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Ep 0175 – This is YOUR Moment!

Laurie smiling in a broad staw hat with arms outflung in the meadow at the top of the mountain and foothills in the background.
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Here I am like Maria in the Sound of Music. I so enjoyed my Dance Moment on the mountain.

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Inspired by supportive comments from BC Dave, I enjoy some wonderful moments up at the next to upper Zen spot where I ponder about persistence in the face of challenges and perceived failure. I’m grateful to BC Petra for her kind video message and for new iTunes reviews from Australia and the UK. We also hear from BCs Kelly and Dawny. For today’s dance moment I challenge you all to have a Funky 60 second Dance Party like I did on the mountain. As proof I posted a video of my Funky Mountain Dance to IG as LaurieDreamWeaver.

A wooden bench in shadow under a tree in a very sunny meadow on top of the mountain

You can see the next to upper Zen place is an island of welcome shadow for recording despite the hot sun.


The Last Show

Day 173, with comments from BCs Dave, Kelly and Dawny.

My Funky Mountain Dance Video

My Voice Acting website where you can hear my demos and learn more about that side of my life

Ways to support the show financially

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver

Today’s Dance Moment Music, Funky House Dance is used with permission from AudioBlocks.

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Ep 0174 – What Does it Mean to be Authentic?

Laurie Smiling under a tree with glasses.
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Here I am feeling authentic while the flies are buzzing me in my fashionable denim vest.

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BC Jody inspires me to think about being authentic. BC Dave shares a resource about the new journey he started with his wife, BC Kathleen. BC Kelly shows support for my acting. We dance our socks off to a new song by Josh Woodward.

Water bottle on a large boulder in a green gully under trees.

Cool accidental photo I phone snapped of the podcast rock itself. You don’t see the flies dive bombing my water though!


The Last Show, with comments from BC Kelly.

Ep 0009 – The Diet and Binge Trigger Tightrope. How do we balance? With comment by BC Jody.

My Voice Acting website where you can hear my demos and learn more about that side of my life

BC Dave’s Health Coach recommendation

Ways to support the show financially

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver
Music – With No Good-bye by Josh Woodward. From his newest album, The Shade from Our Trees Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

Lyrics

The spotlight, was burning like a flame
I was, a body and a name
And all the rest was gone

Trapped like a hermit in a cage
I left the others on the stage
And still the show went on

Take a bow, from the back of the crowd
It’s over now

And I now see
The world turns without me
My shoulders never bore the heavy burden
I was just another person

And the sun rose
Before the age of pharaohs
And after I am gone, another dawn will fill the sky
With no goodbye

I crave the comfort and control
Then chase the rabbit down the hole
And wonder why I’m lost

I build a palace so serene
Then douse it all with gasoline
I light a match and watch

Let it burn, without an ounce of concern
I never learn

[Chorus]

And I’m steering, away from what I’m fearing
But every twist and turn’s a new concern that burns my soul

The rudder’s rusted tight and I’m careening through the night
I let it go and take me where it will

[Chorus]

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Ep 0173 – Believe in Yourself!

Laurie smiling under a tree without glasses.
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It’s me wearing contacts! I decided to see if I could wear them so I can go on camera for TV commercials and not be limited by my prescription glasses.

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I ponder what it means to believe in ourselves down at my local park on the podcast rock. Hear my brand spanking new professional animation demo. Comments and updates from BCs Jo from the U.K., Dawny and Dave. BC Louise from the U.k. goes on the Bravery Report for publicly posting her story. BC Svetlana comments on FB about a short video I posted to IG. Follow me on IG as LaurieDreamWeaver. If you participate and are known to me as a BC, feel free to friend me on FB. BC Louise from the U.K.’s comment inspires me to discuss where participation comes from and why it ebbs and flows. Today’s dance moment is a quirky blues tune called Delta Beats by IB Audio.
Laurie under a tree looking up wearing shiny navy lenses in stark white sunglass frames.

Thanks to my recent first time adventures with contacts – I can rock ready-made non-prescription glasses. I call these my RockStar Shades! What do you think?

Mentioned

The Last Show, with comments from Dawny and Jo from the UK

Half a Chocolate and Other Christmas Miracles – the blog post with comments by BC Louise from the UK

LaurieDreamWeaver on IG

If you participate and I know you as a BC, go ahead and Friend me on FB

My Weight Story photos – with comment by BC Jo from the UK

My Voice Acting website where you can hear my demos and learn more about that side of my life

Ways to support the show financially

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver

IB Audio – a service where you can get original, royalty-free music, like today’s dance tune, Delta Beats.

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Ep 0172 – Bonus – Singing Bowls On the Mountain

Laurie looking up toward the sky with branches in the background.
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I’m breathing in the fresh air and feeling grateful for this special time on the mountain experiencing the Zen-like music of the Tibetan Singing Bowls up there.

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I’m inspired to appreciate all of my moments by listening to a wonderful, healing soundscape with Tibetan Singing Bowls and nature sounds by Jonathan Adams, AKA the Sonic Yogi. I love it so much, I contacted Jonathan and received his permission to feature this music in its entirety for you at the end of the show.

Masses of blue flowers along the mountain path.

The sky is blue and so are the banks of wild flowers after the rain.


Prayer Rocks stacked on a boulder among the grass.

I was pleased to see someone had been stacking prayer rocks near the bench at the Next to Upper Zen spot.

Mentioned

The Last Show

My last birthday show with my voice actor friends

Insight Timer, the Meditation App Laurie and Mark the Meditator both use and one place to find the Sonic Yogi.

Jonathan Adams AKA the Sonic Yogi’s site and music

Ways to support the show financially

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver

Third Eye Chakra Singing Bowls used by permission by Jonathan Adams, aka the Sonic Yogi.
Visit SonicYogi.com for free tracks to help with sleep, relaxation and feeling peaceful. You can also follow Sonic Yogi on the free Insight Timer meditation app – where I discovered these great sound therapies.

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Ep 0171 – Dreams, Birthdays and Meditation

Laurie and Tiger the orange cat in front of the computer, but the photo has been turned into a bunch of brush swirls.
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Tiger and I edit the show in a dreamlike haze….. just kidding, having fun with PhotoShop.

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It’s now been over 5 years since I began this experiment…Happy Birthday to Jo from Thailand! Supportive comments from Jo from the UK. Louise from the UK goes on the bravery report for leaving a brave review on iTunes UK. I share a very strange dream I had and what the dream dictionary says about its imagery. Mark the Meditator shares his take on the benefits of meditation. Today’s featured music is an early Valentine from me to you called We Go Together.
Laurie and Mark in their seats waiting for the show. Mark is smiling at Laurie and both appear happy.

Mark the Meditator and I enjoy our latest outing to see Betty Buckley in Hello Dolly at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.

Mentioned

The Last Show including BC Jo from the UK’s comments.

The Bravery Report – where BC Louise belongs – and where you can find a certificate to print out to mark YOUR bravery

Dream Moods – the Dream Dictionary Laurie used

Insight Timer, the Meditation App Laurie and Mark the Meditator both use.

How to Send Audio

Listen to We Go Together

Ways to support the show financially

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver
Mark the Meditator Announcer: Laurie Weaver
Mark the Meditator: Mark Weaver

Other Sounds

  • Crowd Cheering
    http://www.freesound.org/people/xtrsounder/sounds/202498/
  • Applause
    http://www.freesound.org/people/bulbastre/sounds/132154/

Other Sounds and Music used with permission from AudioBlocks and IBAudio

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