Emily Adolph on Creativity, Community, and Hope

Wendy & Rich 0:01
Coming to you from the Freedom Federal Credit Union Studios, Hartford County Living presents Conversations with Rich Bennett. 

Rich Bennett 0:27
You have a young lady on today who I could have sworn she was on before but she wasn't by herself I meant. 

And her name has come up a lot on the podcast. I've been wanting to get her on. And she's finally finally said, you know, oh God, okay, Rich keeps bugging me. I'm just going to do it. I'm going to come on maybe then he'll shut up. Yeah. He is such a pain in the ass, he won't leave me alone. 

Not 

Emily Adolph 0:57
true. 

Rich Bennett 0:58
you. 

Emily Adolph 0:58
I 

Rich Bennett 0:58
I 

Emily Adolph 0:59
love 

Rich Bennett 0:59
have Emily Adolf on and oh God, you know what you do have to come on more because when's the last time we saw each other? 

Emily Adolph 1:10
It's been a while. I mean since in person, it's 

Rich Bennett 1:14
been 

Emily Adolph 1:15
a while. When 

Rich Bennett 1:20
you joined us for that round, say, well, if I'm not mistaken, I think that was before COVID 

Emily Adolph 1:26
no, no, 

Rich Bennett 1:27
no. You 

Emily Adolph 1:27
no, no, no, 

Rich Bennett 1:27
sure? 

Emily Adolph 1:27
No, I promised. Yeah. Because I the first time I had ever joined you was back in probably 2024 when we did that round table. There was a good 

Rich Bennett 1:37
people. 

Emily Adolph 1:37
group 

Rich Bennett 1:37
It 

Emily Adolph 1:37
of 

Rich Bennett 1:37
was only 

Emily Adolph 1:38
ago. And it was like a 

Rich Bennett 1:39
a couple 

Emily Adolph 1:39
topic 

Rich Bennett 1:39
of years 

Emily Adolph 1:39
about mental 

Rich Bennett 1:40
wellness. Yeah. Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 1:42
And I 

Rich Bennett 1:42
It's 

Emily Adolph 1:42
had like 

Rich Bennett 1:43
only-- 

Emily Adolph 1:43
literally just been through a very, very tumultuous time in my life. So that's why it's very imprinted in my mind as to when that was. So-- 

Rich Bennett 1:54
It's only two years ago. 

Emily Adolph 1:56
Well, 

Rich Bennett 1:56
you would know better to me. You're a lot younger to me. See, when you get my age, you forget things. 

Emily Adolph 2:01
But I feel like we did another one, too. We might have done a couple together. I mean, there were other people with us. 

Rich Bennett 2:06
Well, I know-- 

Emily Adolph 2:07
Style. 

Rich Bennett 2:08
I know I had you and-- you were in the co-host group, I think. 

Emily Adolph 2:12
Yeah, yeah, 

Rich Bennett 2:12
yeah. 

Emily Adolph 2:13
yeah, 

Rich Bennett 2:13
But I don't think you ever co-hosted with me. 

Emily Adolph 2:15
No, 

Rich Bennett 2:15
So 

Emily Adolph 2:15
I don't think-- 

Rich Bennett 2:15
the round table when you did, we had right, Ron Unasar from the Health Department was there, right? 

Emily Adolph 2:22
maybe. 

Rich Bennett 2:22
And Derek Pence? 

Emily Adolph 2:22
Exactly. Well, I remember when with Derek, Alicia was there and some other people. There might have been one with Wendy. I think, like I said, I think we did a couple of them. But-- 

Rich Bennett 2:34
Are you sure you just messed with my head? 

Emily Adolph 2:36
No, 

Rich Bennett 2:37
no. You just making me look bad, aren't you? 

Emily Adolph 2:38
No, no, no. I mean, not just you and me. It was always with other people, for sure. 

Rich Bennett 2:43
Hmm. 

Emily Adolph 2:44
Yeah. 

Because I definitely remember talking about mental wellness. 

Rich Bennett 2:49
Yes. And I think that's the more I thought of what I said I don't in 

Emily Adolph 2:52
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 2:52
on. Yeah. OK. Yeah, in that fact, yes. Because that's when Derek brought up psychedelics, I believe. 

Emily Adolph 3:00
Oh, yeah. 

Rich Bennett 3:02
I think you were on that one. I care. 

Emily Adolph 3:03
think 

Rich Bennett 3:03
I 

Emily Adolph 3:03
I did one more with Derek, yes. 

Rich Bennett 3:05
Look, after 900 episodes, it's hard to remember which was which. 

Emily Adolph 3:10
That's OK. You don't 

Rich Bennett 3:11
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 3:11
need-- 

Rich Bennett 3:11
So 

Emily Adolph 3:11
That's all right. 

Rich Bennett 3:12
all right, for those people that don't know, because I want to get into what you've been doing in the festival. But I want to wait for that. Because I don't believe-- when you were on those rounds, it was, I don't believe you shared your full story, did you? 

Emily Adolph 3:30
Do 

Rich Bennett 3:31
you mind sharing it? 

Emily Adolph 3:32
Yeah, no, not at all. Yeah, I mean, I might have shared like maybe bits and pieces, just being somebody who had experienced-- 

Rich Bennett 3:38
Right. 

Emily Adolph 3:39
..sidle ideations. But over the past few years, really, I've been doing so much work, really digging deep in the trenches. And getting my voice to be able to feel safe to speak about these things that I carried a lot of shame around. 

Rich Bennett 3:57
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 3:58
And was really-- yeah, just-- yeah, there was a lot that surrounded it. So I think recently, because I've been building the festival and putting myself out there more, these aspects of me have been rattled more and 

Rich Bennett 4:13
Right. 

Emily Adolph 4:14
more. And so it's really pushing me into deeper places of discomfort. And so I have no choice really to keep 

Rich Bennett 4:22
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 4:23
on wishing ahead. And yeah. So yeah, I'm more than happy to talk about it. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 4:27
I was going to say, you said you mentioned discomfort, but when you do talk about it, does it feel like a ton of bricks being lifted off your shoulders? 

Emily Adolph 4:34
yes, and I can 

Rich Bennett 4:35
OK. 

Emily Adolph 4:35
actually, um, share maybe the most recent experience, 

Rich Bennett 4:39
Sure. 

Emily Adolph 4:39
because I think that would provide some like potential context. But it happened, I don't know, probably about two or three months ago, and it was a big one. It was a really, really big deep, emergent that happened. 

Rich Bennett 4:51
OK. 

Emily Adolph 4:51
And, um, started out, you know, it was, um, you know, at work, and I worked from home, and I could just feel, you know, it was off. I didn't know what was going on. So, I went, I took the day off from work, and I went and had some body work done, and the work I had done, for some reason, I was called, like, I could feel this just like calling to have work done in the bottom portion of my body, so my feet and my legs. 

Rich Bennett 5:17
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 5:17
For those who are not familiar, your feet and your legs are associated with your, your root, your base foundation, your, the root chakra, right, and the energies within that, that part of your body. So, I went and had some work done, um, was, was at home, and just started to feel all these like, emotions surfacing. Places that I had been experiencing since I was a teenager, I don't belong. Why am I here questioning all those things, right? And so there it was, boom, it hit me. I went deep under, and the way that I referenced this stretch for anybody who's not familiar with the feeling of the suicidal ideations and thoughts, and what that feels like, it feels like you're, like a big wave, crashes over you, and you just get pulled deep 

Rich Bennett 6:07
Yes. 

Emily Adolph 6:07
wound under it, right? So that's what happened. And, um, for the first time, when I was in in the deep, dark, murky waters, in that immersion, for the first time in my life, I actually connected with a friend of mine, um, who was just there, uh, spiritually and energetically, and I was just kind of like communicating some things around a little bit what was happening. And through that experience in finally setting myself free by communicating with somebody else when it was actually happening, um, that shifted something 

Rich Bennett 6:42
right. 

Emily Adolph 6:43
Not only was I really working through that deep based root foundation, the, the, the wounded aspects of myself in those areas, emotionally, um, physically, really releasing them and letting them go through also activating my throat chakra and speaking about it authentically and truthfully, I did that with a friend of mine. And then within a couple of days, I spoke about it for the first time to my family, and I let them know what happened. And at first they were like super scared, rightfully so, but, um, I told them, I said, there's nothing to be scared about. I needed to communicate this with you because I can no longer carry this 

Rich Bennett 7:29
right 

Emily Adolph 7:29
carrying it since I was 14, 15 years old. Now they have known that I've battled with some sort of, you know, experiences. You knew exactly the depth, 

Rich Bennett 7:43
right? Right. 

Emily Adolph 7:44
This was the first time they actually were able to kind of walk into that room with me, if you will. 

Rich Bennett 7:51
Yeah, 

Emily Adolph 7:51
understand a little bit. And so through those conversations. Now I had to independently with my brother and my parents. Then when I had the conversation with my grandmother, that's where the biggest shift happened because when I was talking with her about all of the things that I had been carrying. About my life. And I told her I said, I've been carrying so much shame around this. And in that moment, when I just the word shame just came out of me. I just started bawling. I just started crying on the phone with her and, and as some of you know, like tears are the greatest release, right. 

Rich Bennett 8:28
Yes. 

Emily Adolph 8:29
that such a healing process for us. And so through that experience, releasing the tears, releasing the words, the emotions, the feelings, you know, she said to me, Emily, I love you, and I want you to know that the next time that this happens, I want you to call me, and I'm just gonna be there for you, and I'm just gonna sit with you, and I'm not gonna say anything. 

Rich Bennett 8:52
Just 

listen. 

Emily Adolph 8:57
We're now witnessing a lot of those ridiculous thoughts, feelings, emotions that were actually truly lies, they weren't, none of it was actually true, they were all delusions that were buried deep within myself. 

Rich Bennett 9:12
Right. 

Emily Adolph 9:12
Not only was I becoming more aware of those through this process, but also through my grandmother, and through her witnessing this with me, holding space with me, and telling me you're not alone, I'm just gonna be there. And I don't have to say anything, and I'm telling you, that shifted so much within me, and the beautiful part of this rich is, I would be doing this work with or without my family, and I would be breaking down these barriers with or without them. The fact that I have my family that is joining me on this path, 

Rich Bennett 9:50
is 

Emily Adolph 9:51
doing, it is helping to break those barriers faster. 

Rich Bennett 9:54
Yes. 

Emily Adolph 9:55
Then if I was doing it on my own. So, yeah, I mean, that's just kind of the brief quick overview of kind of the most recent immersion, what happened and how that actually truly set me free. I mean, I haven't had an immersion since then. 

Rich Bennett 10:11
I didn't realize that that's the first time you told your family to, 

Emily Adolph 10:17
While 

Rich Bennett 10:20
and that does make a big difference. I think I came out and told my family it was a few years ago, 

and yeah, I was crying too, and I think I even put a post on Facebook about it, because I'm going on somebody's podcast. And talked about it, which felt weird. Felt weird going on somebody else's podcast, first of all, because I'm not used to being on the other side. But when I put that post out, and cousins, friends, so many people reached out to me, and thanked me, because they were going through and went through the same thing, and never spoke about it. And I think that's a big thing. When you speak about, you know, that trauma that you've had, it not only helps you, but you're helping other people as well. And that is something that more, more people need to do. When was the first time you actually talked about it, then if this was the first time is your family? 

Emily Adolph 11:28
Yeah, 

Rich Bennett 11:29
who was 

Emily Adolph 11:29
so 

Rich Bennett 11:29
it that you talked to first? 

Emily Adolph 11:31
Over the years, I mean, I've, I've slowly been opening up the door, 

Rich Bennett 11:35
Like, 

Emily Adolph 11:35
right? 

Rich Bennett 11:36
okay. 

Emily Adolph 11:36
It has been something I've shared with other people, you know, some friends and things, 

Rich Bennett 11:41
rig? 

Emily Adolph 11:41
But I still carried so much shame around it that it's almost like when I would open the door and even if I did post something, I would, like, I would take it down or I would delete it, or because I feel like there's just so much shame that is still there. And even though people are commenting and supporting and showing the love is like, oh my gosh, let me take this down, because I just it's too much, I 

Rich Bennett 12:04
feel 

Emily Adolph 12:05
that weighted heaviness, you know, like, um, So, I mean, it's something I've definitely been opening up and talking about little by little, 

Rich Bennett 12:13
right? 

Emily Adolph 12:14
But really setting myself free from it, I would say the past few months. 

Rich Bennett 12:19
Wow. 

Emily Adolph 12:20
Mm-hmm. 

Rich Bennett 12:21
See, and the thing is, so those of you listening, I want you to listen very closely to this. Um, no matter what you've been through, yo, whether it's been some type of sexual trauma, childhood trauma, mental trauma, anything, I've known Emily for how many years now? 

Emily Adolph 12:47
Two to three. 

Rich Bennett 12:48
Two to three years. Really kind of seems longer. Two to three years. And the thing is when you look at her, you would never think that she is going through anything. 

Emily Adolph 13:02
Um, 

Rich Bennett 13:03
and my, I guess the point I wanted to get across for that is when it comes to this stuff, there's no, it's like addiction. It doesn't have a face. 

Emily Adolph 13:12
Mm-hmm. 

Rich Bennett 13:13
Because it can be anybody and you never, you never know. That's I always tell people you got to be careful what you say to people because you don't know what they're going through at the time and one word can trigger somebody. And set them off, and you gotta be careful. But I love what your grandmother said, and I tell people of this all the time. If you need somebody to talk to, if you just want somebody to listen to, if you want to vent to somebody, if you want a punching bag, call me, ehm, I'm telling you the same thing, call me seriously, because it, yeah, a lot of times you just need somebody to listen. 

Because you're, you're getting it out. 

Emily Adolph 13:59
That's 

Rich Bennett 13:59
You're getting out. Alright, so with you, because I, I know what you're doing now, the shocker and all of that is helping. But is that what, 

Emily Adolph 14:06
it. 

Rich Bennett 14:07
start, did you go another route first like therapy or anything? 

Emily Adolph 14:11
Yeah, so, I guess so the real shifting started for me back in 2011 when 

Rich Bennett 14:19
Wow. 

Emily Adolph 14:19
Simon's living in, I was living in St. Louis at the time, moved back to West Virginia, was only supposed to be there for about four to five months, but ended up life-happening and moved there 

Rich Bennett 14:29
couple of 

Emily Adolph 14:29
for 

Rich Bennett 14:30
months. 

Emily Adolph 14:30
a 

Rich Bennett 14:30
Right. 

Emily Adolph 14:32
And so, I'll say that's where things for me really, really kind of started, like the cage started to rattle. Back in probably, I think it was 2015 or '16, that's where things really started to, to open up. I had an experience with a psychic medium. They're actually from Maryland, but they're, they're known internationally. I, I decided to physically go be with her, because I just wanted, that was my first time ever experiencing something like that. So I was like, I want to physically be there and, like, kind of, 

Rich Bennett 15:06
yeah. 

Emily Adolph 15:07
Feel this out. So, during that experience, a friend of mine came through who had passed away when I was 17 or 18 years old. And in that message, she let me know that this person wanted me to know how much they love me. And the thing for me at that time, Rich, was this particular person, as much as we were friends, we hung out in the same friend group and everything, I never really believed that. Right. And I never believed that any of those people actually really liked me. I was just kind of there. Right. I was just kind of like this person who was just there. So whenever that message came through, from, from, you know, her through, through her, that, that really started to, I think, lay some sort of foundational groundwork within myself that like, oh, I do matter. I, I people do love me. And that was kind of the moment for me where I really started my healing journey. 

Rich Bennett 16:04
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 16:04
And I went through some talk therapy for me personally after trying it a few times over the years and doing various types of talk therapy. That for me personally was not the thing. 

Rich Bennett 16:18
Right. 

Emily Adolph 16:18
And it just did not resonate for me because I was trying to get out of my mind. 

Rich Bennett 16:23
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 16:23
I was not trying to stay there. And so, yeah, over the years, doing various modalities, you know, talk therapy. I then got introduced to energy work, rakey. And then from that point, honestly, it just snowballed into the various types of healing I've done. And I worked with all kinds of healers all over the world. Psychics, mediums, shamans, rakey practitioners, sound healers, I mean, you name it. I've done a lot of various types of things that really led me to worry him today. 

Rich Bennett 16:57
So that's helping you get rid of all that negative energy, all that those toxins inside your body. And that's a holds a lot of the stuff in, you know. And the thing is with with therapist. And the guy I just record it with, we talked about this. 

They're looking at their watch, you only have a certain amount of time at right when something is about to come out of times up. I'll see you again next week. 

Emily Adolph 17:28
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 17:29
And it's funny because this guy helps a lot of people you like you and I, with things we've been going through and you'll never believe what he does. Polygraph testing. He's a polygraph examiner and that's how he helps people that are going through this because a lot of that those truths are hidden deep inside. And we're hidden. They're hidden. We don't know how to get him out. We don't even know they're there. And he's able to get. Oh, yeah, it was amazing. I'm like, I was blown away. 

Emily Adolph 18:02
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 18:03
By him. David Goldberg's his name. But yeah. 

Emily Adolph 18:07
I'm never done like hypnotherapy or have never been hypnotized. 

Rich Bennett 18:13
Not yet. Not that I know of. I don't know. Look, I'm afraid they may, if I get hypnotized or going to make me run around naked and act like a chicken. 

Emily Adolph 18:21
No, but that's, I mean, I 

Rich Bennett 18:23
might 

Emily Adolph 18:23
understand. 

Rich Bennett 18:24
be traumatized. 

Emily Adolph 18:25
No, but, but there are some really great hypnotechnics that'll bring you into 

Rich Bennett 18:30
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 18:31
that like theta brainwave that helps you actually connect deeper with your subconscious mind, rich. And then I'm sure you're familiar with the iceberg. Great where it's like the iceberg that above water is like 10% underneath water is like 95% and it's like above water is our conscious underneath water is a subconscious subconscious runs 90 to 95% of our life, not our conscious mind or subconscious. So when we actually go deeper into the subconscious mind and we can learn from the subconscious mind, that actually helps to shift a lot of things too. So it kind of goes to in tandem with what you're just talking about with the slide detector test that what they're essentially doing is tapping into the conscious part of the subconscious mind through the lie detector wherein 

Rich Bennett 19:20
Right. 

Emily Adolph 19:21
so that and I'll just share with you so there is a woman by the name of Dolores can and she was popular you know started her practice back and I think it was like the 50s. She worked on 50,000 people throughout her lifetime with her hypnosis technique called the quantum hypnosis healing technique or QHHT for short and what it bridges it takes you from the conscious mind into the subconscious mind. So you work with a practitioner I've done a couple of sessions so I'm not only familiar with Dolores's work through just listening to her you know watching her but then also experiencing her practice. So yeah you work with a practitioner and they basically just take you from conscious into subconscious and you're in that theta brain wave right so you're still able to be conscious but you're unconscious you can still communicate and have 

Rich Bennett 20:14
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 20:14
conversations but you're in this like meditative state so you can tap into the subconscious and almost in a way like have a conversation with it so you can ask it questions and it'll you know it has to tell you the truth so that the practitioner will ask you questions and then you're responding but it's not you responding it's like you're subconscious. 

Rich Bennett 20:36
Yeah! 

Emily Adolph 20:37
Bombing it's wild it's really cool yeah. 

Rich Bennett 20:41
I don't have where are you one 

Emily Adolph 20:43
and my what apart not yet now I don't know if that's my path I don't know okay 

Rich Bennett 20:47
I was gonna say let's try 

Emily Adolph 20:48
yeah 

Rich Bennett 20:48
go ahead 

Emily Adolph 20:49
yeah yeah 

Rich Bennett 20:51
no I'll be afraid to try that and then my I don't know how that would work virtually anyways. I 

Emily Adolph 20:56
don't know what they 

Rich Bennett 20:57
like that I'd rather 

Emily Adolph 20:58
virtually yeah that that the that's part of the QHT practitioner rule is that you're not allowed to do it virtually 

Rich Bennett 21:06
do 

Emily Adolph 21:06
you 

Rich Bennett 21:06
it. Yeah 

Emily Adolph 21:06
have to do it in person. Mm hmm. 

Rich Bennett 21:08
All right so with the shocker and everything how long good you start getting into that. 

Emily Adolph 21:15
Um probably. 

Rich Bennett 21:16
Doing now. 

Emily Adolph 21:17
Yeah probably I started working with my raky master. 

Rich Bennett 21:20
Okay 

Emily Adolph 21:20
okay and that will probably back in 20 probably 17 because it was when I moved to the city we moved we were living in Hartford County and Abingdon and moved to Kent and back in 2016 so it had to have been 2017 that I started working with her. Yeah because 

Rich Bennett 21:37
it was. That is 

Emily Adolph 21:38
not the time. 

Rich Bennett 21:39
She what? 

Emily Adolph 21:40
She was look she her business was Canton at the time so I know. 

Rich Bennett 21:43
Okay 

Emily Adolph 21:44
2017 yeah. 

Rich Bennett 21:45
Is she still in Canton? 

Emily Adolph 21:47
No she's in she's been in Oh my gosh where is she now? Uh down in it's down near Columbia. 

Rich Bennett 21:56
That's a good job for you to go 

Emily Adolph 21:58
Yeah well I really don't I don't physically go see her much anymore because I'm now 

Rich Bennett 22:02
to that? 

Emily Adolph 22:02
attrained. 

Yeah master myself. 

Rich Bennett 22:05
Really? 

Emily Adolph 22:08
Yeah so. 

Rich Bennett 22:09
Interesting okay I did not know that. 

Emily Adolph 22:11
See her yeah. 

Rich Bennett 22:12
Okay. How many of you not you master what's called master raky 

Emily Adolph 22:19
raky? Yeah raky. 

Rich Bennett 22:20
Raky 

Emily Adolph 22:20
Raky 

Rich Bennett 22:21
master. 

Emily Adolph 22:21
master. Yeah 

Rich Bennett 22:22
How 

Emily Adolph 22:22
master. 

Rich Bennett 22:22
many of you are there in Hartford County? because 

Emily Adolph 22:25
Oh my 

Rich Bennett 22:25
you're 

Emily Adolph 22:25
god. 

Rich Bennett 22:25
like 

Emily Adolph 22:26
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 22:26
the fourth one I think. 

Emily Adolph 22:28
Oh there's a lot. No there's a lot of masters in the area. Oh yeah. 

Rich Bennett 22:34
you know what's something I and I have to be honest with you. So 

Emily Adolph 22:37
But 

Rich Bennett 22:38
now some people may say it's is that what they say Wu Wu is? 

Emily Adolph 22:41
Wu Wu yeah. 

Rich Bennett 22:42
Yeah. Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 22:43
Yep. 

Rich Bennett 22:44
Probably the but I and I have known people. I are a no people that are doing it and it's making a difference. I have a friend of mine who is going through cancer. 

Emily Adolph 22:57
Yep. 

Rich Bennett 22:58
And he's doing it. He's he's like no he's a screed medicine. Yeah he wants to do the holistic approach and it is been making a big difference to where the doctors are shocked. 

Emily Adolph 23:11
Yeah 

Rich Bennett 23:12
and yeah. Amazing. 

Emily Adolph 23:13
Yes, and that is many cases rich. And that's 

Rich Bennett 23:17
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 23:17
well, you know, there's now Raky is offered in some hospitals around the world. You know, John Hopkins even has some studies out there that talks about the benefits of Raky. But yes, I even have some clients of mine that are battling cancer. 

Rich Bennett 23:34
Think about it. Raky's been around a lot longer than medicine. Oh, 

Emily Adolph 23:40
yeah. 

Rich Bennett 23:41
I mean, how long ago, well, do we know when Raky was started? 

Emily Adolph 23:46
I'm trying to remember that it was in like I believe the 1800s when the founder, 

essentially founded Raky. I'd have to do some digging and see, but I think it was, yeah, the 1800s it was a few hundred years ago. 

Rich Bennett 24:05
Yeah, and medicine back then was basically whiskey. 

Emily Adolph 24:08
Right. 

Rich Bennett 24:09
Seriously, it's basically what it was. 

Emily Adolph 24:12
When 

Rich Bennett 24:12
I say medicine and other is what the doctors would use, but Indians, Native American Indians use something completely different. I would say, well, I want to say every culture has. You're something different, but I know I had no idea that you were a Raky master as 

Emily Adolph 24:29
well. Yeah, 

Rich Bennett 24:30
that's amazing. Are you some one of the kind of surprises do you have for me? 

Emily Adolph 24:34
I don't know. I mean, all kinds. I'm full of them. 

You never know what you're trying to get. 

Rich Bennett 24:42
But with the healing, that's the only thing that George, a Raky master, right? 

Emily Adolph 24:46
So, I mean, I offer Raky. I also offer crystal sound healing. Guided meditations. I offer creative art experiences. So for people who might want to tune into the creative aspect of healing, I do that as well. And then facilitate various workshops and events. So I 

Rich Bennett 25:09
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 25:09
do a lot of things. 

Rich Bennett 25:10
So I It's 

Emily Adolph 25:11
my first 

Rich Bennett 25:13
Well, that I didn't know. So 

Emily Adolph 25:15
knowledge. 

Rich Bennett 25:15
I take it in your meditation as well. 

Emily Adolph 25:19
Uh-huh. Yep. 

Rich Bennett 25:20
Yoga. 

Emily Adolph 25:21
No, I don't, I don't, I do it myself. I don't 

Rich Bennett 25:24
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 25:24
teach it. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 25:25
All right. Let me ask you this because this is something that helps me meditate a lot. And I love it. But I've never sat down and done it with them in person. And, it's Ty Benton bowls. 

Emily Adolph 25:38
There's a couple. So there's yet there's the Tibetan and then the crystal. 

Rich Bennett 25:41
Okay. You do the crystal bowls. 

Emily Adolph 25:43
Mm-hmm. Yeah. The Tibetan metal crystals made out of, you know, the crystal. Let's 

Rich Bennett 25:48
get this thing there. I know the crystal bowls he made out of wood. 

Emily Adolph 25:52
No, yeah. 

Rich Bennett 25:53
So, what's the big difference between? 

So, 

Emily Adolph 26:04
I don't know, I don't know too too much about the Tibetan, but I know. Yeah. I mean, I know that they do offer kind of a different experience because of the way that the vibrations are with the different bowls. I don't, I just don't know too much about the Tibetan. 

Rich Bennett 26:20
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 26:20
So 

Rich Bennett 26:22
with you, with your healing, because us face it, healing never stops. Walk me through, is it a daily routine? Or is it like? Every, it is. Can you walk us through your daily routine? Because I think this would help a lot of other people too if they try it. 

Emily Adolph 26:39
Yeah. I mean, for me personally, you know, I start my day before I even log into my work computer, you know, if it's like a work day, just grounding myself, you know, taking some time to focus on the moment to set my intentions for the day. You know, what is it that I'm trying to focus on today? What am I trying to accomplish today? But one of the biggest things, Rich, is that as much as, you know, setting intentions are important and trying to, you know, set those intentions for your future self, the only 

Rich Bennett 27:11
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 27:11
place you can ever be is the now moment. And that, for me, is one of the things I personally have had to really work on is being good with being in the now, because I was always, I was like a master escapist, like 

Rich Bennett 27:25
Right? 

Emily Adolph 27:25
trying to escape myself, escape the moment, wanting to be anywhere else but here. So, really just practicing that is a huge one for me, you know, just being here, being in the now. But other things that I incorporate into my practice, so I do a lot of stretching, yoga, journaling, reading, energy work, you know, I practice raking on myself daily. So I do at least like 10, you know, 15 minutes a day of just self-raking, just to get myself, you know. 

Rich Bennett 27:56
I didn't know you could do it on yourself. 

Emily Adolph 27:58
Well, that's how you start. 

Rich Bennett 28:00
Oh. 

Emily Adolph 28:00
That's level one. Level one is you practice on yourself and you do that for about six months to a year, you know, or more, you know, depending if you need more practice on yourself. 

Rich Bennett 28:10
Right. 

Emily Adolph 28:10
And then level two is where you're able to become a practitioner where you can work on other people. And then level three is you're still working on other people, but now you are, you know, able to teach if you would like to. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 28:24
Tristan, 

Emily Adolph 28:25
But level one is, yep, that self mastery. It's really, you know, working on yourself, learning your own energy. And that for me, Rich, was probably one of the biggest shifts because I'm an empath, I'm a highly sensitive person. That was something I did not know for a good majority of my life and actually became introduced to that through a different psychic I had worked with back in play 2017 or 2018. And this psychic introduced me to another psychic medium who 

Rich Bennett 28:54
Lord. 

Emily Adolph 28:55
wrote a book. I know I actually have her book here, because I wanted to make sure I brought it up. It's called "Are You Really Too Sensitive?" Her name is Marcie Calhoun. So this book changed my life because I did not know what an empath was. I did not know what a highly sensitive person was. And through learning these words and what they actually meant, this book helped me understand, like it's almost like she was speaking directly to me and 

Rich Bennett 29:25
Right. 

Emily Adolph 29:25
basically saying, like this is who I am, right. Like these are these components of myself that I've been experiencing. I've been feeling, but I didn't have any place to kind of put it or really feel like there was anybody else out there that understood it or was also experiencing it. So that in itself played a huge role in really understanding my own energy. 

Rich Bennett 29:50
You 

Emily Adolph 29:50
know, it took a while for me to do that. Even though I was practicing breaky, I was not truly balancing my own energy. I was really focused way too much externally and not so much internally, and that's where a lot of things kind of became disconnected for me, b I was just so wrapped up in the external world and not the internal one. 

Rich Bennett 30:18
Yeah. Wow. right. 

Emily Adolph 30:21
All 

Rich Bennett 30:21
So with your business, I correct me if I'm wrong. A soul lift, right. 

Emily Adolph 30:26
Mm-hmm. 

Rich Bennett 30:27
Okay. Wooded wood. I'm running it lips here. What are all the surfaces? Don't you laugh at me. 

What are all the services that you offer through the soul lift? 

Emily Adolph 30:38
Yeah. So recently I decided to create an umbrella brand. So my umbrella brand is infinite heart productions. So under infinite heart is the soul lift as well as Studio 7 photography. So I offer my wellness experiences through the soul lift, which is raky, sound healing, guided meditations, creative art experiences, workshops events, and then the other component which is photography. So really it's whatever, you know, if somebody is really searching for, are they searching for deeper connection with themselves? Are they searching for a way to be more seen? Are they searching for a way to be more creative? Are they searching for a way to connect with community? So really those are like the four components of my business that I help people with what I refer to as coming back home to themselves. 

Rich Bennett 31:34
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Emily Adolph 33:09
Thank you. 

Rich Bennett 33:10
You're well I see all the stuff you do when Brad does the live recordings, all 

Emily Adolph 33:17
I 

Rich Bennett 33:17
the 

Emily Adolph 33:17
know I haven't 

Rich Bennett 33:18
photos. 

Emily Adolph 33:18
photographed there in a 

Rich Bennett 33:18
was 

Emily Adolph 33:19
while but yeah that 

Rich Bennett 33:20
well how I was gonna say he hasn't done it in a while, has he? 

Emily Adolph 33:23
Well I think he moved it to quarterly instead 

Rich Bennett 33:25
of? Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 33:26
Monthly? 

Rich Bennett 33:26
It's a lot of work. 

Emily Adolph 33:27
God bless them. It's a... oh no, God bless his heart. 

Rich Bennett 33:30
Yeah. Yeah, he... we were talking about that not too long ago when I was on his show and doing live recordings is hard. 

Emily Adolph 33:39
Yeah 

Rich Bennett 33:40
It's very hard 

Emily Adolph 33:41
I can. 

Rich Bennett 33:41
but I know you do stuff like that and with other musicians, 

Emily Adolph 33:47
babies? Yeah, so my photography, I used to have a more like broadened lens we'll say. 

Rich Bennett 33:55
Okay, I like. 

Emily Adolph 33:56
I've reeled it back. I've reeled it back. So 

Rich Bennett 33:59
I 

Emily Adolph 33:59
yeah, now 

Rich Bennett 33:59
made a more telephoto. 

Emily Adolph 34:01
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now I really like focus on like portraits, you know, so like families, individuals, babies, yes, kids. I also do events and then musicians and fans. So those were like my kind of like focus. 

Rich Bennett 34:15
Not the weddings. 

Emily Adolph 34:16
No. 

Rich Bennett 34:17
Yeah, I think you don't want them. 

Emily Adolph 34:19
No, 

that is not for me. No, thank you. God bless all the wedding photographers. Perfect. 

Rich Bennett 34:26
The thing is and there's... Well, you know, there are a ton of photographers out 

Emily Adolph 34:32
there 

Rich Bennett 34:33
and I don't know what it is if it's the camera or... Well, I don't want to say it's the camera, I think it's your eye. 

Emily Adolph 34:42
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 34:43
But when I see your photos, they make you stop and look at them. 

Emily Adolph 34:48
Oh, I think. 

Rich Bennett 34:48
I've seen other photographers. I just can go right past their photos. But yours, it's like each one I'm stopping. It's art. It 

Emily Adolph 34:59
It 

Rich Bennett 34:59
is. 

Emily Adolph 34:59
is art. 

Rich Bennett 35:00
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 35:01
Sure. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 35:01
And it's like looking at a piece of art. It's just it's 

Emily Adolph 35:05
never 

Rich Bennett 35:06
stopping. All right, so what made you decide to do this umbrella thing with infinite heart productions? 

Emily Adolph 35:11
Oh, my gosh. Well, whenever I started the festival, I was like, holy moly, I have all these emails. I have all these websites. I have all this stuff that I'm having to manage. And I was like, this is crazy. Because at that time, I still had the soul of dot com studio 7, you know, than the healing arts and music. And I had emails for all of them. And it was like insane. I'm like, oh, my God, all these scheduling, you know, different scheduling systems for all of these places. I'm like, this is crazy. I can't do this. So I sat with it for a little bit. I'm like, you know, what am I going to do? I really need to like bring all this into one. What, you know, so I felt into that and then I got the message into it at heart. I was like, yep, that's it. I actually have a tattoo of it on my on my arm, my logo. But, um, 

Rich Bennett 35:57
oh, I thought, so I miss, no, I didn't miss pronounce 

Emily Adolph 36:01
it. 

Rich Bennett 36:02
You said intuitive heart? 

Emily Adolph 36:03
Infinite heart. Did I say intuitive? I'm sorry. 

Rich Bennett 36:06
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 36:06
Infinite heart productions is the umbrella. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 36:10
Here she goes again. She's like, let's mess with the old guy. Look, don't let the beard fall you. 

Emily Adolph 36:18
Yeah, 

but yeah, just it was something that, you know, I started my, you know, my business ventures years ago with 

Rich Bennett 36:29
that 

Emily Adolph 36:29
photography. So 

Rich Bennett 36:29
yeah, 

Emily Adolph 36:30
where I, you know, kind of got started with having a business building websites like all my websites I've built. I didn't hire anybody. I've done all of it and you know, it's been a learning process. But also through this like evolution of myself and really trying to tune in, tap in, really understand my innate gifts. You know, the things I meant to bring forward into the world. I wanted to make sure I just had an easy place for people to find me. 

Rich Bennett 36:54
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 36:56
And 

Rich Bennett 36:57
That's 

Emily Adolph 36:57
so I'm sorry. I need to, yeah, I need to reel it in. And then also for my own sanity, you know, having all 

Rich Bennett 37:03
me. 

Emily Adolph 37:03
of these different emails. I'm like, this is crazy. This is just too much. So now it's all in one place, which is really great. 

Rich Bennett 37:10
Okay. So I, and I want to talk about this, this festival. The healing 

Emily Adolph 37:15
arts and music. 

Rich Bennett 37:16
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 37:17
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 37:18
Because this is October's the first year for it, right? 

Emily Adolph 37:22
Correct. Yep. 

Rich Bennett 37:22
Second, it is the first. 

Emily Adolph 37:23
Wow. This is our inaugural. Mm-hmm. 

Rich Bennett 37:25
Okay. What made you decide to start this? 

Emily Adolph 37:29
Yeah. So back in April of 2015. So one thing about me, Rich, something else about me is I'm a Pisces. Pisces 

Rich Bennett 37:36
Oh 

Emily Adolph 37:36
are water. 

Rich Bennett 37:36
God. 

Emily Adolph 37:39
So we're all, I know, we're already very, you know, malleable and expansive for those that aren't familiar with Pisces. 

Rich Bennett 37:45
very... 

Emily Adolph 37:45
So we're 

Rich Bennett 37:46
No, they're good. 

Emily Adolph 37:47
very deep. So because my Pisces, the water for me is the place is very healing and over the years, I just found that when I'm in the bathtub, I not only just sink in and everything just starts to literally wash away, but I also receive very deep intuitive messages. Some people refer to them as downloads, right? They're coming 

Rich Bennett 38:07
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 38:07
from above and coming through so we can anchor them into the physical form. So that happened. I was in the back. I've also learned to keep my phone next to me in the bathtub. So that's when it happens. I get all these messages and I'm like I need to grab my phone to take notes. So I just, I was in the bathtub, you know, ju going into like my little, you know, meditative state and started having all these messages coming through, being a bridge, building, bringing community together through wellness, arts, music, da da da da, and I'm like I have no idea what this is, but I'm just writing it all down on my phone. And, you know, throughout time, it started to become more clear 

Rich Bennett 38:46
Right. 

Emily Adolph 38:46
as to where it was being guided and built. And then the message came through, healing arts and music festival. And then I actually met Dr. Bob Willing-Brenk who is the executive director of the Maryland Center for the Arts. He and I met at an event. It was last, no, either, no one was at September. It was probably around this time, like September, October. So I was supposed to photograph the ramble fest. 

Rich Bennett 39:11
Yes. 

Emily Adolph 39:11
This is one of the photographers, excuse me. And I also photographed the pre-ramble that was at Hopkins. So I was not feeling my best self and ended up not photographing the ramble because I came down with something. But long story short, when I was at pre-ramble, that's when I met Bob. 

Rich Bennett 39:29
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 39:30
And, you know, he and I started talking more along the lines of like photography, 

Rich Bennett 39:34
Well, 

Emily Adolph 39:34
really. 

Rich Bennett 39:34
he's a musician too, isn't 

Emily Adolph 39:36
he? Yes, he's an incredible musician. 

Rich Bennett 39:38
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 39:39
Oh, she's amazing. He's just an amazing man in general. He's he's become such a good dear friend of mine, a mentor. He's just wonderful. But, yeah, so at that time we were actually talking about like my photography and like, you know, trying to find ways to like connect and build things 

Rich Bennett 39:55
Right. 

Emily Adolph 39:55
together with photography and then it just kind of through our conversations and, you know, the Healing Arts and Music Festival just kind of came up and we're like, let's do it. So there are partner through the festival. So 

Rich Bennett 40:08
the Maryland Center for the Arts. 

Emily Adolph 40:10
Yeah, exactly. So it's even it's in support of the Maryland Center for the Arts. So all the funding is going, you know, to them to 

Rich Bennett 40:17
create organization. 

Emily Adolph 40:18
Yeah, to help them continue with bringing events like this. 

Rich Bennett 40:21
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 40:22
Because that's part of their mission is to really help with, you know, the wellness, the arts, music, all of those components. And they're all in one here, which is really cool. 

Rich Bennett 40:32
Are you hoping to make this an annual thing? You know, you know what, it needs to be an 

Emily Adolph 40:38
thing. I 

Rich Bennett 40:38
annual 

Emily Adolph 40:39
know. I pray I pray on that. Obviously we'll know more once we get through the actual festival right and kind of see what what what the vibes were. But I'll tell you what, Rich, ever since we launched it, it has been divinely guided. 

Rich Bennett 40:53
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 40:54
I mean, everybody that has come in. Like there have been a very few that I've had to like really like pull. Not even pull, but like tap and ask. Everything else has been pulled like brought in for it, which is really amazing. It's like one person comes in then they bring in somebody and that's it, that's it. I mean, it's just like everything is being magnetized in for this because I feel like one people understand the power of what this festival is going to do. 

Rich Bennett 41:24
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 41:25
We already feel the vibrations of it, the power of it, and they want to be a part of it. And so people are like, yeah, we're on board. And they're in and they're doing it. And it's amazing. 

Rich Bennett 41:34
Now, is this is this a one day or two day thing? 

Emily Adolph 41:38
It's a two day. So it's October 

Rich Bennett 41:39
Two day. 

Emily Adolph 41:40
2nd and 3rd. Yep. So Friday is the second. So we're kicking it off with it's called Soul Sessions, Acoustic Stories Under the Stars. And that is actually going to be hosted by Will Simms. If you're not familiar with Will, he's an incredible musician. 

Rich Bennett 41:57
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 41:57
I'm actually met him through one of Brad's shows at Rev Records. 

Rich Bennett 42:03
That's why I knew the name. 

Emily Adolph 42:04
yeah will will is awesome he's I like I love him to death um he jumped on board immediately so he's like yes we're doing this so will is hosting um hosting that um with um let's see we got Ali Post, Acacia Steers, Calum and Patrick Kosop so they'll be a part of that series then after that we have and what I'm gonna bring it up because I'm gonna butcher who's exactly after that like I know off the top of my head who the bands are but I'm like I can't remember who's after who's right after that okay so then it's Roach rip poets type two so they're gonna play after and then our headliners cut bone 

Rich Bennett 42:43
oh 

Emily Adolph 42:43
city sinners which they're amazing 

Rich Bennett 42:46
yes 

Emily Adolph 42:46
if you have in them Rich you gotta come check them out yeah they're awesome too I mean everybody is incredible we have a beautiful community of musicians artists 

Rich Bennett 42:55
yes 

Emily Adolph 42:56
wellness practitioners in this area I mean that's why that's why this is being built because all these people need to be celebrated people need to learn more about them hear them see them experience them it's yeah it's incredible 

Rich Bennett 43:10
all right so besides the music what what other kind of things are are going to be going on okay 

Emily Adolph 43:15
yeah so then Saturday we have another full lineup for Saturday for musicians we also have wellness experiences so we're going to have breathwork practitioners keegong neuroplasticity so like brain health we're going to have some workshops there's various types of workshops interactive art yeah tie-dye stations living water so if you're not familiar with living water they're hydrating the festival so our partner sponsor for the water is an organization called uh south what on i'm going to butcher this too it's terrible south mountain outreach restoration 

Rich Bennett 43:59
okay 

Emily Adolph 44:00
and environmental stewardship they're incredible so they are hydrating the festival with living water 

Rich Bennett 44:07
why do I have a funny feeling this thing is going to end up being so big that in a few I would say probably within a year or two you're gonna have to have it somewhere huge like the equestrian center or something like that serious I could see this thing being huge 

Emily Adolph 44:27
oh I agree I mean I feel that too rich you know and the only thing we can do is just pray over it and hope that people feel it like we do 

Rich Bennett 44:34
yeah 

Emily Adolph 44:35
but yeah so I mean a big part of what I think a lot of people are starting to realize and you know I don't know if you're familiar with the term we are in what's referred to as the great awakening what that means is a lot of people are really understanding the truth of who we are why we're here and wanting to improve their thoughts feelings and motions how they show up in the world feeding their bodies better 

Rich Bennett 44:56
yeah 

Emily Adolph 44:56
right so eating healthier living healthier mind body and spirit and you know no longer practicing these spaces of escapism avoidance you know glossing over the truth of how we feel you know because that's a huge part rich is my god I know I did it for such a freaking long time but avoided myself completely 

Rich Bennett 45:19
yeah 

Emily Adolph 45:20
ran from myself the truth of who I am because I was living that that external vantage point I was so focused externally on like where's the next place I need to go what's the next thing I need to do who's the next person need to be focused on and I was completely avoiding myself 

Rich Bennett 45:36
yeah wow 

Emily Adolph 45:38
yeah yeah and the modalities that help me too are the modalities that are built into this festival the wellness component the art creative and music those are the three powerhouses that help save me 

Rich Bennett 45:54
see and I have a feeling again I could see this thing becoming huge 

wear well think about because you have the music you have a 

Emily Adolph 46:07
to 

Rich Bennett 46:07
songwriter circle which I'm sure is going to be like conversations and everything right 

Emily Adolph 46:12
yep yep 

Rich Bennett 46:13
the would you say interactive art 

Emily Adolph 46:16
an interactive art yes 

Rich Bennett 46:18
but I can also see where you would have to have that's why I'm thinking the equestrian union center because you would have to have separate pavilions or rooms 

Emily Adolph 46:25
oh okay 

Rich Bennett 46:25
for like the crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, whatever just all these different areas we're like a meditation hour or you know yoga all these different things god knows there's enough goats we could do yoga um but yeah I mean just 

Emily Adolph 46:42
it yoga so much fun oh and we have forgot that rich we're 

Rich Bennett 46:46
done 

Emily Adolph 46:47
kicking all Saturday with yoga we have two we have two morning sessions we have a kids session and an adult session and kids 12 and under are free. 

Rich Bennett 46:59
He's doing that Nicole 

Emily Adolph 47:01
Um no actually Laura. 

Rich Bennett 47:03
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 47:04
Um I I am not even gonna attempt Laura's last name. She's of she's a dear friend of mine. She's actually my neighbor. Um she's the owner of Thumbs Up Yoga. She's 

Rich Bennett 47:12
I 

Emily Adolph 47:13
love her dearly. So she'll be leading the kids yoga sessions 9 30 and 10 30 and then we have two yoga instructors Sarah Debudu is doing the 9 30 session and then my friend Nancy Dow is doing the 1030. 

Rich Bennett 47:27
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 47:28
Yeah 

Rich Bennett 47:28
yeah. See so you would have to have a place big enough for all types of yoga even aerial yoga. 

Emily Adolph 47:35
We have that too Rich 

Rich Bennett 47:37
Hello 

Emily Adolph 47:37
we 

Rich Bennett 47:37
in the 

Emily Adolph 47:37
have. 

Rich Bennett 47:37
world are you doing 

Emily Adolph 47:38
on 

Rich Bennett 47:38
aerial 

Emily Adolph 47:38
we 

Rich Bennett 47:38
yoga? 

Emily Adolph 47:39
have yeah we have Gloria. Yep so she is um she's now with Flaming Flamingo. If I'm saying that it's a new yoga place I'm pretty sure I'm saying that correctly. Um but it's aerial with the aerial yoga with Gloria and she's bringing her traveling um aerial yoga trappies said I think is what it's called. 

Rich Bennett 47:58
Oh come 

Emily Adolph 47:59
Yeah I'm not even kidding you when I say to you Rich that when we open the door for this event everybody just came in like let's do this. Like this is a true community event. Like I don't know if you've even seen what we have like it's amazing what we have built all of the incredible people that are coming in we have a Desiree du player. His name's Pits Quacharon he's amazing. 

Rich Bennett 48:22
Where are you fun? 

Emily Adolph 48:23
He's doing a workshop so you not only get to listen to him but you get to do a workshop with him too. 

Rich Bennett 48:29
Oh come on. 

Emily Adolph 48:30
Oh I'm serious. 

Rich Bennett 48:31
Oh I would love to learn how to play that thing. 

Emily Adolph 48:34
Yeah well you get to. 

Rich Bennett 48:36
Wow. 

Emily Adolph 48:37
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 48:38
All right did I see did I say I could see you something big that it has to be a Do you question your center? 

Emily Adolph 48:43
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 48:43
I I meant Raven Stadium. 

Emily Adolph 48:48
Hey maybe the Ravens will put our sponsors next year. 

Rich Bennett 48:51
You you never know. You 

Emily Adolph 48:53
know. 

Rich Bennett 48:53
never Wow. That yeah that is amazing. This is going to be huge. 

Emily Adolph 48:59
It is. It oh my god. I can't even tell you I'm trying to make sure I'm plugging in all of the people because there's so many powerful amazing incredible people. We have incredible vendors that are going to be on site. Rage will be their rage against addiction. They're one of our partner sponsors. So they're going to be there in nature works. I love you know Phil and Lisa. They've been a huge part of 

Rich Bennett 49:19
yeah. 

Emily Adolph 49:19
Well I mean just so many people like I would love to sit here and just list off everybody but we don't have time so definitely check out the website but 

Rich Bennett 49:27
what is the website? 

Emily Adolph 49:29
It's www. HealingArtsAndMusic.com 

Rich Bennett 49:33
And what's your website? 

Emily Adolph 49:35
It is www. InfinitHeartProductions.com 

Rich Bennett 49:39
See and here's the good thing about this is this is the first year for Festival. The first year is always the hardest because I'm sure you haven't been planning this for years. Probably only been months right? 

Emily Adolph 49:56
Correct. 

Rich Bennett 49:56
Yeah so 

Emily Adolph 49:59
Yeah literally like me Bob and Pat we got together and we were like okay like let's talk through some ideas and we did and then I just started building it. 

Rich Bennett 50:08
yeah. 

Emily Adolph 50:08
I bought my bought the domain. I started building the website. I met with them again. I'm like here's here's the concepts we talked about that I brought into you know visual form like through photos and stuff just be like all right we're doing you know and you know Pat Chambers 

Rich Bennett 50:22
I know you know oh yeah 

Emily Adolph 50:23
yeah yeah yeah he's another huge 

Julia Kappalo she's another 

Rich Bennett 50:28
yes 

Emily Adolph 50:28
ever 

Rich Bennett 50:29
just had her on 

Emily Adolph 50:31
that did you 

Rich Bennett 50:32
yeah 

Emily Adolph 50:32
he's a part of the festival as well through her business yeah like we have such an amazing community of people that are really bringing this together 

Rich Bennett 50:41
and in all honesty I know you 

the Maryland Center for the Arts it's all going to that but I can actually see this becoming a non-profit. 

Emily Adolph 50:52
Yeah 

Rich Bennett 50:52
On its 

Emily Adolph 50:52
yeah me. 

Rich Bennett 50:53
own and the good thing is so you basically got everything step for this year. but now you can start working on it for next year it gives you a lot more time 

Emily Adolph 51:05
Yeah 

Rich Bennett 51:05
and like I said you're going to need a bigger place. 

Emily Adolph 51:09
Yeah 

Rich Bennett 51:10
absolutely. Prime example look at the Book Fair Bel Air you know they were they did it at the Bel Air Armory and they out grew it had to go to the arena. 

Emily Adolph 51:20
That's a me 

Rich Bennett 51:20
and the arena was freaking yeah. 

Emily Adolph 51:23
Pat, I love 

Rich Bennett 51:24
It 

Emily Adolph 51:25
it. 

Rich Bennett 51:25
was Pat I mean I forgive how many thousands Samantha Sikki threw but over over a hundred different authors and people love and it wasn't crowded 

Emily Adolph 51:38
Mm-hmm. 

Rich Bennett 51:39
that's that's the one. That is something that will turn people off from festivals if it's too 

Emily Adolph 51:43
Yes. 

Rich Bennett 51:44
too crowded. 

Emily Adolph 51:45
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 51:45
Crowd of you this is man that is awesome. 

Emily Adolph 51:48
Thanks. And I also want to give one more shout out to you that, well, while I think about it to Mike and Sheila over at Friendship Park, uh, Friendship Wine and Lickers. 

Rich Bennett 51:56
Oh, yeah, yeah. 

Emily Adolph 51:57
Without them, we wouldn't have a place, you know, we were supposed to have it on site of the Maryland Center for the Arts and some things came up and thankfully they come up at the beginning. 

Rich Bennett 52:06
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 52:06
I'm just trying to search, but as you know, October is a major month for events here in Hartford County, 

Rich Bennett 52:12
Everywhere. 

Emily Adolph 52:12
so. We've already booked. And when I called Mike, Mike was actually a client of mine when I worked at the Baltimore Sun years ago, and he's like, yeah, we're open. Let's do it. And I'm just so grateful because it's a really beautiful space that they have ever there. 

Rich Bennett 52:26
See, it's funny how things align because you would you would think early October, it wouldn't have been open. They wouldn't have been open. 

Emily Adolph 52:32
And I told you this whole thing has been divinely, 

Rich Bennett 52:36
yeah, 

Emily Adolph 52:37
very divinely guided. Yes. When there has been something that is tried to get in our way, we have found something to powerhouse it and keep on going. Yeah, it really is. 

Rich Bennett 52:49
Hi, so Emily, before you pick the last question, is there anything else you would like to add? 

Emily Adolph 52:56
Um, no, I mean, other than I'm just very deeply blessed, honored and grateful to be here with you, thank 

Rich Bennett 53:00
you all 

Emily Adolph 53:01
for connecting with me. You're, you're amazing, Rich. 

Rich Bennett 53:04
Thank you, 

Emily Adolph 53:05
A light in this community with just helping people to connect 

Rich Bennett 53:09
thank you. 

Emily Adolph 53:10
together, but also connect with themselves to share the things that they're doing, which is so important, you know, that we have this beautiful that like community. We do. It's beautiful community here in Hartford County, and I think from my perspective, it's just continuing to help people to highlight their independent gifts, because we all have innate gifts that we were brought here to embody in this 

Rich Bennett 53:35
Yeah, 

Emily Adolph 53:35
lifetime. In 

Rich Bennett 53:35
yeah, 

Emily Adolph 53:35
this world, and you know, it's about helping people who are not. Um, you know, tapped into that, helping them to learn how to become tapped in you 

Rich Bennett 53:46
all. 

Emily Adolph 53:46
know, and really harness 

Rich Bennett 53:48
thank you. You know, we're 

Emily Adolph 53:48
that, 

Rich Bennett 53:49
going to have to, we're going to have to do another round table. 

Emily Adolph 53:52
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 53:53
because we have, no, it can't be two years, I mean, yeah, well, you know, and I've told you this, actually, I think I told you just the first time I met you. The door is always open anytime you 

Emily Adolph 54:04
Yeah, 

Rich Bennett 54:04
want to come on, I'm surprised you never came 

Emily Adolph 54:09
on 

Rich Bennett 54:10
when Alicia has been on a few 

Emily Adolph 54:12
Oh, 

Rich Bennett 54:13
times. 

Emily Adolph 54:13
well, I guess, you know, I have to make some time, because she and I when we're together, you watch out. 

Rich Bennett 54:17
Oh, no, no, no, I said, you could come on in anything. 

Tell her I said that she'll kill 

Emily Adolph 54:25
Yeah, you're 

Rich Bennett 54:25
me. 

Emily Adolph 54:25
right. You're right. 

Rich Bennett 54:26
I said, 

Emily Adolph 54:27
get off, I'm falling. You 

Rich Bennett 54:28
probably will too, and tell on me. Man. I said, Emily, this is how, and now we're going to see how good you are. 

Emily Adolph 54:36
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 54:36
Because I don't know if you know how this works. I have a hundred different questions here. 

Emily Adolph 54:40
Okay. Okay. 

Rich Bennett 54:42
I'm flying in front of my face. And somehow or another, when my guess picks the number, whatever that question is, has somehow another aligned what we've been talking about. 

Emily Adolph 54:53
Oh, I love it. 

Rich Bennett 54:54
So we're going to see, we're going to see how good you are. And I still don't know all these questions. 

Emily Adolph 55:03
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 55:03
I, yeah, which is scary. So picking, I need you pick a number between, we could do it one of two ways. I got to break it down into five blocks and you pick a block number first and then whatever number falls in that block. Or you can just pick a number one through a hundred. 

Emily Adolph 55:19
Okay. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 55:20
I 

Emily Adolph 55:20
I'll just pick a number. 

Rich Bennett 55:21
pick a number. 

Emily Adolph 55:22
I'm going to give you my favorite, which is seven. 

Rich Bennett 55:25
Why, why, why seven your favorite number? 

Emily Adolph 55:29
It's, it's a lucky number. It's a lucky number, but also I was born on the 25th. You put that together equal seven. My house number is also you put that together equals seven. The plot number I live on is seven. It just follows me. It finds me rich. 

Rich Bennett 55:42
Are you sure you went seven? 

Emily Adolph 55:45
Yes. 

Rich Bennett 55:45
Are 

Emily Adolph 55:46
Uh 

Rich Bennett 55:46
you 

Emily Adolph 55:46
oh. 

Rich Bennett 55:47
positive that you went seven? 

Emily Adolph 55:49
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 55:50
Let's do it. Uh oh. Okay. Because whatever your answer is, if it's what I think it is, you may have to do it. While on here. 

Emily Adolph 56:00
Uh oh. 

Rich Bennett 56:01
So last chance. Are you sure you went number seven? It's a good question. 

Emily Adolph 56:05
Let's try it. Let's why not, you know, this is, this is what we're here to do. We're here to push the. And step into uncomfortable zone. So let's go. 

Rich Bennett 56:13
What is a hidden talent or interest you 

Emily Adolph 56:22
have that might surprise people? Hidden talent or interest I have 

Rich Bennett 56:24
that might surprise people. 

Emily Adolph 56:28
Uh, 

I don't know. 

Rich Bennett 56:32
You're afraid to answer it. I knew it. 

Emily Adolph 56:35
Well, so here's the thing, I don't, I feel like sometimes, you know, people, they have these, you know, talents or whatever, like with their bodies. I'm not one of those people, but I know one of the things I can do is roll my tongue. I don't, I feel 

Rich Bennett 56:47
You 

Emily Adolph 56:47
like--

Rich Bennett 56:47
just did that too! 

Emily Adolph 56:49
I know, can you do that? 

Rich Bennett 56:51
Yeah, but you can't see because of my mustache and beard. 

Emily Adolph 56:54
Okay, so I know I can do that. I'm like, I know sometimes people are like, "Why can't I do that?" I'm like, "Well, I can." I don't know, I mean, I really-- I don't know, Rich, help me out here. What are, what are maybe some things I might, I might top into? I 

Rich Bennett 57:09
know. 

Emily Adolph 57:09
don't 

Rich Bennett 57:10
See, I was gonna say you're, you're, you can probably sing. 

Emily Adolph 57:14
Stain, oh, okay. 

Rich Bennett 57:17
Which means you would have to do it? 

Emily Adolph 57:19
I can't, actually, I was saying it's so, alright, you're true, it's true, because I was singing this morning and I was-- I recorded myself. Because I was like, I just found this curious, like, what do I sound like? And I actually sang the Golden 

Rich Bennett 57:32
Girls. 

Oh my God. 

Emily Adolph 57:33
Well, be in a friend, yes. 

Rich Bennett 57:37
So you actually never, you've never got up on stage and sang or anything? 

Emily Adolph 57:41
So when I was in middle school, I was in chorus for--

Rich Bennett 57:44
Okay. 

Emily Adolph 57:44
Not for that, that was it. 

Rich Bennett 57:47
Has the Golden Girls go again? 

Emily Adolph 57:50
Yeah, what was it I was singing? Hold on, let me find it. I forget the lyrics now. Hold 

Rich Bennett 57:54
on. 

How many, how many people have you sang in front of since middle school? Since you got it? So better yet, within the past 10 years, how many times have you sang in front of anybody? 

Emily Adolph 58:04
I mean, unless like, I'm, you know, somebody's around me and I just happen to be singing, nobody. 

Rich Bennett 58:09
Or at a birthday 

Emily Adolph 58:10
I'm not like 

Rich Bennett 58:10
party? 

Emily Adolph 58:11
getting up in, yeah, I'm definitely not getting up in singing to people just because. I mean, it's also some other things where I need to--

I need some training and some practice, you know? Like, it's just one of those things where I feel like if I had a coach or something, like I could probably harness it. 

Rich Bennett 58:31
Yeah. 

Emily Adolph 58:31
I could probably improve it, you know, but are you gonna have me sing? 

Rich Bennett 58:36
Absolutely. 

Emily Adolph 58:37
Oh my god. Okay, so this is the the portion I was singing this morning because for some reason I felt like this was just kind of an awake guided like around the festival, like, because in a way it's like a big party, right? 

Rich Bennett 58:51
So see that? 

Emily Adolph 58:52
Party. 

Rich Bennett 58:52
So the question that aligns with what we've been 

Emily Adolph 58:54
talking about? 

Yeah, it did. Okay, but thanks for helping me pull it out because I'm like sitting here like, I don't know any, you know, hidden talents. I feel like I put myself out there pretty, pretty much a lot more anymore these days. Okay. So we'll see, Rich. I don't know. I mean, I'm definitely not like the greatest singer. For sure. I'm not, you know, like Britney Spears or...

Rich Bennett 59:13
All right, look, this is the voice. I'm gonna turn around. I'll be the judge. 

Emily Adolph 59:18
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 59:19
If you make me turn my seat, that means you're good. 

Emily Adolph 59:21
Okay. All right. Here we go. 

Rich Bennett 59:47
So you got, look, I hit my buzzer right when you hit that part, you know, so hey, mag father, because I know you're listening to this. Guess you're gonna have to get up on stage. 

Emily Adolph 1:00:00
Oh God, no. 

Rich Bennett 1:00:02
You know Brad Will too. 

Emily Adolph 1:00:04
I know he will. Oh my God. He'll probably try and pull me over there. Asap. 

Rich Bennett 1:00:11
Oh, wait a minute. Isn't Brad performing at the festival? 

Emily Adolph 1:00:15
Ah, yes he is. Yes, I didn't run through Saturday. So I'm like, there's so much going on, but yeah, Brad is one of our, one of our musician guests. Yes. Yeah, I'm so grateful for him. Yeah. He's amazing. Yeah, and I've been implied for such a long time. 

Rich Bennett 1:00:31
Why now? 

Emily Adolph 1:00:32
Him and Lisa, you know. 

Rich Bennett 1:00:33
Why do I have a funny feeling the next time you see me you're gonna smack me now? 

Emily Adolph 1:00:38
Oh no, I'll give you a big old hug. 

Rich Bennett 1:00:40
Okay, 

Emily Adolph 1:00:40
This is so fun. 

Rich Bennett 1:00:41
that'll work. Emily, it's always great to see you and good luck with everything. Keep doing what you're doing, don't stop because you are helping other people and that's what it's all about. So thank you. 

Emily Adolph 1:00:54
Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Rich. I appreciate you. 

Rich Bennett 1:00:57
It's, I still need the water. 

Emily Adolph 1:00:59
Yes. The magic water. I told you it's all energy. 

Rich Bennett 1:01:04
Well, I do have my energy gummies upstairs so I can take 

Emily Adolph 1:01:07
can

Rich Bennett 1:01:07
that. I Not those kind of gummies. Never mind. 'What really stayed with me from this conversation with Emily was the moments she described opening up to her grandmother. After carrying so much shame for so many years, hearing that someone loved her and was willing to simply sit with her and listen, meant so much.' That's something we can all take away from this. You never really know what someone else is carrying. Sometimes, given them your time, your attention, and a place to speak honestly can make a difference. And if you're the one struggling, you deserve support. You don't have to carry everything alone. Emily also shared how creativity, music, and her personal wellness practices have helped her reconnect with herself. Through infinite heart productions, she's bringing that passion into her photography, wellness experiences, and opportunities for people to connect. And that spirit is at the heart of the healing arts and music festival. Bring in musicians, artists, and wellness practitioners together while supporting the Maryland Center for the Arts is a wonderful way to celebrate the talent and community we have here. And you can learn more about the festival by visiting healingarts and music.com. I am very grateful to Emily for being so open about her story, and for sharing a little of her singing with us too. Sorry, my father, but yes, I got her to do it first. But most of all, I appreciate her reminder that finding your voice can start with trusting someone enough to let them hear it. Reach out to somebody you care about. Ask how they're doing and give yourself time to listen to the answer. Until next time, I'm Rich Bennett. Thanks for listening and remember, every great conversation starts with someone willing to listen, and someone willing to share. Now it's your turn. Join the conversation by sharing this episode. Leave in a comment or reaching out to me directly. Take care. Be kind to one another. And I'll talk with you again soon.