Are you ready to stop feeling overwhelmed by the events in your life? Watch this weeks episode and sink into those feelings you’ve been avoiding.

Blog below and share what you do when you get overwhelmed. Be sure to tell each other what you’re going to do now!

 
  • Yoga4me2

    ……♥¸.•*¨*••*¨*•.¸¸♥……For me I think of it as fight or flight when I am overwhelmed. My gut (root chakra) reaction tends to be “fly into withdrawal”  What I do then is go within and connect with my “Light” “Divine Sparkle” or as I feel it my “Ball of Joy” Then I come from that JOYPOWER ( helps me to think of it as that rather than a place of anger) and get fired up to take action. Thanks for all you do for the Goddess population and others,Kristin. Bless your Heart …. Feel the JOYPOWER which I know you do. ……♥¸.•*¨*••*¨*•.¸¸♥……Elaine

  • http://www.lovingtheplanet.com/ Dana Lynn

    I have been practicing the opposite of what I usually do in my overwhelm.. My pattern is to paralyze myself in the emotion and become unable to get out of the crying and grieving (5planets in water) will do that.  So it has been part of my lessons to learn to move outside of this default.  I have been allowing myself to be conscious with what I am feeling and stating that I will clear this and heal through it… all the while moving into some form of action… going for a brisk walk… going to the gym… doing housework… getting a bunch of things I have to do done.  And it is proving to be very empowering.  I do still have some moments in my emotion…  which doesn’t last too long anymore… real amazing changes occurring.  Thanks for sharing… Sweet Blessings,

  • http://www.dgmommy.com/ DGMommy

    “When you avoid feeling powerless, you… take action in a powerless way.”
    Wow. That is SO important! Thank you. In the past I have often used avoidance as a coping mechanism. No longer! For the past couple of years I’ve made great strides in that area, but especially since I discovered (or attracted!) EverythingisEnergy into my life. I’ve studied the Law of Attraction for a few years now, but it all clicked with just a few of your teleconferences and your EIE radio show with Michael Beckwith! 

    Today, I acknowledge my feelings, my emotions. If I need to cry, I do it! When I feel myself slipping into a ‘victim’ mindset I breathe myself right out of it! I dance or I sing or I write! I use the wonderful centering techniques I’ve learned and I give myself permission to feel every emotion and then pass through them. It’s quite a rapid process, in fact.

    Then, I take action. Whatever the necessary and inspired action may be. 

    Thank you, Kristin, as always! You are one rockin’ goddess!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520151258 Kat Bickert

    Kristen, I can say honestly, that I allowed myself to cry just as you said recently when I felt powerless and was facing the possibility of missing out on a transformative gathering with empowered women that I know I needed in order to nurture my inner visionary. I feel much more grounded than I did before I let the neighborhood hear it. I am now able to take much more empowered and inspired action to nurture myself.
    Great video.

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Love this Kat!  It brought a smile to my heart….”I let the neighborhood hear it”.  :)

  • Brenda Gibbs55

    The past few years my knee jerk reaction to overwhelm is to with draw and cry and become paralyzed from taking action. 
    Prior to that I was a major angry action taker. I was a passive-aggressive anger expresser and alternated between seething resentment and explosive rage. Once I found my way to feeling what lies behind the anger and started to unhook from a lifetime of this pattern I went way over to the other side and now I am having difficulty harnessing the masculine actioning energy.

    • Brenda Gibbs55

      So, my stretch is to take action!!! Lets get physical, physical, physical! Lets get physical!  
      I am going to walk briskly, embracing my feminine sway! I am going to sing a rousing song. I am going to WOO HOO!!!!! I am going to be a sumo wrestler and get myself into my physical body. I am going to do my Laughter Yoga practice and the Fire breath.

  • Holly

    I’ve never been one to bury or hide my feelings. When I’m happy, I’m happy–I sing, I dance, I laugh. When I’m pissed off, everyone can tell. When I’m sad, I cry. I’m like an open book, you can see how I feel all over my face. I just can’t hold my emotions inside–they are always right there at the surface. So I just let them out and let it pass. I get pissed off and then it’s over. I cry when I’m sad, and then I’m done.
    For me, if it’s a ‘negative’ emotion what is important is what I do next. I have to do something for me, something to get me back into balance. A long hot bath, hours curled up reading a good book, walking the dog. And my favorite–knitting. There is something about the rhythm of knitting that is soothing. I can think something through or just zone out. Maybe there’s something to the creativity of it. Maybe it’s the focus. What I know is I always feel better, and I end up with beautiful things.

    If I start to feel overwhelmed I make a list, pick the three  most important or urgent things and then just do them. The rest can just wait. There are just not that many things that just have to get done right now. Three things done and then a reward-walk the dog, chocolate, good book, more knitting. Then I feel like I can regroup and deal with the rest.

  • Dawn

    I am practicing new ways to respond to things that happen to me.  When I feel overwhelmed my usual pattern is to almost literally freeze when it comes to money matters.  The other day I had an opportunity to fall into my old pattern and I did the opposite.  I took a deep breath and told myself that all is well, got my heart rate down a bit (because this causes an automatic response within me) and let it go.  Turned out that all is well and I was pleased that I could choose my reaction.  Also I am working on plugging this “leaky hole” so this is no longer a circumstance in my life.  Thank you Kristin for your guidance.

  • Lorrie Sweeney

    My previous reation of overwhelm, heavyness and situations that would crop up would give me emotions across the board, sadness, fear, anger, crying and some times feel like screaming…….now i harness that energy and release it, either by deep breath, physical activities like swim laps, zumba dance, bike out in nature, but then I come back to centre in deep mediation for clairity….by raising my vibration and clearing the mind chatter.
    All have been huge for giving back to me,
    Get segmant Kristin,
    Lorrie

  • Jan

    You gave a really good tip on how to do the “right’ kind of crying. Is there a similar tip for the “right” kind of getting angry? I’ve seen people get angry in very unproductive ways.

    • Jan

      When I feel overwhelmed I  prioritize the tasks I have to do and FEEL I have to do.  Then I see where I can let go of what’s not essential, telling myself I will pick it up later and making a plan to actually do that – like putting it on google calendar. I also try to simplify my life as much as I can.

      I only respond with anger and/or crying when I don’t feel in control of something, or someone is overstepping my boundaries. Either way it’s still a struggle for me to stand up for myself in an assertive way. But when I get very angry, I get the emotion out by having a cussing chant or dancing to Gino Vanelli’s “Black Cars”. I almost never cuss at other times and I’ll only do the chant when I’m alone, but I’ve decided my sanity is worth it to get it out of my system.

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      True, huh.  I didn’t think about how to get angry in a powerful, not a destructive way.  Working with the energy of anger can be magical and it’s about feeling the energy and using it to clear what is inside you without buying into the story.  More on that in a future show.  Thanks Jan.

  • Candieeasly1

    Hi Kristin,
    I don’t do ether one. When I become overwhelmed and stuff it down deep. I have tried to get angry only to find it makes me feel more overwhelmed and not in control, same with crying. I don’t like to feel that I can’t control my feelings so I stuff them.
    Yet this isn’t working for me Also, because now most of the time I am bitter and numb.

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Hmmmm….there’s wisdom for you in your post.  So many women get bitter and numb because they are not willing to fully feel their feelings.  See if you are up for go in a little further.  xoxo, Kristin

  • Hrhqe3

    Thanks Kristin,  That was wonderful.  What I do and have been doing for years is CRY to release things, but now perhaps I will try slamming things around.  I have done that also, but not so much.  Crying and sobbing leaves me fully relaxed.  I can feel such a big difference and I know I am a cryer.  I don’t do it but ‘CRYING HAPPENS.”  I was once told that it is good to cry as it is healing and  I tend to fill up with stuff that I do not want inside me, and so it spills out, so it seems.    When I did the clearing on the last call on Feb. 9, 2012, when I was uncovering my feelings, I broke into crying and continued for about three nights, and now, since my coaching session, there have been no more tears.  I believe there was a big shift in my energy with Coach Vivien.  She was so amazing.
    Thanks, Elizabeth~

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Coach Vivien rocks the house, doesn’t she.  I am happy you are breaking through and finding your center Elizabeth.  Yippeee!!!!

  • Nancy

    Overwhelm…… my most natural reaction is quietly retreating  and allowing a roller coaster  of feelings to get processed. I rarely lash out about anything. I tend to analyse where I am, why I am and what I need to do next to change whatever I feel overwhelmed by. I will cry if that is what comes up and I will speak to whoever I need to, once I have figured out where the overwhelm came from. I tend to operate from a creative solutions based, slightly left of centre, mode. Highly analytical assessment and yet an intuitive response. More often than not, I am ‘who’ I am angry at and ultimately I am ‘who’ must solve my problems, but lately I have begun to allow others to release some of the pressure of too much stuff on my plate, and that feels even healthier than my previous response of figuring it all out and setting out to get back to ‘work’ to get it all done. Sometimes… there isn’t anything I can give away and then I just break the tasks I am overwhelmed by into smaller parcels of activity.
    Sharing the load, where possible, feels good. Once I allow myself to give some of the jobs away, the pressure of overwhelm is released, not in a whiny needy way but in a clear “I need help with this item” empowered stance. And gratitude for the help received.

  • Erin Vennard

    When I’m overwhelmed I , go into avoidance, of my emotions and I get angry and frustrated!! I feel lost and it’s almost like I can’ t breathe and it feels like I’m stuck in a giant hole or a rerun. Then I don’t act I just procrastinate because I don’t know what the next or right to take is.
    I am going to allow myself to go way down and feel with auhentisity , I have a chance to feel what the difference was to actually cry out of love and not pity , it was gentle and deep it took me to a place that was bigger then this physical space and it was beautiful. These words don’t really justify the experience i had.
    This time when i go into that more feminine place my intention will be for healing and releasing… This video could not have come at a better time!! Thank you sweet Kristen<3

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      It’s such a beautiful experience to cry out of love and not pity.  Your courage rocks!

  • Shila

    When I feel overwhelmed, I either panic and go into overdrive or I curl up and avoid.  When I start to feel overwhelmed I feel like shutting off and have been starting to do this (unconsciously) so I can now stop. Thank you so much for this video , Kristin, it’s given me a lot of awareness where I didn’t even think about all of this.

    What I’m going to do now is to make a list of what is triggering me with the emotions I’m feeling beside them and see if there are any actions I need to take or if it’s just stuff that I can let go gracefully. I’m also going to take some time each day for extreme self care for my body.

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Woo Hoo Shile, I can feel your commitment to feeling great!

  • Anne-Aafke

    Thank you Kristin..  With overwhelm I feel this ache in my stomach… Which I don’t want to feel, then my mind goes into overdrive thinking about actions I could take, then I take some action (but out of this ache), and I try to relax a little.. So I neither take inspired action or move into the feeling.. I get stuck in the middle. 

    Right now, I am going to move into the feeling. And take real good care of myself. I feel a hurt kid inside that needs attention.. I am going to give her that now. Instead of writing another email in an attempt to get closer to my goal. 

    Thank you.Love,Anne-Aafke

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Great Anne-Aafke!

  • Gayatri

    hi Kristin thanks for this video.. When I got overwhelmed (which I used to a lot more than I do now!) I used to just avoid.. My question is that does everyone need to do the opposite of what they’re doing.. or are some people already doing the right thing for them?  thanks Gayatri x

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Gayatri, great question:  ”Does everyone need to do the opposite of what they’re doing”.  Here’s my experience, if you tend toward one extreme, you want to find your organic balance.  That tends to come about by exploring the opposite extreme (the one you are avoiding).  

      If you’ve done lots of experimenting with the  opposites, it might be time to move to the center.  It depends on the person and the timing.

  • Roberta

    Thank you very much for this timely advice. I actually feel I am flying between the two extremes and there seems to be a pull toward the middle of the two realms. Slowly, slowly I am opening up to the vulnerability and letting go of shame, guilt, fear, incredible grief and then I swing into crazy, fire – fuelled action! Feels delirious and there are moments of calm…I hope I am not alone on this, I really want ot move forward and feel the Source every moment and not create dramas! I feel insane!
    Spending time with my children really takes me out of this bonkers swinging back and forth…hopefully bring me to the still place in the middle.
    Thank you again for the service you are providing….truly a gift to us all! Much gratitude. Wish I could do the same for you and others. love Roberta

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      mmmmm….yes, I would say you have experimented with both extremes and your calling towards the middle is the perfect way for the pendulum to balance.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Leslie-Garner/100002169025457 Leslie Garner

    I feel the most balanced/integrated with my feminine/Goddess power when I am riding down the road on my motorcycle. I realize this is strange to most people infact at first it was strange to me, yet it is my truth.  My Yamaha Vstar 1100 is this beautiful lavander/pewter color and she is a magical stead
    our vibrations are perfectly matched and she has lead me through many forests of fear and anx to strength, courage and personal power, up mountains with cross winds of doubt to calmness, through dark canyons to the glow of self-love and confidence.

    • http://www.lovingtheplanet.com/ Dana Lynn

       Leslie… I love this!!! THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!  I feel that whatever it is that leads us to our feminine/Goddess is perfect!!!  I welcome your Yamaha Vstar 1100 series to our Sisterhood!!!  Sweet Travels to you and your companion…

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      I love, love, love this Leslie!

  • Trdiau

    When I feel overwhelmed, I go shopping. It is probably not the best thing to do but it does make me feel better. Not that great for my checking account, so I guess it is a good thing that I don’t feel overwhelmed that often. 

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Indeed! :)

  • Jen

    Typically, with overwhelm I can get in this place where I feel disconnected, wanting to cry but can’t always, and way out of my power. I try going for walks, tuning out with movies, being in nature or having fun with friends. Sometimes these things help. I really like going skating or to dance/exercise classes to get my energy moving again. I like the idea of stretching and finding some anger or energy to propel me into action to move through the overwhelm, instead of feeling like I’m in a powerless place. I’m also learning how to be gentle with myself and take a rest if I need to, to cry when I feel like crying (sad movies can help), and to recognize I’m feeling overwhelmed and not take any new responsibilities or commitments on until I feel centered again.

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Jen, I do that with sad movies too!!  It’s so helpful.

  • Ruthkohake

    Yes!  At 72 as I am finding my feminine energy I am allowing other people to help me with the overwhelm.  And what I thought was weakness (you should be able to do this yourself.) is really the strength of honesty (I am not good at this…can you help me…would you help me?”)  
    And my heart is singing with the resounding YES that has come to me.   I am celebrating the first step and the process/the movement forward.  YES.  Ruth K
    FYI: My immediate problems are procrastination and clutter and lack of decision.  I promised to all of you to do meditation for 5 min every morning and asked a friend to help me with clutter.  I am celebrating that first step: being aware!  

    • http://www.lovingtheplanet.com/ Dana Lynn

       Ruth… WOW thats fantastic… great job on your part… asking for the help… I too have had difficulty in this area… but I am coming out of it… asking for assistance as you say is “really the strength of honesty”  KEEP ON GOING RUTH!!!  SO GREAT!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Awesome Ruth!  I am your witness to you doing this meditation for 5 minutes every morning.  Here’s to your rising clarity (in your home and in your mind).

  • Stephanie J.

    Sometimes when I’m overwhlemed, I eat. Compulsively. It’s not good, however, as Kristin stated to do the opposite of your knee jerk reaction - I have take a few breaths and NOT eat, but listen to my body, go workout, drink some tea, or do a postive affirmation. Thanks Kristin!

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Woo Hoo Stephanie, yes!

  • Connie Huebner

    Just when I’m feeling all put together. Meditated. Coached. Strong… something comes along and I react. The button gets pushed. I lash out. OMG!! This process seems endless. I’m holding onto a resentment I had thought was forgiven. My reaction to being overwhelmed is to get away. I went for a walk. Back at home, still not sure how to shake the feeling. I wish I could scream very loud and get the energy out. I’ve done that in the past by myself in the car and it works! I think I’ll try standing here and just shake all over. I choose not to take action in a powerless way. Thank you, beautiful goddess Kristin.

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Awesome Connie! Hmmmm…what you started with sounds a bit like upper limiting.  Meaning, when we feeeeeel really, really good but our subconscious isn’t accustomed to feeling that good (probably from a lifetime of a lower vibration), we will unconsciously sabotage that.  It’s a “safety” mechanism.  More on THAT, in another episode.

  • June

    What I normally do when overwhelmed is keep it to myself, try to stay calm and accomplish the most important things first, knowing all the while that I am still falling behind and it is only a matter of time until it all “hits the fan” or some deadline is missed, making me look bad, because I was actually trying do do more than there are hours in the day to do, all the while feeling like I have to do it by myself and it would be a bother or not right to ask for help, and it might appear like failure to admit I can’t do it all.

    What I am going to do now is NOT keep it to myself.  When things are moving faster than I can keep up with, I’m going to say something to someone and see what happens.

    I accidentally did this a couple weeks ago.  My sister reminded me that I need to get my vacation planned and decide whether to fly or drive before the price of plane tickets goes up.  And I said “I really don’t have time to do this and work my job too,”  just softly, barely audible.  Well in a couple days, she sent me an email with some of the research done to help me with my transportation decision.  What a relief.  Well there is still the research on what to do when I get there and what all there is to see — overwhelm bigtime, because how long do you plan your stay and car tour from town to town until you know what you are going to do while there.  So yesterday I made myself send an email to a list of women friends in a club I used to belong to, asking for travel tip to this location, and got back today 4 great responses to get me started — my research is practically done.

    And Kristen, I remember you saying once that you have a gift for planning trips, so just so you know, I’m going to Maine in late July.

    I am committed to saying outloud what I need, in a soft, pleasant, informative, feminine voice, while still moving forward, and see what comes more easily my way.

  • Kym kennedy

    Great piece, thank you for sharing. I am definitely a take action, create a plan woman when I am in overwhelm and very challenged by the thought of dropping the ball and surrendering. I will allow myself to stop and be rather than creating a new plan, I will allow the emotion to be released and then move forward from there. Once again thank you for creating this wonderful channel. 

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Woo Hoo Kym!  I love your willingness to venture into the “other side”.  That takes Moxie, sister!

  • Jewell

    win i feel overwelhmed  i used 2 make me sick or get really depressed or have a lot of anxiety.  i often resisted things 2 and didnt get watever done.  now i have made a decision 2 lov god & me & enjoy doing watever or i refuse 2 do it and u cant make me be a success so there luve jewell 

  • Jewell

    also i noticed i dont eat choclate as much since i have been listening 2 Dain Heer& Rikka Zimmerman.  How does it get any better than this? Lov Jewell

  • Mel

     I don’t have strong emotional reactions, but I am having such blocked energy around focused action. I am great at getting things done for others, but I am in a bad financial place–low income, being sued for a 2nd mortgage on a house that foreclosed and with bills to pay–and I am up to my eyeballs in opportunity (online businesses), but not actually doing them. I need to get around my mysterious resistance to moving in this new field.

  • Kzk777

    When I feel overwhelmed, I find myself feeling tired and lethargic!
    Then I feel guilty, if I give in to that exhaustion!

    So after listening to your video, I’m going to try a little of both the opposite reaction, as well as listening to my body, and giving it what it is asking for without the guilt!

    I think dancing is a great outlet for the mind body and spirit as a positive alternative,
    Or even as a happy contemplation before taking a nap!
    KZK

  • Bella

    In my mind I have this wonderful Moroccan Riad that is totally mine.  Through ancient timber doors I enter into my haven totally protected by high walls, cool and smelling of orange blossoms and roses, thick soft rugs on the floor, water tinkling from the fountain in the lush tropical courtyard, sparkling chandeliers hanging from the tiled ceilings, and a table set with beautiful vintage white linen, perfumed heavy roses in a crystal vase, a gorgeous tea set and afternoon tea to die for!  I can hear my favourite music – The Lark Ascending – playing softly in the courtyard and I just immerse myself in the joy of this place!  Guaranteed to give me time to sort out any issues causing me stress and to bring absolute peace into my day!  Just find a haven of your own and go there when life just pushes you to the edge.

  • Julie

    It’s interesting to find that when I feel overwhelmed my “knee jerk reaction” is to get pissed.  I do it well. I take control and get things done. But it isn’t fun. Not for me or anyone in my family, and I don’t like who I become. Sometimes I break down and cry, once in a while, but usually I get angry to control things around me and in my life. Seeing myself “curl up in a ball and weep” is ok if I need to, but things don’t usually get that far for me. What is more realistic for me to see is for me to “take a time out” from overwhelm. Take a breath. A few breaths. Find my center. Breath in to my center and in to my heart. Quiet my mind and tell myself loving, supportive, positive, encouraging words. Be my own best friend and parent. Love myself patiently through it, instead of getting pissed to control my environment. Exercise, meditation, baths, stretching, breathing, attention to my hobbies and interests, quality time with my loved ones – these are my coping mechanisms to balance my knee jerk reaction of anger/rage/pissed/control. If I need a break or time away, I will take it, and I will not regret one second of it. When my inner life is fulfilled, I have something to give to my loved ones and to my world around me. This is my most important task of every single day of my life – take care of me first and foremost – everything simply falls in to place from there, and my health, happiness, freedom remain in tact. THANK YOU KRISTEN. ;)

  • Kasandra

    Kristin, I love what you are doing.  It is so amazing!  When I get overwhelmed, I usually start out getting angry and swearing at things (not people) and sometimes hitting things, then I cry enough to get all the frustration out. When that’s all done, I take a few deep breaths and clean up.  At that point, just looking at the chaos that I caused usually makes me laugh and then I’m good to go again.

    • KristinSweetingMorelli

      Fabulous Kasandra!

  • Debbie

    Thank you. I am feeling my goddess rising again. She has felt overwhelmed, disregarded and unrecognized for quite some time now but she’s baaaack, I can feel her. Thank you. 

  • Chrisy

    Yesterday when I was working,  I felt so overwhelmed. I began to cry and I didn’t stop for 15 minutes. I needed to nurter myself. So I took a half day free. I went home and looked to a movie on TV.

  • Ashleypool56

    THANK YOU KRISTIN!!!!  When you said damsel in distress~my awareness grew by leaps and bounds!  I am the classic damsel in distress.  I always cry, stay in bed, take a bath, and generally avoid the world at all costs when I am overwhelmed.  Currently my husband and I are working on moving out of the typical victim/rescuer roles that we have been playing out for the last 10 years. Its been a challenge for both of us, but especially me.  I am so paralyzed by fear of action that I am staying stuck. 
    So every day I will say yes to life!  I will put my mascara on and face the world in whatever way shows up for me.  I will continue to allow my goddess self rise and rise until she overflows onto the world. 

  • AmyM

    Thank you so much, Kristin! That really resonated with me. I tend to curl up, cry, binge eat, rest, read, watch TV, think about it all, figure it out, etc. All things to get me through the overwhelm until I am ready to take action, but I realize now that I only feel better once I have begun the action. It is really only then that the overwhelm dissolves. I never thought of it that way. I am a woman that needs to take more action. And even as I type that I realize how true it is in so many different areas of my life and for so many different reasons. The best times of my life have been when I have been in action and transition regularly. Thank you for that insight.

  • Lucy

    When I feel overwhelmed, I hide.  I want to be invisible to any possible judgements while I go for a walk, drink coffee and try to get my mojo up.  I try to do it alone.  My plan is always to overcome inertia, build energy and blast ahead.  However, this often does not work.  I simply whip myself into a frenzy of “shoulds”, and make a lot of resolutions…most of which I side-step.

    The thing that has helped is Tapping on the overwhelm.  Sometime during the tapping it shifts into the “shoulds”, which then takes me to looking at why I am pursuing the goal I have set for myself. 

    Where I am now is realizing that the goal I have set, is not mine.  More prosperity in finances is not satisfying enough.  I need an open heart. more connection with humanity, not more closed-off-ness.  I need to feel whole. That feels very right, very mine.  I have been isolating for 8 years since my divorce.  It is scary to admit that I need people.

    Here’s what I plan to do: get mad, go deep, throw out the shoulds, keep tapping.  Designing a Specific Goal that feels in alignment is my intention, even though we are already weeks into this prosperity program.

  • Juliene

    Thank you so much, Kristin, for your insights and positive outlook.  I am grateful for you.  When I am overwhelmed, I turn up my iTunes and DANCE!  The dancing grounds me.  It makes me feel happy.  It helps me feel full of energy.  ANd I take that energy to move forward to where I want to go and be and do.  Music is sooooo important to me and now I know why. :)