2012 Year In Review from Creative Magic Headquarters

By Andrea Schroeder / December 27, 2012 / creative entrepreneur, healing

I started 2012 in the most unlikely place: my parent’s basement.

I had sold my house in 2011 and bought the super modern, super green, super sunny loft condo of my dreams.? It was the perfect space, except for the repeated (and repeated, and repeated!) construction delays.?

I love my parents and they are completely lovely.? But come on now.? This was not exactly an easy time.

Luckily, winter 2011-2012 was exceptionally warm and I spent lots of time adventuring outside.

I wish this picture was scratch + sniff, those trees smelled so amazing.

And I learned a lot, like really very much a lot, about my new favourite sport: Extreme Self-Care.? So much so that I could win Olympic Gold medals, for sure.

I started a daily creative journaling practice. — I deepened my daily creative journaling practice.

I put an amazing costume collection together

I knit myself a rainbow superhero blanket

I had journal picnics. — and journal picnics.

I took 2 trips to Portland, OR, home of the best coffee in the universe, and lots of other magical things.

And re-learned everything I knew, only I know it BETTER now.

The problem with the condo delays is that there were so damn many of them.? It was always “one more month” and “one more month” and “one more month” and so I couldn’t get any traction in any of my business plans because moving was always just on the horizon.? And, as much as my parents really did create space for me in their home – I didn’t have quite the right kind of space to operate my business from.? I was working out of coffee shops and recording videos for my Advanced Creative Badassery group in my car.

And let’s be honest: it’s very hard to NOT feel like a complete looser when you’re 38 and living with your parents.? And I couldn’t find a place to rent because my moving date was constantly changing, and with VERY little notice each time.? So I felt pretty stuck.

In 2012 I did a TON of making lemonade out of lemons and finding treasures in the hard.

But I did not move my business forward in 2012 in the way I had hoped to.?

I left my job right at the end of 2010 with a fairly ambitious business plan.? 2012 saw all of those plans just kind of disappear, bit by bit, with each new delay.

Now, I didn’t move my business forward the way I’d hoped to in 2012 but I also didn’t have the expenses of, well, having a home and place to work out of.? So it’s not like this has spelled financial disaster for me or anything.? My money from selling my house is still sitting in the bank, waiting for the new condo.

And I have this grace period, of not needing a lot of money, to re-group and make new plans.

What happened, as my old plans fell apart, is that they opened up space for new possibilities.? And they taught me SO MUCH about SO MANY THINGS that I wouldn’t have learned about, had everything gone the way I wanted it to.

This is something that happens with Creative Dreaming:? You get what you need to get what you want, but not in the ways you expected – because the Universe can always see a biggerbrighter picture for you, than you can see for yourself.

When you are committed to your dream, and taking steps toward it – everything that happens as a response is happening FOR you, and not TO you.? I had to spend quite a bit of time reminding myself of that in 2012.

Looking back at 2012, I would say that the universe sent a strong, steady stream of grace my way.

I learned so much!? So many unexpected things! And I became a MUCH better mentor and teacher of the inner art of making dreams real because I was forced to be present with my own process in a much more concrete way – one of the many gifts of plans being derailed.

In 2012, in my business I:

held one session of the Creative Dream Incubator e-course
re-designed the entire Creative Dream Incubator e-course, transforming it into a Digital DIY kit to make your dream real
created my Creative With Money Online Playdate (five years in the making and I am SO amazed at how it turned out!) and ran it twice
moved my blog from abccreativity to creativedreamincubator and gave it a makeover to match
transformed my Advanced Creative Badassery group into the Creative Dream Circle
took SIX of my creative magic kits off the shelves, and now give them to you for free when you get the Creative Dream Incubator
started Creative Dream TV

But, more importantly, in 2012 I spent more time than ever exploring how to stay in that beautiful space of not-being-in-charge-of-the-how while staying firmly connected to the magic of my purpose.

This is still a really uncomfortable place for me to be.? I’d much rather create a solid, success-guaranteed real PLAN and then follow it to the letter.

Except that’s not Creative Dreaming.? That’s just MAKING things happen.? That’s pushing and doing and striving.

Creative Dreaming is opening to possibility and being in the flow of magic and trusting the immense power of your purpose.

It’s so much bigger than making shit happen.? And more complicated and frustrating and painful and beautiful.

Some days it’s amazing and perfect and some days it’s really scary.

One of the coolest things that happened in 2012:

In the summer, I was able to get access to the dream loft so I could start using it as a workspace.? (If you’re wondering why I couldn’t just move in – it’s a long + stupid story)

I was so happy to have BIG SPACE to DRAW BIG THINGS in.? And I drew this:

The alignment of the cosmos in my inner world.

I made the map using my Create A Map That Leads To Your Dream kit, but the map ended up being a map of the solar system in my inner world.

And the solar system was about to come into this amazing cosmic alignment.? Or, re-alignment.? It was a coming home to the source of all magic + possibility + love.

It took me days of exploring to understand it all, and once I did I was stunned to see this is the cosmic alignment that happened on Dec 21, 2012.

And, the closer we got to Dec 21 the more upheaval it felt like there was in my inner world.

This has been an intense time of clearing out and re-aligning.

When I am listening to my knowing and wisdom, I know that this is paving the way for a deeper connection to my purpose, spirit, creativity and magic.? When I am listening to my inner critics, I worry that this is the beginning of the end, and that I was a fool to believe in dreams and I am a fraud for leading others down this path of destruction.

I know that my inner critics get riled when I’m following my inner compass instead of “doing what people do” and so I am taking this period of upheaval as a very good sign.

2012 was not what I thought it would be but I am grateful for all of it.? I am especially grateful for the amazing Creative Dreamers who are sharing this adventure with me in the Creative Dream Circle.? That is one thing that TOTALLY ROCKED about 2012: the quality of the people who are joining me in the Circle.? Amazeballs.? And I can’t wait to explore all of the magic of 2013 with you.

You + Me + Your Dream = Magic. Let?s play together:

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

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

Click here to read more + sign up.

Your 2013 is looking brighter already.

PS: Make sure to sign up BEFORE Jan 3 so you can participate in the HELLO 2013 Playdate we’re having in the Creative Dream Circle. It’s going to rock your world in a very good way.

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Visionary Visioning: The Truth

By Andrea Schroeder / December 25, 2012 / healing, Manifest Your Dream Life

Every Sunday in December I am writing about Visionary Visioning.? I?m creating this space for myself to step out of what?s happening around me, so I can explore what my greater vision is and how I can align my world with it.

Post one is here, post two is here, post three is here.

I know, it’s not Sunday.? I did write (a lot!) about visioning on Sunday but it didn’t feel right to share it and today I just deleted it.

This is what I think happened:? I realised I’ve been to caught up in the day-to-day details of being with my dream, and I’d stopped looking at the bigger picture.? I lost the bigger picture which meant, even though I was happy with where I was, I lost my overall sense of direction about where I’m going next.? I noticed this, and I started exploring vision.? Tons of supercool stuff happened (see visioning posts 1-3).

At the same time: we had this Believing In Yourself Playdate in the Creative Dream Circle on Dec 3 that blew my mind – showing me all the places where I have been believing my own bullshit excuses.

So I’m making time to step back to look at the bigger picture and my whole world has been turned upside down with this extreme injection of clarity about where I don’t believe in myself and where I pretend that my own bullshit excuses are actually legitimate reasons to not do the things I actually do want to do.

Confusing, yes?

Yes!? And I needed a few more days to sort through it all and be able to see where I am now.

Last week’s visioning post ended with this:

Last week I fell into a hole.? Then I dug myself out.? In the digging out I became stronger, surer and magically obtained a shovel.? Now I can use that shovel to start working on the deepening.

This week I?m going to explore the deepening.? I?m going to draw it out and journal about it and talk to it every day and see what it has to teach me.

And I?m going to read inspiring books about success ? different approaches to success and stories of people who succeeded.

So I explored the deepening.

I drew it and talked to it and it has a lot to teach me, mostly about how I have been moving in the exact wrong direction (well, there is no “wrong” but I have been doing in the direction opposite of the one I would like to be going in).? And I read some inspiring books about success – one filled with stories of people with big dreams who made them happen, and one about how to use our brains differently, to foster success.

And in the process of exploring all of this, I also found sparkling crystal clarity about what I want to do next.

I now have three specific (and so awesome they are scary!) things to work towards in 2013 that lead me to where I want to be in 2017.

Clarity is beautiful.? In a terrifying way.

Because now, well, I’d really have to believe in myself to go after these big dreams.

At one time, I was convinced I could never own my own home – it felt too expensive and too far away and like I’d never figure it out.

At one time, (at this point I did own my own home) I thought working at my day job part time and doing my dream part time was the best I could do – there was no way my dreams could earn what I want to earn.

I could go on and on – I live with TONS of things that used to be impossible for me (I bet you do, too).

My next steps:

My job right now is to draw on all of that.? Remember how many impossible dreams I have already made real and use that remembering as jet fuel to make these new impossible dreams real.

And to spend more time with the mind-blowing realisations I had during the Believing in Myself playdate.? Daily journaling and tea parties with the goddess of believing in myself.? And with all the sad, scared beings inside who want me to give up immediately.

I feel like I should admit that I am SICK AND TIRED of talking to these sad, scared beings inside.? I would really like to just lock them away in a room somewhere where I can never hear them, ever again.

I know that isn’t how it works.

Pushing them away only makes them come in closer.

Ignoring them only makes them louder.

Fighting them only makes them stronger.

Not dealing with them only makes all of your dreams 100% IMPOSSIBLE.

Love, gentleness and compassion are the only effective tools to use here.

And I am feeling really dangerously low on all of them.

Huh.? I suddenly feel better having admitted that, to myself.? And I love how truth always shines a light on what is possible.

And today, Christmas day, I am going to fill up on love, gentleness and compassion.? I am going to let go of all of this and mostly I am going to let go of how hard I have been resisting the fear and doubt these past few days.? I’m going to tell those sad, scared beings inside that today I am filling up on love, gentleness and compassion just for them.? (Oh how they love when I do things just for them)

I hope you are having a lovely holiday, or if this week isn’t a holiday week for you I hope you are having a lovely week.

You + Me + Your Dream = Magic. Let?s play together:

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

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

Click here to read more + sign up.

Your 2013 is looking brighter already.

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Creative Dream TV: What to do about the nay-sayers

By Andrea Schroeder / December 19, 2012 / healing, intention, Vintage Creative Dream TV

This week I'm responding to a question I received some time ago from Helen, about what to do about the nay-sayers, the people who roll their eyes at you when you talk about your dream...

Since I'm going to take a few weeks off from Creative Dream TV over the holidays I thought this would be a good one to leave you with.? We're all likely to encounter some of these people during our holiday celebrations, yes?

Watch it now:

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My World Has Been Turned Upside Down

By Andrea Schroeder / December 18, 2012

On the 3rd of every month, we have a playdate in the Creative Dream Circle, I call them Creative Dream HOLYdays.? These are days of celebrating and honouring our dreams, and also days of exploration, miracles and healing.

This month our theme is Believing In Yourself.? I picked this theme thinking how if were shore up our Believing In Ourselves skills this month, it will make it easier for us to bring our wildest dreams to life in 2013.? Makes sense, right?

So I wasn’t expecting it to turn my whole world upside down.

But it did.? And I’m still to figure out which way is down, and which way is up.

And as I do, I keep bumping into things.

Things that I know I used to see as SOLID.? True.? Real.? Un-Changeable because that’s just how life is.

THINGS that I am now seeing, thanks to my new friendship with the Goddess of Believing In Myself, are actually just bullshit excuses.

OMG!? So unsettling.? And so freeing!

You + Me + Your Dream = Magic. Let?s play together:

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Weekly Visioning: Grace, Cushions of Money and a Magic Shovel

By Andrea Schroeder / December 16, 2012

Every Sunday in December I am writing about Visionary Visioning.? I’m creating this space for myself to step out of what’s happening around me, so I can explore what my greater vision is and how I can align my world with it.? Post one is here, post two is here.

So, even before I heard the horrible news, this past week was complete crap – full of inner critic attacks on a scale I have not experienced before.

And now that I see that in words – inner critic attacks on a scale I have not experienced before – it’s really clear.? I’m stirring things up more than I realise in committing to explore my greater vision this month.?

Inner critics are naturally afraid of us stepping into our greater vision.? It would have been good to remember that ahead of time!? Maybe then I wouldn’t have been so totally knocked out by them.? But, as it is I didn’t remember that and I did get totally knocked out by them.

Not to be overly dramatic, but looking back to last week’s post feels like looking back on another lifetime.

I am so grateful to me-from-then for listening to the messages and acting on them.? Moving things around and giving things away and creating new space even though she could only see the teenytiny tip of the iceberg about why she was doing that.

I have to share this kind of ridiculous in hindsight quote from last week’s post:

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.

And then, of course, this week presented a financial emergency on a scale I had not really considered possible.? Which then turned into a series of financial emergencies.?

Ahhhhh thank you universe you are so funny!? And you’re right.? I DO like having what I call cushions of money.?? Cushions feel entirely different from having money socked away in case of emergency.? Cushions can cushion emergencies, they can also create space for adventure and exploration and joy and anything else.

This is where visioning is kind of confusing.

When I set out to connect with the greater vision, of course I can only see what I can see.

Each Sunday, I sit with it and a new aspect of it gets clearer.? Then each week I do what I can to align myself with what I’ve learned about the vision, which makes it clearer still.

The process of getting clearer can be confusing.?

It’s like cleaning off a painting that is covered in whipped cream (the painting is safely under glass).? You start by clearing off one part and you see gorgeous flowers.? You’re all… oh yes! My vision is flowers! I want to be the greatest floral designer in the world!

If you run off and go with it and don’t keep coming back to get more clarity and wipe more whipped cream off, you’ll never discover that the flowers you uncovered were just a small part of the greater picture.? In the greater picture, which of course includes your love of flowers, the gorgeous bouquet is sitting on your desk where you are happily working away as the director of some superamazing world changing charity.

Last week what I was seeing is how important it is that I not be driven by money.? There is a part of me that feels strongly about that and wanted to assert that.

There is also the greater part of me that understands and knows that money is my friend and partner in making my dreams real.? Money doesn’t want to overshadow the dream, it wants to protect it.? This part of me trusts that I can easily grow my business without becoming driven by money.? This part of me remembers the years I spent working on developing my relationship with money and filling it with trust and support.

This part of me loves having extra cushions of money around.? More for in case of desire, than for in case of emergency.

So, even though this week it feels like I am going in the opposite direction from where I was with this last week, it’s actually a perfect continuation.

Sometimes, some parts of us need to assert certain things before allowing us to go in a certain direction.

This part of me who felt afraid that I would become driven by money if I tried to grow my business too quickly has made its case known, and has been assured that this will not happen.? And now there is more space to more forward.

And in conclusion: I don’t want to make less money, that’s ridiculous.

But it’s important to remember that I don’t want to let money drive me.? I don’t want to do things that aren’t in keeping with my greater vision and purpose just to get more money.? I don’t want to let money get more important than the mission.

Money is a beautiful friend and supporter of my dream and that is not going to change.

Because this week what I see when I sit with my vision is EXPANSION.

EXPANSION in all directions though.

It’s the most beautiful thing.

I see how amazing my work is now and how it has deepened over the past 2 years.? What we do in the monthly playdates in the Creative Dream Circle is nothing short of miraculous.

As a participant in the Circle: I am learning so much about myself and my dream, so quickly, and with so much FUN.

As the creator of the Circle: I am so proud of what I have created and how it can support dreamers and their dreams.

I’m seeing an expansion of this.? Letting more people into the Circle to experience this.? Bringing more dreams into the Incubator so that the obstacles can shrink and the dreams can GROW, NOW.

I’m seeing a deepening that sparks, holds and informs the expansion.

My JOB is the deepening.

My VISION is the expansion.

That’s where things are starting to come together and paint a clearer picture for me.

It’s not that I didn’t want my business to grow, it’s that I didn’t want growing my business to be my JOB.

There is a push and a strain and an energy of striving to that that doesn’t work for me.

What does work for me: grace and trust and a strong clear sense of purpose.? (With a solid understanding of business as one part of my foundation – it’s not that I want to leave the practicalities out of it.)

My next steps:

Last week I fell into a hole.? Then I dug myself out.? In the digging out I became stronger, surer and magically obtained a shovel.? Now I can use that shovel to start working on the deepening.

This week I’m going to explore the deepening.? I’m going to draw it out and journal about it and talk to it every day and see what it has to teach me.

And I’m going to read inspiring books about success – different approaches to success and stories of people who succeeded.

You + Me + Your Dream = Magic. Let?s play together:

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This week is in the running for worst week ever.

By Andrea Schroeder / December 13, 2012 / healing

Yesterday I made a very long video for the Creative Dream Circle titled: Creating safe space to work through the HARD when you’re completely freaking out.

That video title says a lot about how my week is going.

Monday morning I had to travel out of town to a funeral and my car wouldn’t start. Then things went downhill from there.

This is what I know for sure about hard times:

Hard times contain bright gifts
It’s when you face the things you think you can’t face that you discover how strong you actually are (much stronger than you think)

This is where you learn how to TRUST your magic.

Anyone can think positive when everything is going exactly how they want it to.

A Creative Dreamer sees the magic even when everything is going exactly how you don’t? want it to.

A Creative Dreamer remembers that they always have access to power, purpose, creativity, and spirit.? And trusts that these things are so much bigger than the obstacles and problems and stucks and whatever else that says you can’t do it.

Beautiful thoughts, but easier said than done, right?

Right!

Getting through this week with my optimism and creative spirit intact has taken even single bit of every single thing I’ve learned in 18 years of studying the spiritual art of wish fulfillment.

And I couldn’t do it alone.? I am grateful to have such supportive people in my world.

When I shared the Creating safe space to work through the HARD when you’re completely freaking out VIDEO in the Circle last night, we created that safe space in our forum together, so that it’s there any time we need it.? The space is filled with:

+ permission to be where you are and not have it mean anything about you or your dream or anything
+ acceptance and legitimacy for everything you’re feeling and experiencing
+ trusting your own unique process and timing
+ sovereignty, safety, spaciousness, healing and possibility
+ love, flowing in all directions to all parts of you

When you create containers, practices and spaces to work through the hard, rather than trying to avoid it or just letting it crush your spirit, that’s where you find the magic.

The magic has guided me out of some dark and icky holes this week.

It’s shown me some truths about where I hold myself back and how I might want to look at approaching things differently.

And it’s shown me an entirely new level of DETERMINATION to not compromise in living a life that is true to who I know I am.

And next week when everything isn’t so craptastic (do you hear that next week?? you are going to go easy on me!) I’ll still have all of this DETERMINATION – and it will be supercharged jetfuel for my Creative Dreams.

And I know that the magic is there to guide you, too.

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A conversation with VISIBILITY

By Andrea Schroeder / December 11, 2012

In honour of the Solstice, and how creative dreams = shining your light into the world, we’re doing a Visibility Teleclass on Friday, Dec 21 in the Creative Dream Circle.

Visibility terrifies me.? I’m also convinced it’s the only way for me to reach my goals.

This conflict has held me back and continues to hold me back and I’m sick of it.

So I’m holding a tele-circle about it.

Not to say “Hey I’m the expert, let me explain this to you” but to say “this is something we all need to explore and work on (me maybe more than the other Circle members) so let’s draw on the magic + possibility of our circle, invite Visibility to play with us, and see where it goes”.

In preparation for that, I invited Visibility into my day today, and with it has come an inner critic who wants it to be known that I have no time for this.? We’re in a disaster situation and I have important work to do and holy crap this is stupid.

And visibility is here, kind of like a ball of sunshine Smiling and Loving and not being even the slightest bit upset about the chilly reception she’s getting from my inner critic.

Visibility wants to pick me up and hug me and when she does, I turn into a very cuddly smiley face.? And she holds me up in the sky, like the sun.? And I get to shine my gifts for whoever wants to see them and it’s pretty amazing.

And then a bit of terror starts to burst through my little smiley face body… and it feels so big but actually it’s smaller than her smile.

Visibility whispers to me that the things I am afraid of actually have nothing to do with visibility.? The things I’m afraid of are just the things I’m afraid of.? I’ll be afraid of them with or without her.

That’s pretty mindblowing, in that well of course it’s true kind of way.

Visibility opens her hand to show me the story of what happens in my world when I let her in.? There’s success and ease and light and ohmygosh such gigantic smiles.? Who knew about the smiles?

Hmmm.? So visibility is not just a necessary evil like I thought it was, it’s a smile and a gift and a hug and I’m starting to want some.

The gifts of visibility.

I never even think about them. I’m always seeing the pain in the ass of visibility.

Which I am now seeing, is the pain in the ass of my own stuff, not the pain in the ass of visibility.? And that actually I can put that down now, if I want.? It’s time, it’s safe to do this, I’m ready to do this.

In fact, the “disasters” happening in my life right now are merely invitations to put this stuff down.

And again with the that’s so true it’s blowing my mind.

Want to play along?

You can invite any quality you like into your day just by pretending it’s there. Let it hang out with you, get creative with it and see what kinds of mindblowing true things it will tell you.

Or you can join the Creative Dream Circle and come to the Visibility Tele-Class which, now that I understand how to make friends with visibility, is going to be quite the party.

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A Bun Dance (the most adorable thing ever!)

By Andrea Schroeder / December 11, 2012

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

By Andrea Schroeder / December 10, 2012

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)

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

By Andrea Schroeder / December 9, 2012 / money

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.

>>> Click here to apply now.

Your 2013 is looking brighter already.

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

By Andrea Schroeder / December 3, 2012

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.

>>> Click here to apply now.

Your 2013 is looking brighter already.

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Creative Genius Planning Sessions meets Visionary Visioning

By Andrea Schroeder / December 2, 2012

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.

…..

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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The essence of Successful Creative Dreaming

By Andrea Schroeder / November 29, 2012

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

By Andrea Schroeder / November 28, 2012

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

By Andrea Schroeder / November 27, 2012 / healing, Manifest Your Dream Life

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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