After about a year of knowing one another, we finally had the privilege to hang out for the first time! It was such a cool experience going from friends on Instagram to messaging every day on WhatsApp, to going for a dog walk, and an epic pickle ball match (that was legendary) in person! The world is such a small place with amazing people like @Dan 'Remmy' Stourac

It’s felt like teleporting to an alternate world where so much is the same, but entirely different at the same time! Friends went from single to married, not even pregnant to being parents, shifting careers, entirely new goals and ambitions… same amazing people, dramatically different eras. We slowly inch forward day by day which doesn’t feel so big in small plays, but what is basically 1-2% (based off a 80-100yr life) of a lifetime away, so.much.happens! While mentioning, YOU guys and this all happened in that time. None of this was even an idea less than a year ago. Now some of you are front-row players of my life and many of you have impacted me in big and small ways in simple interactions. Endlessly grateful for those who’ve found ProSpirit and those who dip in every now and then with your wonderful insights!🤘🥳 Now… I return to new home, roommate situation, new job, new (likely) school for therapy, and renewed sense of possibility in this familiar land. It all happens so fast🥲 tryna catch it before the next thing swoops me away! What plot twists have unfolded in your life this last year? PS: Emotions as Magic will not only be a book, but I am developing it as an app to plug-and-play life scenarios! It will help decode our emotional experiences specifically and give action steps to renew our agency amidst life’s chaos!🤯 you heard it here first! I will share the prototype to get your guy’s feedback soon enough:) let me know if that interests you and I’ll reach out personally when I share it so you don’t miss it grow from the ground up:) —- First 3 vids/photo of the family farm in Alberta! Last 4 of the drive home to Kelowna and paddleboard back on my home lake.

How the World Attempts to Hijack Our Emotional Magic System Your system was not designed for constant persuasion. It evolved to navigate: - Immediate environments. - Small social groups. - Clear cause and effect. - Limited information. Modern life does not attack the system directly. It redirects it. Quietly, profitably, and at scale. The following are the primary categories of interference. These are the predictable pressure points of our perception. 1. Attention Extraction: Hijacking the Fuel Supply The most direct interference. Your system runs on attention. Whoever controls attention controls: - Emotional direction. - Intuitive clarity. - Meaning formation. - Decision execution. Tactics include: - Infinite scroll. - Notification urgency. - Algorithmic novelty. - Outrage cycles. - Fear-based headlines. Effect on the system: - Losing discernment of real threats and problems. - Emotional fragmenting and volatility. - Prolonged focus fades. - Loss of intuitive sharpness. The system is not overwhelmed, it is overfed with junk fuel. You cannot expect to eat emotional garbage and not get emotionally sick.* 2. Artificial Urgency: Collapsing Timing Many systems benefit when you act: - Quickly. - Emotionally. - Without reflection. - Urgency bypasses navigation. Tactics include: - Countdown timers. - Scarcity framing. - Crisis language. - Productivity fetishization. (If you don’t have to new gadget, vitamin or tool, you’re falling behind.) - “Now or never” narratives. Effect on the system: - Timing degrades. - Fear masquerades as intuition. - Impulse replaces orientation and values. You will accelerate in multiple directions and lose real productivity of being calm and calculated. You will drift from your mission while convincing you the ‘urgent opportunity’ is the only way to stay on course. 3. Emotional Inflation: Distorting Emotional Scale Not all feelings are meant to overwhelm. External systems inflate emotion to:

I've been trying to smash through this rhythmic barrier for years! Finally getting percussion down on songs adds a layer of playing I've been aspiring to do but always fumbled. I wouldn't be this far along if I didn't claim this goal and want so badly to hold myself accountable for this group as a living example of consistent effort inevitably coming to fruition! What progress or wins of yours can I celebrate with you???:)

I used to think I had to reject my past to move forward. I eventually realized that she was my greatest protector. I have so much gratitude for the woman I was. She did her best with what she knew. Now, I have reached a point where I had to admit she was no longer who I was becoming. I had to let her go. Growth isn’t about leaving your old self behind; it’s about making room for the one who has arrived. You aren't turning your back on your history, you are simply honoring the next layer of your truth. You don’t have to abandon the version of you that you were to make room for the version of you that you are. Who do you feel yourself becoming in this season? 💖