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Hi, I’m Erin, an spiritual adventurer, tech marketer, and wife and mom of 2. I’m here to share the insights I learn, the joy I find, and hope to help others find a way to seek more magic in every day.
Erin McMahon: [00:00:03] Hello. Welcome to Seek the Magic. I had to record a session this morning because I had a magical morning. And of course, the magic of bringing my kids to school is, I love the process of engaging with them in the morning and getting excited. Sometimes drop off can be a little hard, but after I drop the kids off, I had an amazing ride back. So typically what I do on the way back from dropping kids off is listen to a podcast or an audiobook. In this case, I was listening to 'The God Design' by Kelly Marie Kerr, which is absolutely amazing. She talks about the biological processes with the body and how that relates to spirituality and different elements in the Bible, and as a religion major undergraduate and interested in spirituality and of course, now connecting with doing yoga and breathwork, it's just like the magical book that I feel like is just for me. So anyway, listening to that book all of a sudden in my mind I got this ping and it's like, listen to 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat', which was one of the first shows I ever saw when I was little. I lived in London and we went to the West End and saw Joseph with Phillip Schofield, who's now a famous TV host in England. And I was obsessed, obsessed with the musical. It was one of those I had on tape, played over and over and over again, and it brings me so much joy.
Erin McMahon: [00:01:45] But I don't listen to it a lot anymore. I probably haven't listened to it in a year. Sometimes when my best friend from England, who is also obsessed with it, will ping me, I'll turn it on for a minute. But I got the ping to listen to it, and I think it was because in this book, Kelly Marie refers to Bible quotes that align with different elements of biology and breathwork and things like that. And so one of them must have included Joseph, because then I thought in my mind, oh, I want to listen to Joseph. And I think normally I would ignore some of those sentiments or I'd be like, oh, I'll think about it later or something like that. But I immediately at that moment was like, I'm going to listen to it. I'm going to follow this random thing and stop listening to the Audible book, which I was absolutely enjoying, but switch instead to something musical and different and oh my goodness, I switched automatically. I was driving, so I asked Siri to start playing the soundtrack, and I came home and just started dancing to it. And luckily I had time before my call. So was, you know, just dancing around the room and singing my heart out. Nobody in the house.
Erin McMahon: [00:03:12] And I don't love my singing voice necessarily, but it didn't matter because I was just belting it out and had the most wonderful connection to the joy I used to feel as a child and the joy to the music, which is absolutely inspiring for me because it talks about dreams, it talks about a biblical story, it talks about going through struggles and finding your place in the world, as Joseph did. And it was the most amazing thing. And I think part of following that instinct is me getting in the mindset of listening to my inner voice and not trying to run on, you know, my mind and sort of like the I'm listening to an audiobook so that's what I'm listening to and I got to do that. And then when I get home, you know, I immediately need to prep for meetings and things like that, which, you know, it's definitely true and is definitely part of the overall day, but the amount of joy that that deviation and plan based on it, and it wasn't that long even maybe 20 minutes, half an hour,about that, the amount of joy that that deviation and plan put in my mind and in my day and now has sort of acted as a springboard is so significant. So I say that because it is hard for me and maybe hard for some minds to deviate from the norm.
Erin McMahon: [00:04:49] And if it's not, awesome, great for you, but I would encourage you to listen to those serendipitous pings or however you may think of it, and follow the path that maybe you weren't planning on for the day. You know, some days I think we can create the day and just say, you know, wander with what our mind is telling us to do based on, you know, whatever we have going on,. It's great if, you know, you're by yourself and can just go where your mind inspires you to go. If you are - not your mind, but your your being, your spirit - if you have kids and family or you know things already planned, obviously you need to work within the constraints of that and consider others when you are, you know, following these instinctual things. However, it's still quite possible to do. And then you're kind of bringing others into the magic of these pings or, you know, senses of inspiration you're getting and it can really make a difference. But for me, yes, you can designate a date to that or say, like, this is the day we're going to try it. And I think that can help you practice it and maybe get your organized mind in the sense of, okay, we're going to try this out. It's, the mind still feels like it's in control because it's, you know, agreed okay, we're going to try to be spontaneous on this day.
Erin McMahon: [00:06:13] But if you open to the possibility of listening to some of these things during your day and your daily routine, you might expose yourself to more moments of ordinary magic in your day, like I did today. So I think that's the first time that's happened in in a little while, because I'm pretty dedicated to listening to the audiobooks and listening to podcasts and getting things from them or, you know, getting sources of inspiration for them and sort of like then taking that into the day and saying, okay, this is what I need to do with my work. But music is an element that I have not incorporated as much into my daily schedule or my weekly schedule. And just connecting to it was absolutely, really inspiring. And part of the reason why I think this, I followed this a little bit, is I've been reading some writings and observations of Sonia Coquette. I think that's how you pronounce her last name. And one element she talks about in terms of increasing connection with spirituality and, you know, not having the mind run your program is incorporating singing and dancing. And I, of course, read that and was like, oh, that's great, I don't really do that. And it's funny because one of my best friends is really into dancing. And, you know, I've always been very supportive of her doing that and have just said, oh, that's a difference between me and her.
Erin McMahon: [00:07:52] But then in saying that dancing and connecting with music and even singing helps from a spiritual perspective, because it's not just the words, it's the vibration, it's music. And that can really help connect and raise your feeling and overall vibration and everything like that because that seed was planted, I think. Then I took that ping this morning, kind of like ran with it, and it was the best thing. So from that I would take away, first of all, listen to some of those random pings and be open to taking and running with it. And of course, start with the small things that aren't going to have like a consequential or huge, you know, impact on changing your day. Like another ping could be like, I don't feel like working today, I'm going to go to the park for the whole day, but that would obviously have a big impact on everyone else that is relying on me for work and activities. So this, you know, is sort of a blip on the radar in terms of my other obligations. But, you know, start small and follow those pings. And when I say pings, I probably should have defined that earlier, but just sort of like the points of the instinctual thoughts that come in and it's like, oh, that's interesting and I'm not quite sure where it came from, but it was a connection and a thought that came into my mind. It sounds cool.
Erin McMahon: [00:09:27] So, you know, if it resonates with you and it has a positive impact, then go with it. And I start with things that are small and that's certainly a way to seek out things that make a more magical existence. And if you start with something small and it's interesting, and then I think your brain and your being may be more adjusted to it and excited about it. And then so it may happen more often and that may make a big change in your life. So yeah, it's something exciting to play with. So concretely going after those things. And then number two, specifically with this guidance from the literature I'm reading recently is, yeah, sing and dance. Do it in whatever space is appropriate for you, whether if it's, you know, at home, in your bedroom or, you know, if you want to do it on the street or in a dance setting, then that's really cool. But I think that's a key element that, you know, obviously some communities are very attuned to, but I'm certainly not. And so I would encourage you to do that. And if you have kids that like, kids love to dance, my kid - or maybe not all kids love to dance - but they seem to be much more open to just, like, moving their body and, you know, getting into changing vibrations and things like that.
Erin McMahon: [00:10:51] That's a fun thing to play with now. And now that that's a random thing that's been introduced to my life, I feel like I'm going to make sure that I don't forget about it and incorporate it maybe more, maybe before or after my morning meditation session. Maybe I'll do like a fun dance to a musical. I'm sure over the next week it'll certainly be Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, just because my mind gets excited about something, and then it just like latches on and it's like, I want to hear more. I want to hear more. And so as long as it's raising my vibration, then I'm all for it. And it reminds me of a time that's like when I was little. It's like, what, how, that's so cool that I was, you know, I don't know why I was so excited about that particular musical and those, you know, those particular songs. And that's another mystery to explore. But for the time being, listen to those pings, think about how you can incorporate them into your life and try the singing and dancing. So thank you for listening, and I hope you can see the magic in your day today.