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.

(OOOOOOOOOoooooo we are getting to the spicy stuff now!) Think of emotions not as feelings, but as forces that act through you at different depths of awareness. 1. Unconscious Emotions Ancient spells already in motion These are emotions that do not feel like emotions at all. They feel like reality itself. They run before language. Before story. Before choice. How they operate: - They fire automatically. - They shape perception, posture, tone, timing. - They decide what feels “obvious,” “normal,” or “safe.” You don’t notice them because they are the lens, not the image. Magical function: Unconscious emotions set the world-state. They determine: - What your body expects from existence. - Whether life feels hostile, benevolent, urgent, scarce. - Which spells are even available to you later. Fear here doesn’t say “I’m afraid.” It says, “this is just how things are.” Cost: Very low energy. Very high influence. Tell: Patterns you keep reenacting without knowing why. 2. Subconscious Emotions Self-casting spells These emotions do have a felt sense, but they arrive uninvited. They surge, pull, nudge, hijack. They feel like “I just felt this” or “it came out of nowhere.” How they operate: - Triggered by memory, meaning, or association. - Partially visible, not controllable. - They negotiate between body and mind. This is where most people believe emotions live. Magical function: Subconscious emotions cast spells on your behalf. They: - Push you toward or away from things. - Generate impulses, urges, aversions. - Supply motivation, resistance, attraction. Grief weeps. Anger flares. Joy lifts. You can notice them, but not stop them mid-spell. Cost: Moderate energy. Medium influence. Tell: Strong reactions that don’t match the present moment’s scale. 3. Conscious Emotions Deliberate spellwork These are emotions you can enter, amplify, soften, or sustain on purpose. This is the beginning of energy architecture. This is where our influence manifests through how we carve our character into the world.

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???:)

Attention: What Feeds the System Attention is not intention or temporary focus. It is what the system keeps returning to. Where attention goes, energy follows. Where energy follows, patterns form. This is mental-metabolism. What Attention Actually Is Attention is contact over time. Anything you repeatedly touch internally grows warmer, louder, more familiar. This includes: Thoughts you revisit. Sensations you scan for. Stories you replay. Emotions you brace against. Futures you rehearse. The system does not ask why you’re paying attention. It only registers that you are. Feeding Without Meaning To You can STILL feed something while trying to get rid of it. Examples: “Why am I still anxious?” feeds anxiety. “I must not think about this” keeps the object present. (Try not to think about a pink elephant) Monitoring whether a feeling has left keeps it tethered. (Doing everything in purpose to avoid addiction still affirms the addiction is powerful. Alternatively, pursue other activities, connection, experiences for the sole value of itself as full-immersion.) Attention is neutral fuel. It powers avoidance just as efficiently as care. Attention vs Awareness This distinction matters. Attention is sticky. It lingers, circles, chews. (Imagine closing your eyes and meditating on the flavour of the feeling a scene, moment or experience gives you.) Awareness is brief contact without grip. You can be aware of an emotion without feeding it. Most people confuse the two and wonder why things intensify. Why Naming Helps Naming localizes attention. “Something is wrong” feeds the whole system. “Tightness behind my ribs” feeds a small, finishable loop. Specificity starves the global story. Vagueness feeds monsters. The Law of Return Attention follows unresolved motion. This is why: - The mind revisits what didn’t finish. - The body replays what wasn’t metabolized. - Distraction works briefly, then fails. You are not obsessed. The system is attempting completion. It is repairing energy leaks.