The Mind Over Finger Podcast - 130 Plan for the Hard Feelings – Try it at Home with Dr. Gauthier

Episode Date: May 6, 2022

This week in the Try it at Home series we unpack and apply in our lives the wisdom of mezzo soprano, coach, entrepreneur, and new music champion, Megan Ihnen.  Just for you, I've created a free resource that has all the steps I'm about to share.  Download it HERE to follow along and continue the reflection after the episode.  You can also find the link in mindroverfinger.com/resources. Catch Megan's conversation with me on the Mind Over Finger Podcast in episode 129 at https://mindoverfinger.libsyn.com/

You're listening to the Mind Over Finger podcast, episode number 130. This is a Try It At Home short. Welcome to the Mind Over Finger podcast, discussions on mindful music making, efficient practice, and building a purposeful career. And now, your host, violinist, teacher, and high performance coach for musicians, Dr. Rene Paul Gaultier. Hi, everyone. Welcome to this episode of the Try It At Home series. In this series, I offer suggestions on how you can take some of the wisdom from the latest interview of the Mind Over Finger podcast, Try It At Home, and make it your own. Let's

unpack my guest's awesome insight together and apply it in our lives. Before we launch into today's tip. If you're hearing this near its release date in May of 2022, it means that enrollment for the Music Mastery Experience is officially open, but you're running out of time because we're starting very soon and the program is filling up. The Music Mastery Experience is my groundbreaking, highly personalized group coaching program that promises you not only an amazing transformation over a short amount of time but coaching and mentorship for life that's right the music mastery experience is going to give you all of the techniques all the systems and the methods you need to elevate your playing and performing to new heights and the ongoing support

to grow your career and tackle and reach big goals if you're ready to crack the code to start performing at your best and to experience fulfillment in your music career, the music mastery experience is for you. If you're wanting to win that job, to rock the stage, grow your career, you're wanting to make more money, go to mindoverfinger.com right now to book your free success planning conversation with me right now and get your transformation started today. Stay tuned for more details at the end. And in this episode, we revisit the fantastic wisdom of mezzo soprano, coach, entrepreneur, and new music champion Megan Enan from episode 129. And if you haven't had a chance yet, make sure to catch our conversation because it's packed with tons of

great information and amazing insight. First, let's listen to what Megan shared. plan ahead for the hard feelings plan ahead for the moments that what will you do when you feel professional jealousy what will you do when you're feeling worried about money what will you feel when you're what will you do when you're feeling burnt out on you know auditioning or performing or whatever think ahead right now if you're feeling really great about what you're doing if you're feeling really great about money if you're feeling really great about auditions if you're feeling really great about whatever then take that moment and say like what would I do what would I tell somebody who was struggling with this right now and honest to god like write

it out put it in a google doc I don't care like put it in your like in case of emergency vault like and then and maybe that's just collecting nice things that people have said about you so that when you're feeling like, should I keep doing this? You go back and you go, oh yeah, look at all these people that sent me a nice, a nice email once, you know, or I got this great review, whatever it is, but plan ahead because everybody has those moments and we don't necessarily broadcast them as much as, as some of the other things, you know, there's no thrilled to announce I'm going through, going through like burnout at the moment. But it's okay to think through that and say like, okay, well, what would I tell somebody that was going through that when

I'm not? And then give that to yourself for those moments that it will inevitably show up in your life. And, and it's okay. It doesn't mean that you're doing it wrong. It just means that this is how we navigate those waters. How great is this? Also, how true is it that we rarely plan on ways to support ourselves when we're in these valleys? And I want to repeat what Megan said at the end. Those valleys are part of the journey. It doesn't mean that we're doing anything wrong. I love this idea of drawing from the inspiration and strength and joy we feel when we're on those peaks to help us navigate the waters of what's waiting for us when we come down from them. So ask yourself, and don't forget to do it on paper or in writing, anywhere. Just make sure you take it out of your head and log it somewhere.

And for you, I've created a free companion guide that has the transcription of Megan's insight, as well as some prompts for you to build that in-case-of-emergency vault. You can download it to continue the reflection by going to mindoverfinger.com slash resources, and I will have that link for you in the show notes. So next time things feel pretty good, sit down, ask questions, and answer yourself. How am I feeling right now? What are all the ways I showed up for myself? What are all the ways I can celebrate myself right now? What am I doing that's working? What am I proud of having accomplished?

What did I do to get to this place where I am today? what are my favorite things about myself what compliments do people offer me what would i tell someone who's struggling what was hard what are all the obstacles i faced and overcame how did i do that what am i grateful for what are some of the many blessings in my life what am I grateful to myself for and so on and so forth you see how this works so keep going if you haven't done this before doing this kind of reflection or even writing a love and appreciation letter to yourself is something very powerful not only to help you take in and notice all the amazing things that you are, but also to support you moving forward.

So I hope you have a great time exploring this tip and let me know how that went by either emailing me at mindoverfinger at gmail.com or by reaching out on social media. I'm Mind Over Finger both on Instagram and Facebook. I love hearing how everyone takes in the insight and plays with it and adapts it. And this collective wisdom is so inspiring. So let me know. Don't forget to catch my conversation with Megan in episode 129. Reach out to her on social and catch her work on her website. All those links are in the show notes. And if you enjoy tips like this one, if you're looking for ways to deepen your practice and elevate your playing and take your career to the next level. Check out the Music Mastery Experience at mindoverfinger.com before the

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life, book a call today at mindoverfinger.com and let's make it happen. That's what I have for you today. As always, you can find all the information related to this episode in the show notes or at mindoverfinger.com slash resources. And that includes the PDF companion to this episode and the link to sign up for the music mastery experience. Be well, my friends. Thank you so much for listening and à bientôt. Thank you.