A Powerful Testimonial

This is an incredible example of the FREEDOM and POWER that coaching and energy clearing sessions can bring. When I first met this young talented guy and heard his story, I truly couldn’t connect to the outcome and ‘reality’ he was facing. I only saw an enormous potential for self awareness, healing, and growth. And this is the brave journey I had the gift of witnessing over the past years. I watched this man shift from anger, confusion and deep fear into complete love and forgiveness, not only for himself, but for everyone involved. It is no coincidence that the last day before his sentencing, he had finally stepped into complete peace. He received a miracle, a true shift in perception, that altered his life forever. I hope this inspires us all to lean into the lessons that life is trying to teach us on a daily basis with the same courage and grace.

-Trina

"Less than one year ago I met Trina at a Songwriting Workshop. I was incredibly tired and just about to leave the building before Trina addressed the room. She stood up with confidence and in an anxious yet passionate voice asked, “Do you really want to know what it takes?” I was instantly captivated. She gave a speech about the music industry that was real, honest, introspective and had me questioning myself deep down. Afterwards I felt compelled to learn more. So the next day I set up a one on one coaching session with her. When I walked into her room, she quietly asked me “What would you like to talk about?” I was there to discuss my songwriting, but instantly had no intention of chatting about my music. For the past year, I had been living silently with a serious burden. I was arrested on a felony drug conspiracy charge with severe penalties. I was told not to share this anyone. Besides for my immediate family and best friend, no one knew. At that point even my family was unaware of the details of my crime. I paused and told myself “No, I can’t tell her.” I remained silent for a few seconds but the voice inside me urged me to open up. I did. I couldn’t stop myself and I vented for over an hour. The rest of the meeting was a complete blur, but I left as if a huge weight had been lifted.

My legal battle started to escalate and continued to drag on, but my outlook and path started to change. Trina recommended a few books. I read them instantly. The insight I quickly developed was indescribable. As I approached a series of legal events I met with Trina before each one. Each time she focused in on my true pain and did a series of energy clearings, meditations and coaching. It is hard for me to describe what we did as my focus was being in the moment, but every session was beyond enlightening. At the end of these sessions, I was able to see my path and purpose with utmost clarity. No words can verbalize the impact.

As time passed the reality of my legal situation was amplified. I signed a plea agreement and plead guilty subjecting myself to a minimum of 5 years in prison. I had meetings with the government. They wanted me to be a “cooperator.” I refused to take that path. I decided to be true to myself, be brutally honest and let my heart and soul guide every action. I was told that the federal prosecutor was my enemy. I did not believe that. I went with my gut. I thought he was a good person and I treated him with kindness and respect. I was told that the Judge was strict and by the book. I sent love his way months before I even saw him.

As things got worse I put more energy into resolving my problems with spirit, love and rationale. I continued to meet with Trina and every time was pushed further down the right path.

On the day of my sentencing, I got to the courtroom early. I introduced myself to the US Marshall and Law Clerks. I sat down and envisioned the room in light, feet planted firmly on the ground knowing I was in full control of the situation. I pushed out as much love as I possibly could, squinting my eyes until the room started to fill with friends and family. I looked over at the crowd that gathered. They filled the entire room. I had to turn away. It made me cry and I had to keep focused on maintaining my composure so I could listen and speak. The federal prosecutor entered the room. I shook his hand and said, “Good morning Rick.” He smiled. I sat down closed my eyes and continued to fill the room with light, sending all of my love to my lawyer, the judge, the prosecutor and my family. The judge entered the courtroom. He was relaxed. He seemed like a good and fair man. He spoke and I smiled. When he looked at me, he did not look down at me. He had a smirk about him. My lawyer started to discuss some inaccurate information in the plea and pre-sentence report. It was crucial to correcting my role in the crime. In short, the government said my role was longer and more involved than it actually was. Though there was no published information to back my lawyer’s statement, the prosecutor simply said, “I cannot refute that.” The judge accepted my lawyers statement that I started my involvement at a way later date and ended my involvement before my codefendants were arrested. It was the truth and the judge knew it. He made it fact right there in the courtroom. He then asked me, “I wanna know how you got into this?” I spoke from the heart and told him the truth. He asked a few questions and we conversed, later to find out that this is not common during a federal sentencing. He told me to continue speaking. He looked me in the eye the entire time and listened intently. I did the same. I took risks. I accidentally cracked a joke and abandoned my planned speech on several occasions. Each time I diverged from the path he nodded in affirmation of my statement. We connected.

I went with my gut instinct, which was the biggest lesson I learned from this whole experience.

It soon became time to hear the Judge’s sentence. He spoke for a long time. He told a story and focused on the importance of the federal guidelines. He said he must abide by the federal guidelines. These are the same guidelines that recommend a 37-46 month prison term. His words started to darken the room. I continued to look him in the eyes and listened with trust. At the end, he mentioned a need for significant variance and quickly gave me my sentence. 4 years probation and 200 hours of community service. The lowest possible sentence he could have offered. He smiled. I smiled.

At this time I am experiencing an overwhelming amount of joy and purpose. There were many factors that played a part of my destiny that day, but I believe Trina’s support, love and wisdom is one of the main reasons I can sit here and write this in freedom, today."

-Rob R.

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Your name will remain anonymous, so feel free to share your deepest fears, problems, or confusion with living the life as an Artist, or the issues you face navigating this industry.

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"The Artist Letters"- Authenticity

“You don’t attract what you want. You attract what you are.”

-wayne dyer

I wrote a note to a talented young artist who had won a meeting with Donny Ienner, a music industry legend who’s behind the careers of Artists such as Mariah Carey, John Mayer, and Bruce Springsteen. I asked if he gave her any amazing ‘life advice’ that she’d like to share, and this was her response to me which prompted the following letter.

Trina,

I'm listening to one of your artist meditations right now, by the way.

The meeting I had with Donnie Ienner was crazy! He was so in-tune and we got right into it "What are you going to do with your album? Tour? Get a label? You should play CMJ, and use this meeting you won, to get meetings with managers". Ahhhh! I came away from the meeting feeling like my music is worthy, and that I'm ready for "the next level", but I also feel like there's so much to do and not enough time to do it while working my regular job. I wish I could afford to quit and focus 100% on my music career. Anyway, I think the best "life advice" I could pass along from the meeting, that applies to everyone, is be authentic. Authenticity wins every time. :o)‎

- J

Dear J,

For most of us, it can be a great gift to receive affirmation from industry people we respect and admire. I can still remember the first time I experienced that with a man named Dan Keen, as a young songwriter. I’ll never forget his exact words to me, “What are you doing in Orlando? You could be in Nashville doing this for a living. I personally guarantee it.”

When I heard those words, a spark went off inside my soul. It’s like my inner ‘knowing’ that had guided me all those years was reawakened. The part of me that didn’t let me get a business degree to ‘fall back on’, that voice that chose to spend a summer studying audio engineering in a room full of old guys, while my friends were partying and making memories, the feeling of ‘belonging‘ that only came from playing the piano.

I moved to Nashville 3 weeks later with nothing but those words, and the belief that I was “ready” for my real life now, my next level. I hear this same devotion and desire in your words. However, you do not want to mistake excitement for being ‘ready’ at this time.

After almost 20 years in this industry,

the one thing I know for sure is when you are truly ready,

the opportunity is there for you, and it feels effortless.

I know this is hard to believe after such an empowering meeting like the one you had with Donnie Ienner, a music legend. But the thing is, your talent and abilities, and your conviction as an Artist, has NEVER been the thing that held you back. You don’t have to be a legend to see that. You have always known this is your gift, and it is yours to share with the world.

So now that an ‘important‘ person has confirmed that for you, you are ready? Actually, now this is the exact thing that is keeping you from being ready! It’s lovely that you walked away from the meeting with the answer to all of this, “Authenticity is the key.” And now it is time to learn what that truly is.

Your authentic self would not see your lack of time as an obstacle. Your authentic soul would not see money or day job as more powerful than your visions you’ve had since you were a child. Do you really think your authentic self believes that any form of God would give you these gifts and desires, without the means to fulfill it?

You are right. It is time to be authentic. You are more powerful than you believe. It is time to TRUST that the Universe will support you if you are willing to surrender your fears of what you think is in your way, and just allow yourself to step into who you really are, an Artist. It is time for you to remember the Power lies within you, not in Donnie Ienner’s belief in you, and certainly not in the money or time outside of you. When you are ready to be authentic, and start using your job to be of more service as an Artist, and not as the thing keeping you from it, your job and money will likely become your resource, not your problem.

Also, we think we know too much. We think we need ‘this‘ job, this much money, and it takes this much time. However, the artists that I know, that are where you want to be, allow their life to work around and within their artistry. You live in a city with millions of possibilities to earn money, not only with flexible hours, but even doing what you love! And yet, you still have a hard time seeing it. We all do. We all have hidden aspects that are afraid of having this much power. But, you are desiring a life, that holds great responsibility, that requires enormous amounts of energy - giving and receiving- and that requires your fullest presence, or it will go away in a matter of seconds. So, your most authentic, powerful, faithful self is essential to make any kind of impact here, and when you step into that space, you will be “READY’.

I understand the impatient ego does not want to hear this. However, that would be you, thinking you know again! You must know this does not necessarily take more ‘time’! You can begin today, by giving yourself back the Power of Choice. My friend, you can choose to see what is in your way, and let that hold you back, or you can be willing to see it differently. God provides all of our needs. It’s us who creates our suffering around it. This is the time to practice trusting, “If I NEED more time, I will be given more time. If I need more money, l will receive more money. And, I’m willing to receive it doing what I love. For when I’m doing what I love, abundance naturally occurs.” If you deeply observe this wisdom for yourself, you may find out that time or money isn’t the real block after all. It could quite possibly be that fear, in the back of your mind. God did not create that either. Intuition (God speaking to us) is a peaceful knowing. Fear is stressful guessing.

I’m happy to hear that your listening to my Daily Artist Meditations. For your spiritual practice is where you are to focus your energies now. For a successful person in this business, does not have true success without one. This is where you will uncover your most authentic self, and this is clearly the key to your “next level.”

Blessings,

Trina

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"An Artist's Life Lesson" I learned from Adam Levine w/Maroon 5

This week, I saw Maroon 5 play for the very first time at the Hollywood Bowl, in front of a sold out stadium. Adam must have said 5 times during the show, this was his 'dream come true'. At the end, he acknowledged one very special girl in the audience, someone who didn't know that he knew she was there. Her name was Heather. Heather was the ONLY PERSON who showed up to their first gig in Los Angeles, several years ago. This night, she was pulled up onto the stage, where she received a very special moment to cherish for the rest of her life.

This reminded me of so many of the artists that I hear speak about how hard it is to get people to shows, or how disheartening it is to play in front of only a few people...until eventually, they find themselves not wanting to play out at all.

Just remember, it only takes one. One Believer to set a spark....Artists acknowledge your believers, and value them, and don't give up before the miracle occurs!!!

Can you imagine if several years ago, Adam Levine looked at that one girl as a 'failure' and then just thought, "What's the point?"

So keep this in mind, and before you know it, YOU will be standing at the Hollywood Bowl..wondering how the heck did I get here? And in that moment, you will remember the struggle and innocence of your beginnings, and know deep in your soul, exactly who helped put you there.

Don't ever underestimate the power of one fan.

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LIFE CHANGER #2

“BE MORE FLEXIBLE WITH LIFE”

In the days of what looked like a somewhat successful, thriving songwriting career, you could find me sitting on a hard wooden bench at a piano for 8-12 hours a day writing songs, in the studio late into the night recording songs, at uber-artist hang outs like the Urth cafe or Bougeois Pig talking about writing songs, going from office to office pitching my songs, or sitting at lunches with my publisher, overloading my schedule 3 months in advance with only the ‘important’ people, and plotting the best tactic to place my songs.

Most called me “ambitious” or “determined” or my favorite “sooooo busy,” and my self-esteem would inflate with the affirmation that I must be doing it ‘right’. This was my whole life. This is ‘what it took’ to get what I wanted. And this is ALL that I wanted too!

I came to realize this when I once attempted to read, “The Artist Way.” When it got to the chapter of listing what else you loved to do besides write, my mind was blank. There was nothing else. And that’s as far as I got with that book, because Julia Cameron obviously didn’t ‘get’ it.

Fast forward a few years, to 4th of July weekend, 2003. While my boyfriend and visiting family members were going to parades, barbecuing and chasing each other with sparklers in the back yard, I was tied up in a last minute writing session. Unfortunately, it was no surprise to them that the “very important” artist in my studio, once again, took priority. About 6 hours in, I stood up from my piano bench, and I fell to the floor in excruciating pain. I spent the rest of my holiday weekend in bed, not being able to stand or walk. In fact, come to think of it, back in those days, I spent most of my ‘downtime’ or vacation time in some sort of pain, illness, or just plain exhaustion. Unfortunately, this sharp lower back pain became chronic, and my normal treatment of ‘ignore it and it will go away’ technique wasn’t working.

I finally dragged myself to a chiropractor who also did acupuncture, energy healing, and ancient chinese medicine. Dr. Haranu was an ancient, wise, zen master of very few broken english words who didn’t have much interest in my pain or my important work deadlines. He would work in silence, applying every technique he had. Finally, after several visits, he had me stand while he did energy work from across the room. He asked, “How does your back feel now?” I wiggled around, and said, “It still hurts.” He went back into a trance and slowly moved his hands around, and asked, “How about now?” I quickly responded, “Nope, I still feel it.” He tried again, “Now?”, and I said, “Nope. It’s just not working.” Then he stomped his foot, and said in very clear english, “You need to be more flexible with life!” and he stormed out of the room! That was his final diagnosis, and the last time I ever saw Dr. Haranu.

It took me years, to come to the full awareness of what he meant. I was so deep into my self-created deadlines and grueling schedule at the time, that I didn’t even take the time to figure it out. Instead, I spent thousands of dollars in physical therapy and massage, to just maintain the damage I was doing to my back on a daily basis.

One thing I’ve learned since that time,

is that being in a state of “I don’t know”

is much more productive than “I know.”

At the time, I had no idea how much I was limiting my career, or my success, my health, and ultimately my happiness by all the things I knew. I thought I knew what I wanted/needed, where I needed to be, how hard I had to work, how long I had to ‘pay my dues’, and who would help get me there, and who could wait.

Turns out, I had no idea.

Eventually, I would find myself in a life with no ‘life‘ in it.

I would avoid or say no to so many unknown opportunities, potential relationships, important lessons of soul growth, and too many of life’s cherished moments like friend’s weddings or even family funerals, because it didn’t fit into my schedule, or into my ultimate plan. Sure, I tried having relationships, friendships, or going to dinner parties, and I fooled myself into thinking I was doing it pretty well! I was just trying to balance it all like everyone else was! But I was hardly ever fully present.

The truth is, I had grown much more comfortable

experiencing intimacy thru my work,

than in relationships with other people.

When we control life with what we ‘know’, we limit all the possibilities that life has for us. And the truth is, we don’t know the divine blueprint of how life is working for us at all. We don’t know what the next miracle is going to be, or who is going to deliver it. When we’re busy ‘making it happen’, we are shut off to allowing anything better into our reality.

Today, 8 years later, I practice just saying, “Yes.”

I also practice saying, “No”, when my heart isn’t in it.

I’ve learned that you don’t attract what you want, you attract what you ARE.

I stopped trying to be how I want to be seen, and just started being me.

Today, I create intentions and surrender the outcome.

I spend more time enjoying the present, and a lot less time trying to get to my future.

I now listen to my body, and acknowledge it’s intelligence and inner wisdom.

I direct my energy towards how I want to feel, and let go of what I think will bring that to me.

I start every day with a prayer,

“Where would you have me go, What would you have me do, and What would you have me say, and to whom?” and I look to be surprised and amazed.

I now trust that all my needs are always provided.

I consider time to be an illusion, and trust that there’s enough.

I seek to see why life is happening for me, instead of to me.

I finally embrace the truth, that if it’s not love, it’s a cry for love.

I sometimes wonder, if I would have stepped out of my stubbornness and my pain body long enough to ask Dr Haranu what ‘being flexible’ actually meant, if he would have told me.

I’m pretty sure if I would have walked out of that doctor’s office, ‘knowing’ how to be flexible, I probably would have just put it aside like everything else until I had more time to focus on it, or let’s be honest, until I had time to be perfect at it, which pretty much defeats the whole principle!

Maybe being flexible, is just being still enough to let the truth reveal itself to you, and then being gentle and patient with yourself, until you can fully integrate it into your way of thinking and eventually into your way of being.

So today, if you see that there are areas where you are carrying stress or extra added pressure around the way you think it should be, and you find yourself fighting to make it happen, then maybe this message is for you.

And you don’t need to do anything with it, or even fully understand it right now...just allow it to be a possibility, and the rest will effortlessly come to you. And if you do that, you will already be in the flow of flexibility with life, and all the true power that it brings.

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LIFE CHANGER #1

“Sacrifice More, Receive Less”

It’s not hard for me to remember far enough back when being a successful artist in the music business was just a thought in my mind, and not just a random thought, but one of those thoughts that just never let me go. I think it was possibly even stronger than a desire, it really was like an intuitive notion or knowing of where I truly belonged. And, when I would have the courage to tell someone about this vision I could see for myself, (and I use the word ‘courage’ here because this is truly what I would have to gather within myself just to tell people about this unrealistic idea of mine), I would usually hear that common response that most of us do, which is, “Well, you’re gonna have to make a LOT of sacrifices!”

How many times have you heard this in your own life? And how many times did you let yourself believe it? Maybe today, you find yourself still believing it.

Not only did I take that on as a truth, that I carried as suffering for years throughout my career, but I think I also secretly held it as this noble action! Like it was this magnificent impressive strength that I possessed, that clearly none of these people hanging around me were gifted with!

But, what I perceived as “powerful” in my ability to sacrifice for all the ‘hard’ things I wanted in life, was actually quite the opposite. It was nothing more than my weakness, my lack of courage. Here is why I say this.

The very idea of sacrifice, is that someone must lose, if another is to gain.

It is only our ego mind that tells us we must give something up,

in order to receive what we want, or what I call the ‘give to get’ syndrome we often fall into. Like when we willingly sign a limited, confining, often insulting industry contract that scares us, as long as we get the full attention we think we deserve? Yeah, that almost always works out! ha!

And let’s just take a moment to look at the things we call sacrifice. Power, money, fame, material or physical pleasures....is this truly the source of our happiness and completeness?

If you’ve been in this industry long enough, or in this world long enough, I think we would all agree, that what we are longing for, does not rest in these material things. I know when I had a hit song on the radio, the phone ringing off the hook, more money than I’d ever seen in the bank, and a BMW in the driveway, I was completely closed off to to my true self or any genuine joy for most of that experience.

So if these material things aren’t even ‘real’ or a true source of Love we can draw from, then what are we sacrificing all this for? Who is teaching us to choose ‘nothing’ as a substitute for everything!? I feel the world and our society, gives the idea of ‘sacrifice’ all of it’s meaning, but from a spiritual perspective, sacrifice is a meaningless word.

Is it a sacrifice to give up pain? Is it sacrifice to release guilt? Is it sacrifice to leave another in order to gain more of yourself?

I think if I were still living in Logan, KS today with the other 400 people, working a job where I wasn’t needed to use all of my gifts, isolated from live music, and other artists, entertainment, and even movie theaters - the very things in life that inspire me and make me feel human - I’m not sure that would have been my ‘easier’ choice!

And this goes both ways for us, doesn’t it. Often WE are the ones demanding sacrifice from others! Like, as artists, we can work ourselves up into thinking, “Well, if I’m willing to sacrifice my relationships, and my family, and my free time to work 24 hours a day, performing, recording, touring, & promoting, then you should be more than willing to sacrifice a few extra bucks!!” Ha!

Or we especially do this in our relationships, personal and professional. “Look at everything I sacrificed for YOU! Now, it’s only right you sacrifice for me!” And we all know where that conversation ends, right? Usually, it ends at the ending of that relationship!

And this is because there is no such thing as sacrifice. We do not have to pay a price for God’s love or favor in our lives.

Sacrifice holds no power, no weight, or wisdom for us.

What does hold these things, is the power of CHOICE.

At every moment we have a choice to make. And at every moment, we are making these choices. All of them equally important. And with every choice, comes an intention. Whether you are conscious of it or not, we are choosing out of love (for ourselves & others), or fear. Never both. Don’t fool yourself on this one.

Love and Fear do not exist at the same time, ever.

That’s like saying a fully lit room can still be a little bit dark.

When I was 18, I left my home, my family, and my friends I had done everything with since I was 3 years old. I was told I was going to have to sacrifice that in order to have my career. And I did. I let go of the necessity of relationships, the importance of keeping people close, especially the ones who really knew me without all the success, the very relationships I could have really used during my years of isolation as a determined Artist working her way up the ladder.

I wish someone would have told me then, I could have both...

It would have been a life-changer for sure.

So I guess that’s why I feel encouraged to share this important message with you today.

We can have it all guys... Just get clear on what it is you want, and make sure you include something in that list, that can actually offer you not only the experience, but the love, the happiness, the true completeness of self that you desire.

And I wish you the COURAGE that it takes in the end, to make those powerful choices for your life.

And don't forget to...EXPECT A MIRACLE