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After only 3 lessons at the Baton Rouge Conservatory, students typically see these results:
1 – More confidence trying new things (even beyond music)
2 – More ease in hearing and echoing different tunes and rhythms
3 – Increased physical comfort while singing or playing 🫶If you are currently experiencing any of these symptoms:
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Hi all, from my new home ! I went back to the turning points story, which I love, but I am still struggling with it. Amy you mentioned the themes, and I totally agree with the ones you mentioned : not setting the foundations first, and that I do have a bit of a time issues lol (’cause there are so many things to learn ! ). I quite often get to…Read More
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Some of the language felt like it was taking away from the emotional content of a beautiful story. Either there was a bit too much of a set-up or other verbiage that was creating distance of something akin to speaking as a 3rd person/observer.
(“I was seeing myself drowning…” is very different from ‘I was drowning…’)
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Beautiful story! I have a few questions:
What are the details of the going deeper in your own practice that produced the clear energy shift?
What do you mean by having found your home? This sounds like a literal, physical home but I don’t see how that connects to the paragraph above.Either way, more details would help me understand how you got…Read More
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Thank you Ruth ! Here is what I have re written
But something was still nagging me, I needed to go deeper in my own practice. During nearly one year I studied other modalities, deepening my inner world : meditation remained part at the center, pendulum dowsing gave me an sound approach to energy clearing and extended details to accompany people…Read More-
Better! I would make each phrase after the colon in the second sentence a bullet point. A different solution would be to use a period instead of a colon, then make each phrase its own sentence. The next sentence (energy shift) should be a new paragraph.
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thanks Ruth! That’s great (and re fewer and less… i get mixed up sometimes ! English is not my mother tongue 😉
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as for the home part, it is indeed my physical home. I guess if I put it in there, there needs to be a bit more clarity, it is ‘my first’ home, I have been looking for it for 3 years, it is grounding and I feel it will be important in the next steps
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Hi everyone! I’ve been catching up offline on the Turning Point Stories. Here’s mine. (I left in the step by step prompts in this first draft). The photo included is from my first Valentine’s with my husband one million years ago, when he helped lay out a framework for a little joy in our lives. I’d love your comments!…Read More
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Beth – this is beautiful. I love the part about how your studio continues to reflect the values that are important to you. I also love that you ask others to chime in and share what the studio means to them? It is great as is – and if you want to make it even stronger, I suggest outlining 3 values of the studio very clearly, so people don’t have…Read More
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HI Beth, Great story & set of twists & turns. I do feel like the emotional content could be turned up a little more.
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Hi all, I couldn’t be with you last wednesday, we had a huge thunderstorm and I lost power just before starting. I am travelling to my new home tomorrow so it is another miss… but I be there in July, fro an empty but new home! No time to work on turning points story… that’s how it is.
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Hi everyone. I’ve had my head down and quiet, but trust me when I say I think about you all often. <3
I have been REALLY pulling back while I am mid-transition in careers to honor my own energy and my body, but I miss ya'll!
Here is my Turning Point Story I've drafted for this month's content. I'd love to have your thoughts.…Read More
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I had to write an Origin Story for my speaker profile. I’m sharing it below. This is more than sufficient for my purposes, and I have no intention of lengthening my story using this month’s template. So I’ll be bowing out of the remainder of this month’s sessions. . . Have fun!
Have you ever felt like you were running on fumes, but didn’t…Read More
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This works well for your website and social posts. I do think it lacks emotion. The only emotion is the burnout.
You mention Joy and simplicity of being on the road, but you haven’t painted a true picture of what that looks like. You are just telling me, which makes it impossible for me to actually see. That last sentence needs more, otherwise…Read More -
I like all the travel and adventure language (running on fumes/empty, climb, brink, etc.) I agree with Amy about wanting more details on the sunny side of things.
The second paragraph of your post (starting with “But”) might read “But after 18 months of working from home, I was running on empty. I found myself back where I started, on the brink…Read More
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As a violin teacher and chamber music coach, I had been working at five locations for two or three years and it was starting to take a toll. Between the long drives, the disparate calendars, and the large number of students, I didn’t feel able to give my students the attention they deserve. I was frequently tired and haggard, unable to remember w…Read More
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This is obviously not the whole thing, and it’s already long. Maybe publish as a serial? The thought of a series of videos about this topic makes my stomach churn. Maybe I’ll be ready for it after I post the other videos that have been queuing up for CPC!
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This is good, Keep going. We can trim it once you have it all down on paper. Sometimes dumping it all out of your beautiful brain and getting all the steps down will help. We can also make sure you have it worked out so your stomach doesn’t churn. I would love for you to share with us what is the cause for the churn. It is good to talk…Read More
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Thank you The churn is partly due to the backlog and partly due to me not having enough distance from this story to feel ready to tell it on camera.
It’s all I can do to keep up with the preparations for these videos–I’m having a hard time actually getting around to making them. Things should be better starting this weekend–summer schedule is…Read More
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I wanted to do more bullets points but turns out like a story. It feels a bit long… anyway, here goes (seriously, it feels like a roller coaster !):
I had been working in the field for in an International Humanitarian organization for more than 10 years. I loved their values, I loved the work colleagues carry all over the world, I loved what…Read More
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(I also have a question re intrinsic motivation or extrinsic motivation – I feel that Shannon’s story – she knew she had to make a change from her insides. I feel like I had some emotions pre-C happening and Covid was the tip of the iceberg for me deciding to leave. I’m not sure I’ve “intrinsically” returned to teaching. – Does this make…Read More
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Is teaching Tango something you love to do, or is it a job? is there something else that you want to do that will bring more joy? Does it truly matter whether you got there through internal or external circumstances? Maybe the internal signals were blocked by everything that was going on. Maybe other stuff didn’t work out because your heart wasn’t…Read More
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oh such good good questions our lovely insightful wordsmithsman! i am so transparent!!!! I think I’m wondering all these things at the moment…. thank you thank you thank you as always…
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Joel has total nailed what I was thinking. The emotions that you were feeling are more stronger than telling people you taught swim lessons. Here is a small tweak to help guide you as you take this to the next level. I am not sure if this is TRUE though. So, don’t use it if not. But as a guide of the next level.
I went to my parents’ home in A…Read More
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I see what you mean with intrinsic and extrasinc. and I am nor sure it matters for that purpose. I d love to see a bit more of your background : what were you doing before, why did you have enough ? What is tango for you ?
Reading your story also makes me say that there is something, at some point, even tiny, that shows us the way (or actually,…Read More-
thank you @catpeltiergmail-com – yes – I believe this is true too… I love the questions – I think there’s a story much earlier than pandemic that might be more interesting too.. thank you again…
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When COVID hit, many of my violin students could no longer afford lessons, so I took on a few piano students. As the economy adjusted to the pandemic, more and more students came to me—for both piano and violin.
At that time I was teaching at five locations. Between the long drives and the large number of students, I didn’t feel able to give my…Read More
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I feel like your point of no return is that moment when you decided that you couldn’t teach at 5 locations anymore.. how long did you do that for before you made that decision??? Did you decide on your own to simplify to 2 locations 1 schedule? what does that entail? Did you already know your like-minded instructor who you hired to help? and you…Read More
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I like this a lot. Does “at this time…” describe pre-Covid or during Covid?
You might consider turning up the emotion a bit.
Examples:
– Between the long drives & the large number of students, I was struggling & frustrated, I didn’t feel I was able to give my students the attention they deserve. After a lot of thought and a hell of a lot of…Read More
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@ruthviolincox-net love this! I do think that if you said this in line one in first set it would help frame “beyond music”: More confidence trying out new skills and activities (even beyond music). thoughts?