As I've started my journey, I've come across one large stumbling block - new clients. I find that with someone new, it takes a lot longer to get through everything, especially with education. At first, I wasn't even doing goal balances with new folks, I'd just do a 14 MB in the clear. I found that they thought it was neat but almost no one returned, and I had the sense that they didn't understand the potential for the work. The same would be true of those who I did an ESR with the first session, usually because we couldn't get an AIM due to emotional distress. They didn't really understand the potential for TFH, even though I explained goal balancing. Joyce gave me a tip: she said she does goal balances for first timers, and just gets as far as she gets. And with this I'd do a fix as you go balance so they get that experience. But so far I haven't enjoyed this method either. I find that by the time we get to the muscle balancing, their systems are fatigued and they want to go. I always start with auriculars, zip ups and switching points to orient their system. Then we tried going into goal balancing dialogue. Then AIM prechecks, then into the balance. Usually I can get them through central and governing and they're ready to tap out. How do you work a first session? How do you show the potential of the work without overloading their system? Maybe I haven't found the right clients yet... Which leads into another aspect of my inquiry - how do you all find clients? I'm still working on finding languaging for what it is that we do here. Something succinct, understandable and powerful. I had an idea to do free events where I give folks mini balances, but I'm not sure how that looks yet - what would you include in this? How would you maybe do a mini balance? Also thinking to host a paid/donation class where we dive in deeper and learn to balance each other's central & governing among other things. There's a lot here - thanks for reading. I feel super stuck and deflated about it all right now so any feedback you have would be appreciated. 💚

Hey TFH friends! I just finished the synthesis and have so many newbie questions! Here's one: if someone came to you trying to work with a complaint such as a rash, allergies, asthma, long covid, or other physical discomfort that doesn't come with pain, how might you proceed? Say I have a mysterious rash, and no idea what it's connected to...it comes and goes and I've been to docs but they're not helpful. I'm not sure how you'd put that in context of a goal balance besides to talk about how you'd feel when it was resolved and maybe ways that it limits your life. That's about what I've got - what else comes to mind for you?