Featuring “417hz” and 528hz “4Yorgos” frequencies by staticisnoise, used with permission and my endless gratitude

Teaser: What are you running from… and what are you chasing? A practical, unforgettable metaphor for radical acceptance.

Description: Miki reads "Writing in Pen and Peace Without the Eraser," exploring what happens when we stop erasing our mistakes and start letting them exist in permanent ink. This episode covers radical acceptance, impermanence as a source of comfort rather than dread, and the courage it takes to admit you're avoidant, imperfect, and human.

Episode Highlights:

• [0:00] Cold open — running from vs. chasing
• [0:32] Frame: why this is one of the season's most practical episodes
• [1:18] Full reading: "Writing in Pen and Peace Without the Eraser"
• [16:55] Unpacking: the pencil-and-eraser metaphor
• [18:30] Impermanence used against despair rather than to produce it
• [19:30] "I am the ocean" — self-trust in the body
• [20:20] The courage of naming "Sticky Miki" out loud
• [21:05] Closing reflection & CTA

Momentum Quote: "These feelings cannot and will not destroy me. They are merely temporary visitors. I am the ocean, vast and deep enough to contain them all."

Metta Question: This week, where could you write in pen instead of reaching for the eraser?

Links & CTA:

Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter Here

Permission to Be™ (an 8-week transformational journey) - Begin Your Journey Here

Softening into Momentum Cohort - Inquire to Join a Small Group of Likeminded Souls Here

Follow Miki’s Writing: Substack or Medium

Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself Here

Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon Here

Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuse

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About the Host

Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

Featuring 528hz “4Yorgos” frequency by ⁨@staticisnoise⁩ , used with permission and my endless gratitude

Teaser: What happens when, instead of running from fear, you pour it a cup of tea?

Description: One of the most personal and widely resonant essays in the whole catalogue, "I Sat With Fear For a Cup of Tea" becomes a full meditation on turning toward instead of away. Miki unpacks mindfulness, compassion, and Right View, and closes with a short embodiment moment inviting you to sit with your own fear, right along with her.

Episode Highlights:

• [0:05] Cold open — inviting fear to tea
• [0:30] Frame: why this essay embodies the Metta Momentum voice
• [1:10] Full reading: "I Sat With Fear For a Cup of Tea"
• [13:50] Unpacking: turning toward instead of away
• [14:40] Fear softening into concern, then into love in disguise
• [15:35] The girl in the mirror — trusting your own reflection
• [16:05] Right View: fear as messenger, not danger
• [16:50] Embodiment moment: naming and sitting with a current fear
• [19:00] Closing reflection & CTA

Momentum Quote: "Behind every fear of loss lies the miracle that I have something precious enough to lose."

Metta Question: What would it look like to set a second cup, this week, for whatever you've been avoiding?

Links & CTA:

Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter Here

Permission to Be™ (an 8-week transformational journey) - Begin Your Journey Here

Softening into Momentum Cohort - Inquire to Join a Small Group of Likeminded Souls Here

Follow Miki’s Writing: Substack or Medium

Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself Here

Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon Here

Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟

About the Host

Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

Featuring 639hz “Pink Full Moon” frequency by ⁨@staticisnoise⁩ , used with permission and my endless gratitude

Teaser: A dream about a stranger, a packed box, and a white envelope… and the practice of learning to receive.

Description: In this episode, Miki reads "Lucid Dream — The Envelope," written during a season of real financial and emotional chaos. Together, we unpack what it means to practice receiving rather than giving, why support so often arrives ordinary instead of dramatic, and the two-way street between worthiness and asking for help.

Episode Highlights:

* [0:40] Cold open — the refusal to hold your hand out

* [1:00] Frame: the chaos behind the dream

* [1:37] Full reading: "Lucid Dream — The Envelope"

* [9:42] Unpacking: the envelope as permission, not money

* [11:12] Receiving as a practice, not just giving*

[12:15] The gray-haired man and quiet, ordinary support

* [13:30] Dependent origination — nothing arises independently, including help

* [14:08] The closing line: creating space to receive

* [15:00] Closing reflection & CTA

Metta Question: Where in your life is an envelope waiting — and what would it take for you to reach for it?

Momentum Quote: "The envelope cannot appear unless I create space and make room for it to show up first. It is a two-way street. I must reach out my hand."

Links & CTA:

Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter Here

Permission to Be™ (an 8-week transformational journey) - Begin Your Journey Here

Softening into Momentum Cohort - Inquire to Join a Small Group of Likeminded Souls Here

Follow Miki’s Writing: Substack or Medium

Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself Here

Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon Here

Cough Drop Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuse

Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟

About the Host

Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.