:27):
And back in those days it wasIGTV, like Instagram, tv.
I don't even think they have itanymore.
But I had this vision in mymind, that's so common.
It's probably common for youtoo.
But I see it in my mind and Igo, Ooh, yes, that's what I
wanna put out there.

(55:47):
And then I go, okay, how do I dothat?
How do I do that?
Yes, exactly.
And so then I'm like, okay.
So what do I know that I need todo?
What are my first steps?
And then you start there andit's okay, but now how do I do
that?
And then I wouldn't, I didn'tknow how to do a lot of these
things.
And so when I would run upagainst that, then it's search

(56:09):
it online, watch a YouTubevideo.
That kind of thing.
And I remember that series.
I was trying to put it on thatInstagram tv.
And then once I found, Iactually found a video where a
lady was walking through acertain process.
It was a workflow, and it was sohelpful.
And I just kept her video on oneside of my screen and I would

(56:32):
follow along.
So it was so helpful.
And then because it was a chakraseries.
I had seven, I was doing theseven videos.
It like lived on my computerscreen and it was me and it
would be 11 o'clock at night.
I work a lot and, but I don'tmind because it's all about who

(56:55):
I am and what I'm here to do.
So I would sit in here in thewee hours and I would work on it
and it would be exciting to me.
But that's really myrelationship with it.
And I don't think I hesitatewith technology.
I'm not overwhelmed that muchwith it.
It's just one thing at a time.

(57:15):
One thing at a time.
But it's frustrating though whenthey change it and then

Pam (57:21):
I just figured out how to do that.
I

Andrea (57:23):
know.
Yeah.
You change.
Yes.

Pam (57:26):
Yeah.

Andrea (57:27):
And I think that maybe for people getting started with
this or they wanna do more withtechnology, I do want them to
realize.
If they haven't already,wherever they are with it, it's
fine.
But like I said earlier, justmove, just keep at it and it
gets easier.

(57:48):
Or you get new ideas and no, youdon't have to know it all.
You only have to know what youneed to know to do what you
envision.
That's it.
That's it.

Pam (58:00):
I'm reading a book with by Tara Moore right now on thinking
Big or I can't think of rightnow the title, but Big is in the
title and it's for women.
And so often we over prepare.
That's almost, it's a delaytactic.
Of, not getting your voice outthere.
And and I often teach people inmy classes, to teach before

(58:23):
you're ready.
If you wait until you're readyyou'll never do it.
So I like, I really like youradvice there, but tell me
something.
It can be a bit nerve wrackingand both you and I have done it
with our podcasts with politics,with all of your the number of
things that, that you have outthere.
You're really have a wonderfulonline presence and and we do

(58:45):
show up with our whole heart.
And that can be nerve wracking.
And it's not that we've neverreceived criticism because I,
you have, I have.
And it can be difficultsometimes.
I found that I had to learn.
How to how to handle or managethe criticism because, you might
have one person that didn't likesomething that you did but you

(59:07):
have a hundred people that ithelped or, something like that.
And so just keeping that in mindbut what did you, do you know,
what made it easier for you toshow up in your authenticity?

Andrea (59:22):
I think I have kept part of myself out of it.

Pam (59:31):
Yeah.

Andrea (59:31):
And what I mean by that is probably in the early days
I'm sure I used to wear mywedding ring and things like
that.
But what I ended up coming to isthat.
I put things out and I have, I'mvery clear now in my mind that

(59:54):
isn't all of who I am.
Because if I felt that I wasreally exposing all of myself
out there, I don't think I couldlast.
Because if we just think aboutYouTube in and of itself with

(01:00:19):
all of those people, thestatistics are, I can't even
wrap my head around it.
How many millions of hours havebeen watched on my cha?
It's crazy.
And if I think about that,imagine all the energy coming at
me from the viewer.
Whether they're, we are sittinghere talking right now.

(01:00:39):
There are thousands of peoplearound the world watching my
videos right now, and they'rehaving reactions, they're having
judgements, they're having theirstuff, their energy react and
respond to me.
But I have this sense of aboundary that I'm still myself

(01:01:05):
and I'm sovereign in my energy.
So I'm gonna allow them theirprocess.
I don't need to convince otherpeople of anything.
I'm just gonna put my thing outthere.
My, my vision that I've had formany years is a lighthouse.
The lighthouse.
That light is just putting outthe message, putting out the

(01:01:26):
message.
And the lighthouse doesn't chasedown a boat and say, Hey, but
wait.

Pam (01:01:33):
Yeah.
There's danger

Andrea (01:01:34):
there.
Yeah.
They don't do that.
They just, the lighthouse justputs the light out and then it's
on is a responsibility.
That's right.
And so that's how I have triedto remain in a neutral place
and, not take on things.

(01:01:54):
When we first started, Imentioned the Facebook thing and
the light count going down, orthen my YouTube count going on
and it's hard.
And I acknowledge that, and it'sbeen quite a journey for me in
that, I used, it used to botherme a lot, and then I reached a
point where I just thought, Iunsubscribe from things all the

(01:02:15):
time.
Yeah.
Yeah, me too.
And I don't, and I don't do it'cause I can't stand the person
or whatever.
It's like my inbox is too fullor whatever.
And so if I try to put myself,in their shoes too, I think
that's helpful.
But I don't know if I answeredyour question, but, I did also,
I took off my personal stuff onmy social media.

(01:02:38):
Yeah.
And I like, don't wear my ring.
And and it's not I would saythat it's really more about
keeping some things to myself.

Pam (01:02:49):
Yeah.
This is, great advice.

Andrea (01:02:51):
Yeah.
Yeah.
The other thing I would say, andthis is a little bit odd maybe,
but it comes up to mention,somebody reached out to me and
she had gone on YouTube.
She was a Reiki person.

Pam (01:03:07):
Yeah.

Andrea (01:03:08):
Then she started to get harassed.
And so she reached out to me,she sent me an email and she was
like, she wants to go back out,but she's not sure.
And this person or a couplepeople maybe had said some
things to her online.
And I just encouraged her.

(01:03:29):
Look at your videos, see whatyou think about your videos, see
how you feel.
You're showing up and make anychanges that come to you, not
based on criticism or unwantedattention, or whatever all of
that was.

(01:03:49):
But you look at your videos asthough you are new to you, you
are another person.
How are you showing up?
What do you like about howyou're showing up?
What do you maybe think could bebetter?
Then adjust because you want to,not because somebody else tells

(01:04:11):
you how to be.
And I think that's important.
I also think it's very importantto be authentic.
I, for myself, I show up veryneutral.
Meaning I don't show a lot ofskin.
I don't, things are purposefulfor me in how I appear.

(01:04:35):
I don't use crystals in my Reikisessions and things.
And all of these are choicesthat I've made that are in
alignment with me and how Iwanna show up and the message
about what I'm doing.
So everything.
There's a method, but the thingis, be mindful of how you're

(01:04:58):
showing up and why you areshowing up as you are.
I just think that's important.
So that's a above and beyond anykind of criticism.
We know in our minds, we'llnever please all people.

Pam (01:05:15):
Yeah.

Andrea (01:05:15):
We know that intellectually, but emotionally
sometimes we're not quite there.
And it, and things do hurt andthings do all that.
But just remember, you can't letit change you because if you do,
then you might allow yourself toveer off course.

Pam (01:05:41):
Yeah.
You'll lose a bit of you.
And that's the whole point.
And is showing up and I thinkthat.
Different people resonate withdifferent people yeah.
Yes.
And so it's important for us allto be out there teaching and
Yes.
Sharing and because, the peoplethat will resonate with you the
people listening are notnecessarily the people that will

(01:06:03):
resonate with me.
And so we all need to be outthere and I think the world
needs more of us showing up justin our own truth with our
authentic voice.
And I'm reading a wonderful bookright now.
The Let Them Theory with MelRobbins, and it was helpful like
when with politics, because Idon't know why, but because

(01:06:28):
there's not a lot of advantagesto running politically.
It's very demanding and verydifficult.
And and yet, it seems to itmakes a lot of people feel that
they have a license to,criticize or harass.
And my team didn't even let melook at the comments and and
that was good.

(01:06:48):
I didn't need, they might say,Hey, we're gonna do this
differently the next time.
Yes.
But they didn't even let me lookat the comments.
And I appreciated that actually,because, it's, it, it is a whole
different.
Ball game.
And, but I think, I think thelet them theory is that I can't

(01:07:10):
control, I just have to show upauthentically.
And that's all I've ever triedto do and I can't control how
people receive it.
It may trigger something in themthat's unhealed.
It may, hopefully not becausewe, nobody wants to hurt or harm
another person.
That's not why we do this.
We do this to be helpful.

(01:07:31):
Like you said, it's, it is a lotof work.
But it's rewarding in that itcan be helpful.
And but you do, you cannotcontrol how other people respond
and it's really a waste ofenergy to do that.
So you just have to.
You just have to consider howyou want to show up.
So I just love all the advice.

(01:07:52):
Did anything surprise you?
How have you stayed true to you?
You've talked, a lot about howyou've stayed true to your heart
and your Reiki values.
Has anything been unexpected inthis journey for you, Andrea and
what advice would you like toleave the listeners with today?

Andrea (01:08:12):
Wow.
About unexpected.
I think I had an aha moment, andmaybe this would be helpful kind
of, I think as an extension offof what we were just talking
about.
And I had this aha moment thatwas pivotal and there was a
comment online.

(01:08:34):
This was years ago, but therewas a comment and.
People are always gonna comment.
They are empowered behind theirkeyboard.
They are faceless and they canget away with it.
All of that.
And also just on an aside, thereare a lot of bots out

Pam (01:08:52):
there.
There's a lot of bots and trollsand bots.
And we found with the politics.
Yeah.

Andrea (01:08:58):
And a lot of the, a lot of those accounts aren't even
real.

Pam (01:09:02):
But

Andrea (01:09:02):
what they're doing is they're distracting you and that
is with purpose

Pam (01:09:06):
and under.
So if you confidence, right?

Andrea (01:09:09):
Yes.
And so if you give that too muchenergy, then you are allowing
that motivation to succeed.
Yeah.
And so a comment is just acomment.
But anyway, this personcommented, this was years ago,
and boy, I was emotionallycharged.
So first piece of advice, neverrespond to a comment when you're

(01:09:32):
emotional.
Walk away.
Walk away get some perspective.

Pam (01:09:36):
I always like to sleep before.

Andrea (01:09:39):
Yes.
Because we wanna respond and notreact.
We're at our best when we dothat.

Pam (01:09:44):
And

Andrea (01:09:45):
so this comment came in and I was emotionally charged
and and I was gonna typesomething back and all of a
sudden it hit me with suchclarity.
And that was not everyone isinterested in the truth.

Pam (01:10:00):
Oh, interesting.

Andrea (01:10:03):
And when that registered, it changed
everything because I thought,oh, that is absolutely true.
Not everyone really isinterested in the truth, they're
in their own.
Or they're in their own set ofbeliefs or they're, whatever it

(01:10:25):
might be.

Pam (01:10:27):
Yeah.

Andrea (01:10:27):
And there's nothing wrong with that, but it is not
my crusade to fix people orconvince people or whatever.
And when I had that moment, Ijust put the phone down and I
was like, wow, yeah, I don'thave to give that my energy

(01:10:48):
anymore.
But I would say too, along thosesame lines I would hope everyone
would receive the message thatthey're in control of what they
do.
They're in control of how theyrespond to people online.

(01:11:09):
So please don't be afraid tospeak up, to put your heart out
there to put your message outthere.
You are completely on point.
I think when you were talkingabout more people need to be
active and put themselves outthere.
It's, and stop comparingyourself to everyone.

(01:11:33):
It doesn't matter if somebodyelse's thing does better than
you or what, it doesn't matter.
Because if you reach somebody ina way that changes them in a
positive manner, how is that notwonderful?

(01:11:55):
So just do what you do and enjoyit and put yourself out there
because there, this is not atime to have four people, 10
people, a hundred people singingaround the world.
This is a time for the choir toraise up.

(01:12:17):
And every member of that choiris going to be singing their own
version, singing their ownwords, their own notes, their
own style in their own voice,and the people you need to reach
you will reach.

(01:12:38):
It isn't about reachingeveryone.
It's just about putting it out.
I always said, and I willcontinue to say forever and
ever, I do not want everyclient, and I do not want every
student.
Yeah.
I only want the students andclients that are in my highest

(01:13:00):
good to meet and to know, andthat has been beautifully met
every stage of my journey.
So be yourself.
Put your message out there.
Don't let comments derail you oropinions, because that's just a

(01:13:25):
part of it.
You can always delete a comment.
It isn't, we're not out theremaking a place for people to, we
don't owe them a place.
If we put content out and theyput something on there that's
hurtful or nasty or whatever,guess what?

(01:13:49):
Delete it.

Pam (01:13:50):
Yeah.
If you don't

Andrea (01:13:51):
like it, you, we don't owe every person on the planet a
microphone on our content.

Pam (01:13:59):
Oh, that's true.
Thought of it that way.

Andrea (01:14:02):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And you are, you're in control.
So I hope people won't be infear.
They're in control.

Pam (01:14:13):
I love that, Andrea.
Thank you.
I'd just like us to maybe helpthe listeners release any fear
that they may have.
About stepping into theirauthentic selves and just
allowing our light to be seen,whether it's in business,
online, or even in our everydaylife.

(01:14:34):
So I'm just gonna inviteeveryone to just close your eyes
and take a deep breath, placingyour Reiki hands comfortably on
your body.
And just imagine Reiki comingdown from above and up from the
divine earth, filling yourcrown, your base, your heart,

(01:14:57):
your whole body.
Your feet are connected to theearth, deeply grounded and
supported, and with your handson your heart, I.

(01:15:18):
Just invite you with everyexhale, just to release any fear
or doubt or hesitation that youmight have about showing up as
your authentic self.
And with each inhale, justinvite Reiki to flow into your

(01:15:42):
body, activating your love, yourcourage, your inner wisdom.
And we're just gonna breathehere for a few moments together.

(01:16:51):
Yeah, just imagine.
This beautiful light in yourheart.
This is your authentic essence,the essence of who you are, and
just notice it expanding andexpanding with Reiki until it

(01:17:12):
completely fills your body andthen begins radiating outward.
This can be your true presenceand it can shine brightly and
effortlessly, and let's justbreathe into that growth of that
ember, that spark.

(01:18:44):
I know we're just going toimagine sharing your light.
Just imagine sharing Reikiwisdom or even just a kind word,
a smile.
One person and then anotheruntil eventually you've shared

(01:19:08):
with many and if it feels allright for you, you can imagine
your energy stretching out tothe clients or students or
friends that you're meant toshare it with.

(01:19:29):
And you may not know who theyare, but the distance symbol can
act as a homing beacon.
It can find them.
And so just allow those tendrilsof light to reach out and just

(01:19:50):
brighten the day.
Those people that you're meantto connect with to work with.
To impact, to share with, andwe'll breathe here for a few
moments, allowing this to takeplace.

(01:21:16):
Just notice how your lightattracts the people who need it
the most naturally joyfullywithout effort.
And if it feels right to you,you can just silently repeat the
following affirmation toyourself.

(01:21:38):
It's safe for me to be seen.
It is safe for me to share mylight.
Reiki guides my presence withgrace.
It is safe for me to be seen.

(01:22:00):
It is safe for me to share mylight.
Reiki guides my presence withgrace.
It is safe for me to be seen.
It is safe for me to share mylight, and Reiki guides my

(01:22:21):
presence always with grace.
Just allowing these words now tosettle into your being and just

(01:22:43):
coming back in your own dimewhenever it feels right to you,
into the room, into the presentmoment.
Just knowing that your authenticself, your light is always here.
It is always accessible.

(01:23:03):
Thank you.
Andrea, I just wanna say thankyou for joining us today for
sharing your wisdom, yourguidance, and thank you to the
listeners for stepping into yourauthentic presence, your
authentic beingness with ustoday, and whether you decide to

(01:23:26):
share on YouTube and yourbusiness in your daily life,
just know that Reiki is alwayshere to support you in just
being fully and joyfully you nomatter what you do.
So thank you.
Thank you, Andrea.

Andrea (01:23:43):
My pleasure.
Thank you, Pam.

Pam (01:23:46):
Namaste, everyone.

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