Rick talked about resting in this kind of feeling of being carried along by his aspirations. He then introduced a practice of these stem phrases that begin by claiming an identity and then go on to making statement of action or behavior that flows naturally from that identity. For example, as a dancer, i am enjoying moving my body authentically. Or maybe it's about having a different sort of interaction with your romantic partner. But all of those behaviors only arise truly in grounded ways once we claim the identities that they're based on. And that's why claiming the identity is so powerful.

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