# Episode 405: The Energetics of Allowing

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Podcast: [Acting Business Boot Camp](https://stenobird.com/podcast/acting-business-boot-camp-2637711)
Published: 2026-09-02T06:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

I want to start this episode with someone I lost recently. A dear colleague of mine, Riff Hutton, passed away a couple of weeks ago from a brain tumor. I am opening with him because I just used something he taught me. I came into my booth and my preamp was not working. And there was a part of me that just wanted to say forget it, record on the laptop mic, move on. And then Riff's voice came to me. Be curious. So instead of pushing through I got calm. I started looking at why. Turned out the power cord into my preamp has a lock position and it had gotten unlocked. A simple thing. But the old me would have forced it and missed the lesson entirely. Riff Hutton, if you are out there listening on some plane, thank you for teaching me to be curious. Forcing vs Allowing Today's episode is about attracting rather than forcing. And you are talking to a reformed forcer here. The times I have pushed hardest are the times I have created the least flow. There is an energy to forcing that is very close to frustration and anger. I am going to make this happen. And when I operate from that energy, things go wrong. Last night I was exhausted and forcing myself to make dinner and the glass lid to my frying pan shattered in the salmon. Everything was fine. But I said to myself, you are forcing. What I really needed to say was I am too tired to cook. Either we make a salad or we go out. When I gave myself permission to be curious instead, when my tech broke down before this recording, it created an opportunity to learn something and to teach you something. That is not magical thinking. That is nervous system reality. What Scarcity Actually Looks Like Scarcity is not just financial. Scarcity sounds like it is too late for me. I am too old. I missed my chance. Everyone is ahead of me. It sh…

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