Face the unknown with ground and breath.

What will become of me?

Through meditation, guided meditation, a talk and exchanges, Jeannie invites us to breathe with attention, and notice benevolence, no harm, and quiet. She asks us to observe that beneath its interest in thought, attention can drop into the direct experience of aliveness. Jeannie affirms that we never really know what is about to happen, despite the fact that we think we know how life will go. Uncertainty is not inherently frightening, although that is opposite to how most of us are conditioned. She speaks to how the pandemic (when this call took place) gives us an opportunity to come face to face with uncertainty. Jeannie talks about "resourcing" as a tool to use when anxiety or undigested fear threatens to overwhelm us in the present moment. She also reminds us of our inner dimension of Being that is beyond harm. The Holy, or love, is the most essential tool when we encounter fear.

Exchange 1: Jeannie responds to written questions that speak to aloneness. She explains as babies or young children aloneness can be experienced as a threat to survival, such that being alone as an adult can feel frightening or overwhelming.

Exchange 2: Participant is getting divorced and wonders how to work with lots of body sensations rising. Jeannie invites participant to be merciful to herself in this life change she is navigating and to resource the body without having to figure everything out. She invites participant to rest and acknowledges that uncertainty and fear will naturally be present in such a situation. Jeannie describes how important it is to give oneself space, time and safety to grieve and allow the fear to be met.

Exchange 3: Participant rests with Jeannie in presence. He acknowledges being scared without having a clear reason. She encourages him to ground and allow his humanness, and speaks to how being with another in simple presence can be healing in and of itself.

Exchange 4: Participant shares that she feels she has been "rotting" for a long time and doesn’t see anything changing. She rests in simply being moved by Jeannie’s presence. Participant shares a sense of loss of her inner compass and Jeannie helps her explore this more deeply.

Exchange 5: Participant comes on simply to be in Jeannie's presence. He shares how he sometimes gets into a panicked state and feels an urgency to problem solve. Jeannie acknowledges there can be a lot to unwind with trauma resolution.

Exchange 6: Participant feels she is in a spiritual "meltdown" and shares how hard it is to be with others and with life. Jeannie invites her to hang out where it feels hard. Jeannie acknowledges the challenging nature of spiritual deconstruction, and encourages participant to be with the feelings that arise as she can, and also to resource.