Note: This is a post about my daily practice with my Creative Dreams - I often link to the tools, courses and processes I use which are available to Dream Book members. If you're not a member, find out more + join us here.

On Fridays I do my Dream Status Report which is a series of prompts I use every week to help me have more clarity, momentum and groundedness on my path.

Week 4 of me doing my reports on the printable journaling sheet (this is accessible to everyone who reads the blog, not just for membership people) instead of on the computer, which I did for YEARS. I LOVE THIS. It just feels different on paper.

Optimism + Consistency breeds Patience and Trust

That's what my journaling brought me to.

Last week's focus was: soft + trusting + determined and I really did feel that way in a sense, but DETERMINED is not quite the right word.

Determined is the word I used because it was like.. trusting wasn't quite enough. Trusting felt passive and I was feeling this sense of wanting to be ACTIVELY trusting which felt like determined.

This week that shifted into: optimism + consistency breeds patience and trust.

Being patient and trusting WHILE ALSO being optimistic and showing up consistently. This feels like THE VIBE.

Trust as a verb.

🦄⚡️Creative Dream Incubator Weekly Coaching Call is today!!

Hope to see you there - or catch the replay over the weekend! Call details + replays are here. And after the call I'll start a thread in the forum to share your plans for the week and as a space for accountability and support.

If you can't be there live but have a question or there's something you are struggling with, send me an email this morning and I'll discuss it on the call and offer you some suggestions for things to do.

 

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

Go the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find a practice that fits for where you are or use the Dream Lab if you're not sure where to start.

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Note: This is a post about my daily practice with my Creative Dreams - I often link to the tools, courses and processes I use which are available to Dream Book members. If you're not a member, find out more + join us here.

On Fridays I do my Dream Status Report which is a series of prompts I use every week to help me have more clarity, momentum and groundedness on my path.

I hand-wrote my report on the printable journaling sheet (this is accessible to everyone who reads the blog, not just for membership people)

I'm filling in my journaling sheet and... LOTS OF TEARS this week.

Reflecting on this last week is actually REALLY REALLY HARD. SO ANNOYING!!!

It's interesting because I took lots of steps and felt quite good and confident and yet in the process of reflection, I am seeing other sides of it.

It's stirring up a lot of stuff... and the "coach me" knows that this is good! This is the stuff that needs to be stirred up and worked through but the "human me" is like FUCK THIS I DON'T LIKE IT.

So I am right in the thick of it.

And it took me a long time this morning to fill in the 2 journaling sheets. And it sparked a whole bunch of... side journaling is all I can call it. Like the prompts sparked other prompts, which I decided to answer in my journal instead of on this sheet.

You know how I often say on our calls that it's good to have really big questions, the kinds that don't have quick answers? And also how it's good to have lots of questions and not a lot of answers because that means you're in a space of expansion and possibility? Having a lot of answers means you're in a more restricted space, though that restriction is useful at times!

So I am in a time of a lot of expansion, so much so that some days I really don't know which way is up.

But the journaling sheets did bring me my focus for next week, which feels grounding and clarifying: radiate the magic of your dream.

This came when I did the Dream Lab practice to connect with the soul of my dream. And it's a pillar of light and it's really grounded and stable AND magical and when I connect with that, there is a palpable shift in my body. I can feel myself radiating that magic and this shifts my mind.

This puts me into a better place to make decisions about what steps to take next. So I will practice that this week.

🦄⚡️Creative Dream Incubator Weekly Coaching Call is today!!

Hope to see you there - or catch the replay over the weekend! Call details + replays are here. And after the call I'll start a thread in the forum to share your plans for the week and as a space for accountability and support.

If you can't be there live but have a question or there's something you are struggling with, send me an email this morning and I'll discuss it on the call and offer you some suggestions for things to do.

 

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

Go the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find a practice that fits for where you are or use the Dream Lab if you're not sure where to start.

Check out the calendar of upcoming calls. Make a plan to join us live or catch a replay.

My Dream Status Report for the week:

I hand-wrote my report on the printable journaling sheet (this is accessible to everyone who reads the blog, not just for membership people)

Three things:

1. Hand-journaling this is AMAZING, I love this as a weekly practice.
2. The process of hand-journaling, and then sharing it here feels awkward. I don't want to share photos of my journal page, or type out what I just wrote.
3. I got personal this week, more personal than what I want to share on my blog.

So I am going to do what we do in Dream Book: MAKE SPACE FOR IT ALL

All of these things are true even if they conflict each other, even if I don't know what to do about them.

So this week I will share this:

I felt more in touch with my Dream Self than I have in a long time. Like I am living from that part of me, and it's amazing.

When I'm in this space, I don't care that much about the external outcomes, I trust that everything is coming to me in the right time.

I love this.

And I know that I am supporting myself in staying in this place by doing a TON of journaling and meditation. I keep "having to" buy new journals, lol! ( I LOVE buying new journals)

 

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

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My Dream Status Report for the week:

I finally did it! I hand-wrote my report on the printable journaling sheet (this is accessible to everyone who reads the blog, not just for membership people)

I want to have a stack of these sheets just tucked into my Dream Book. My weekly reports showing the little things I learn along the way.

Hand writing it was SO GOOD. Re-writing the dream, why I want the dream, AND the new moon intention, AND the weekly focus from last week's Dream Status Report felt like A LOT but... making a dream happen IS a lot. Consciously directing change to happen in your life IS a lot. And NEEDS a lot. I signed up for this 😉

I like that I wrote it all out differently than I usually do, I think I do just write differently by hand than typing and not being able to copy paste last week's answers to start from (which is how I do these typed posts) is probably really good for me.

What feels awkward and not as good is that I don't know how to share them here.

I will put photos below but... I don't know, that doesn't quite feel right. And the process is annoying - taking a photo (what if I don't have the right light? Like right now in the heat of summer I close the curtains a lot, in the winter I tend to do this journaling before the sun is even up, etc) and then air dopping it to my laptop feels like a clunky extra step.

CLUNKY EXTRA STEP

That's how change sometimes feels.

I'm just taking the clunky extra awkward step this week and we'll see where this goes for next week.

 

 

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

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My Dream Status Report for this week:

PART ONE:

My dream is: I am calling it "my magical new life". There are lots of "outer things" this includes, but right now I am really thinking about... how do I want to FEEL in my life? What are the QUALITIES of my life? Where is the meaning and purpose and joy?

I want it because: I feel like I am in a transitional space and I want to build something more solid.

When I have it I will feel: More grounded and stable - like settled in my most magical life. Right now it feels like I am DREAMING and BUILDING my most magical life.

PART TWO:

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

It shows up as sparkling stars around me. I feel really soothed by them, and I start to feel more confident.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Letting go of old stories. Digging deep into the Inner Work - and doing more Dream Work to GROUND the inner work changes.

What happened in the last week?

I was sick for a bunch of it. BUT I did a ton of journaling and meditation and I feel really connected to myself and my dreams.

Journaling feels so extra magic and healing and necessary to me now. I am filling journals so quickly.

This morning I was anxious, and I sat down with my journal and started writing my feelings and felt my body calm. Like this journal is holding space for me to hold space for myself and my feelings and it was so beautiful. It's like I am getting to a new level in my relationship with journaling.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this?

I want to scream that I hate this mid-life time. I am just so stretched.

But I also want to be where I am. This is a powerful time of healing and shifting perspectives and it feels rich with magic BUT ALSO so heavy.

I keep feeling like "I need more space" but then I'm like... what does that even mean? I live alone and work from home. There are a few stressful things in my life right now but they're not overtaking everything... and yet I want to honour this "I need more space" feeling... And often "more space" isn't about more time alone or more quiet time, it's about less screens, less focus on productivity, and more quality time.

What do I need now?

More space, ha!

What does my dream need now?

Oh! I feels like my dream is giving me a hug, saying "I know this part is hard. Please keep going"

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is:

Quality time with myself and my dream

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

Go the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find a practice that fits for where you are or use the Dream Lab if you're not sure where to start.

Check out the calendar of upcoming calls. Make a plan to join us live or catch a replay.

My Dream Status Report for this week:

PART ONE:

My dream is: I am calling it "my magical new life". There are lots of "outer things" this includes, but right now I am really thinking about... how do I want to FEEL in my life? What are the QUALITIES of my life? Where is the meaning and purpose and joy?

I want it because: I've been wanting to feel like "Oh I'm over this divorce thing" but the truth is, I am re-building my life re-dreaming my future and this takes time.

When I have it I will feel: More grounded and stable - like settled in my most magical life. Right now it feels like I am DREAMING and BUILDING my most magical life.

PART TWO:

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

It's ME! A bigger version of me who takes my hand I feel grounded. She says "We got this because we ARE this"

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Feel good. Stay fuelled up and keep taking steps.

What happened in the last week?

I was increasingly crabby and achy and not feeling good... and this morning I woke up with a full blown head cold. So - not feeling good, lol.

BUT steps were taken. I Am figuring things out. LOTS of Un-Sticking but it feels really rich and useful.

I had therapy this week and was talking about The Big Childhood Stuff really being up for me and said that I am right on time, developmentally speaking. Like - this is what mid-life is, a huge reckoning and perspective shifting. The ways I've held and dealt with this stuff up until now worked for me up until now, and now it's time for new ways.

Also, I was so thrilled that my therapist bought my Creative Dream Playbook for her partner! She said she didn't get it because she knows me, she looked around a lot for a journal like this to support him in new creative projects, and this was the best one she saw.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this?

I guess again I am remembering that I am in a really powerful time of healing. With the divorce and mid-life, it's feeling like time to totally re-create myself and my life. I don't want to stop what I am doing with the Creative Dream Incubator, but I want to be doing something else too and I can't put my finger on what that is. Right now, it's the lino cuts and printing fabrics, but I just feel like I want to be more creatively engaged somehow, that there is still lots to explore.

What do I need now?

Well, I woke up with a head cold, I need rest. And I need to keep digging with all of the inner work I have been doing.

What does my dream need now?

She says she wants me to let go of a bunch of old stories. It's time for my magical new life.

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is:

Letting go of old stories. Digging deep into the Inner Work - and doing more Dream Work to GROUND the inner work changes.

 

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

Go the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find a practice that fits for where you are or use the Dream Lab if you're not sure where to start.

Check out the calendar of upcoming calls. Make a plan to join us live or catch a replay.

My Dream Status Report for this week:

PART ONE:

My dream is: I am calling it "my magical new life". It's traveling (a bit? or a lot?) in a camper or RV with my amazing cat Bear. It's exploring lino cut printmaking, for fabrics and paper prints, and any other art that inspires me. Feeling like "YES I AM IN THE PRIME OF MY LIFE" in a way that allows for LOADS of self care and staying far away from overwhelm.

I want it because: I just do? It's what inspires me and makes me feel happy. The parts of my life where I have this feel sooo gooood.

When I have it I will feel: More grounded and stable - like settled in my most magical life. Right now it feels like I am BUILDING my most magical life.

I wanted to start doing these by hand on the new printable sheets (these are free for everyone, not just membership members) and I am kind of ready... I printed it out but again this week I don't FEEL ready to make the change?

PART TWO:

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

I'm not working with my "big dream" I am focused on one thing I want to work on this month, from this month's New Moon Call (which was amazing! If you weren't there, get the replay!)

I see my favourite beach. This is funny because I am going there today so obviously I have it on my mind. But it feels like... this is the path. Do the things that light you up. Feel amazed and in love with how beautiful the world is because this is a part of your dream.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Inner Work. Meditation + art + being with the places in me that want to hold me back.

What happened in the last week?

I had SO MUCH quality time with my obstacles this week, lol! But in a good way, I chose to do pages and pages in my dream book of facing the obstacles. I meant to do the The Obstacle Is The Way Through practice but didn't get to it - there was so much richness in facing things I haven't wanted to face, and looking at... what what DOES feel possible here?

Some of the things I have been doing these last several months are just got getting the results I want. And that's been really difficult, and I tended to that hard stuff this week.

AND I looked at... well what is it? Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to be more patient? Is this actually not possible for me?

And I pinpointed three ways that I am doing things that are counter to how "conventional wisdom" would say to do them.

And I know that if I did the opposite thing that I am doing, if I went more with "this is how people do this thing" then I would probably get the results I want easier..

AND...

I don't want to do those things.

Really sitting with it, it didn't feel like resistance or avoidance. It just felt like my truth.

So them I was like... well if this is my truth, and if I WAS doing these 3 things in the opposite way then I would be getting more of the results I want... how do I find a DIFFERENT way. ACKNOWLEDGE the three things I am "missing" in a sense and look at different ways to get them.

It was a lot of twisting perspectives, I spent a few days with this, and then I found some other ways. Ways that feel LIKE ME. And as I started to explore what it would look like to make a plan with these ways...

Well, I feel excited about what I am going to do next.

And I know more than anything, that being excited/having the energy to take steps, and TAKING STEPS moves you forward in a way that staying still and looking for the perfect steps to take does not.

So I'm happy to be taking steps. I have lots of things to try now.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this?

I feel relieved, because I had been avoiding those three things that I know I "should" be doing and now I don't have to avoid that, so that frees up that energy.

AND I am not blaming my past-self for avoiding the things she wasn't ready to face! That's ok! It's a journey and a process.

I am proud of me for being where I am.

What do I need now?

Last week's dream status report, and work with my dream self, brought me all this good information about BEING LESS OVERWHELMED and changing my setpoints for "how overwhelmed I let myself get"...

It's not always that simple, but I can look at ways to put boundaries up SOONER, rather than deplete myself completely.

With summer here, we're in our first heat wave, and the heat exhausts me, so this is a good time to practice moving my set points for overwhelm.

AND SO... today I am going to the beach. A L O N E

One of the things I was SO SAD about in my divorce in the fall is missing beach days with my ex. We both loved the beach so much and went all the time and I just loved being there with him and I worried that it would be sad to be there alone.

Well, there are no words to describe how much I am looking forward to being there alone today, lol! It feels magical. Here's to healing and moving on!

What does my dream need now?

The beach scene feels brighter and more important. It's like - ANDREA YOUR SELF CARE, YOUR LACK OF OVERWHELM, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR LIFE MATTERS. YOUR JOY MATTERS.

It actually also feels like the seal of approval of my new plan - saying feel good, fill up on joy, and KEEP FILLING UP and use that as fuel to do all this stuff you're going to do over the next few months.

It also has the feeling of "brighter days ahead" and I'll take that!

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is:

Feel good. Stay fuelled up and keep taking steps.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

Go the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find a practice that fits for where you are or use the Dream Lab if you're not sure where to start.

Check out the calendar of upcoming calls. Make a plan to join us live or catch a replay.

My Dream Status Report for this week:

PART ONE:

My dream is:

I want it because:

When I have it I will feel:

Leaving all of this blank this week. I feel IN TRANSITION. Not that my dreams have changed, but that I have (?) I don't know, but this is what feels right so I am doing it.

I wanted to start doing these by hand on the new printable sheets (these are free for everyone, not just membership members) and I am kind of ready... I have the printed sheet and my pens with me, but somehow I don't FEEL ready to make the change?

Today is all about being willing to do what feels right, and not necessarily understand what I am doing. If I am in a period of change, then things must change, and change can feel chaotic and uncertain when you're in it.

I'm sitting in the a park, using the wifi since I still have none at home, and I just looked up... sunlight is streaming through the trees and dandelion fluffs are floating everywhere. 100% magic.

Something like 25 years ago, I was driving with my then-boss and his wife to a Christmas dinner and there was this amazing pink and purple sunset and I thought to myself "In a world with a magic sunset like this, I can't be meant for this shitty job"

I get that same feeling from the rays of light and the dandelion fluffs. There is so much magic in the world. I am not here to struggle. None of us are. We are meant to create beautiful, magical things.

PART TWO:

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

I'm not working with my "big dream" I am focused on one thing I want to work on this month, from this week's New Moon Call (which was amazing! If you weren't there, get the replay!)

Sitting in the magic of "the world is such a magical place and we can do amazing things" I call in my dream and...

Nothing....

I feel unsettled in my chest. There are so many birds chirping, usually I love it but now it feels like too much.

And then I get it. I need to confront my STUFF about having this thing I want to HAVE in the next month. The overwhelm. The constriction. The places where I don't believe.

My dream is on the other side of all of this.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Make art. Be IN your Creative Magic.

What happened in the last week?

Week 2 of no internet (!) Yes I definitely made more art, filled so many journal pages, and felt IN my creative magic - when I wasn't flustered about how to run an internet business without internet, lol.

AND I feel some pressure about this thing I want/need to do over the next month.

It's that thing when you really STEP INTO doing the thing, and then all the inner stuff you have about it suddenly RIGHT THERE. People describe it as "your stuff coming up" but actually it's YOU who went to IT. This stuff would just stay unresolved within you if you didn't go for your dream.

So, I had a lot of that. NOT FUN. AND I have been through this enough to know I will work through it.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this?

Right now, as I write this, I feel so sure. I know I've been in this position before, and I have worked through and healed and shifted and made magic. I have all this experience of every time I've done it before helping me.

AND I know later today I will probably feel FILLED with self doubt.

I feel all of it.

What do I need now?

I'm still really thinking about that Dream Self drawing I shared here yesterday and how her heart is so deeply rooted. How she stays so plugged into her magic, and so far away from overwhelm. So I need to keep thinking of this, and looking at where/how I set boundaries around not getting overwhelmed, and how that could shift.

Also, meditation feels especially magic lately, and I need MORE.

What does my dream need now?

I see flashing lights pointing to how I couldn't see my dream and just got uncomfortable trying to meet with it earlier... it's like "ANDREA LOOK AT THIS, WORKING ON THE INNER STUFF THAT HOLDS YOU BACK:

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is:

Inner Work. Meditation + art + being with the places in me that want to hold me back.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

Go the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find a practice that fits for where you are or use the Dream Lab if you're not sure where to start.

Check out the calendar of upcoming calls. Make a plan to join us live or catch a replay.

My Dream Status Report for this week:

PART ONE:

My dream is: I want to get an RV or camper van and travel… WITH MY CAT BEAR!!!! Create a comfy cozy home on wheels, and write + make art on the road while we have adventures. AND... there is a sense of stability I had when I was married that I don't feel now which I want to create for myself, in a new way - still lots to explore with that one. AND I want to do lino block prints! First on fabrics to make my own clothes and then... I want to see where this goes.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the block print dream feels like it will expand and energize my whole life. I feel like I am growing SO MUCH right now and my life needs to grow to reflect that.

When I have it I will feel: I think I will feel so happy, free and thrilled with my life. And also more stable and grounded.

PART TWO:

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

It shows up as a rainbow, like a drawing of a rainbow. It feels colourful and confident.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Focus on inner + dream work.

What happened in the last week?

My internet died on Monday! It had been dropping occasionally, then it got worse, then it just stopped working. The repair process seems a lot more complex than I would have thought... I am still waiting for an appointment with this specialist.

So, yes I did realize how much I mindlessly scroll social media and it feels amazing to not be doing that. AND getting my work done is so complicated. I also discovered that my phone plan doesn't come with an option to add more data, I just get a big overage charge if I go over, so I can't just use my phone for things.

I'm so lucky that my sister lives nearby and I can go to her place for Zoom calls and whenever I need the internet. The coffee shop near me doesn't turn off their wifi at night, so I can walk over there and check my email in the evening. I am figuring out how to structure my work so I do all-the-stuff-except-uploading and then go to coffee shops or my sister's for uploading.

It feels weird to feel disconnected. AND it feels like this can be a purposeful time of connecting to ME. It still seems crazy that it's taken this long, but I think it could be like 2 weeks before this is fixed.

Other than that - pretty good week! I did focus more on inner and dream work and filled pages in my journals.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this?

I am having what I call the peri-menupause monster pms so I am crabby and tender. I feel tired. I don't want to keep having so many lessons and things to learn.

What do I need now?

Rest. Looking back on all of the re-arranging I did to work without internet this week, it makes sense I feel crabby, tired and in need of a break. I want to focus on relaxing and making art this weekend.

What does my dream need now?

The dream is ARTWORK of a rainbow for a reason, it's saying to make art! Be in my creative magic.

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is:

Make more art! At first I thought this was a "weekend focus" but maybe all of next week, make art a bigger part of my days.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

Go the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find a practice that fits for where you are or use the Dream Lab if you're not sure where to start.

Check out the calendar of upcoming calls. Make a plan to join us live or catch a replay.

My Dream Status Report for this week:

PART ONE:

My dream is: I want to get an RV or camper van and travel… WITH MY CAT BEAR!!!! Create a comfy cozy home on wheels, and write + make art on the road while we have adventures. AND... there is a sense of stability I had when I was married that I don't feel now which I want to create for myself, in a new way - still lots to explore with that one. AND I want to do lino block prints! First on fabrics to make my own clothes and then... I want to see where this goes.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the block print dream feels like it will expand and energize my whole life. I feel like I am growing SO MUCH right now and my life needs to grow to reflect that.

When I have it I will feel: I think I will feel so happy, free and thrilled with my life. And also more stable and grounded.

PART TWO:

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

My dream shows up as a football field. So weird! But it feels something like... I have the foundation, the field is built, I can play here (?)

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Focus on inner + dream work.

What happened in the last week?

Yes I focused on inner and dream work AND I often felt behind in outer work. Definitely not feeling balanced between all of them.

BUT some friends came to visit so I had a few days to visit with them and that was amazing AND threw off my schedule so I can see why I feel behind.

Overall, I feel pretty good. I took some solid steps, and I feel clear about my next steps. Good week!

What am I learning/How do I feel about this?

There is a LOT going on in my Dream Book, like I shared this week. I still feel like this is a really rich time of growth, healing and shifting perspectives while building my new life.

Weather wise, and with the solstice, summer is here. I feel grateful for this, I mean I know the heat will be too much soon but right now I feel that "yay it's summer" feeling, lol. I'm making my favourite salads, enjoying the fresh local veggies, and going to the park in the mornings instead of a coffee shop.

What do I need now?

There are still lots of things to do, but I feel like I have what I need. Just keep taking steps.

What does my dream need now?

The message I get is "field of dreams" and I know that that's baseball and this field is football and maybe that doesn't matter. It's like - build it and they will come?

It feels very solid and real. I have the space - I can play now.

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is:

I want to keep the same one: Focus on inner + dream work. With my friends visiting, this was a short week, so keeping the same one makes sense.

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My Dream Status Report for this week:

PART ONE:

My dream is: I want to get an RV or camper van and travel… WITH MY CAT BEAR!!!! Create a comfy cozy home on wheels, and write + make art on the road while we have adventures. AND... there is a sense of stability I had when I was married that I don't feel now which I want to create for myself, in a new way - still lots to explore with that one. AND I want to do lino block prints! First on fabrics to make my own clothes and then... I want to see where this goes.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the block print dream feels like it will expand and energize my whole life. I feel like I am growing SO MUCH right now and my life needs to grow to reflect that.

When I have it I will feel: I think I will feel so happy, free and thrilled with my life. And also more stable and grounded.

PART TWO:

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

Same as last week, I see myself in my loft holding a small unicorn, but it's bigger than it was last week.

And it sends a very clear message: you have more inner/dream work to do than outer work. Focus there. BECOME the version of you who HAS this thing.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Can I take care of my dream as though it's a kitten or a baby and it's growth is inevitable?

What happened in the last week?

I continue to be on a big journey with trust! Trust is always a part of creative dreaming but I am realizing how much it's a part of divorce too, or any time when something falls apart, how we need to trust as we re-build.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this?

I was depressed most of this week. This was disappointing especially after having a few really "good" weeks. I continue to explore how I want to be with the difficult times. I don't know if it's the divorce, the changes in my life, the way our political and economic systems are collapsing around us, climate change, all the war and genocides... it actually feels like a shift in my perimenopausal experience... but also I don't need a reason to be depressed, I feel how I feel and that's valid.

AND I had a really fantastic therapy session this week, I feel so proud of where I am, and all the ways I have supported myself and all the ways I am building the life I want.

What do I need now?

What I do need, I see because today I feel pretty clear and "up", is a list of "ways to handle depression" that I can turn to when I am "down". Make decisions about that from a clearer-thinking place, instead of my poor overwhelmed, heavy, foggy brain having to figure out what to do. And because I do think perimenopause may be playing a role here, I'd like to start tracking this better to see if maybe I need to talk to my doctor more about this.

What does my dream need now?

It wants me to remember that I have more inner/dream work to do than outer work. Focus there. BECOME the version of me who HAS this thing.

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is:

Focus on inner + dream work.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

Go the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find a practice that fits for where you are or use the Dream Lab if you're not sure where to start.

Check out the calendar of upcoming calls. Make a plan to join us live or catch a replay.

My Dream Status Report for this week:

PART ONE:

My dream is: I want to get an RV or camper van and travel… WITH MY CAT BEAR!!!! Create a comfy cozy home on wheels, and write + make art on the road while we have adventures. AND... there is a sense of stability I had when I was married that I don't feel now which I want to create for myself, in a new way - still lots to explore with that one. AND I want to do lino block prints! First on fabrics to make my own clothes and then... I want to see where this goes. I've been gathering ideas and supplies and getting ready to start and feeling SO excited about it.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the block print dream feels like it will expand and energize my whole life. I feel like I am growing SO MUCH right now and my life needs to grow to reflect that.

When I have it I will feel: I think I will feel so happy, free and thrilled with my life. And also more stable and grounded.

PART TWO:

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

As I breath in creativity, light and knowing...I see myself in my condo. (I am doing this with noise canceling headphones in a coffee shop) This feels so GOOD.

My dream shows up as a tiny unicorn in my hands. It's alive, not a toy, lol. It seems like it's beaming with happiness.

It feels like - yeah it's really small, but it's here! It's alive! and it BEAMS with happiness. This is magic.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Trusting myself, trusting my dream.

What happened in the last week?

Yeah, I have been on a big journey with trust.

I've felt a lot of panic and anxiety these last months. And I have been practicing TRUST. And this last week that trust really deepened, like it feels SOLID. I trust my dream and I trust myself to show up, and keep showing up, and taking the next steps.

This comes up so much on our calls, how much our culture makes it hard to be true to ourselves. It feels like I've been working on deepening my trust in the bigger picture, that life itself supports me in being who I am. I don't think it's as magical as I did 20 years ago, that the law of attraction is the only force acting in the universe. Our culture is full of systems that we, humans, have built and are acting on us in every moment. Individuality is one of the values of dominant culture, and I think taking the individualist approach to manifesting our dreams is off. I don't just want to free MYSELF to live my dreams, I want to impact the culture to change. This is actually a much deeper trust I think... to see the ways dominant culture impacts us, to name them and shine a light on them so that we have a chance of changing them.

This is what artists do, we influence and create culture.

Anyway, this may not make a lot of sense but I am feeling the magic of deepening my trust.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this?

I still feel like I am in a HUGE learning curve in terms of the inner work I need right now, the way my divorce has thrown things at me that I know are mine to deal with but it's just SO MUCH all at once. So... I feel everything, lol. I am learning SO MUCH.

What do I need now?

I've done so much to build/re-build systems/routines in my life and in my work. ALL the self care. ALL the creative space. I feel it all coming together, like THINGS FEEL MORE STABLE than they have since the start of the pandemic. I'm really proud of all of the steps (and even the mis-steps!) I have taken to give myself the foundation I need.

Right now, I just want to enjoy this. I have consistency and momentum in parts of my work, creative and personal life that I haven't had in a REALLY long time.

What does my dream need now?

The little unicorn in my hand is happy to speak:

I'm here! I'm alive! I'm small, take care of me so I can grow.

It also feels like - assume it's growing, another form of trust. Like if I had a kitten or a baby I would take care of them KNOWING they were growing. Not wondering if it would happen, lol.

Can I take care of my dream in that way? WHOA that feels like a good thing to explore.

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is:

Can I take care of my dream as though it's a kitten or a baby and it's growth is inevitable?

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your Dream Status Report or start a conversation about whatever you're working with.

Get your next Dream Book lesson or get a weekly journaling + alchemy kit.

Go the Library of Creative Dream Alchemy to find a practice that fits for where you are or use the Dream Lab if you're not sure where to start.

Check out the calendar of upcoming calls. Make a plan to join us live or catch a replay.