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.

(Working with the one specific dream which feels like the most important to focus on right now - STABILITY in terms of my work and life routines, managing business tasks and making money, settling into my new life - I want to say settling into my new "post-divorce life" but I think the actual divorce is a way off still)

My dream shows up as a mountain with stairs up it, a very elegant and majestic staircase. Similar to last week's staircase.

It feels like - it's all here for you, just take it one step at a time. So reassuring.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Bring a majestic quality to my work with my dreams.

What happened in the last week?

I shared yesterday that I wasn't sure how to bring that focus in, and explored it a little which brought me to:

I just looked up the definition. Removing all definitions associated with royalty we have:

impressive stateliness, dignity, or beauty. "experience the majesty of the Rockies"

Ohhhhhh.

That strikes a chord about VALUING myself and my work.

I talk a lot about the vulnerability of pursing a dream.

What about the DIGNITY of it?

What I had REALLY felt is TRUSTING. I had been feeling some panic and pressure and that shifted into trust this week.

I feel like this has been a theme for MONTHS but... I keep taking steps, learning things, and applying those learnings to my next steps. This is building SUCH a good foundation, in terms of the structure and support I need to be able to show up in the ways I want to show up.

Like - I have been needing to CREATE the structure I need, without knowing what that structure should be. So it's been a lot of going in circles but those circles are actually bringing me somewhere.

And this is all tied to how the pandemic impacted me! Still! the loss of my creative routines and structures at that time, coupled with being in the worst of peri-menopause, and the overwhelm in general about the state of the world... it' been SUCH a journey to figure out how to feel like I have solid ground beneath me.

I know people don't associate stability with dreams but we need solid ground to dream from!!!! Creating this for ourselves is a part of our dream work.

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

I feel relieved. Like I am on this climb up a mountain with my dreams right now, but I DO have some stability beneath me where I am.

At my dream's request, I have been doing a lot more meditation and doing yin yoga every night which has been so good for me, I feel so much more connected to myself. Having those beautiful relaxing evenings makes my mornings better, morning is always my most creative/sharpest brain time, and lately my mornings feel better than ever. So grateful for this.

What do I need now?

Keep doing all the self care things that have me feeling so connected to myself. Keep building the structures/systems I need for stability.

TRUST myself. TRUST my dream. It's happening, one step at a time.

What does my dream need now?

When I ask this question I see the stairs kind of light up. Lights moving up the stairs. Like - it's showing me to keep going up the stairs.

It's all here for you. You can trust this.

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

Trusting myself, trusting my dream.

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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... I have a new creative dream which I am still not ready to talk about. 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.

I also 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.

(Working with one specific asset of this dream which feels like the most important to focus on right now)

I see a throne at the top of a staircase. It feels massive, grounded and powerful.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Remember my creative magic.

What happened in the last week?

This was a good week full of steady steps towards more of what I want.

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

I am learning, AGAIN, about how we have to really HOLD the confidence and faith and magic of dream FOR SO FREAKING LONG. I am learning what this means to me in my life now, how it feels on a daily basis. I am learning the self care I need to do that makes this easier.

What do I need now?

Last week I wrote about how I needed a solution for my yoga mat - I was losing having this REALLY SIMPLE yoga practice on the rug beside my bed, but sometimes my skin rubbed the wrong way on the rug, and I wanted my mat AND my cat scratches it so and it would be destroyed if I left it out AND I didn't want to complicate my practice and didn't have anywhere closely to keep the mat where the cat can't get it.

These little things really do get in the way sometimes.

In the end, I put the yoga mat in this top shelf in my closet, and took the clothes that were there and put them on the floor... not ideal, I still need to find a place for those clothes but now it's easy to get my mat out and put it back.

I'm thinking about these little things, that should be so simple, sometimes just trip us up, and how easy it is to stop doing something like yoga because the mat storage feels awkward.

And now, how that solution caused a different problem and I don't know where to put these clothes...

But I will figure that part out to

So I'm mostly thinking about how, step by step, we can figure things out. Our dreams just have A LOT of steps.

Which is back to that "doing the work of staying confident and trusting over a LOOOOONG period of time".

What does my dream need now?

My dream is sending me the quality of MAJESTIC. Which is not a quality I work with often, or even ever?

But I am interested to explore it, I see how it makes my dream seem so stable and powerful.

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

Bring a majestic quality to my work with my dreams.

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

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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... I have a new creative dream which I am still not ready to talk about. 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.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the new dream, which is more about art I want to make, 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.

(Working with one specific asset of this dream which feels like the most important to focus on right now)

I see art and colour and things moving around... it feels like my dream IS SO MUCH MORE than I think. There is this ALIVENESS that feels important. It feels so inspiring and expansive.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Be relaxed and open about my dreams.

What happened in the last week?

Some weeks I completely forget about my focus, some weeks I just can't do it but THIS WEEK I FREAKING NAILED IT!

I started doing yin yoga in the evenings, which is AMAZING. I always feel better, in every part of my life, when I do this regularly. And it's been a long time since I've done it. (We had such a good talk about this on the Self Care call this week, how we can know how much a thing helps us and still not do it, and how twisty that can feel)

Monday night, while doing yin yoga, after a warm bath, with crystal bowl music playing, feeling SO RELAXED AND OPEN, this idea floated in. It is, I think, exactly the idea I needed, in the most practical sense, to know what to do next. So I have been working on it all week.

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

I feel so optimistic and positive and confident. I feel excited not just to have the thing I want, but to do the work to get there. It feels like a fun creative project.

What do I need now?

Last night was the first night this week I had some resistance to the yin yoga. I didn't want to do those long holds, my mind wasn't focusing, my body felt uncomfortable. What I need is to remember that my resistance is natural and to bring it into the practice. Lay there and feel my feelings if I can't do the poses. Keep asking " What do I need?" and bring those things in to make this a more welcoming space for whoever I'm at.

For example, last night I felt uncomfortable where parts of my skin were rubbing against the carpet in a bad way. I knew I'd be more comfortable if I put my pilates mat down. But I really like doing yoga just on the carpet beside my bed because it feels so simple. The pilates mat is downstairs, I didn't want to go down and get it, AND my cat scratches at it so hard, it would be destroyed if I left it in an easy-to-access place. I really wanted this practice to be SIMPLE to go to - like just using the carpet, with a few pillows from my bed.

I am going to have to figure out a way to incorporate the pilates mat that feels simple enough to not become a barrier AND protects the mat from my cat.

Things like that that seem so small they shouldn't matter really can block us from doing the things we want to do.

What does my dream need now?

For me to do ALL THE THINGS that have me feeling REALLY ME - creative, inspired, energized. All those colours and art that were flying around when I met it in the Dream Lab - now they are arranging themselves as a path. Saying THIS IS THE PATH. I get it.

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

Believe in my creative magic.

Dream Book members:

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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... I have a new creative dream which I am still not ready to talk about. 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.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the new dream, which is more about art I want to make, feels like it will expand and energize my whole life.

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... I pick one part of my "big dream", the thing I am most working on right now, and it shows up as an inflatable mattress floating on water. I lay on it, feeling the sun on my body, and I feel soooooo relaxed.

So interesting! Because I DO NOT feel relaxed about how to go about this thing.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Remember that my dream is alive, my dream believes in me.

What happened in the last week?

I had my 50th birthday party! It was so good! And the "recovery" was longer than I thought it would be. I mean - considering there was no alcohol at the party and it was over at 9:15, lol. But just the ENERGY of getting ready for the party, having my first birthday without my ex-partner (he took my birthday off work every year, and we would have a really sweet day), starting a new decade... it's a lot to process.

And, my dream felt FAR AWAY a lot of this week. I remembered the "Remember that my dream is alive, my dream believes in me." but felt "Yeah but WHERE IS IT THEN because it feels so far away"

Reminded myself that when we feel discouraged - this is a part of the work, too. This is natural. This is a part of most dreams. But none of that felt encouraging.

BUT my options are to: be with and work through this discouragement or give up. So...

Also, I went to the dentist for my check-up and my gums are getting better! They said over the last few years they've seen in improvement each time which felt really good. A few years ago they were worried I would need a surgery and now it seems I don't. So - sometimes working on having better habits does create better outcomes!

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

I feel a bit discouraged. I feel like I am at the bottom of a steep hill and it's so hard to take each step.

For some reason I am not looking behind me and noticing how the hill ahead of me is so much smaller than the ones I've already climbed.

What do I need now?

Then I remember how my dream showed up as this inflatable mattress/raft. And how relaxed and open I felt laying on it. Maybe I need to do the things that help me feel relaxed and open?

What does my dream need now?

Sunshine! To be out in the sun.

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

Thinking of that "relaxed and open" vibe, laying on an air mattress floating in water. After such a long, cold, rainy spring we are having nice weather and this makes a difference! I want to go on daily bike rides through parks - that has the same feeling for me.

So my focus is: Be relaxed and open about my dreams. (Since this is NOT how I am actually feeling about my dreams, I will do a daily meditation/journaling practice around this, and see what that brings)

Dream Book 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... I have a new creative dream which I am still not ready to talk about. 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.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the new dream, which is more about art I want to make, feels like it will expand and energize my whole life.

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 - I realized that part over this last week.

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 drawing of a green hill against a blue sky on a sunny day. It feels peaceful and reassuring.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Keep taking steps. I feel like I am in a bit of a boring part with my dream and that's ok.

What happened in the last week?

I'm looking back and... I don't know. It feels like a pretty averages week. I took steps, I got stuck, I got un-stuck, lol.

I've been thinking about how I have been self employed for so long, I don't panic like I used to when things don't go like I'd hoped. I do have this internal sense of stability and trust. I really feel like I've integrated the idea that I just have to keep doing things, whereas earlier on if I did a thing and it didn't go as hoped, it felt so scary because what if nothing ever went well????

And of course this is a scary economy to be self employed in! But I realized this week - it's not really less scary for employed people. The job I had before this felt SO secure, but a lot of those old co-workers have lost their jobs. And I was doing a really specific thing there, not something that would be easy to transfer to something else, ie - if I had lost my job it might be really hard to find another one.

I have been getting ready for my birthday party - I am turning 50 on Saturday. (I am going to send out an email about it on Saturday with some photos because my sister and I are working on an amazing cake and I've been making a ton of tissue paper flower decorations)

I don't want to be overwhelmed at my party, and I still get anxious from "doing too much" (I mean who decides what is enough?) so I've been slowing cleaning the loft and getting ready so there's not too much left to do tomorrow. I am usually pretty tidy, but doing a DEEP CLEAN feels too good, you know?

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

I am not in a place of putting this in any kind of succinct way right now! I think I am "in process" in so many things, there is so much growth and shifting happening. I'll just stay with it for now.

What do I need now?

Still: focus on self care. And making more time for meditation and journaling - I mean it's ridiculous how much this is the message I get. More more more more MORE! But I am continually called deeper into the work... and I am habitually resisting going deeper.

What does my dream need now?

The green hill kind of "breathes". Maybe my dream needs me to remember it is alive?

Oh wow that makes me cry a bit.

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

Remember that my dream is alive, my dream believes in me.

Dream Book 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... I have a new creative dream which I am still not ready to talk bout.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the new dream, which is more about art I want to make, feels like it will expand and energize my whole life.

When I have it I will feel: I think I will feel so happy, free and thrilled with my life.

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... it feels like warm light everywhere, it feels like a healing balm.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Keep showing up, trust the process.

What happened in the last week?

After SUCH a stressful week last week, this week was MUCH better. Still residual stress and anxiety but much less.

There is a level of stability and consistency I need in my business, in order to pursue this traveling-with-my-cat dream, that I don't have right now. This week I took a TON of steps with that. There are so many things, in terms of the business end, marketing and sales, that I used to do that I had stopped doing since the pandemic. And now it's like - how do I want to do them now? Because I don't want to do all the same things, and some of those things don't work now anyway, so there is a lot of experimentation here and I am actually enjoying that.

(We did a Marketing as a Creative + Spiritual Practice call where we all shared what works and what doesn't work for us, it's a really good replay to watch!)

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

Again, after so much stress last week, this week I am moving slow. I don't feel like I am learning a lot - I am just taking little steps at a time. Kind of a boring week.

What do I need now?

Still: focus on self care.

What does my dream need now?

That warm light kind of shimmers, it feels like my dream recognizes that this is a big shift for me, that creating the stability it needs is a BIG job, it accepts that this will take time. It's proud of me for showing up and doing the work.

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

Keep taking steps. I feel like I am in a bit of a boring part with my dream and that's ok. This is the work that needs to be done right now.

Dream Book 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... I have a new creative dream which I am still not ready to talk bout.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the new dream, which is more about art I want to make, feels like it will expand and energize my whole life.

When I have it I will feel: I think I will feel so happy, free and thrilled with my life.

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 field of flowers in outer space with stars and nebulas (?) It feels like allowing the ALIVENESS and magic and mystery of life.

I had a really stressful week with a loved one having surgery, which triggered a lot of stress from when my step-son was in the hospital for so long, and kept having life-threatening complications. I'm so grateful the surgery yesterday didn't have complications and my loved one is at home recovering. But still, it brought up A LOT of stress and my body still needs more time to process and release.

Remembering this ALIVENESS and magic and mystery feels good.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Take my next steps and keep taking them. Listen to myself about what I need from moment to moment.

What happened in the last week? As I said, a very stressful week. I did focus on listening to myself about what I need from moment to moment. My anxiety was REALLY high and I did a good job of taking care of myself. I did not take as many steps with my projects as I'd hoped.

But I did finish the new page for the Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership! I set up the Friday coaching calls, which start next week. I took good steps!

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

I feel tired. Still anxious. Still feeling frustrated that I can't always feel exactly how I want to feel!

AND accepting my feelings, taking care of them, taking care of me.

AND I have so many things to look forward to. This weekend my Craftivism group is doing our first Craft Bombing! I made some fabric banners, people are making whatever they want, then we are getting to together to put them up in the same place. My friend is having a "high tea" birthday and I am making lavender cupcakes for it.

There is so much good in my life, so many new things opening up. Sometimes it feels like I shouldn't have sadness or anxiety or any uncomfortable feelings because things are going so well and I have so much to be grateful for, but that's not how life works.

What do I need now?

Focus on self care.

What does my dream need now?

The flowers and stars and nebulas all want to give me a hug. They want healing for me.

Healing is a function of dreaming and dreaming is a function of healing.

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

Remember it's all a part of it! Self care and creativity-nourishing routines and Dream Work and Inner Work and Outer work. Keep showing up, trust the process.

Dream Book 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... last week I got another new dream!! More to come but YAY! I am loving the magic of being excited about a new thing.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the new dream, which is more about art I want to make, feels like it will expand and energize my whole life.

When I have it I will feel: I think I will feel so happy, free and thrilled with my life.

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 is a meadow of wildflowers and it says "Your dream is NOT just those things. It's the thrill and magic of being who you are. There is so much good ahead of you!"

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Pausing before the next step, get grounded and acclimated before moving on.

What happened in the last week? This was a weird week. I think I am more grounded and acclimated and ready for my next steps, but I didn't take as many of those steps as I thought I would. Though - I write these things on Thursday mornings, and, as of the time of writing this - I do have my schedule for Thursday and Friday mostly set aside to work on taking these steps.

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

I am really tired of learning how "it takes the time it takes" but here we are, lol. But mostly I feel accepting, I am really happy about what I am moving towards, which makes it easier to access that it's not happening as fast as I would like.

Also I had an intense therapy session this week on a day that I had a big panic attack. Definitely some new lessons coming in around not trying to control the process of life, and focusing on how I am tending to myself vs trying to "improve" myself.

I've had a lot of thoughts lately about "self improvement" being such a big part of personal growth and healing - and how it shouldn't be. And I've known that for a long time, but it's SO culturally engrained in it, that it keeps seeping in.

We are wonderful. There is nothing that needs improvement in ourselves but there is LOADS that needs tending to - our dreams, our hurts, etc.

What do I need now?

Patience. To listen to myself about what I need from moment to moment.

What does my dream need now?

The wildflowers in the meadow are just kind of sparkling. It's like - they just need to live. Soak up sun and be gorgeous.

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

Take my next steps and keep taking them. Listen to myself about what I need from moment to moment.

Dream Book members:

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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.

Check out the calendar of upcoming calls.

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... this week I got another new dream!! More to come but YAY! I am loving the magic of being excited about a new thing.

I want it because: It feels so sweet and makes me happy. And the new dream, which is more about art I want to make, feels like it will expand and energize my whole life.

When I have it I will feel: I think I will feel so happy, free and thrilled with my life.

PART TWO:

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

I've been fighting off a cold all week and today it caught me. I'm not feeling up to this right now. I'm just going to do my best with the prompts.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Keep taking steps and also: How can I bring that feeling of CREATIVITY and ALIVENESS into more of what I do?

What happened in the last week? A HUGE new sense of creativity and aliveness via: I re-arranged the whole loft! I put my bedroom back upstairs, my workspace back downstairs, and I feel SO different. I got rid of a love seat and a desk and everything feels more spacious.

I was focused on one project and I feel really good about what I did there, even while not feeling my best and not making progress as quickly as I'd hoped.

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

Along with the whole-home-re-arrangement I feel like I shifted my perspective on my work. I am making a change to Dream Book - I am re-naming the membership "The Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership".

It's like when I moved my workspace upstairs - I LOVED THAT. And now it felt right to move it back downstairs and I LOVE THIS. Things change over time.

When I named the membership Dream Book - that felt right. (It had been called The Creative Dream Circle before) Now it feels right to change it.

I've noticed that some people don't even look at the Dream Book program, they just come to the live calls (or use the replays) and that's enough to get what they need. Other people JUST do Dream Book and not the calls, other people just do other programs... but in naming it Dream Book sometimes people felt like if they're not doing that program, they are not "doing it right".

I also want to add a weekly coaching call for planning and accountability and momentum. I am working on the format for it, I want it to be a bit shorter (I love our long calls but I want this one to be easy to do every week) and super helpful for people using the replay too. I want to do this on Friday afternoons, so that everyone can have a chance to watch the replay over the weekend and start the week feeling ready.

It feels like a step forward in how the Creative Dream Incubator can be the most helpful. I started the membership in 2012 because I wanted to offer a more affordable way of getting the on-going support you need for your dreams. And the longer I do this, the more I learn about it, and the better it gets.

What do I need now?

Well, I am sick. I need to rest. I HATE THIS. It's finally spring here and I want to go outside!!!

What does my dream need now?

It feels like INTENSE dream work and inner work got me to this place of clarity about my nest steps, and my dream needs a SHIT TON of outer work to make these changes happen and I am not up to it.

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

Instead of being frustrated, I want to see this as a PAUSE. Like taking a breath before a big step. A little time to reflect on everything. Get grounded and acclimated to where I am, before moving on.

Dream Book members:

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