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most recent information about sessions: Mary's talk in Castaic 2011 (Audio and transcript)
Hi Everybody
It's been a while since my last update with all of you.
In spite of all the revelations that I've given myself this past ten months, I still find myself in a position of overwhelm. No matter what I've implemented to change that, it hasn't worked.
Sometimes this shifting business can really be rough. I know you all know what I mean. It's funny how something can be right in front of you and you still can't see it. Sometimes we start going in a direction, and we don't even know that we're doing it. I think I'm finally getting a glimpse of my own direction and how to proceed.
As most of you know, I've been trying to find a solution to my scheduling problems for quite a while now. Each time I thought I had the answer and tried to go in a direction with it, I'd start and then something would stop me. I know that sounds vague, but I really can't explain it any better than that. Itīs as if there's been some sort of force of will affecting or influencing what I'm doing. That sounds like it's not my own will, but it is. There I go sounding cryptic again!
It's so hard to describe what I've been experiencing. I literally can't even force or will myself to do some things anymore. I think about doing things all the time, but I just don't seem to have the will to actually do them. It's not just scheduling (although that's the most obvious thing); it seems to be with anything that I don't want to do. It's as if some switch has flipped inside of me that won't let me engage unless it's something that I want to do when I want to do it. (That sounds pretty childish, I'm sure.) I feel like one of those robots in sci-fi movies that are programmed not to hurt humans. No matter what happens to them, they just canīt override that programming. Except this isn't programming with me, it's just a really strong will that's coming from inside of me that literally stops me from doing certain actions. Well, enough about the weird stuff that I'm doing a really bad job of explaining!
I've realized that one of my problems is that I've overextended myself. I simply can't keep up with the volume of people that want to do sessions with Elias. In all these years, I've never refused a client or put a ceiling on how many clients I take on. I hit a critical mass point this week when my email in-box hit over 700 emails in less than three days. It's so overwhelming, I donīt even want to look at my computer. That's an impossible volume for any one person to deal with.
To try to deal with this incredible overload, I've made some decisions. For the time being, I'm not going to be accepting any new requests for sessions. If you are already on my regular schedule, I will be keeping those sessions. All the people that are backlogged, people that have already paid for a session and have been very patiently waiting to get one, I will be in contact with you in the next weeks to set that up.
This doesn't mean that I won't be doing sessions with other people at all. These restrictions will not apply to the week around group sessions, such as in Vermont this month and the group session in California this spring. I will be extending private session appointments around those times and those appointments will be available to anyone. Instead of only doing private sessions on Fridays and Sundays around group sessions, I'll be booking them on Thursdays and Mondays too. And when I'm on a trip, such as California or Europe, I'll be extending those private session opportunities even more.
This will give me a chance to finally, actually catch up without the constant pressure of hundreds of new requests for sessions. Without this huge weight of sessions that I "have to get to" and never really seem to accomplish, it will also free me up to do some sessions intermittently, pro bono sessions that I just haven't had time for until now and that I have wanted to do for a few people who have financial challenges in other countries, places like Bosnia, South Africa, Serbia and China, people that have been waiting a very long time to get a session. Prior to this, I just haven't been able to have the time or the means to get to them. Between these people, the backlogged people and my currently scheduled clients, I'll still be very busy.
I want to tell you all how very much I've appreciated all of your support over the years. It's been a very rewarding journey with all of you. I'm looking forward to a continued long lasting relationship with you all. I sincerely hope all of you have a really wonderful holiday season this year, and we will keep in touch. Thank you all so very much.
Lots of love,
Mary
October 2010
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