Thank you for your voice!

Brandon, I've contemplated this review many times and tonight just feels like the right time to share it. I, like many I've heard before, found this podcast by simply searching the word positive—I was meant to find you, I know it wasn't random (more on that in a minute) That was nine months ago. Nine of the most challenging months I've ever experienced, and your voice has been with me all along the way. I was awakened, comforted and challenged, and continue to be as The PHeadPodcast has become an integral part of my journey. I could write pages about that journey but for the sake of time will give you the nutshell version. I quit drinking last August to gain and hold clear space for counseling work I was doing with my wife of 24 years. As I got sober I started to remember things from my childhood that I had suppressed. I was coming to grips with my sexuality and dealing with a lifetime of fear and shame. At the end of January I couldn't hold it any longer and i came out to my wife and it's been an unraveling ever since. I'm learning to love and accept who I am in part due to the love that you spread. Thank you again. I love you. It's spring and life all around me is blooming and changing. I am getting divorced, but we are committed to writing a different story than you usually hear. One where we recognize our hearts have the capacity to keep on loving each other, where our children (young adult) see that our family can thrive, one where we let go of fear and lean into love. It's messy right now but I'm rising through it all. This could go on and on, so I'll stop and end this review with a synchronicity (thought you'd love that:):):) At the begining of this month I drove 1,200 miles to get to Lucidity Fest, a transfromational festival I had never heard of until you mentioned it on one of the Podcasts. Actually I had never heard the term Transformational Festival until you brought it to my attention. I actually went for the Lucid Universtiy Courseweek that happened in the week leading up to the festival. Courseweek, which loosely followed Joseph Campbell's "A Heroes Journey" ended up being a deep personal exploration that has changed my life. On the last evening of class we were given the assignment to write a letter to ourselves from our future self 30 years older. What a powerful exercise. My last line of my letter was "Remember to Dance" Fast forward to the next day, when we where told we would be taking a vow of silence until sun down, in which time we would build an alter at the foot of an oak tree to honor ourselves. We were led in group to trees and we would choose a tree as we felt moved. I chose the 4th tree we came upon. At each tree there was a small box left for us with a few items that we could use in our alter. We could also use what we had with us — I had the letter I had written the night before. In that moment, standing in the shadow of this ancient oak, I decided I would use my letter in the alter—creating a free flowing chandelier like structure hanging from the tree with the pages of my letter flowing in the breeze. I then went to my box to unpack my goodies. It was at this moment I knew. I knew I was meant to be there. It was no accident that I found this podcast nine months earlier and in the course of listening heard about this festival, blindly bought a ticket and drove 1,200 milesl. What did I find in my box? A crusty lanyard, some twigs, blue colored glass cubes, and a DISCO BALL. I just started laughing, and then crying as this beautiful wave of oneness washed over me. The Universe gave me a disco ball! Rembeber to dance.