A Bun Dance (the most adorable thing ever!)

Last week I got the sweetest email from Josephine, from Penreaper Arts Studio.

Josephine’s mom, Dionne from Goddess Tea House is in my Creative Dream Circle, where we’re in the midst of The Abundance Activator Challenge.

We’re listening to the Abundance Activator every day, which is a 6 minute supercharged meditation to activate your Creative Spirit.

What’s happening as we do this is we’re learning *so much* about our relationship with abundance and possibility and blocks and believing in ourselves and trusting and not trusting and etc, etc, etc.? It’s completely amazing.

And Josephine has been listening with her mom, and was inspired to create this:

Obviously, Josephine is completely adorable.

What really strikes me though – is how free she is, how connected she is to her own creative spirit and how willing she is to share it.

It kind of makes me want to cry for me-from-that-age. And then get all pouty about how amazing I’d be doing now if I had learned how to express myself freely and creatively at her age.

But mostly it makes me very, very happy for the future.

Thank you Josephine!? You are a light.

PS: You and your dreams are cordially invited to join the fun in the Creative Dream Circle.? The best time to start is always NOW.

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Creative Dream Incubator LIVE Session

Yes! Let’s play! And giggle, and find secret passageways that lead you right to where you want to be.

What it is:

A live session of the Creative Dream Incubator, starting January 14.?

The course runs for 8 weeks and includes an online forum and a weekly group coaching call.? The calls will start at 11am Central Standard (North American) time on Friday mornings and go as long as they need to, to answer all of your questions.

If you can’t be there live, you can email me your questions ahead of time, and then listen to the call recording at your convenience.? Also – you can ask me stuff in our online forum at any time.? I am super committed to supporting you in growing your dream.

 

How it works:

1. You start by getting the Creative Dream Incubator Kit.?

The kit has all of the workbooks/meditations/videos that make up the Creative Dream Incubator PLUS six bonus kits!? This gives you all the tools you need to make any dream real.

Once you download the kits, they are yours to keep and play with forever.

2. Then you join the Creative Dream Circle.

The Circle is where we work play together.

I have yet to meet anyone who has ever made a big real without guidance and support.? They are necessary ingredients for success and you can get them right here.

The Circle includes:

  • The Circle forum: I’m an active member and will answer any questions you have
  • Advanced Creative Badassery: a whole library of advanced Creative Dreaming Resources (hours and hours of videos + audios to help you navigate the more advanced aspects of Creative Dreaming)
  • The Creative Business Incubator: how to apply all of the principles of the Creative Dream Incubator to turning your passion into your business
  • A monthly playdate/teleclass that is so transformative, magic + amazing I can’t even describe it (where I stay on the phone as long as needed to answer ALL of your questions or help coach you through tough spots)

The Circle is one part coaching/mentoring, one part community and one part magic.

The Circle has a monthly membership fee ($37).? Once you join, you stay as long as you like – for 2 months while we go through this course, or stay longer to create a whole year of magic.

Leaving the Circle is easy-peasy – you just cancel your recurring payment in PayPal.

 

 

About the Creative Dream Incubator Kit:

You mission: to make your dream(s) real. Because you want to create a life that feels true to who you really are.

Everyone secretly worries that their dream is too wacky, too bold, too ambitious, too expensive, too [insert fear-triggered, self-created obstacle here].

Everyone believes that they?re the only one who?s stuck, scared and confused. That somehow their dream is just not possible. Or that now is not the right time.

Unless your dream involves a pet unicorn, the ability to breathe underwater, or a new planet of your very own (and a moon to go with it), it IS possible.

 

And the best time to start making it REAL is right now.

You don?t need gazillions of dollars, a wall of fancy degrees, or superhuman powers (other than the ones you already have!) to make your dream come true.

You don?t even need to know how it?s all going to work. (Really!)

You just need a space to nurture and accelerate your dream. You need guidance and the right tools.

 

You need a Creative Dream Incubator.

(Good thing it exists!)

The Creative Dream Incubator is a wish-fulfillment master class to help you GROW YOUR DREAM, by guiding you through every stage of the Creative Dream Process.

 

The Creative Dream Incubator will show you how to find the magic inside

you – that place where everything is possible.

Picture it now: Supreme, creative, joyful ease.

Helen?s inner dream landscape softened to allow new dreams to take root and grow. The result: an unexpected new knitting venture was born..

Angel?s dream grew from a vague blob of ideas, thoughts and hopes into a real, solid dream-come-true!

Meg went from hiding under the blankets to an impressive list of Creative Dream Successes.

LeeAnn changed? well? her whole life. From working in a cubicle while struggling to pay off debt in NYC to free-as-a-bird and having amazing adventures in the country of her dreams (and heart), Scotland.

When you start using the Creative Dream Incubator everything about making your dream real will get easier.

GUARANTEED.

There is a 100% Money Back Guarantee on the Creative Dream Incubator. Details are at the bottom of this post.

Sounds good?

Let?s get started. Here?s what you?ll need:

  • A Dream that means a lot to you (or the desire to FIND your next Big Dream)
  • A computer with Internet access, so you can download the course materials (and you?ll need to know how to download stuff, or have someone who can help you with that part)
  • A printer (to print out the digital workbooks ? or, save a tree & keep them on your ?puter)
  • A journal or notebook (and something to write with ? I can?t promise but I?m pretty sure you?ll get better results if you use glitter pens)
  • A willingness to play, scribble, draw, be brave, stomp your feet, and approach Creativity and Dreams in a whole new way

The Creative Dream Incubator is packed with videos, resources, guided meditations, homeplay (not work!) assignments, worksheets and absolutely oozes inspiration, as you can see:

Here?s what you get:

6 Creative Dream Incubator Workbooks: totaling over 105 whimsical pages of Creative Dream Magic

21 (!) Creative Dream Incubator Videos: leading you step-by-step through the sometimes-confusing terrain of bringing a dream to life, from the inside out. Each video is between 2 and 22 minutes long ? it?s like having me right there in your livingroom, sharing all of the secrets of Creative Dreaming.

6 Creative Dream Meditations: My Creative Meditation mp3s are NOT designed for sleepy relaxation. They?re supercharged servings of ENCOURAGEMENT to amplify your Creative Spirit ? and they?re part of the ?secret sauce? of bringing dreams to life. Each meditation is 15 minutes long.

Magic Affirmation Activator and Workbook: everything you need to make affirmations do their magic.

33 Positive Energy Emails: delightful hand-drawn affirmations, sent out randomly over the next four months, to help keep you groove along your Creative Dream Path.

All the materials are yours to keep, forever and ever, so you can use the Incubator again and again to bring all of your dreams to life.

PLUS! BONUS!

To guarantee your success, when you buy the Creative Dream Incubator you?ll also get:

 

The Creative Journal Magic Kit

Journaling ? it?s not just for lovesick teenagers anymore! Creative Journaling is a powerful tool to articulate your dreams, map out strategies, and visualize your desires, in vivid techni-color. This Kit will teach you how to wield your journal like a magic wand?to plan, activate + GET anything you want. (This one used to sell on its own for $55)

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The Inner Critic Creative Journaling Kit

Your Inner Critic is like a washed-up paper-pusher, who seriously needs a new job. Learn how to talk to your Inner Critic (a notoriously poor communicator ? no wonder he never got promoted!) and give him the boot?so an encouraging & supportive new colleague can take his place! (This one used to sell on its own for $75)

 

 

The Map-making Adventure Kit

Creative Dreams may sound like fluff and unicorns and rainbows?but they?re far from it. You know that your Big Dream requires strength, courage & commitment. It also requires a plan. This Kit will help you map out a plan even a unicorn would approve of ? with creative visualization & mind-mapping techniques that build bridges & paths out of pure, blank paper. (This one used to sell on its own for $50)

 

The Magic Potions Meditation Kit

Right now ? you need a shot of MAGIC. An answer. An insight. A burst of energy, to cross the finish line. My Creative Meditation mp3s are NOT designed for sleepy relaxation. They?re supercharged servings of ENCOURAGEMENT to amplify your Creative Spirit. Immediately. Like magic, no? (This one used to sell on its own for $50)

 

 

The Rainbow~licious Creative Healing Circle

An amazing creative colourful healing circle ? without leaving your livingroom! (This one used to sell on its own for $40)

 

 

The Dream SPARK Kit

A creative journey through your inner world to discover your heart?s true dreams.

(This one used to sell on its own for $12)

 

Choose your own adventure: Play on your own or join the Creative Dream Circle.

The DIY Self-Study Package is for you if:
  • You are motivated enough to work through the whole kit on your own.
  • You already have a super-supportive Creative Dream Community.
  • You don?t think you would benefit from ongoing mentoring/coaching/advice/support from me as you grow your dream.

This option DOES NOT include the class in January with weekly group coaching calls or the Hello 2013 Playdate.

The Creative Dream Superstar Package is for you if:
  • You?d like my help in bringing your dreams to life (this option includes lots of support from me).
  • Your dream includes having your own business (this option includes the Creative Business Incubator plug-in for the Creative Dream Incubator kit).
  • You want to know all the ADVANCED tips + tricks for living your magic (this option includes my Advanced Creative Badassery Resource Library ? hours and hours and hours of videos and audios not in any of my other courses).
  • You understand that successful creative dreaming requires ongoing support.

This option DOES? include the class in January with weekly group coaching calls and we’re going a SUPERAMAZING Hello 2013 Playdate on Jan 3.? You can attend live or get the recordings – either way you’ll be setting the stage for 2013 to be the best year of your life (until 2014, that is…).

Your dream is ready. Let’s make it real.

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  • Creative Dream Incubator Kit
  • Creative Journal Magic Kit
  • Transform your Inner Critics, Fears + Doubts Kit
  • Map-Making Kit
  • Magic Potions Meditation Kit
  • Rainbow~liscious Creative Healing Circle Kit
  • DreamSpark Kit

 

 

 

 

Cost: $147
Once you have the kit, you are welcome to join the Creative Dream Circle at any time, but you’ll only get your first month free if you sign up right now.

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  • Creative Dream Incubator Kit
  • Creative Journal Magic Kit
  • Transform your Inner Critics, Fears + Doubts Kit
  • Map-Making Kit
  • Magic Potions Meditation Kit
  • Rainbow~liscious Creative Healing Circle Kit
  • DreamSpark Kit
  • The Creative Dream Circle which means I’ll be actively supporting you in making your dream real, plus a magical online community, plus tele-class/playdates, a whole Resource Library of audios + videos to help you grow your dream and live your magic, and more.
  • The Creative Business Incubator Plug-In which shows you how to apply the Creative Dream Incubator principles to growing your Creative Business.

(The Creative Business Incubator Plug-In is not available for sale, it’s only for Creative Dream Circle members)

Cost: $147
Plus $37/month for as long as you want to stay in the Circle.
Payments start 30 days from now.
You are free to leave at any time.


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Helping you get what you WANT is my life?s work…and play.

About me: The Creator of the Creative Dream Incubator

I?ve studied the spiritual art of DREAM-FULFILLMENT for eighteen years (and teaching it for six years), and have counseled & coached people into jobs they adore…homes they treasure…relationships that light them aglow…and creative adventures (large & small) that color their lives with joy.

Everyone suspects that their dream is impossible, too far-fetched, too big. Happily, everyone is wrong.

I have the tools to help you get what you want. And I?m literally wiggle-dancing with excitement to share them with you.

What do Creative Dream Incubator graduates have to say?

“Dear Andrea,

I just wanted to write and say thank you thank you thank you for the Creative Dream Incubator.

It changed my life.

I was stuck in fear and resistance and getting buried under an ever expanding pile of self-loathing because of it. And when we got to Module 4…everything shifted. I realized that my fear didn’t mean that my dream was “the wrong one” or that I wasn’t “good enough” or “brave enough” to go for it. I realized that my fear was just…fear.

And if I moved through it everything would get better. So I did. And it did!

And taking that first step shifted EVERYTHING else.

I feel so different now than I did at the start of the CDI.

I see more magic everywhere. I’m handling setbacks with more calm and determination. I have more faith in my dream. Even my parents have noticed a difference!

Thank you for bringing this beautiful dream of yours into the world. Thank you for your gentle, kind, and supportive presence. You are amazing, and you are doing such important work.

Much love,”

Meg, www.SpiritMovesDance.com

Hey, Andrea,

I just wanted to write and let you know how amazing this program is being for me.

Crazy-awesome changes keep happening, and obstacles that I thought were surely blocks are just melting away like butter.

Jenny, www.CrankyFibroGirl.com

“Andrea’s courses are amazing, she is a beacon of light (super creative light) in this world.

I have no hesitation recommending her to anyone to wants to be more creative or make their dreams real.”

Lisa vanEgmond, Artist and Creative Arts Therapist, www.InspirationTherapy.com.au

Click here for more testimonials from happy creative dreamers.

 

Are you ready for a simple, systematic process to make your DREAM REAL and a whole Circle of Creative Kindred Spirits to help you with it, every step of the way?

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  • Creative Dream Incubator Kit
  • Creative Journal Magic Kit
  • Transform your Inner Critics, Fears + Doubts Kit
  • Map-Making Kit
  • Magic Potions Meditation Kit
  • Rainbow~liscious Creative Healing Circle Kit
  • DreamSpark Kit

 

 

 

 

Cost: $147
Once you have the kit, you are welcome to join the Creative Dream Circle at any time, but you’ll only get your first month free if you sign up right now.

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  • Creative Dream Incubator Kit
  • Creative Journal Magic Kit
  • Transform your Inner Critics, Fears + Doubts Kit
  • Map-Making Kit
  • Magic Potions Meditation Kit
  • Rainbow~liscious Creative Healing Circle Kit
  • DreamSpark Kit
  • The Creative Dream Circle which means I’ll be actively supporting you in making your dream real, plus a magical online community, plus tele-class/playdates, a whole Resource Library of audios + videos to help you grow your dream and live your magic, and more.
  • The Creative Business Incubator Plug-In which shows you how to apply the Creative Dream Incubator principles to growing your Creative Business.

(The Creative Business Incubator Plug-In is not available for sale, it’s only for Creative Dream Circle members)

Cost: $147
Plus $37/month for as long as you want to stay in the Circle.
Payments start 30 days from now.
You are free to leave at any time.


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The Creative Dream Incubator comes with a 100% Money Back Guarantee.

If you do all of the assignments and your dream does not shift and grow in some way I will give you your money back.

This has never happened before, but if you’re the first person the Incubator does not work for, this is what we’ll do:

We’ll meet (on the phone or on Skype) for a free Creative Dream Coaching Session to un-stick the stuck and get your dream growing (because you’d rather have your dream, then get your money back). If it still refuses to budge, I’ll give you a full refund.

I promise: if you do the work, it’s going to work.

 

Not quite ready? Let?s start with a free mini-coaching session.? Here?s how it works:

The Creative Dream UN-STUCK-U-BATOR is a fifteen minute laser-focused coaching call with me. (We?ll meet on the phone, or if you?re outside of North America we?ll use Skype, audio only.)

In these sessions, people are finding impossible things turning possible, stucks melting away and new paths being formed.

Even though the sessions are only 15 minutes and most people come to them feeling like their stuck is too big to be solved in 15 minutes.

That?s not true.

We can?t make your shining big dream real is 15 minutes (that?s what the Incubator is for) but we can clear what?s in your way right now and get you moving towards it in a smoother, more ease-filled way.?

And you can get a sense of whether or not I am the right person to help you with your dream.

>>> Click here to apply now.

 

 

Your 2013 is looking brighter already.

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Weekly Visionary Visioning

Last Sunday I wrote a post about Visionary Visioning and made a commitment to explore this in my life, and to write and post, about Visionary Visioning every Sunday in December. That post is here.

So. Letting the energy of Heart-Centered Richness + Fullness be my guide this week, the first thing I noticed was a strong strong strong burning desire to get rid of some things: a portable air conditioner unit and 2 fans.

These are things from my old house, not needed in the new eco-friendly loft.

But I wasn’t SURE I wouldn’t need them, so I put them in the teeeeenytiny “storage space” (actually the space behind my fridge).

So this week, with Heart-Centered Richness + Fullness as my guide, I needed these things gone.? I realised that they made my teeeeeenytiny storage space be all full and messy-looking.

But more than that, they didn’t support the qualities of Heart-Centered Richness + Fullness.

Holding onto things you don’t need just doesn’t fit.? It’s not about about having lots of stuff.? It’s more about having what’s right and trusting your needs will be met.

So I found new owners for them.? And now that space feels like caring and love and possibility and spaciousness.

Even though, of course, I can’t SEE this space behind my fridge, it has changed how my space feels.

Which sparked more changes.

I had a friend help me move some stuff.? Upstairs things went downstairs and downstairs things went upstairs.? And it feels like a new layer of settling into who I am and creating a life that feels true to me, fueled by Heart-Centered Richness + Fullness.

Surprising discovery as I connect to Heart-Centered Richness + Fullness: I want to make less money

It felt surprising at the time but is really a natural extension of it’s not about about having lots of stuff.? It’s more about having what’s right and trusting your needs will be met.

It started to become clear that the only reason I want to make more money is to have more money socked away in case of an emergency.

It’s the answer to all of those inner critic questions/fears from when I was leaving my job: what if I get sick, like so terribly horribly sick I can’t do my work? ?What if I am incapacitated? ?What if something happens to a family member and I need to take care of them. ?

OMG ?I could keep what-ifing for some time but I’ll stop here.

That’s not the energy space I want to be in, so why fuel it?

Fullness and wanting more/striving for more don’t fit together.

Though fullness and being open to more do fit.? There is a different feeling to that openness, like staying in tune with the natural expansion and growth in the universe.

Fullness + Richness together feels more like a celebration of what is than a push to create more.

My guess is that it also opens the doors to more.? But in an invitational-celebrational kind of way and not in a pushing-demanding-MAKING it happen kind of way.? Which I am just not interested in – it’s such a creative buzzkill.

My next steps:

Last Sunday when I meditated with the intention of connecting to the more expansive vision I wanted to explore, what came to me was Heart-Centered Richness + Fullness.? At the time it felt like that was the energy behind the vision.

Last week, in exploring Heart-Centered Richness + Fullness I have learned that it actually IS the vision.? And that it’s not all airy-fairy energy-feeling stuff, there is something quite tangible in this too.

I also had an insane amount of inspiration and one earth-shattering breakthrough.

Plus I perfected my system for recording inspiration + magic + all the things I want to do. Which is of course from the other intention I had with this – to have the visionary visioning fuel my Creative Genius Planning Sessions.?? (And, creating containers, structures + systems for growing dreams is something we’ve been working on in the Creative Dream Circle)

So it feels like I’m holding onto and using more of the inspiration – which of course makes sense – I’m holding onto more of the vision because I’m giving it my attention and creating space for it in my life.

Ahhhhhh! I love this.

Doors are opening.

This next week, I want to keep exploring what’s behind them. This morning, I’ve got about eight feet of watercolour paper spread out on my floor with art supplies everywhere.? I’m lying on the paper, drawing, dreaming, mapping + having a beautiful day.

I’d love to share a photo, but sunlight is streaming in from the gigantic windows and highlight the dust + stuff that is not getting cleaned up today and I just don’t want to share that on the internet.

So this week I’m going to keep working on this, (and eventually, tidy up).

I’ve already got the perfect spot to hang this 8 foot long vision map when it’s done (I love the Creative Magic Headquarters with its giant walls and lots of space!) so that once I’ve captured a clear snapshot of my vision – I don’t forget it.

PS: I’m running a live session of the Creative Dream Incubator in January!? It will include access to my amazing Creative Dream Circle and weekly coaching + inspiration + magic mojo calls.

If 2013 is your year to make your dream real, I am here to help.

Let?s start with a free mini-coaching session.? Here?s how it works:

The Creative Dream UN-STUCK-U-BATOR is a fifteen minute laser-focused coaching call with me. (We?ll meet on the phone, or if you?re outside of North America we?ll use Skype, audio only.)

People are already finding impossible things turning possible, stucks melting away and new paths being formed.

Even though the sessions are only 15 minutes and most people come to them feeling like their stuck is too big to be solved in 15 minutes.

That?s not true.

We can?t make your shining big dream real is 15 minutes (that?s what the Incubator is for) but we can clear what?s in your way right now and get you moving towards it in a smoother, more ease-filled way.

>>> Click here to apply now.

Your 2013 is looking brighter already.

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[Book + CD Giveaway] Micheal Bernard Beckwith: Transcendance Expanded

Before we start, I am obligated to let you know that HayHouse Publishing sent me a free copy of this book and CD, to review (with my honest, actual, uncensored opinions) on my blog.

If you don’t know Micheal Bernard Beckwith, you should.

He is the founder and spiritual director of Agape International Spiritual Centre, which is a New Though centre.

I have been trained and accredited as a New Though Healing Practitioner which I describe it as ?a guide, mentor and teacher in the art and science of bringing dreams to life? though it is, of course, much more than that.

I left the New Thought Centre where I used to hold workshops and courses and started the Creative Magic Academy with a clear mission: to serve creative people by teaching them the tools they need to make their wildest dreams real.

While New Thought principles are definitely a part of that, I do draw from a lot of other sources as well.? I didn’t find that New Thought, on its own, was enough to be able to guarantee success, and I wanted to be able to guarantee success.? (Which I do, the Creative Dream Incubator has a 100% Money Back Guarantee)

But when it comes to Micheal Bernard Beckwith – it’s a totally different story.

He brings this philosophy to life in a way that absolutely sparkles and shines.

He is clearly superconnected to his purpose, power and creativity (AKA Creative Magic).

This book is a series of his wisdom teachings which are, of course, brilliant and transcendent in a soul-shaking kind of way.

The CD contains 9 rhythm and joy tracks – his voice speaking his words, expertly put to music.

It’s a burst of inspiration, positive energy and magic.

Listening to this music reminds you of your soul’s truth. It brings you back to that place where you are, absolutely and positively, connected to your infinite creative potential, your ability to create a life that is true to who you really are.

Then it inspires you to get up and bring your vision to life.

It is Creative Dream Superfuel.

I love it.

Today in the Creative Dream Circle we’re having an extra-magic day-long playdate.? Our mission: to FILL UP on Believing in Ourselves so we enter 2013 ready to step more fully into living our dreams.

There is magic in the air and in celebration of that, I am giving away a copy of Transcendance Expanded – the book + CD set, which can totally help you fill up on believing in yourself so you enter 2013 ready to step more fully into your dreams.

To enter the giveaway:

Leave a comment below letting me know what you want to create in your world in 2013.? I’ll be drawing a name on Wednesday evening (Dec 5).

EDITED: The contest is now closed. ?The winner is Jen, who said “In 2013, I would like to start up my on-line (very few printed copies, save the trees :D) magazine again, which is a community (meaning world) colaboration of creative pieces (like videos, songs, blogs, stories, etc) focused on spreading more love throughout the world. I would like to write my autobiography and other books also 😀 <3”

Yay! Congrats Jen!

PS: Have you heard?

In running a live session of the Creative Dream Incubator in January!? It will include access to my amazing Creative Dream Circle and weekly coaching + inspiration + magic mojo calls.

If 2013 is your year to make your dream real, I am here to help.

Let’s start with a free mini-coaching session.? Here’s how it works:

The Creative Dream UN-STUCK-U-BATOR is a fifteen minute laser-focused coaching call with me. (We?ll meet on the phone, or if you?re outside of North America we?ll use Skype, audio only.)

People are already finding impossible things turning possible, stucks melting away and new paths being formed.

Even though the sessions are only 15 minutes and most people come to them feeling like their stuck is too big to be solved in 15 minutes.

That?s not true.

We can?t make your shining big dream real is 15 minutes (that?s what the Incubator is for) but we can clear what?s in your way right now and get you moving towards it in a smoother, more ease-filled way.

>>> Click here to apply now.

Your 2013 is looking brighter already.

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Creative Genius Planning Sessions meets Visionary Visioning

I’ve been doing Monday Morning Creative Genius Planning Sessions for a long time.

First, I did them by myself, in a coffee shop.

Coffee and a breakfast sandwich and journaling and planning.

I worked out lists of things to explore each week in these sessions, and then took what I discovered in those explorations and used that to create my schedule for the week.

I shared how I do all of this in the Creative Business Incubator (which is free for Creative Dream Circle members).

This past summer it evolved into all sorts of different Picnic Creative Genius Planning Sessions. Some weeks I did this every morning.

With a few car-picnics in the fall when it was too cold to journal outside.

And then it got chilly and I went back inside.

Now – every Monday morning, there’s a new Creative Genius Planning Session in the Creative Dream Circle where we focus in on consciously creating our week, using creativity, spirit, imagination, intuition, play and MAGIC.

I love this!

And I’ve been feeling another aspect of this wanting to come in: something like bigger picture visioning. But not “big picture”, ugh. Somehow that feels kind of forced and gross. No, I want visionary visioning.

What I want is a sense of openness and trusting in spirit and intuition to lead. Not me-trying-to-control-everything-and-MAKE-things-happen. More like connecting into the more expansive vision that is always there and sometimes I’m not aware of because I am focused in on the details of my life.

There’s this thing that happens in Creative Dreaming – when you get the things you wanted. If you’re not continually connecting into the greater vision of your purpose you end up stagnating.

I feel like I am reaching this point. I got my dream loft! I’ve created an art studio and play space in here that totally exceeded my own dreams and desires. 20 foot ceiling! GIANT windows with crystals in them that throw rainbows everywhere! The most delicious indoor tent ever! Pink and orange and purple curtains! A sleeping loft! All brand new appliances! Someone else to shovel the show!

I’ve restructured my business and it feels like a better fit now that I get to work more closely with the amazing dreamers in the Creative Dream Circle on an on-going basis, as opposed to running individual classes. Staying in the process longer = WAAAAAAAAAAY more magic, all around.

There’s lots to do still with both of these, I’m not saying I’m DONE. There are lots of things I want to add to the Creative Dream Circle next year. And lots of decorating still to do in the dream loft.

But working with what-is-here is different from connecting to the greater vision and I miss that part!

Luckily, I have lots of tools and processes for how to do this.

Today I don’t know which one I want to use.

This is another thing about creative dreaming: you’re constantly being brought to places that you have never been before. Your inner and outer landscapes shift continually. When you find yourself somewhere new, you have to look around and explore and discover before you can make a plan for how to proceed. What worked there will not necessarily work here!

That’s what this is, me exploring where I’m at now with the intention of gathering the information I need to make a plan.

Right now all I know is this:

I want to do visioning on Sundays.

I want Sunday visioning to fuel Monday Creative Genius Planning.

And, because baby steps are important when you’re venturing out into the unknown, I’m going to do this slowly. I’m going to write + publish a blog post about visioning every Sunday.

It feels important to me that I write it ON SUNDAY to help ground me in experiencing Sunday as the day of visioning. My commitment is to do this for December and then see where I’m at with it. You are so welcome to join along, in the comments, on your blog, in your journal – wherever.

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So after writing that I went off to meditate with the intention of connecting to the more expansive vision and this is what I discovered: heart-centered richness + fullness.? That’s the energy of this new vision.

It’s important to do something that anchors you in your vision. So I did this:

It sits right above my desk so all week I’ll be remembering the visionary vision, connecting to it, and being open to learning more about it.

 

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Creative Dream TV: How To Stay Creative, Zen + Connected To Your Dreams During The Holidays

When life gets busy, like it is right now, it can feel like you don’t have enough time/money/energy for our dreams.

But actually you can use the holidays as an opportunity to strengthen your Creative Dreaming Muscles – it works in the same way as adding weights to your workout routine to strengthen your physical muscles.

How you approach the holidays can actually help you make it easier to bring your dreams to life next year.

Watch it now:

(If you don’t see the video, click here)

The aim of this kind of Creative Practice is to deepen + develop your relationship with your Creative Magic.

Your Creative Magic is where your spirituality and creativity meet.? Spending 10 minutes a day there will open up more magic in all of the other minutes of your day.

This can only work if you focus on connecting with yourself and your creativity and not on making pretty things!

You can only be focused in one direction at a time.

For these 5-10 minutes each day, focus inward.

Write/draw/paint/scribble/collage about how you’re feeling right now and/or what thoughts are going through your head.

If you’re having a hard time getting started, start with this creative prayer and write out your response to it:

 

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Believing In Yourself

I’m writing this from my Creative Zen Tent of Dreams at Creative Magic Headquarters.

Every day, I am soooo glad I moved into the DreamLoft. Having all this open, sunny, sparkly space to play in is the best.? I’ve always wanted an art/play room that is big enough for a tent and now, thanks to the magic of the Creative Dream Incubator, I’ve got it.

Believing In Yourself.

I know you already do believe in yourself.

But, like All Things Creative Dreaming, believing in yourself isn’t something you do once and then you’re done.

It’s a process, there’s always more.

Not always more as in you’re never doing it right and you always have to try harder.

Always more in that there is this continual unfolding and expansion and evolution.? There will always be more but you’re already doing it perfectly.

Believing In Yourself.

It’s like plugging into your superpowers.

Becoming more grounded in your creative magic and your infinite creative potential.

Making you stronger on the inside so you can take bigger steps on the outside.

I think of it like being a tree.? If you want to grow new branches and be taller, you’ve got to put out new roots.

This stabilizes you and makes it possible for you to grow into the fullness of your potential.

This makes it easier to:

  • Take bigger steps towards your dreams
  • Dream bigger/deeper/truer – find new possibilities
  • Deal effectively with your inner (and outer!) critics
  • Make your dreams real in ways that will look like magic (but are actually the natural consequences of having THAT MUCH faith in yourself and your purpose and your creative potential)

So Believing In Yourself is MAGIC.

We’re going to spend a whole day exploring and playing with this on Monday, December 3 in the Creative Dream Circle. (But all calls will be recorded, if you can’t be there live, plus you’ll get some special work playbooks)

Our mission: to FILL UP on Believing in Ourselves so we enter 2013 ready to step more fully into living our dreams.

This sets things up so that all of our Creative Dreaming in 2013 is easier, more fun and more successful because we’ll have big giant creative-dream-tree roots.

Believing in Yourself is beautiful and magic but it’s also really, really hard to do sometimes.? We will address that, with gentleness and creativity and love and magic.?

What to play with us?

Details for joining the circle are right here.

Please note: The Creative Dream Incubator is the prerequisite for joining the Circle.? If you are a Creative Dreamer, you need an Incubator – it shows you how to get from where you are to where you want to be.

I hope you do join us, this world needs more creative spirits who believe in themselves, their potential, and the beauty of their dreams.

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When There Is So Much In Your Way You Can’t Move Forward

When you’re in this situation, the first thing to know is that obstacles are good!

Obstacles are the means through which your dream comes true.? I do mean that literally, you can watch this video for more on that.

So having a lot of obstacles doesn’t mean you can’t move forward and make your dream real.? Even when you have so many obstacles they are blocking you from even being able to see your dream.

When you’re in this situation, the energy dynamic you’re in is like a pinball game – you’re the ball.

Thinking about your dream just gets you pinging between the different obstacles.? I can’t do it now because of this. Oh but I also can’t do it now because of this.? And if I do get started, well then I’ll hit this. Ouch!

Everywhere you turn there is another obstacle – another reason why your dream can not and will not come true.

Not a fun place to be.

And it can feel like the only way out is to just give up on the dream and declare it impossible.

That gets you out of the pinball game.? But then you’re just living in this world where your dreams are impossible and that’s no fun either.

What you have to do is remember that the obstacle is the way through.

The pinball effect stops when you stop running away from the obstacles.? When you sit down with them, get out your journal and start exploring.

MAKE A LIST.

Make a list of all the reasons why your dream is impossible right now, all the things holding you back.

Just creating this list shifts the energy around your dream.? You’re not bouncing around anymore you’re staying with it.? You’re bringing yourself into the inner process of bringing a dream to life.

As a side note: The reason why you’re bouncing around is because you’re looking for an external process for bringing your dream to life.? This does not exist.? Bringing a dream to life is an internal process.

SIT WITH YOUR LIST.

You’ve been spending a lot of time bouncing up against these things, and trying to run away from them, or maybe even trying to blow them up.? It can take some time to un-plug from that energy dynamic and come to a place of stillness and being able to just sit with the obstacle.

This is important!? If you can’t stay present with the obstacle, you can’t work with it as your means of bringing your dream to life.? It might feel like nothing is happening but actually everything is happening.

It’s totally like this scene from my favourite movie:

The most magical and amazing things cannot be experienced until you’re willing to open your mind and really be with them.

Here’s the secret:

As you’re sitting with your list of reasons why you can’t have what you want right now eventually you discover a truth: these things aren’t actually what’s stopping you.

It’s your attitude towards and beliefs about these things that is stopping you.

Your attitude and beliefs are things that you can change.

And when you start to work on that – congratulations.? You are now on the path of making your dreams real.

I tried this myself yesterday.

I was a little stuck with something and made a list of why I couldn’t have I wanted right then.

And hot damn if that list of things that felt like real and insurmountable obstacles wasn’t anything more than a list of sad excuses.

Making the list forced me to face my own bullshit.? And then get over it.? And then do something about it.

I know it can be very uncomfortable to do this – especially if you haven’t done this kind of inner work before.? But it’s not like being in the pinball game is comfortable either, just give it a try.

There is always a way to get from where you are to where you want to be.

Does trying to figure out what this inner journey means and how to go on it feel like too much to do on your own?

The Creative Dream Circle can totally help.? It gives you all the tools you need and leads you through the entire process of bringing your dream to life.

 

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Creative Dream TV: Believing In Yourself

When you don't believe in yourself, every little thing in your way seems like a huge, insurmountable obstacle.

When you do believe in yourself, huge insurmountable obstacles turn into tiny pebbles that you just kick out of your way as you walk merrily along the path to your dream.

Believing in yourself is magic.

But, as you probably already know, getting there is complicated.

That's what this week's Creative Dream TV is all about:

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The (free!) Creative Dream Un-STUCK-U-Bator Sessions

The Creative Dream UN-STUCK-U-BATOR is a fifteen minute laser-focused coaching call with me. (We?ll meet on the phone, or if you?re outside of North America we?ll use Skype, audio only.)

In these sessions, people are finding impossible things turning possible, stucks melting away and new paths being formed.

Even though the sessions are only 15 minutes and most people come to them feeling like their stuck is too big to be solved in 15 minutes.

That?s not true.

We can?t make your shining big dream real is 15 minutes (that?s what the Incubator is for) but we can clear what?s in your way right now and get you moving towards it in a smoother, more ease-filled way.?

And you can get a sense of whether or not I am the right person to help you with your dream.

ETA:? All sessions have been taken. There are no more sessions available.? At this time I don’t know if I’ll do this again, but if I do first dibs will go to the people on my email list (sign up over at the top right corner of this page).

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Free Creative Visualization Meditation

Free Creative Visualization Meditation

Creative visualization meditation alone is NOT going to make your dream real.

The truth is that trying to "think positive" and visualize your dream come true when you have parts of you who believe that your dream is impossible, or who doubt your gifts + abilities, or who are afraid of either fear or success, only makes things very, very uncomfortable.? The more you fight to think positive, the more these parts of you will fight to think negative.

You can't simply bulldoze over your fears with positive thinking to get to where you want to be.

But Creative Visualization Meditation is still super helpful.

It gives you clues about what you need to do next on the path to making your dream real.

What creative visualization meditation does is put you into alignment with your dream.? This is good, you HAVE TO be in energetic alignment with your dream if you're ever going to actually make it real.? So using creative visualization meditation to help get you there is helpful.

But often what happens is that trying to shift into alignment with your dream only makes you very, very aware of where you are actually NOT in alignment with it.

It points the way to what needs to be healed and transformed before you can have what you want.

So pay attention to what thoughts and feelings come up in response to creative visualization and make note of them, this is what you need to clean up before you can take your next step towards your dream.

Try this free creative visualization meditation:

(This is one of the MANY guided meditations you get in Dream Book that help you with every aspect of bringing your dream to life.)

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Creative Dream TV: How To Know Which Dream To Pursue NOW

Is there a such thing as too many dreams?

YES.? Yes there is, because you can usually only focus on and bring to life one dream at at time.

When your focus is split, you end up with a Creative Dream Bottleneck.? The result: ALL DREAMS ARE STUCK? AND NO DREAMS BECOME REAL.

My clients HATE THIS!

They want all their dreams, right now.? I have had so many clients REFUSE to pick just one dream.

And I get it - I feel the same way!

But the result of not picking just one?? ALL DREAMS ARE STUCK NO AND DREAMS BECOME REAL.

Holding onto ALL dreams means you actually get NO dreams.? Grrrrrrr.

If you want to succeed, you've got to focus in on one dream.

You don't throw your other dreams away - you just put them in order.

Each dream you nurture to fruition opens tiny doorways and makes the next dream easier to bring to fruition... like magic.

Watch this week's episode of Creative Dream TV for some tips on how to figure out which dream to pursue first:

 

Please remember that Successful Creative Dreaming is a LEARN-A-BLE skill.

If you have blocks and stucks and obstacles and think that it's just too hard - it's only because no one taught you how to do this.

You can learn how in the Creative Dream Circle.

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Book Giveaway: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

A little while ago Brene Brown’s publisher contacted me about sending me her new book, Daring Greatly, to give away on my blog.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

What amazes me most about Brene is how she comes to all the exact same conclusions about life + dreams that I do, but she comes to them via research and I come to them via intuition/healing/spirituality.? She can present actual research-proven facts about the importance of wholeheartedness!

I read the book and was inspired, especially by the parts about enoughness and how messed up our whole culture is when it comes to this.

That part inspired me so much I made ENOUGHNESS, and growing our dreams from a place of already being enough, is our theme this month in the Creative Dream Circle.? (Which has been sparkletastically magical. Enoughness makes Creative Dreaming even better!)

I take such a deep breath every time I say ENOUGH!? And then I sink into this place that can only be described as heavenly.

You are enough! You do enough! You have enough! Your dreams are enough! Enough! Enough! Enough! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

We started the month with a magical tele-class/playdate where we spent the day trying on and exploring ENOUGHNESS and what happens when we bring that energy of already being enough to our dreams.

(Everything was recorded, and we’ll keep playing with this all month in our private online circle, so you’re welcome to join and play along if this sounds good: CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED.)

Delicious!

The beauty of Brene’s approach is that she makes it all so logical and sensible.

As though really you have no other option but to accept that you are already enough.

This book is such a deep sigh of relief.

The book jacket has become a little worn around the edges.? I’ve been carrying it with me for a few months, savoring it.

And now it’s time for this book to go and live with one of you.

To Enter the Giveaway for Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly:

Leave a comment below telling me (and the world) that you are enough, exactly as you are right now.

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

The winner is Christine from Lady Myer’s Wordsmithing.

Congrats Christine!? And thanks to all of you for your comments + statements of ENOUGHNESS.? You’re gorgeous!

If ENOUGHNESS and exploring your dreams from a place of already being enough is something you want to explore with me: get yourself into the Creative Dream Circle!

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