My dream is INEVITABLE

By Andrea Schroeder / April 26, 2023

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My practice today: Meeting my dream and drawing the meeting.

This one was SO COOL, it felt like a healing. My dream showed up as inevitability. A heavy, strong, dense, magnetic cube.

Drawing it felt so good. With the magic colours around it.

It didn't feel like I can just never take another step and it'll come. But it did feel like I can be calm and trusting and follow my inspiration without worry. Take little steps, don't rush, don't overwork, rest lots in between. It's happening.

If you're looking for something to DO today in your own Creative Dream Alchemy Practice, I suggest....

Do the Meeting My Dream practice from the Dream Lab and see what that sparks for you

Want to try something different? Pop into the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find something helpful for where you're at today.

Or click here to get a journal prompt to get you started.

It can be so vulnerable to talk about our dreams!

If it helps, remember that you can let us know EXACTLY what kind of feedback you want. Just put a little note at the bottom of your post to say: What kinds of feedback I am looking for on this post: Then let us know if you would like encouragement, or to hear stories of what we're doing with our dreams, or whatever you'd like. You can also say what kinds of feedback you are NOT in the mood for, or if you don't want ANY feedback.

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My dream is a shooting star shooting up from the earth

By Andrea Schroeder / April 25, 2023

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My practice today: Meeting my dream and drawing the meeting.

I’m feeling so grateful for this practice of drawing my dream meetings. Feels like a lot is happening in the no-words place and I am just excited to fill a whole journal with them.

In today’s dream meeting I just saw my dream as a shooting star, with a sense of a “tail” behind in, like to indicate that it was moving.

But once I drew it I felt very strongly that the tail was actually connected to the earth, to indicate that it was shooting FROM THE EARTH. That’s it’s a GROUNDED star.

And I just suddenly felt how all of the upheaval and healing, especially in the last three years, have helped me get more GROUNDED in this dream.

If you're looking for something to DO today in your own Creative Dream Alchemy Practice, I suggest....

Do the Meeting My Dream practice from the Dream Lab and see what that sparks for you

Want to try something different? Pop into the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find something helpful for where you're at today.

Or click here to get a journal prompt to get you started.

It can be so vulnerable to talk about our dreams!

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The creative process is HEALING and TRANSFORMATIVE and so I have to let it change things

By Andrea Schroeder / April 21, 2023 / daily practice

(These updates will slow down now, my husband and I are going away for a few days next week to celebrate our anniversary, and I find there's always a burst of creative energy at the start of doing something new, and then I settle into a routine with it and everything settles down, which is what I feel happening here. I assume I'll be updating a few times a week.)

That love for my project (from the last update) starts to drip into my heart. Warm sticky light.

And then I know:

I know what I want it to be ABOUT.

But I need to get more clear on what I want it to DO.

Later in the day I am thinking about how TRANSFORMATIVE and HEALING the creative process is.

And how we push back against transformation and healing when we push through to get the outer results/timing that we want.

And how I want to be here for the transformation and healing, not only for myself, but to pour those qualities into the book so they can be received by anyone who works with it.

I’m not writing a book/journal, I am creating a container. It’s what I’ve been doing with my courses for over a dozen years and I know I can do it in book/journal format, too.

So all this means that I need to not try to control the outcome.

I need to LISTEN. To the soul of the project but also to all of my own thoughts and feelings.

And here’s a thought I’d rather ignore:

I think all the pages I’ve shared so far from this book (including the pages ready to go in my Instagram drafts) aren’t actually pages for the book. I think this might just be the writing + artwork that gets me to a place of being ready to begin.

I hope not, but I am willing for it to be true because I want to follow this process where it leads and not try to control it.

So I go back to letting the love I have for the project drop into my heart.

And the knowing that this brings that I need to focus on what I want this book/journal to DO...

This immediately feels uncomfortable because I think I am trying to DO too many things.

And I think this means what I really need to do is break this down into a series of books. Which is always what I was doing, this was the first in a series, but what feels like it is changing is that I need to break it down much more than I was thinking. Like each book is maybe three books.

The idea that is asserting itself the most strongly is: a guidebook for engaging with impossible dreams.

If I make it more specific like this, then it’s easier to create the container.

My next steps: revisit all of the writing, look at it through this lens, see what happens.

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Follow the creative process, don’t try to control it (Weekly Dream Status Report)

By Andrea Schroeder / April 21, 2023

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What are you up to today? Let us know in the comments!

Tell us what you're working on, struggling with, ask questions, share your goals, etc, in these daily posts. This is a great way to put stuff "out there" where only people who "get it" are going to see it.

On Fridays I post my Dream Status Report which is a series of prompts I use every week to help me have more clarity, momentum and groundedness on my path. The prompts are here. You can do them with me, or do your own thing.

My Dream Status Report:

PART ONE: (sometimes these can stay the same for months at time, sometimes they change often)

My dream is: BEING the artist + writer I want to be. This is the "big picture" dream - this includes lots of different inner + outer things.

I want it because: This is what feels most enticing and interesting to me. I'm also noticing how BEING who I feel I AM is important for my mental health.

When I have it I will feel: Just a little more ME, more energized. More stable/sturdy. Excited about the new work I am doing.

My new moon intention: Focus on the book project - all the practices and routines that support my mental health which supports my creative process.

(As I said during the call, I was really struck by how hard I've been working on my mental health, how proud I am of myself for them but also how sad I felt that it IS so much work. Then my Dream Self came in all "Girl! The universe doesn't owe you happiness! You have to do the work to keep yourself alive every day - food, water, rest, etc - this is just a part of that. Take care of it." and I've been sitting with that, all the parts of me who wish it was easier and the parts of me who are willing to do whatever work it takes.)

PART TWO: Invite your dream in (using the Dream Lab practice) to help you with the rest of the prompts.

My dream shows up as a tiny star up in the sky. I can see it's cheering for me and doing what it can to light the path.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Keep working on the things I am working on, while vibing with my dream.

What happened in the last week? I had started my new thing - sharing bits of the book/journal I am writing out in the wild. I mean I had just started the week before and this week I was really doing it and HOLY SHIT THIS IS VULNERABLE AND UNCOMFORTABLE. Every day I got feedback from people that made me feel like they didn't see me at all (like one email I got saying "You are obviously very creative but you need to accept Jesus and your lord and saviour")

I felt too sensitive for all of this. Then I sat with that and all I could see was how if I don't put myself out there then the people my work is for can't find it. And that it's really on ME to have the boundaries I need to have around this. People are going to people! And since I hadn't been sharing as deeply or often in the last few years, there is an adjustment period here. Deep down, there is a part of me who knows this will all be fine.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this? One thing that I learned is that I need hand crafts, or some kind of analog art project, AT ALL TIMES. I had finished another embroidered dress, and cut out the next one, but I am still figuring out what to embroider on it. Not having a thing to pick up and work on with my hands is NOT GOOD. I knew that having this work was SO GOOD for me, but now I also see that NOT having is SO BAD for me.

Which means - I should brainstorm/prep more projects so that they can be ready to go. I got out my yarn stash last night to come up with some smaller projects to keep my hands busy while I figure out other projects.

Also, after all of the discomfort and vulnerability of really putting myself out there again, I am starting to find the magic in it. Sharing my process helps me really BE IN my process and I am finding/remembering all of the magic of that. This week I started writing about the process of writing the book, on my blog, along with sharing pages I am writing on Instagram/Facebook. That added layer of writing about the process is REALLY good for me.

I mean what keeps coming to me is that I need to BE who I AM in order to feel good. And who I am shares her work AND is a maker, and needs to share and make. Both of these things felt less accessible in the last three years, and I am so grateful to be doing them again.

What do I need now? Get a new project on my knitting needles! Make some time to brainstorm what I want to embroider on the next dress and/or explore my ideas to add to the butterfly dress. Self care and especially mental health self care are priorities, don't let any part of me tell me different!

What does my dream need now? It loves how everything changes - like the air around me changes - when I am DEEP in my creative process. More of this.

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is: Stay in my creative process with this book/journal - FOLLOW the process, don't try to CONTROL it.

If you're looking for something to DO today in your own Creative Dream Alchemy Practice, I suggest....

Do the Meeting My Dream practice from the Dream Lab and see what that sparks for you

Want to try something different? Pop into the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find something helpful for where you're at today.

Or click here to get a journal prompt to get you started.

It can be so vulnerable to talk about our dreams!

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Asking the soul of my book for help

By Andrea Schroeder / April 20, 2023

I ended my last update with three things:

I need this book to stay simple. A beginning book/journal about Creative Dreaming as a Practice.
How do I put this book into order, and give it some shape, and keep it simple?
Or am I not at that part yet? Should I just keep making pages and exploring my ideas?

I still don’t have any new thoughts/answers about this. So I am having a meeting with the soul of the book.

(For Dream Book members, I use the Dream Lab practice, and meet the soul of the project instead of the soul of the book)

The soul of the book shows up as… as book.

The book opens up and invites people in. Once people accept the invitation, it pulls them in deep, into this surprising new world.

It’s whimsical and magical and helps them see more clearly into themselves.

So I say: My thought was to keep it simple, but now that I see you, it feels like maybe I was off?

The soul of the book says: I am not simple but I am also not complicated, I am neither, I am magic.

Me: Right, that makes sense. I guess I brought in the idea of simple because the process feels so complicated right now.

The soul of the book says: Remember that the process and the book are two different things.

Me: That feels obvious. And it also feels like there is a clue in there, something I am not seeing.

The soul of the book: Your work here is VERY complicated. You are holding space - I mean CREATING SPACE THAT HOLDS SPACE really - for the people reading/doing the book/journal to create a whole new way of relating to their dreams. You need to let YOUR work be as difficult and complicated as it needs to be, in order to create this space properly. But you are ready, you know how to do this, and some parts will be difficult, like this part where you’re not sure how to proceed.

Me: So, how do I proceed?

The soul of the book: Where is your love for this project?

Me: I don’t know. Let me see….

(Scanning my body for the love I have for this project)

Seems like it’s mostly in my head.

The soul of the book: Right. So you know it needs to come down. Into your heart and body.

Me:

(Trying to bring it down, but it’s like very very very thick honey. Sticky. Moving down at a glacial pace. I put a magnet in my heart to try to draw it in but I can’t quite get the honey (love) to touch my heart. I realize I am trying to rush through this, so I give myself more time to sit with it)

OK, my heart is starting to soften and open. It feels worried because this work will go out to a different group of people than my other work (Dream Book). There is a fear of being misunderstood.

The soul of my book: Well that’s not exactly an unfounded fear. Of course some people will misunderstand.

Me: Yeah. So how do I stay soft and open and also feel protected/ready to be misunderstood?

The soul of my book: Feels like that is your next step?

Me: But I wanted like a next step kind of next step.

The soul of my book: Well that’s ridiculous, don’t you teach people to always take the step that’s in front of them and not the step they wish was in front of them?

Me: Yup. Doesn’t mean I like hearing it any more than my clients do.

The soul of my book: You want to see outer progress.

Me: Desperately.

The soul of my book: Give this one day. Or two. Sit with your question: how do I stay soft and open and also feel protected/ready to be misunderstood? You know that this work creates a different foundation for the book to come to life, and you need this foundation.

Me: Yes, I do. Also, since I do want to do some outer work today, like writing and organizing, I can work on a different project.

The soul of my book: Perfect!

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Drawing my dream

By Andrea Schroeder / April 20, 2023

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I drew my dream meeting this morning:

I drew it out and couldn't find a lot of words for journaling so I started doodling around it and then the doodle turned the drawing into something that really captures the feeling of my dream right now.

I don't really understand it, but it feels right.

I have a lot of "why bother?" feelings about sharing it, so I am going to take that into the Un-Sticking Station:

Why Bother sighs: I just think this is kind of dumb and I don't care about it.

Me: You don't care about it? Why not?

Why Bother: Oh. Well. Shit. Yeah I do care. You know I care. It feels REAL. I feels like.... I don't know, an energetic portal to our dream? It feels special and like people might not understand and also like maybe it's not actually anything.

Me: Yeah all of that can be true. Any particular thing we do within a practice could be important or not important, what's important is that we keep showing up. And then in my role in this space, my work is to share the ways I show up. Remember how it's helpful to share, even when it's a mess, maybe especially when it's a mess, because it helps other people remember it's fine to be a mess?

Why Bother: Yeah I remember all of that now. I see why we should bother. I feel kind of meh about it.

Me: Yeah it's especially vulnerable to share a thing that feels maybe-meaningful and maybe-magical but also it's so early in the process that maybe this will amount to nothing. But my dream asked me to start drawing my dream meetings and I feel inspired about it and this is what I want to do.

Why Bother: Yeah. I don't have to feel great about it every day, either.

Me: Of course! We get to feel how we feel AND keep showing up.

Why Bother: OK, let's do this then.

If you're looking for something to DO today in your own Creative Dream Alchemy Practice, I suggest....

Do the Meeting My Dream practice from the Dream Lab and see what that sparks for you

Want to try something different? Pop into the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find something helpful for where you're at today.

Or click here to get a journal prompt to get you started.

It can be so vulnerable to talk about our dreams!

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I love the pages I have written but I am struggling to put them all together.

By Andrea Schroeder / April 19, 2023 / daily practice

Dream Book

This is a common theme for me, because the process of Creative Dreaming is entirely non-linear.

And even when we say we know it’s non-linear, we all tend to approach it looking for a linear path.

I mean the metaphor most people use is the spiral path.

But the spiral path is both linear AND directional. The line goes in a smooth, calm spiral.

Creative Dreaming is more an explosion than a spiral.

And that explosion creates new possibilities and destroys others and it’s disorienting but also life-giving. It’s like the creation of our galaxy.

Really beautiful things can come out of the messiest places. And also - sometimes things die, sometimes things are hard. It’s messy.

It feels like there is this whole industry out there trying to convince us that we don’t need to be messy. We can just manifest everything we want without ever knowing how we actually feel about anything. Which I think is a manifestation of our deep collective fears of being in the mess of life.

But I can’t make a book that is in the shape of an explosion.

I need to have pages, and the pages need to be in some kind of order.

I can encourage you to just open it up to a random page and work through it that way.

But I still have to put them into an order. Unless I print them out and pile them up and pick pages, like picking oracle cards, and put them into order that way?

That’s interesting.

I could also make little maps that guide you through in different ways.

The thing about a Creative Dream Practice is that it’s ALIVE. Once you’re in it, you can follow it and it won’t steer you wrong.

BUT

Getting into and then staying in it when things are hard, that’s the challenge.

That’s what I help people do in Dream Book. I know this book can’t do everything I do in Dream Book, but I want it to offer a way in, a new way of connecting with your dreams and navigating possibilities.

Because I have been doing this work for so long, and I’ve gone so deep into it, it can be hard for me to just keep things simple. I mean, Dream Book is a two year program and that’s if you’re going as fast as possible for two whole years. Most people take much longer, but by the time they get there, they’ve grown so much and so much has changed that it makes sense to start again at the beginning with their new dreams.

But this can’t be that!

I need this book to stay simple. A beginning book/journal about Creative Dreaming as a Practice.
How do I put this book into order, and give it some shape, and keep it simple?
Or am I not at that part yet? Should I just keep making pages and exploring my ideas?

Sometimes I end my practice with a few new questions and no new answers.

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My dream shows me my next steps

By Andrea Schroeder / April 19, 2023

Get the calendar of upcoming calls here. | Get your next Dream Book lesson here.

I am writing!

I have so many thoughts and ideas and I am having so much fun getting them all out. Spring is springing for me and I am here for it, like my brain is thawing.

I did get a little stuck on the "sharing my work on the Creative Dreaming As A Practice Book as I go" project. I wrote about on my public blog here and then I read that blog in a video on Instagram, here.

(Turns out I LOVE READING MY BLOGS IN A VIDEO!!! So fast, easy and fun. And it's a great way to share my writing with the people who never leave social media to read a blog. I know I could turn this into a podcast but I do not have the bandwidth for that right now.)

I feel good about the new process - sharing the blurbs on Instagram and writing on my blog about the process of writing. Writing always helps me find my way through. And I feel good about starting with one idea, having it not feel right, and making changes right away. This is how we build the path!

My practice today: Meeting my dream

It's kind of hard to get into it, I feel so much HIGH HAPPY GOOD ENERGY that I can't quite calm down and meditate with the video or without it.

So I just ask myself:

If I WAS meditating and calm and in the Field of Creative Dream Alchemy - what would that be like?

(And go with the first thing that comes to mind)

Sparkles everywhere. Everything feels like and like everything is possible,.

And then also I see myself, surrounded by sparkles, with my Dream Book, making art out of my daily practice.

And then my dream pops in as a yellow star and it's pointing at this image of me.

MAKE ART OUT OF YOUR DAILY PRACTICE!

OK that is very good advice.

I love when I do this, but I don't keep up with it. Which - maybe is ok? It's a thing I have gone in and out of doing for the last few years. And the last time I was REALLY into it I bought a new sketchbook and then didn't use it - I can put together an art kit so I can do this at home OR on the go, so everything is ready to go.

This feels REALLY good. Today I'll get ready and then start tomorrow 🙂

If you're looking for something to DO today in your own Creative Dream Alchemy Practice, I suggest....

Do the Meeting My Dream practice from the Dream Lab and see what that sparks for you

Want to try something different? Pop into the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find something helpful for where you're at today.

Or click here to get a journal prompt to get you started.

It can be so vulnerable to talk about our dreams!

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Your voice deserves to be heard

By Andrea Schroeder / April 18, 2023 / creative entrepreneur

I started blogging and sharing my work online around 2008. I turned that into a full time business in 2010.

It was easier then. There is no question about that.

There were enough people blogging and being on social media that there were opportunities for online business… but not so many people that it was hard to be seen in the crowd.

And the algorithms were just babies then. Not the full grown monsters they are today. I could go on and on about that so I’ll just say that I feel pretty UGH about social media a lot of the time…

But this is a place where people connect. This is a place where ideas are shared and your ideas deserve to be a part of the conversation.

Your voice deserves to be heard. Your ideas matter. Your work is important.

If you just stop sharing them in these places… that’s no good. It means these places become even more filled with even more of the inane nonsense that the algorithm likes to uplift.

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I am offering Marketing as a Creative + Spiritual practice as a monthly call for this for all of 2023. Together, we are practicing listening to our deepest inspiration about how to put ourselves out there in a way that serves the soul of our work.

This is available to all members of Dream Book. Join us here.

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I am wildly successful

By Andrea Schroeder / April 18, 2023

Get the calendar of upcoming calls here. | Get your next Dream Book lesson here.

Remember when I was complaining so much about the weather in March? It’s been so unseasonably warm. It still is, but we are inching our way into spring weather.

Yesterday I felt SO HAPPY AND ALIVE. Like, ridiculously happy and alive. And I realized I have had some kind of seasonal depression this spring. It’s easier to see it now that it’s lifted and I see the difference.

So - I FEEL ALIVE.

And I want to do AFFIRMATIONS.

This morning in my Dream Book I wrote: I AM WILDLY SUCCESSFUL and starting listing all the reasons why this is true. I held the feeling in my body. I thought: what would it mean to only act when I am in this feeling?

(Here is a meditation for working with affirmations and exploring all of your reactions to them. Having an uncomfortable responsive to an affirmation is just as good as having an uplifting response, you just work with it differently.)

I went to the coffee shop and did a bunch of writing. Not for anything in particular, just writing out my thoughts, which may become blog posts or something else. But it just felt so good to be in the flow.

If you're looking for something to DO today in your own Creative Dream Alchemy Practice, I suggest....

Do the Meeting My Dream practice from the Dream Lab and see what that sparks for you

Want to try something different? Pop into the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find something helpful for where you're at today.

Or click here to get a journal prompt to get you started.

It can be so vulnerable to talk about our dreams!

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Making changes along the way

By Andrea Schroeder / April 17, 2023 / daily practice

Last week I said I was going to start sharing the book I am writing, as I go. I said I would post it on my social media and blog.

I did that last week, I did two posts and both times I wasn’t happy with the process of putting it on my blog.

Posting on Instagram felt great. I have a bunch of drafts ready to go in there, and the process of getting those drafts ready felt flowy and fun. Posting the drafts felt great.

But then going over to my blog, to share the same thing there, didn’t feel great. My body felt heavy. The work felt annoying. Even though it was the same work! Which is fascinating to me.

So I sat with that feeling and asked “Is this a sign I shouldn’t do this? Not share these things on my blog?”

And in the grand scheme of things, who even cares?

But, I care. I wanted to share it on my blog to have it on MY website and not just out in the social media ethers. And I always like to do what I said I would do, and I said I would do this.

But when I check in with how this feels in my body, my body does not care about either of these things. It cares about how uncomfortable it has been to get these blogs together, and how much it would rather be doing other things. It’s just giving a big NO.

That was the first post. I decided to try again for the second post, and see how that went. It went the same, and now here I am.

My head says: OMG this takes like two minutes, just do it. In all the work you’ve done to build your business this is hardly the most annoying thing! And you always ENJOYED doing even the annoying admin tasks because you’re doing it in service to your work! Where’s that attitude now?

I say: I don’t appreciate the attitude or you trying to boss me into doing it, but that is a good question. Why don’t I want to do this in service to this project?

The thing about approaching Creative Dreaming as a PRACTICE is that there is space to explore all of this, there is space for ALL thoughts and feelings.

You don’t just push through and focus on the outer work and getting things done, making visible progress. You make space to find YOUR way of creating YOUR path.

You try your ideas to find out how they fit and work for you!

This idea is not working for me.

If I stop doing it, that’s not a “I tried to do it, got uncomfortable, and gave up, and I am sure I will never get my dream now” kind of thing.

If I stop doing it, it’s a “I tried my idea, I processed my thoughts and feelings about it, I listened to my intuition and the soul of my dream, together we learned from these steps I took and used that learning to map out different steps to try next” kind of thing.

And THAT is how you make the magic happen.

THAT is how you practice your way there.

So, when I do all of this, here is the next idea that emerges:

I’m going to stop posting the little-book-blurbs-in process on my blog. I will keep posting them on Instagram. On my blog, I will write about the process of writing the book.

Write about the writing!

This feels curious and inspiring. My body feels open, light and sparkly. No part of me is against this idea. The soul of my dream is cheering for it.

So this is what I’ll do next.

And maybe I’ll do this two times and be all “oh wow this sucks” again or maybe this will be a really great thing for me. The outcome of any particular step doesn’t matter because I know I will stay in the process long enough to get to where I want to go.

It’s so much easier to stay in the process when you embrace and make space for all feelings and reactions. And it’s kind of ironic that pushing yourself to get to the finish line often pushes the finish line to far away it gets impossible to get there.

PS: I just posted the next blurb.

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Having a practice

By Andrea Schroeder / April 14, 2023 / daily practice

Having a practice means to do something regularly or repeatedly.

In the most practical sense practicing improves skills.

So once you are practicing, anything is possible because you keep improving.

You show up, do a thing, make mistakes, get inspired to try new things, learn and grow.

A Creative Dream Practice is all this and more.

It is a container for:

✨Healing
✨Creativity
✨Transformation
✨Magic

It holds space for new possibilities to emerge.

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I am writing a book/journal about how we need to PRACTICE our creative dreams. Which includes practicing the healing and growth and creativity that gets us there. And then how once we have a practice, that practice becomes a CONTAINER for healing, growth, creativity and magic. Once we have a practice, that practices helps us access everything we need.

When I say I've been writing a book - I mean by hand, drawing each page. It's a slow process but I am having so much fun. As I do this, I'll be sharing posts on Instagram and here on my blog.

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Vibing with my dream (Weekly Dream Status Report)

By Andrea Schroeder / April 14, 2023

Get the calendar of upcoming calls here. | Get your next Dream Book lesson here.

What are you up to today? Let us know in the comments!

My Dream Status Report:

PART ONE: (sometimes these can stay the same for months at time, sometimes they change often)

My dream is: BEING the artist + writer I want to be. This is the "big picture" dream - this includes lots of different inner + outer things.

I want it because: This is what feels most enticing and interesting to me. I'm also noticing how BEING who I feel I AM is important for my mental health.

When I have it I will feel: Just a little more ME, more energized. More stable/sturdy. Excited about the new work I am doing.

My new moon intention: Focus on the book project.

PART TWO: Invite your dream in (using the Dream Lab practice) to help you with the rest of the prompts.

My dream shows up as a star in the sky with rainbows streaming down from it.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: START THIS NEW THING! (Sharing the book/journal I am writing as I go)

What happened in the last week? I started the thing! First, I had a lot of resistance and felt... not ready, too foggy, too tired, etc. After sitting with the resistance, I had more space to be with my excitement for this idea and then it felt natural to do it.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this? I feel ALIGNED. This place where I was wanting to do a thing but not knowing how to start felt so uncomfortable to be in, the discomfort of DOING IT ANYWAY was big too... but now that I am just DOING IT, it feels fine that I don't know exactly how to do it. Just keep taking the little step that's in front of me to take.

What do I need now? At the start of the week my dream sent me routines, boundaries. Reminders of how much I need these things. ALL the self care, especially early bed time and planning the night before, which I had been a bit lax about.

I am remembering that the last two years, coming out of winter's hibernation I felt great in the spring but by summer and fall I had a lot of anxiety, like the world was too much. This year I would like to be out in the world and taking really good care... not that self care is a cure for anxiety, but I do feel like in this situation, some parts of my anxiety are just how my body is operating right now and some parts can really be helped by having more supportive self care routines. And I want to do all the things to take care of myself.

What does my dream need now? It just wants me to VIBE WITH IT. It loves all the things I am doing and wants me to stay in a chill, open, receptive place.

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is: Keep working on the things I am working on, while vibing with my dream.

If you're looking for something to DO today in your own Creative Dream Alchemy Practice, I suggest....

Do the Meeting My Dream practice from the Dream Lab and see what that sparks for you

Want to try something different? Pop into the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find something helpful for where you're at today.

Or click here to get a journal prompt to get you started.

It can be so vulnerable to talk about our dreams!

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In the beginning it’s like this…

By Andrea Schroeder / April 13, 2023 / daily practice

When you look to where you want to be, there is no path.

Just an impossible chasm and no way to cross it.

This is how dreams begin.

When you're not engaging with your dreams it easy for them to feel impossible.

Once you are engaged, the magic happens and possibilities begin to emerge.

How do you engage with a thing that feels impossible?

Practice.

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When I say I've been writing a book - I mean by hand, drawing each page. It's a slow process but I am having so much fun. As I do this, I'll be sharing posts on Instagram and here on my blog. This is the first one.

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Magic Happens

By Andrea Schroeder / April 13, 2023

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I’ve been working on my routines, like my dream said to do on Monday. I am setting intentions and planning ahead and just feeling so much more steady all around. Last night I planned to ride my bike downtown this morning (for the first time this year when the roads were clear enough so I could get to my favourite spot!) so I got my clothes ready and bag packed because being prepared makes less space for resistance to take over.

One of the things I talked about on the Slow the Fuck Down call 2 yesterday is the part of my life that I want to speed up - my social life. I want to see my friends more and get involved in groups like I used to be.

And we talked about allowing things to come to us without rushing, worrying and doing all of the work ourselves…. (Also we are doing the Being OPEN + RECEPTIVE to your dreams call on April 27, for more of this)

And this morning I was riding my bike downtown... and then I saw a friend walking on the sidewalk! Turns out he gets to work early to get a coffee and go for a walk. So we went for a walk together and got to catch up a bit!

And then I got to my favourite spot for journaling and drawing, and I feel SO GOOD.

I feel clear about my next steps - it’s time to share sharing this book/journal I am writing. And I can’t/won’t have a plan for this, which is what I’ve been stuck with. I’m just going to follow my own advice and do the parts that are right in front of me and let the bigger picture come into focus when it comes into focus.

Update: I did write about this on social media + my blog - that I am getting this process started!

If you're looking for something to DO today in your own Creative Dream Alchemy Practice, I suggest....

Do the Meeting My Dream practice from the Dream Lab and see what that sparks for you

Want to try something different? Pop into the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find something helpful for where you're at today.

Or click here to get a journal prompt to get you started.

It can be so vulnerable to talk about our dreams!

Magic Happens Read More »