E122 - Lisa Murphy -Let's talk about Synergy
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Speaker 2: [00:00:00] going.
Hello, my creative friend. Welcome back to another episode of Create Today with Beth Buffington. You know, I love to have guests on, and today we're having Lisa Murphy come back and join us. We're just gonna have a discussion about the things that Lisa and I do together. I think they're such important issues and events So that's what we're gonna do today is have a conversation about why. What we do is so important. For you, my friend. So Lisa, welcome back to Create Today. I am so excited to have you here again today.
Speaker: Hi Beth. Thank you so much and hello to all of your listeners, and I'm so excited for this conversation as well.
I learned so much when I started working with you. And just the synergy of creativity and wellness. [00:01:00] And I didn't really get it, but now I do. So man, I am here to sing to the rafters. Let's do it.
Speaker 2: Okay. Well, you know what I wanna open up with is, something that I became very aware of when I prepared my last podcast episode.
And that is that 76% of all adults are. Concerned about the future of our country, our world, and it has become a major source
of stress for them. Just wondering about the future of our world. and that is on top of.
What is happening with a job, with family, with relationships, with caring for, parents or children? That's a lot.
Speaker: Oh my gosh. 76% of adults are worried about the future of our world. That is very sobering, that statistic and what I'm guessing then of course [00:02:00] that trickles down
to more anxiety, probably more depression, more sleepless nights. Mm-hmm. Um, maybe people not taking care of themselves the way that they should because they're so stressed out. Ah, it's a vicious cycle.
Speaker 2: It is. And
quite often when we're feeling that kind of stress and overwhelm, we put ourself in the backseat and we don't pay attention to our needs.
That is when we really get into trouble. So I thought today, wouldn't it be a great idea just to talk about, well, what is it that we do at a Sylva event and how is it something that can, you know, help people figure out how to like, put a lid on their stress or calm their anxiety and just feel better about themselves today so that their tomorrow will be a little bit better.
You ready to talk about that?
Speaker: Absolutely. Let's go. Let's talk about it, Beth.
Speaker 2: So one of the things I think we need to stress so, so much is a lot of people who know me think, oh, Beth's an artist. So [00:03:00] these retreats must be just artsy retreats. While we're gonna go make some fun stuff to take home, to decorate our house with or to give us gifts, but that's not what they are.
I think Lisa has learnedthat my focus on creativity is very different. Can you tell everybody what you've learned?
Speaker: Fact, I am not an artist. I cannot draw a stick figure. I, I have no talent when it comes to that. But what I learned from you, Beth, is that this isn't about being an artist. It is about. Expressing your innate creativity. Everyone is creative and I am so proud to own that these days. I am creative and, and what I learned and am still learning, and I've got some stories, is that creativity is not a skill or a talent.
Well, it, it can be a skill that you cultivate, but it's not an a talent that you either have or you [00:04:00] don't. It is a practice. It is a tool, and what I love about it in the context of that terrifying statistic is that it can help us when we are overwhelmed. When we are spun out. It is a practice just like meditation or yoga or going for a run.
Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah. Um, that is what I have been fascinated about, uh, for years now, is just realizing that my creativity wasn't just about the time I sat down in front of a sketch pad. or my iPad to create and procreate. There was so much more about my creativity that I was using and
The way I was looking at the world quite often made me feel just a little bit lighter and brighter and less stressed So in exploring that and doing a lot of reading, I found that not only is the way I was being playful with life, a real [00:05:00] thing.
But it's backed by science. And that's what I love. Every time I think about something about lighting a candle for dinner. Is there science that proves that that actually does something to your psyche to make you feel better? Is that, is that something? And when I dig into it, I always find a study that says, yep.
This is a real thing and it does great things for your brain and for just the way you feel and care for yourself.
Speaker: Absolutely. I love that you bring up science because woo, I love me some science, and I also love me some. Woo woo. And what I love best is when the two intersect.
Mm-hmm. in my vibrant, living, vibrant coaching practice, I work a lot with some of my modalities, which a few are yoga, meditation, mindfulness. And what I'm learning in those areas, and I'm guessing it's true for you [00:06:00] with creativity, is that science is now. Backing up, proving, supporting, reiterating what wisdom traditions the ancients have said for thousands of years.
They just simply had different names for them and I just think that is like so freaking cool.
Speaker 2: Yeah. It also gives you, um, a reason to say, it is important for me to do this thing today.
Speaker: Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I thought would be really nice is if we explain The, three, areas that we really focus on in a Sylva retreat, Sylva Solace in in the fall, in Sylva Synergy. This may, we focus on core care, creative care, and community care. And there's just a special way we stir all these things together that makes people go home, not only feeling more alive, but also going home to say I, I now know some ways to take care of myself.[00:07:00]
Better so that I can not only remember this weekend as being something that was really satisfying, but is something that started something new for me.
Speaker: Hmm.
Speaker 2: So, you concentrate a lot on the core care part of Sylva? Tell everybody a little bit about what that means and how it directly reflects.
the life that you're living and, what you are sharing with your students.
Speaker: Yeah, absolutely. So to me, core care means core not in your stomach muscles, which that, that is, that can be part of it too. But at the very heart of you is your core. So it is self care and not self care in the.
Bubble baths and manicures and spa days, yes, those can be part of it. However, I feel that a lot of times those types of things are very superficial, where we [00:08:00] kinda back ourselves into a corner and then we try to take bubble baths to get ourselves out of the corner. Um, so core care is about let's don't get in the corner.
To begin with, so how can we be proactive with our health, our wellbeing? My programs all work with what I call my four pillars of vibrant living food, what we eat, mood, how we're managing our stress, rest. Are we resting? Are we getting enough sleep and movement? How are we moving our bodies? And that's what I love about working with you is that we can bring creativity into each and every one of those four pillars.
But at its essence, that's what core care is about. It's like, let's really strip away all the layers, get inside. To the core of it. And from there, let's build beautiful, sustainable habits that might involve bubble baths and pedicures. In fact, I hope it does, if that's your [00:09:00] thing. I know I'm a bath person, but let's start with our essence first and go from there.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I've always had a fascination with just how my body reacts when I eat well, when I rest well, when my mood is at its peak, and when I have, exercised. When you have all four of those things working.
in a strong way, it, you really do feel very, very different. So, at a Sylva retreat, Lisa is really good at bringing us in no matter where you are in any of those levels. I mean, you don't need to have to come in and say, I'm training for a marathon to understand how you can move your body better.
And you, you don't need to know how to meditate 20 minutes, in Lotus position to understand how you can think better. There's just some really wonderful ways that Lisa Is able to help you understand how you can find where you are right now. [00:10:00]
Speaker: Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2: And find ways to continue or make yourself even stronger and more resilient.
Speaker: Yeah. Thank you. And I think that's where probably we'll talk about community, but when we come together at a Sylva event or in our Sylva Sessions, our group mastermind that we run together. We're coming together as a community and everybody is coming from a different place.
this is never about making somebody feel badly because they aren't at a certain level.
Let's come together to raise each other up. And if you are training for marathons, awesome. Let me help you with that. If you are not currently walking around the block, fantastic. Today's the day to start. And when we get together in community, the support that we see is absolutely amazing.
We inspire each other, we learn from each other, and it, it doesn't matter what your. Level is, so to speak, what matters is that you have desire, that you have a desire [00:11:00] to take care of yourself.
Speaker 2: Yes. Yes. That makes me think about, creative care.
The way I am going to be approaching this when we go to Sylva synergy is we're gonna to figure out where you are and then where to go next. So my four words to go forwards is revive, realize, refine, and release. When you're in the revive stage, you are figuring out.
Where you need to rest, how you need to rest, because you have an energy level that needs some sort of maintenance, and how can you refill that energy once depleted? So we concentrate on that. Then we have the realize phase, and in this phase we're going to concentrate on how realizing is being mindful of what you're thinking about.
So you can decide. If you're going forwards in a good direction or if you need to make new pathways in your [00:12:00] brain so that you can undo some patterns that have not been serving you well. So we talk about what those patterns are.
so finding out whether or not those patterns are suiting you. Working for you is really important. So we do that in the realized stage, and then in the refined stage, we talk about doing the work. And you can have a lot of great ideas, but if you don't put 'em into action, if Lisa teaches you what to eat, but then you go home and you don't practice what you learned, if you only think about it and you don't do it.
You're not doing the work and you're not going to see those improvements. The important thing is to know that you don't have to make big strides every day to make improvements. small creative acts, they compound, they add up.
Once you start realizing something is good for you and you can incorporate that into a ritual, into a new pattern, and you let that [00:13:00] compound, if you start today, imagine where you could be a year from now.
That's amazing.
Speaker: Oh, that is amazing. And so much, Beth, I can hardly sit on my hands, a common thread with what you just said, and the way I do my best to live and work is. Recognizing where you are.
Speaker 2: Yes,
Speaker: and I think that is so important, especially if we go back to that 76% who are truly worried about the state of our world.
Okay. I am not going to tell anyone don't feel that way. We have got to recognize where we are, because if we don't, we can't. Know how to best move forward. I, I liken it to putting directions in your GPS in your car if you wanna get to the grocery store. You gotta tell it where you're starting from.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker: Because otherwise it can't tell you how to get there. if we can't really [00:14:00] acknowledge the reality of where we are, we cannot possibly be able to forge the best path forward.
Speaker 2: Yeah,
Speaker: and that's where creativity comes in. I think. It's like, okay, I'm here. I don't really like it here, but I'm here, so how can I get creative to move over to that? Place that I'd rather be.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I love your GPS metaphor because One, you need to know where you are. So, GPS knows where to start your directions, and you need to know where you wanna go.
Speaker: Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2: Right? it gives you a place that you can start and then a dream, a goal, a plan, a path where you would like to go next.
that is something that we do while at a Silva event, and it's synergy is help you take a look at who you are. And just what are your self-care needs? What have you been denying yourself? [00:15:00] where are you allowing yourself to let negative thoughts just run you ragged?
And then how can you find ways to cope better so that you can be more resilient in the face of what we're facing today And the last word in my going forwards is release. And I think that's a really important one. release is saying
Let it go. Let it out into the world to do what it needs to do. What do you need to release? And sometimes that is baggage that you're carrying that you don't need to drag with you anymore.
So the way we can interact with each other, the way I see creativity and the way Lisa, can intertwine of her core care together, it makes these weekends so magical and very unique.
Speaker: Yeah. And I have found as I've had the pleasure now to work with several artists is, and you tell me, is this just, um, [00:16:00] I hazard of the job,
But what I'm finding, and this is sad and perhaps it's indicative of our entire culture, is that a lot of creatives. The core care is last on their list.
Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
Speaker: Because they're making their art. They're selling their art, they're doing a day job, and then, oh, of course they may be taking care of aging parents or a family. So I think it's a really beautiful opportunity to help people in that demographic. So we're not saying to come to a Sylva event, you can't be an artist or create, absolutely not.
You need it too. We need you too. because you're gonna learn that creativity is another tool to help keep you well. And if you already are an artist, come and learn. Perhaps some new and fun, better ways to take care of yourself because your body is your most important. Tool, whether you're an artist or an accountant.[00:17:00]
Speaker 2: Yeah. One of the things that I stress is that everyone is creative and, that everyone should have some sort of creative pastime that they do when they're not working
it is a place for you to rest your brain. And science says that if you allow yourself to have some time and creativity.
You will feel more positive energy and thoughts, and that this vitality that you generate, it bleeds into the next day, the next day. It's so good for you that it, it just surfs its way into your very next day. So when we're at the retreat, we will be doing some creative, practices.
So that you can kinda get a feel for what that feels like when you're doing it.
Speaker: Yeah, and I learned from you [00:18:00] that creativity is indeed a practice and just telling on myself when I first tried to start embracing that thought as a fact, you can, you can see my resistance and I, I just share that because other listeners may be like, eh, no, right? Like, mm-hmm. Totally get it. I sat down
with a group to do some crafting, if you will, and I was like, okay, I've had these embroidery needle hoops for probably.
40 years. So I'm gonna, I, okay. First of all, I couldn't thread the needle because my, I had to ask one of the younger ladies in the group to thread my needle for me, which is hysterical.
Speaker 2: That has nothing to do with creativity.
Speaker: Yeah, it does. It is like, I just needed a different tool. I'm, I'm gonna be really honest with you.
I was frustrated.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker: I felt like I used to [00:19:00] feel when I was the stereotypical oldest perfectionist child, because that was me and I wanted to cry, so this was new to me.
And what it felt like to see things from a beginner's mindset again. So it was really challenging and I think I made like three stitches in an hour.
I'm not kidding. Like I had to YouTube how to do the back stitch and all this. But all this to say that was really rewiring something in my brain I needed to unlearn.
Speaker 2: Yeah,
Speaker: something a lot before I could ease into it. And that was just incredibly illuminating for me. It was like, wow.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker: Wow, wow, wow. And then of course, once I stuck with it, the minutes flew by.
I realized how [00:20:00] meditative it is. And I, I'm guessing that's a big part of the science, you're able to get in a flow. And I can't wait to pick up my embroidery hoop now.
Speaker 2: So I'm so glad you shared this, Lisa, because there are some commonalities that I'm sure you felt especially when you're trying something brand new, or you're trying something that you, you used to do a long time ago that you're trying to, not kidding,
Speaker: 40 years
Speaker 2: this happens to everyone. For an example, my mom was teaching my granddaughter Fiona how to do some crochet. She was teaching her the simple chain loop, and it reminded me when I was in grade school how I had learned to crochet these little bookworm,
Crochet worms. it was a type of crochet that coiled, and then at the end of it, you just did the chain loop, I think that's what it's called, to do a long tail. And then the little worm would hang out of your book
And I thought, oh my gosh, [00:21:00] I bet I could teach Fiona how to do that, And I thought, oh, I'll just. I'll just watch a couple YouTubes and I thought, here we go.
We'll just make a quick worm. And here's what I found. I remembered nothing So I had to go back to someone that was just teaching basics, uh, crochet methods before I could even figure out how, what she was talking about to do the worms.
And then the second thing is I'm left-handed. I couldn't find anyone making, bookmark worms that was left-handed. So I was watching a video and then I had to think of it backwards in order to figure out how to do that.
Speaker: Got it.
Speaker 2: I, I tell you what, it took me three weeks and I had this mountain of.
Worms that had not worked,
but I figured it out finally. And here's the thing. When I first got started, there was part of me that said. Okay, we can't do this anymore. but [00:22:00] I had already kind of promised that I was gonna look into this, so I felt a little indebted to it.
Thankfully, I, I made that commitment because it made me stick to it.
Speaker: Mm-hmm. So
Speaker 2: Anytime you learn something new, there is that learning curve and you just need to embrace it and laugh it off.
So allow yourself to embrace the beginning and know that because you're doing this on your own time, you don't have to worry about being perfect at it.
Did you have fun? That's the thing that you need to concentrate on.
Speaker: Yeah, and I'm gonna take it one step back even is that for me, the most important part of this, what we were talking about has nothing to do with the finished product.
Speaker 2: Yes.
Speaker: Right. It is all about the process. And you talked about thinking about what you're thinking, It was really confronting, I'm gonna be honest, to feel and recognize some of the things that were coming up for me.
so for me, [00:23:00] it's not even about getting better But it was very much about the actual process of it and about what I was learning about myself, and then how I can use that in the rest of my life. And that is what I have found from you and from Sylva Events and our Sylva Sessions, is that creativity is,
Speaker 2: it's about the doing.
Speaker: It's about the doing, and it is simply a practice and a tool that has tremendous benefits, especially if you wanna get curious about what's going on between your ears.
Speaker 2: And this is really important for all of my, creatives out there that are professional creatives because if you're thinking, oh, I'm creative because it's my job, Well, yes you are. But when you have a creative job, you are creating on demand and you are usually creating for someone who's given you a deadline, given you a project, or you're creating [00:24:00] for.
A trend or for a season that you think someone will buy, that you will create, You very rarely stray out of what you feel super confident about. Like, I will draw rabbits 'cause I know how to draw rabbits, or I will do watercolors 'cause I do watercolors.
if you are a professional, creative, the best thing you can do for yourself is to say, I am a watercolorist. I'm gonna go learn how to do some pottery. Take yourself out of your genre and go somewhere you've never worked before, but go there with a beginner's mindset and allow yourself to fail and even find humor in just.
How newbie you are and how awful you might be at the very beginning because that place where you're building new neuro pathways in your brain is so healthy for you.
Speaker: Yeah, absolutely. And what if you just created for [00:25:00] yourself?
Speaker 2: Yes.
Speaker: If you created. For no one else but yourself. And that is core care right there.
Yes. Like what can I do just for me? Yeah. Yeah. and you mentioned neural pathways, and that's one of the things where science is caught up with the woowoo in yogic tradition is called samskara and now science calls it. Neuroplasticity and that is one of the biggest, to me, benefits beyond just feeling good about creativity, I describe my frustrating experience with the embroidery.
I was creating new neural pathways, and we can continue to do that as we age. our brains do not have to shrivel up. We can continue to. Create new neural pathways to learn new things, and that helps to keep us very vibrant and healthy as we celebrate each birthday.
Speaker 2: Yes. And just explain a little bit about what a neuro pathway is.
if you do anything long enough, [00:26:00] there becomes a path. People do that when they ride bikes where they're not supposed to.
They're gonna cut the corner at the sidewalk, That's a pathway that's been made. You can make pathways in your life that are like that, and they can be good for you and they can be bad for you.
A bad pathway would be someone that needs to go outside and have a smoke after lunch every day. That is a habit that you've made. That we know for a fact is not healthy for you. So if you wanted to change that from a bad pattern into a good pattern, you would need to find something different to do at that time of day.
That would then become a healthy pattern. And when you first start to do it, you are blazing a trail through a thick piece of swampy forest land. it is not easygoing because You've never traveled this way, and it's gonna take a while before that path becomes a groove that you can walk [00:27:00] easily.
And that is where doing something small, little tiny bits of improvement every day.
Every day you'll start compounding onto your improvements and then that pathway gets built.
Speaker: Yes. And I love, you know, it, it is a practice we have to practice and, you wouldn't, unless you're crazy, go out and run a marathon without.
Training first. Yeah, we're, we're building new muscles. To put it in somatic terms, it's happening in the brain, so it is often we can't see that but we are literally building new muscles and that takes some time and some patience.
And I think sometimes we get so kind of clogged up in our own world, right? 76% of us are worried about the state of the world. We've got family situations, we've gotta pay the bills, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. We may have health issues, [00:28:00] so how? How do we even see our way out of the forest?
But to me, stepping back. From all of that is the only way to see clearly so that I know what to do. Just like you explained it when you were starting with your worms. That's hysterical. You had to step back and start from the very beginning. You were all mired up in the worms that weren't turning into worms, and you basically just had to put it all down and go, okay, I gotta step back.
And that is why I love the retreat as a vehicle.
Speaker 2: Yes,
Speaker: because we. Cannot do this by ourselves. If you can, good for you, keep doing what you're doing. But for me to get a new start, a fresh start, a reboot, just like your computer, I've gotta step back. And that's why I love running retreats, and that's why I go on retreats because it is so important to me.
It's an investment [00:29:00] in myself to get away from what I can't see. So that I can have a fresh start.
Speaker 2: And there's no better way to allow yourself this space to really focus deeply than to say, this is a weekend that I am investing in myself.
Speaker: Yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm going to put aside.
All the things that are stressing me right now, and I'm going to just be selfish and concentrate on me. Mm-hmm. And what I can do to make me better. Because healing is not a solo journey. And we do it better when we have a community around us, when we have some guidance and when we have support.
And that is what you are going to get. At any of the Sylva offerings, you get the guidance, you get the support of others that are doing the same thing you are doing.
Speaker: Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:
Speaker: And I'm gonna pay play bad cop here a little bit to Beth's good cop. And I would like to [00:30:00] talk about the word selfish because none of this is selfish. For real.
Speaker 2: Yes,
Speaker: it is not selfish. In fact, it is the opposite. Taking care of yourself. Is the only way you can care for those around you.
The only way you can show up and be the best artist, the best CPA, the best director, the best president of an international company. The only way you can show up and do those things is if you are pouring from a full cup. And that is what we take. Very seriously as facilitators of all of our events and our groups is we get to do the pouring.
Speaker 2:
Speaker: Into you so that then you can pour from a full cup.
Speaker 2: So what we're saying is it's okay for you to say, this is my time.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Allow yourself the focus on [00:31:00] just you because so many of us, wow.
We set aside our time to have creative time when. We are done with our to-do list done feeding our families, done with housework, done with all the chores and responsibilities that we've got done with the emails done with whatever. Our boss, or our manager, or whoever is lording over us says needs to get accomplished When all those things are done so often it's late at night and we are exhausted and we barely.
We barely have time to just thump ourself into bed. And many of us are still reading email up until the point where we lay on the pillow. Yeah. So when you have trouble carving out that time
you say to yourself, I'm going to invest in how I am important to me, the best way to do that is schedule it. If it's on your calendar, you'll go, if you make a dentist appointment, you'll go to that dentist [00:32:00] appointment.
So do the same thing for yourself. Schedule the time and then don't let anything get in the way of it because you've scheduled it. Make it a priority.
Speaker: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah.
Priority is a really great word, and it's time for a lot of women's priorities to shift. I'm just gonna call that out. priorities have often been about other people and I'm gonna just go out on a limb and say, here's a challenge, isn't it? Time to prioritize yourself.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Yeah. So, Lisa, tell everyone where, Sylva synergy is and what is going on at the venue we've chosen. 'cause that's magical too.
Speaker: I am so excited to bring Sylva Synergy to Atchison, Kansas, which is just about an hour north of Kansas City. It is less than 45 minutes from the Kansas City International Airport, so it's very easily accessible [00:33:00] and it will be taking place in the much Nick Art Gallery in Atchison.
Let me tell you, you may be like, I have never heard of Atchison, Kansas. Is that where Dorothy was from? Well, let me tell you, it is gonna be on your radar soon if it's not already. Amelia Earhart birthplace. There is so much creative, strong feminine energy going on in this town. Women, entrepreneurs, women doing all kinds of amazing things.
And men too. We like men too. Um. It's on a river. It is going to be absolutely beautiful in spring and this old Victorian house where we are holding the retreat, man, it has got some stories to tell, and if we're talking about just soaking up some vibes, there are gonna be a lot of really, really good vibes to be had.
In the much.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I, I can't hardly wait. if you love old Victorian homes that are perfectly [00:34:00] preserved, you will enjoy coming to just see the architecture there. Also it's a gallery. There's a lot of interesting work that they will be, showing at the gallery as well.
Speaker: Yeah. I'd like to go over what people can expect,
With each day. Oh, great
Speaker 2: idea. Yes, please.
Speaker: Yeah, so it's considered a day retreat, which means that you are welcome just to come for the day. You do not have to stay, it's not a residential retreat if you do wanna come for the whole weekend, like if you don't live nearby, absolutely. There are hotels and Airbnbs and we can help with that.
But if you're local or if you live in the Kansas City area, you, can simply commute. It's not such a big investment in that regard. But we will have an opening. Circle an opening ceremony Every morning we will have core care in the form of. Yoga practice, breathing exercises, maybe some mindfulness meditation.
Beth and I have a wonderful activity we call a [00:35:00] sensory walk that's always wildly popular. We'll be doing that. We'll have. Continental breakfast each day. We will have lunch on site each day. Beth will lead us in some creative exercises, and we also have a team of wonderful massage therapists and energy healers.
On site, you can purchase a chair, massage, or even a full body massage.
So you can see that we have curated an amazing schedule, of opportunity for you to pick and choose what's best going to serve you and to help you. If you're a creative who needs to focus on your wellness, you're gonna get that. If you don't consider yourself an artist. You're gonna get to experience creativity and see how that can be integrated into your life.
Speaker 2: Yes. And you can choose to come on Saturday or Sunday, but I tell you what, if you can come for the whole weekend, [00:36:00] that is where you're going to get the most out of all the goodness
Speaker: Go big or go home, right? come on, let's just do it. Like, just commit, like you said, once we commit, we're in.
Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
Speaker: So it's a wonderful opportunity to, spend Friday night, all day Saturday, all day Sunday, just for you.
Speaker 2: And if you sign up to be a VIP, you get to have a wonderful dinner, with everyone else that's a VIP and with Lisa and I on Saturday evening.
It'll give you some extra time just to get to know us and ask us some questions that you might've been a little shy to ask during any of our sessions. And we are going to be having some fabulous food that night too, too.
Speaker: Yes. And bring your swimmers because the VIP dinner will be held at a private home in Atchison, and I'm just gonna tell you that private home has a swimming pool and a hot tub.
Just saying, [00:37:00]
Speaker 2: you don't have to come to swim if you don't want to, but if you want to, uh, come. Yeah, come with your floaties.
Speaker: I bet Floaties will be provided.
Speaker 2: what I know is that. Universe leans in and that we always get a group of people that we're destined to be together.
Mm-hmm. So if you are listening to this today, and your ears are pricking up about investing in yourself and figuring out ways that you can have better self care
This is a wonderful weekend that you don't wanna miss.
So do come and join us. And like I said, the universe leads in and we always get a group of people that we're meant to be together. Do you know what I mean, Lisa?
Speaker: Yeah. It always works out that way. People come from different parts of the country. People don't know each other, and we're all sisters when we leave.
Speaker 2: Yes, indeed. We are, we are. So, Lisa, tell everyone, if there's anything important going on in [00:38:00] your world right now that we should know about in addition to Sylva Synergy.
Speaker: Oh, thank you so much. You know, my ongoing programs are, are focused on core care and I have my yoga community, which we have live online yoga classes every weekday.
It is wonderful. And then I also have my one-on-one. Vibrant Living coaching. So if you are a woman, a middle-aged woman who wants to continue to have grand adventures, climb volcanoes, be able to get down on the floor with your kids or grandkids, One-on-one coaching can make all the difference in the world.
Yeah. Thanks Beth. Thanks Beth. Yeah, you're welcome. And then are you gonna tell them about Sylva Sessions?
Speaker 2: Yes. So Silva Sessions is for anyone that is thinking, oh, I wish I could come to the retreat. But, uh, that weekend is busy. Sylva Sessions is an online membership where we meet to talk about these principles that you've heard today, but we meet, twice [00:39:00] a month.
and we will concentrate on one of those core principles, core care, creative care, or community care, and how you can incorporate that into your life. So you'll get some practical advice. And practices that you can actually, employ into your life and you'll be surrounded by a wonderful and supportive group of individuals who are learning that creativity is the best way to make your life beautiful.
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2: As you concentrate on your core care, so. Sessions, is really easy to sign up for, and you'll see that you can sign up in the show notes Or you can go to www.bdi-create.today and just click on the Sylva, button in the menu and it'll take you to all the Sylva events that you can choose from.
And Sylva Sessions is there.
Speaker: Yeah. So if you wanna get a little peek of what the core care will be like at [00:40:00] Silva Synergy, check out my online yoga classes. And if you wanna get a little peek of what creative care and community will be like at Sylva Synergy, check out Sylva Sessions.
Speaker 2: Yes, we, just really hope that you're there and if you have any questions.
you can hit reply to any of the emails that you get from me, or you can easily find my email inside the show notes and just get in touch. Hit reply. Let me know what your questions are. Lisa and I are here to chat with you about any questions or curiosities and how we can help you go forward so that you are not one of those 76% of people who are so worried about the world.
That it is your major cause of stress. There is a way for you to lower your stress levels. Even though the world is a dumpster fire at times,
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Because you can live a happy life, [00:41:00] even though there is a lot going on in our world and that is what we focus on.
Speaker: Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2: Well, Lisa, thank you so much for coming and spending some time with us today. I talk to you all the time on my own, so it's just really neat for us to come in and share a little bit of the goodness that we talk about all the time.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker 2: But to do it with the listeners. So thank you for coming.
Speaker: Thank you for having me, Beth.
Speaker 2: All right, everyone. No matter whether you are going to be part of Sylva, synergy, or Sylva sessions, my hope for you is that you'll take some of the goodness that we've talked about today about how you can learn to take creativity and look at it as how can I use my creative passions just to make life a little more beautiful for me every day?
I hope you find a way to do that for yourself today. And you know my wish for you as always is [00:42:00] to stay creative, my friend. Thanks for joining us. Love you, Lisa. We'll talk to you later. Bye bye.
