2010 Circle Sessions

Diverse adults sharing a reflective conversation beneath a broad tree at sunrise

These 2010 sessions include focused teaching and open exploration, primarily facilitated by Rick Wilkes and Cathy Vartuli with community contributors in some sessions.

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The sessions are arranged chronologically. Recording titles and topic notes, where available, can help you find a useful starting point.

January 2010

January 4, 2010 — Team Call 2010-01-04 Open Call

Anxiety and panic over last couple of weeks; More alone than normal; Not safe to trust anyone; Could be taken away at any moment; Unemployed for a year… focus on ways jobs DON’T fit; Attributes of my perfect job for NOW… and what that job can expect from me; Feeling overwhelmed… sensitive; Shock from husband’s cancer journey; Happy Birthday!

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January 7, 2010 — Team Call 2010-01-07 Open Call

Dread of doing the social thing; Don’t want to ride the roller coaster with my son; What will I do if it doesn’t work?; Not connecting well with people.

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January 10, 2010 — Team Call 2010-01-10 Open Call

It’s not safe to be me; Am I a good employee?; Car accident yesterday; Adjusting to all these good changes; Feeling safe around relationships.

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January 12, 2010 — Team Call 2010-01-12 Open Call

I don’t listen “right”; I don’t want to screw this up; Anxious about feeling good; Want to feel more in charge; Carrying too much.

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January 22, 2010 — Team Call 2010-01-22

Layer of fear around having a second child; Hungover and sad… I miss the way we ran the group together; “I’m going to get in trouble.”.

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January 26, 2010 — Team Call 2010-01-26

Rules about food and relaxing; Being misunderstood; The upside of success; The sound of my voice; Embarrassment about an old job.

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January 30, 2010 — Team Call 2010-01-30

Dissapointment in relationship; Painful experience with ex; Standing up for myself; Unsafe in childhood home; Intense pain.

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February 2010

February 9, 2010 — Team Call 2010-02-09 Open Call

Emotional boundaries; Behind at work, need to do more; Anxiety through the roof; Don’t I have to be immediately availible?; Choking feeling in throat; All over the place, triggered.

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February 12, 2010 — Team Call 2010-02-12 Open Call

Identity issues and a Failed Procedure; My father humiliated me (and I have an inability to talk in public); Embarassment and shame; Feeling inadequate job hunting.

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February 18, 2010 — Team Call 2010-02-17 Open Call

Frozen from the family dynamic; Mortal fear of embarrassment; Anger and tension in my head; Distorted body image, it’s the only thing I have to believe in.

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February 21, 2010 — Team Call 2010-02-21 Open Call

How dare I be so presumptous?; A good man is a good man; Tapping anxiety party; Can’t let go because I would be happy; Not living up to mom’s expectations.

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February 24, 2010 — Team Call 2010-02-24 Open Call

Stunned, Empty, All over the place; Blocks to creativity (why am I at this painting workshop anyway?); Lightening up; Anger in my headache over other people’s agendas for me.

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March 2010

March 9, 2010 — Team Call 2010-03-09 Open Call

Fear of not getting it right; PMS symptoms; Little kid, out of control; Caught in a spiders web; Stress and tension in stomach.

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March 10, 2010 — Team Call 2010-03-10 Open Call

Embarassed by my binging; All sorts of resistance to giving a talk; Does my husband really need to “get it”?; I feel jumpy and under attack; Falling into something.

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March 13, 2010 — Team Call 2010-03-13 Open Call

Emeshed with sister, how much responsibility is mine?; Broken wrist, cast heavy and tight; Nervousness when feeling good; Back hurting from moving boxes.

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March 16, 2010 — Team Call 2010-03-16 Open Call

My negative self-talk… useless, stupid, lazy; My life has been one big trauma; Battle of wills with men; Time to take care of myself; Sloppy!; Body feels sluggish… what does your body want?

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March 25, 2010 — Team Call 2010-03-25 Open Call

Procrasturbating; Connecting to Source; Strength in Diversity; Helping People with EFT (when they don’t respond to your offer); Energy & Overwhelm.

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March 30, 2010 — Team Call 2010-03-30 Open Call

Toxic relationships; Family stress; Pissed of at life; Mom was triggered, was it my fault?; High blood pressure.

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April 2010

April 3, 2010 — Team Call 2010-04-03 Open Call

How much should I support my adult son?; Emotional dumping; Releasing the dread of the future; Empowered dream about younger selves; I’m getting old so other people make decisions for me.

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April 6, 2010 — Team Call 2010-04-06 Open Call

Headache; Getting hyped up; Tuning the guitar; Furiously angry; Tears… feeling crappy… no energy; Negative matras; Clear awareness of my guidance.

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April 13, 2010 — Team Call 2010-04-13 Open Call

Boundaries; Receding gums; Acne on my face; Mom’s mental illness; Tightness of protection; Love as a “second language”.

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April 17, 2010 — Team Call 2010-04-17 Open Call

Laws of the Universe; Eczema and my adverse reaction to the sun; Stomach stirring; Meeting with the BOSS.

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April 22, 2010 — Team Call 2010-04-22 Open Call

Hip bursitis and moving forward; House ready to put on the market, but what do I do with his library?; Eating issues and lots of emotional stuffing; My father was enraged and my inner child is terrified; Getting paid to work with people using EFT.

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April 28, 2010 — Team Call 2010-04-28 Open Call

What if I lead them down the wrong path?; Really irritable; I should have done more; Emotional Clutter; Arm still hurts; He doesn’t love me, does he?; Appreciating my body; Healing my gums.

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May 2010

May 5, 2010 — Team Call 2010-05-05 Open Call

I need my weight to be noticed; Fears coming up all over; How do I not go down a chute?; Stuff is starting to manifest- oh no!; Fear in my belly.

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May 12, 2010 — Team Call 2010-05-12 Open Call

Fear of getting anything nice… someone will take it from me!; Pissed as hell; Cat sick, husband hysterical; Core belief: Do everything myself; Obligated if I ask for help.

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May 19, 2010 — Team Call 2010-05-18 Open Call

I don’t deserve that; Lots of resistance to tapping; Can’t play if you have things to take care of; Afraid to use stuff up; I am not accepted for who I am.

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May 28, 2010 — Team Call 2010-05-28 Open Call

Drama!; Really good at taking care of OTHERS; Confused about clarity; Dreams of connection; Affirmations… including ones that don’t feel quite right.

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May 31, 2010 — Team Call 2010-05-31 Open Call

If I’m not perfect I’ll be punished; Tension headache; I’m too difficult; Telling dad to back off; Fear about surgery.

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June 2010

June 10, 2010 — Team Call 2010-06-10 Open Call

Anger and rage coming out sideways; Impatience and frustration; I can’t have boundaries with them and it makes me angry (then they pick on me); It’s my fault! And he’s a big od fat grouch…; Dealing with other people’s anger.

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June 14, 2010 — Team Call 2010-06-14 Open Call

When I say no to her, she gets so sad; Discouraged… all over my body; Second guessing myself; Confused about wanting to break up with my boyfriend.

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June 22, 2010 — Team Call 2010-06-22 Open Call

Overwhelmed… Mixed energy… errands and obligations; Bad pain in my feet; Anger! He’s not listening!; My mother used me.

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June 23, 2010 — Open Call

Emotional patterns do not make us bad or defective; Listening to the body without forcing it; Availability, healthy rest, and boundaries; Catching catastrophic what-ifs; Tapping with resentment and the freeze response.

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July 2010

July 6, 2010 — Team Call 2010-07-06 Open Call

Really hard time not having an air conditioner; Little overwhelmed because I can’t DO anything… even though I just had surgery; Other people’s pain and body YES and body NO.

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July 9, 2010 — Team Call 2010-07-09 Open Call

Who am I?; Procrastination; Supposed to have wonderful things for everyone else, not for me; If I’m beautiful, I will never be hurt.

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July 13, 2010 — Team Call 2010-07-13 Open Call

Too old to learn marketing, so discouraged; Need to get motivated; How can I give myself a break?; I don’t deserve to move forward, I didn’t fix them; I don’t deserve help or good things.

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July 21, 2010 — Team Call 2010-07-20 Open Call

Anything good will be taken away; No one is going to hear me; Panic attack; No desire to do work; Big scary questions; Not ready.

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July 23, 2010 — Team Call 2010-07-23 Open Call

Eye still blurry which is tiring and exhausting; My eyes as vibrational receptors; Fear about participating in life; Shyness and irrational beliefs.

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July 31, 2010 — Team Call 2010-07-31 Open Call

It has to be hard to make high vibration money; I don’t know how to be safe; I’m a bad person; Not the best, not good enough.

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August 2010

August 4, 2010 — Team Call 2010-08-04 Open Call

Body Listening; Affiliation; Noise from the bar next door disturbs me.

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August 7, 2010 — Team Call 2010-08-07 Open Call

My inner binger; Don’t know what want to do; Should I or shouldn’t I?; Overwhelming clutter.

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August 10, 2010 — Team Call 2010-08-10 Open Call

Going home, anxiety!; Still in the same soup; Wanting to isolate; Resistance to $5 more a month.

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August 15, 2010 — Team Call 2010-08-15 Open Call

Backache – holding worry; Afraid to believe I’ll get better; Energy drain when poke fun at my weight; Will I become fit again?

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August 21, 2010 — Team Call 2010-08-21 Open Call

You’re right dear!; I need to be the perfect life; I’m trying my best, but it doesn’t always turn out.; Mom’s yes and no.

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August 25, 2010 — Team Call 2010-08-25 Open Call

Couldn’t stop my anxiety in the library; Procrastination and my website; House inspection issue; 8 rainy hours; Allow my body to rest and renew today.

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August 30, 2010 — Team Call 2010-08-30 Open Call

Binging at night; Business opening up but not materializing; 2009 taxes not done; Not enough, obligation; Can’t decide; What to do with this pain?

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September 2010

September 15, 2010 — Team Call 2010-09-15 Open Call

Can’t trust money, it won’t be there for me; Nervous about going to the conference, I won’t know what to do; Blocks to loving myself; All these years of pain.

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September 29, 2010 — Team Call 2010-09-29 Open Call

Have to make a video about me for work, showing myself; Medical issues, setting boundaries and saying whats right for me; Hard to say “I am awesome”; Afraid of being judged.

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September 30, 2010 — Team Call 2010-09-30 Open Call

Something that is covering up my feelings; Physical symptom with no pain but lots of mental anguish; Went off on something; Not safe to be happy; Happy Happy ooops! Happy oops oops Happy Happy HAPPY HAPPY ooops Happy oops.

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October 2010

October 7, 2010 — Team Call 2010-10-07 Open Call

G.I. tract giving me trouble; Stupid, awkward, wrong, scared; Body wisdom; Weird, mystery, ashamed of myself and feeling very bad.

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October 9, 2010 — Team Call 2010-10-09 Open Call

I am a sinner; It’s all my responsibility; I’m nervous because nothings wrong!; Canker sores, the well worn path?; I suffered so they would hear me.

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October 14, 2010 — Team Call 2010-10-13 Open Call

Overwhelmed with life; He’s distressed so I can’t ask him for what he owes me; I want to be a strong presence at this conference; Uncomfortably numb.

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October 20, 2010 — Team Call 2010-10-20 Open Call

Miscarriage… am I not supposed to have another baby? Sad, terrified.; Huge sadness… watched all the time.; Worried about my unemployed son; Balance / extremes; Presentation for 25 people; Angry! They are not living up to their contract!

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October 27, 2010 — Team Call 2010-10-27 Open Call

Afraid I’ll have to shut this down.; It must be my job to fix this.; They’re not going to get a piece of me.; Terrified of needles.; Oh no, I did it again.

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November 2010

November 4, 2010 — Team Call 2010-11-04 Open Call

Work = Obligation; It’s not ok for me to talk.; Aching legs; Pain in my shoulder.; Trying to work on myself using EFT.

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November 5, 2010 — Team Call 2010-11-05 Open Call

Renter’s dilemma; Not right for me to ask; Strange dreams; Inner collapse.

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November 13, 2010 — Team Call 2010-11-13 Open Call

Stuck around clutter; Afraid to get back to work again.; No around Thanksgiving.; Not moving forward.; Disappointment in face.

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November 19, 2010 — Team Call 2010-11-18 Open Call

Fibromyalgia, really tired.; I’m not doing it right.; I don’t have the courage to travel.; Reprogramming the fear response.

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November 20, 2010 — Team Call 2010-11-20 Open Call

Feeling guilty, I kept running away.; Trouble knowing what I want.; What its not right?; Hidden gifts.

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November 30, 2010 — Team Call 2010-11-30 Open Call

Nose thing, not clear; Want to move forward with a project; Giving myself permission; Angry at ex-husband and his family; Speaking up… feeling in my throat / chest.

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December 2010

December 3, 2010 — Team Call 2010-12-02 Open Call

They want to tell me how to dress.; Have to be perfect “enough”.; New way of looking at Dad.; Never got to shine, I think it’s my time.; You can’t do that again.

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December 8, 2010 — Team Call 2010-12-06 Open Call

A good person would have an answer.; This is serious!; Jealous and betrayed; I don’t know what to tap on; I don’t want to be mindful.

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December 15, 2010 — Team Call 2010-12-14 Open Call

Unwilling to heal this; Greif is a call to recalibrate our system; Inner conflict, feeling stuck; Lots going on; I won’t do it right; I did everything right, and my blood pressure is still too high.

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December 16, 2010 — Team Call 2010-12-16 Open Call

I don’t take care of myself; Scattered; Grieving loss of my dogs; Eating mindfully; I need to be punished.

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December 20, 2010 — Team Call 2010-12-20 Open Call

I need a lot of pressure to get stuff done; Christmas at work is terrible; I lost my joy.

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December 22, 2010 — Team Call 2010-12-22 Open Call

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