2013 Circle Sessions

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These 2013 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 2013

January 2, 2013 — Open Call

Getting calmer about things; Finding your most FREE choice; So many years of feeling alone; Sons blowing me off like I don’t matter; Invite people to do stuff; I pick on my scalp.

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January 8, 2013 — Open Call

Why bother to try anything else?; Uncompleted acts of service; Saying YES to the 8, 9, 10’s; Inner tapping with myself to anchor.

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January 12, 2013 — Open Call

Breathing exercise; Energy flow and picking on my body; No energy… can’t focus; I don’t have the energy for the OLD WAYS of doing things.

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January 15, 2013 — Open Call

Recommended books: 5 Love Languages, Ask and It Is Given; Picking problem continued: noticing what I’m feeling; Writing block; Negative inner voice messages; Practice on the waitress thing.

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January 16, 2013 — Intention Setting and Block Busting

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January 23, 2013 — Eliminating the Doubts and Fear-based Patterns

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January 28, 2013 — Open Call

Hard time finding other groups to engage with… practical ideas; Expecting it to be hard; Events this month have triggered an old reaction.

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January 30, 2013 — Anchoring and Expanding the Feelings of Hope and Inspiration

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February 2013

February 6, 2013 — Open Call

Tap while on the phone being triggered; People do what they do to keep themselves safe; Not getting the clients I think I should.

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February 9, 2013 — Finding Your Heart’s Desire

Fundamental needs: seen and heard, deeply loved, offer love and have it received; Finding our own needs and desires; Blocks and traumas, blind spots; Sometimes we get our desires met and don’t NOTICE it; Want to see my partner in the BEST light; I don’t know HOW to connect to my heart’s desire!.

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February 12, 2013 — Open Call

Conflict with another employee; Civil, neutral, professional; I COULD feel afraid if I wanted to; Anger and accusations.

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February 13, 2013 — Open Call

Divine filtering; Hierarchical structures; Longing to spread authenticity… how, whom, what, TIME?; Do I have to spell EVERYTHING out?; Clarity in switching gears; Thriving… while NOT perfect; Nutrient of Infinite Possibilities.

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February 20, 2013 — Open Call

My job, more resigned than ever; Gossip…; Move with ease, grace, joy.

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February 23, 2013 — Clutter Cleanse!

Emotions and energy in our STUFF; Clutter free means freedom; How does it feel to me?; What if I need it later?; Where does it GO from here? Practical plans; Can’t bear to give them up!.

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February 26, 2013 — Open Call

My list; Anchoring past times when I’ve coped well; Is death a catastrophe?; I feel ignored; Dorkey, too.

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March 2013

March 2, 2013 — Open Call

Embarrassed about my award; Eyes shutting down; Ignored? Not..

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March 6, 2013 — Open Call

Don’t like hearing my phone ring; Body out of whack; Generating energy through movement; Guidance – God, You and I Dance.

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March 12, 2013 — Financial Freedom

Shifting our energy around ONE THING in our financial world can make ALL the difference.

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March 15, 2013 — Open Call

Feeling SO emotional; Opening new energy pathways; My sense of optimism – will it survive?; My body froze up.

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March 20, 2013 — Open Call

Using tapping with young clients; Agreements with my body; Awfully responsible for everybody…; When do I tell my truth, and when do I not.

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March 26, 2013 — Body Guidance

Listening with our WHOLE body, not just with our heads; We all have body guidance and intuition.

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March 30, 2013 — Giving Yourself Permission To Be YOU!

I have to ____ or else _______.; If I don’t ______. they will _____..

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April 2013

April 2, 2013 — Open Call

Sorrow in my right leg; Stomach says Let Me OUT of HERE!; Driving anxiety from past accident; Are you kidding me moments.

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April 9, 2013 — Letting Your Heart Attract Resonant People

Hoops we will jump through to try and make everyone love us; Heart guidance with clarity; Pre-requisites in our relationships; Issues of “deserving”; Attraction… or SELF-EXPRESSION.

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April 15, 2013 — Open Call

Driving anxiety kicked my ass; He said I was repulsive, revolting, and he didn’t want to see me any more.

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April 20, 2013 — Healing Heartbreak

That person does not want me anymore; Lack of intimacy and how to address it; Pain will be more than I can handle; Heartbroken over what I did to me..

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April 24, 2013 — Open Call

Human Doing to Human Being, inviting my energy back into my body; Feel trapped at my job, like when I was a child stuck at home; Clearing energy from abuse and the “special secret”; Shoulder pain and self-care; Healing after eye surgery; Irritable and don’t want to be touched.

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April 27, 2013 — Collaboration and Co-Creation

Joys of co-creation; Strategies for ending; Working on the hard stuff; Expressing your wants and needs.

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April 30, 2013 — Open Call

Work stress related headache; They lie!; Really, really mad; I’m a mule that has been whipped back and forth across the desert; My sister doesn’t call… people float out of my life.

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May 2013

May 8, 2013 — Open Call

Panicky about neighbors; Authority to take home away?; Flatulence; Bombarded by unwanted phone calls; Divine guidance in body distresses; Last fall transferred to a HORRIBLE team.

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May 11, 2013 — Social Resiliency: Stepping Out

Becoming resilient to criticism; Not everyone will love you… so what?; Tapping to help you feel resilient no matter what.

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May 14, 2013 — Open Call

Jack Sparrow, the one-eyed pirate cat; New adventures… my insides are scared to continue; Just realized the last 4 relationships I had… I’ve been third wheel; Frustrated by my health problems.

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May 18, 2013 — Open Call

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May 22, 2013 — Crack That Shell!

Do the hard stuff… or the stuff I want to do?; Present fear… past fear; Know the things in your Comfort Zone that actually COMFORT you; Tai chi class in two weeks… something new for me; Big Bad Wolf will get me.

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May 28, 2013 — Open Call

My muscles are taking a battering; Muscle Energy Butter; Nervousness in my face; Listening to myself… and being heard.

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May 31, 2013 — Open Call

Not together on our 4th year anniversary of meeting… crying for 4 days; The guy I REALLY liked… did not work out; Giving yourself Confidence and Courage; Lost my temper.

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June 2013

June 5, 2013 — Open Call

Magical package with my hands; I don’t want to cry when I tap; Unhappy and want to transfer; Congratulations to ME for saying it that way!.

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June 11, 2013 — Celebrating Your Life!

Primitive brain struggles to survive… and be perfect; Taught to be humble and give credit away; I don’t want it to be taken away; It’s okay to give yourself permission to celebrate; Gratitude is a soft form of celebration; Fear it will backfire.

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June 12, 2013 — Open Call

AAMET Level II; What do I do NEXT?; Fear he won’t get those capabilities back; Hard time tapping into my creativity; Upset and don’t even know why.

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June 18, 2013 — Fine-Tuning Your Life

From a place of Gratitude… UPGRADE; Small increments… too big a leap leads to procrastination; What will you get EMOTIONALLY from the upgrade; What kind of people do you want to attract?; Fine tuning a business relationship.

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June 22, 2013 — Open Call

Suppressed and depressed; Wake up with lump in my throat; Driving anxiety getting worse.

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June 25, 2013 — Upping the Ante

Share a vision; Try the unusual; Make the emotional connection; “Didn’t expect to be in this place in my life”.

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June 28, 2013 — Open Call

Man in my life’s youngest daughter and financial manipulations; Saying what they feel they need to say; Desire not to escalate conflict while being understood.

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July 2013

July 10, 2013 — Open Call

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July 16, 2013 — New Perspectives and Connections

How will some people behave if _____; Expectations and Agreements; How to clean things up; 3 exercises in saying NO.

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July 20, 2013 — Open Call

Completely overwhelmed; Self-sabotage when I start to feel better and heal; Growing my new business; Feeling slow, dull.

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July 23, 2013 — Changing Perspectives On Our Bodies

Creating confidence and self-acceptance; I thought it was still me; Braless; Frustration in my brain.

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July 26, 2013 — Open Call

Fear of my ear condition returning; Anxiety that has been triggered; To what degree do I really want to step out of this Bubble.

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July 30, 2013 — Enlightening Perspectives

Upgrading the possibilities; What were the disempowering things we were told?; Authority: “Facts” we have to “obey”; Afraid to open myself up to the point where I could be hurt; I want to publish the books I’ve written, but….

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August 2013

August 7, 2013 — Open Call

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August 10, 2013 — Open Call

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August 12, 2013 — Fear of Flying

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August 16, 2013 — Open Call

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August 17, 2013 — Building Self-Esteem

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August 19, 2013 — Arielle Ford’s Attracting Your Soulmate

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August 21, 2013 — Open Call

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August 28, 2013 — I Feel So Embarrassed By

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August 31, 2013 — Open Call

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September 2013

September 4, 2013 — Open Call

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September 11, 2013 — Letting Go of Old Pain

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September 13, 2013 — Open Call

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September 14, 2013 — Fear of Driving

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September 18, 2013 — Open Call

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September 24, 2013 — Open Call

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September 25, 2013 — When to Honor Commitments, When to Honor Different

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October 2013

October 2, 2013 — Open Call

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October 10, 2013 — Asking For What I Want

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October 11, 2013 — Open call

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October 12, 2013 — Soothing the Frightened Self

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October 16, 2013 — Open call

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October 22, 2013 — Open call

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October 23, 2013 — Do I Deserve This Much Abundance?

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October 30, 2013 — Open call

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November 2013

November 6, 2013 — Open Call

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November 8, 2013 — Open call

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November 13, 2013 — How Do I Know Who and How to Trust?

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November 18, 2013 — Open call

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November 20, 2013 — Changing Your Demeanor with Self-Compassion

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November 22, 2013 — Open Call

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November 25, 2013 — Open call

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November 27, 2013 — Grounding For The Holidays

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December 2013

December 6, 2013 — Open Call

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December 9, 2013 — Open Call

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December 18, 2013 — Reconnecting With Dreams Around The Holidays

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December 20, 2013 — Open Call

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December 26, 2013 — Open Call

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December 28, 2013 — Creating A Clearing For New Beginnings

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