Hope for a better world vs existential dread [Year of Hope Week 22]

By Andrea Schroeder / May 26, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

Every Monday in 2025 there will be a new journal prompt in the Year of Hope classroom in the Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership.

Get this week's journal prompt here.

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Leave them in the comments at the bottom of that page so we can discuss this as a group. Practicing hope in community is MAGIC.

What is in that space between hoping for a better future for everyone and existential dread?

THIS IS AN EXHAUSTING PLACE TO BE.

It's more intense, but it's not different from the place where creative dreaming has always happened - at the intersection of facing all of your fears/limiting beliefs/"stuff" and believing in the magic of who you really are.

We've ALWAYS had to face the hard stuff AND hold onto our brightest vision for the future. AT THE SAME TIME.

This has always been tricky.

As I've explored how to handle the "extra trickiness" of this lately what I keep coming back to is...

The era of being able to manifest big dreams and “make shit happen” on hard work and positive thinking is over. It’s time to go deeper.

There is so much richness, magic, healing and possibility in the deep.

Because on the surface it feels hard to hold these conflicting feelings but in the deep, it's actually really easy and obvious that OF COURSE I have plenty of space for both.

AND

They inform each other.

In the deep, my existential dread is showing me the way to new dreams. Our dreams are a way that we respond to the world and there are so many new dreams ready to be born to help create a better world.

In the deep, my creative callings help me process all of my existential dread and show me what "living my best life" means in these times.

It's all connected.

Any time we get stuck, the answer is to go deeper.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

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A new dream emerges

By Andrea Schroeder / May 22, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

There is another thing I want: to be exercising more. Or moving my body more. I wasn’t thinking it is a DREAM since I usually do get so much movement. And there usually is a transition with this during seasonal transitions, and it’s awkward for a bit and then I’m fine.

But this year is different. Climate change is really impacting the way our seasons shift which impacts what kind of outdoor movement is possible. This year “spring” was mostly winter weather and now it’s suddenly in the freaking 30s.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Like - one day this winter I walked downtown to meet a friend for dinner. It was a 45 minute walk, wearing my anti-slip boots which are not that comfy, so I arrived a bit early to sit down, warm up, and rest my feet. But the mall I was going to stop and sit down in.... had removed every bench. I just walked around in shock, thinking about people getting together to discuss the problem of a rapid and heartbreaking increase in un-housed people downtown who need to warm up and rest somewhere safe... and then came up with the solution of removing every bench in the mall and adding security guards to the food court to make sure no one sits down without paying for something. It's so dystopian.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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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I wake up the next day with more information

By Andrea Schroeder / May 21, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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My dream argues with me about what my dream is (?)

By Andrea Schroeder / May 20, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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Holding onto hope helps us face the hard truths [Year of Hope Week 21]

By Andrea Schroeder / May 19, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

Every Monday in 2025 there will be a new journal prompt in the Year of Hope classroom in the Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership.

Get this week's journal prompt here.

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Leave them in the comments at the bottom of that page so we can discuss this as a group. Practicing hope in community is MAGIC.

What is in that space between hoping for a better future for everyone and existential dread?

THIS IS AN EXHAUSTING PLACE TO BE.

We've ALWAYS had to face the hard stuff AND hold onto our brightest vision for the future. AT THE SAME TIME.

This has always been tricky.

As I've explored how to handle the "extra trickiness" of this lately what I keep coming back to is...

The era of being able to manifest big dreams and “make shit happen” on hard work and positive thinking is over. It’s time to go deeper.

There is so much richness, magic, healing and possibility in the deep.

Because on the surface it feels hard to hold these conflicting feelings but in the deep, it's actually really easy and obvious that OF COURSE I have plenty of space for both.

AND

They inform each other.

In the deep, my creative callings help me process all of my existential dread and show me what "living my best life" means in these times.

It's all connected.

Any time we get stuck, the answer is to go deeper.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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Some days my most wise, brave + creative self is hard to find

By Andrea Schroeder / May 15, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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Sitting with a knot in my stomach

By Andrea Schroeder / May 14, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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The world needs your magic. This is not pressure, it’s a healing.

By Andrea Schroeder / May 13, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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Holding onto hope helps create new possibilities [Year of Hope Week 20]

By Andrea Schroeder / May 12, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

Every Monday in 2025 there will be a new journal prompt in the Year of Hope classroom in the Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership.

Get this week's journal prompt here.

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Leave them in the comments at the bottom of that page so we can discuss this as a group. Practicing hope in community is MAGIC.

What is in that space between hoping for a better future for everyone and existential dread?

THIS IS AN EXHAUSTING PLACE TO BE.

We've ALWAYS had to face the hard stuff AND hold onto our brightest vision for the future. AT THE SAME TIME.

This has always been tricky.

As I've explored how to handle the "extra trickiness" of this lately what I keep coming back to is...

The era of being able to manifest big dreams and “make shit happen” on hard work and positive thinking is over. It’s time to go deeper.

There is so much richness, magic, healing and possibility in the deep.

Because on the surface it feels hard to hold these conflicting feelings but in the deep, it's actually really easy and obvious that OF COURSE I have plenty of space for both.

AND

They inform each other.

In the deep, my creative callings help me process all of my existential dread and show me what "living my best life" means in these times.

It's all connected.

Any time we get stuck, the answer is to go deeper.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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I hope I figure this out. But it’s OK to be in the mess for as long as I need to.

By Andrea Schroeder / May 8, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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Sitting with resistance and inertia, part two

By Andrea Schroeder / May 7, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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Sitting with resistance and inertia

By Andrea Schroeder / May 6, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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I hope this is a turning point and it gets better from here [Year of Hope Week 19]

By Andrea Schroeder / May 5, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

Every Monday in 2025 there will be a new journal prompt in the Year of Hope classroom in the Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership.

Get this week's journal prompt here.

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Leave them in the comments at the bottom of that page so we can discuss this as a group. Practicing hope in community is MAGIC.

My personal Year of Hope practice is shifting and I love it.

It's also merging with my "BEING the artist I know I AM" dream.

I had a large daily planner for this project. The goal is still to fill the planner by the end of the year. I keep getting looser and looser about how I define "daily practice" lol. But as the world is more chaotic - we are doing our best!

Sitting, sometimes with the hope meditation sometimes not, and just thinking "What am I really hoping for?" and then writing out the thing that feels more relevant and then painting around the letters, which I do messy but it still takes a while, so it gives me more time to sit with my hope.

It feels like I am making wishes and I just really enjoy the process. It feels like a practice that helps to buoy me up which is exactly what I wanted from the Year of Hope.

I hope that this is a turning point and it all gets better from here is one of those hopes that spilled out.

I do hope that this is a turning point.

I also, realistically, know that it's probably not.

But hoping that it IS gives me space to think about how turning points to exist and there will be one.

It helps take some of my focus off to the collapse we are in, and put it on what we are building next.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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Choosing POWERFUL over PRODUCTIVE

By Andrea Schroeder / May 1, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership members:

Come to the forum to share your thoughts 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.

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Why is this so hard sometimes?

By Andrea Schroeder / April 30, 2025 / daily practice, healing, inner work, journaling

After my dream lab meeting where some voice wouldn’t let me think of ‘’my dream” as “my dream’ anymore, I thought two things:

This is a really good sign that I am on track with the thing I am working on - like “this is done. It’s in process. Move on to something else” is a way of trusting that it’s happening.

I’m overwhelmed by the heat before I even had a chance to get into spring routines.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

My heart breaks almost every time I go out. The signs of collapse are everywhere, the ways my city has changed in the last five years are heartbreaking.

Giving myself space to sit with this and journal out ALL of my thoughts and feelings about how to include more biking and walking into my daily routines feels like such a waste of time.

I keep coming up with the same ideas for what to do. It feels like I am going in circles.

But seeing it all written out together, again, it just feels different.

I feel closer to creating new routines.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

We’re looking at the reality of the situation, at every detail of it, and our feelings about it, to make a plan that works with/around all of the obstacles in the way.

We ARE moving in circles sometimes! Circling is a valid way to work things through and get onto a new path.

Sometimes we have to think through it, and feel through it, over and over, as we get our new plan in place.

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Journaling

What is in that space between hoping for a better future for everyone and existential dread?

There is so much richness, magic, healing and possibility in the deep.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

What is in that space between hoping for a better future for everyone and existential dread?

There is so much richness, magic, healing and possibility in the deep.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

What is in that space between hoping for a better future for everyone and existential dread?

There is so much richness, magic, healing and possibility in the deep.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

My personal Year of Hope practice is shifting and I love it.

I do hope that this is a turning point.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.

This all feels VERY SMALL in light of everything that is happening in the world. AND it’s happening to me right now, these are my feelings and they deserve some attention.

All these obstacles we have to doing the things we want to do… it can feel like we’re just whining or being too picky but we’re not.