You can’t find the magic if you won’t jump into the mess [Dream Status Report]

I am doing my Dream Status Report for this week to check in with myself and my dreams and what I need and what my dreams need, for the coming week.

Doing this, consistently over time, IS MAGIC.... this is where your dream becomes REALITY. This is where you stop and notice: How am I showing up? Is this working for me? What else might be needed? This is where we figure things out!! There is so much we can learn by witnessing our own process.

AND... Consistency is hard for most of us these days! So - I try to do this on Sundays, and write about it, to remind you to also take a few minutes to check in with yourself and your dreams. Do this with me!!

*Membership members: this practice works well with the Weekly Planning Sheet and Creative Genius Planning Sessions. If you want more progress and momentum with your dreams, you likely need to plan differently!

My Dream Status report feels so vulnerable this week.

I put myself out there in a new way this week. I started the "Outfit Of The Day" videos on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

I felt so sure about it going in, and then after a few days had a HUGE vulnerability hangover, which I had a lot of resistance to really feeling because I was telling myself I shouldn’t feel this way because I have so much experience putting myself out there and being vulnerable, so why is it hard now? Get over it!

Which is NEVER a helpful way to speak to our inner selves, and actual in the moment feelings.

And I know that!

But I really wrestled with my feelings, all around. This really stirred up SO MUCH RESISTANCE to everything. I am just IN A MOOD.

At one point I decided to "STITCH AND BITCH"

A REALLY GOOD decision I made this year is that when things feels hard, to step back from them, and do some embroidery. The simple repetitive hand motions and creative satisfaction of watching a piece come together are really helpful in those moments. So I added embroidery to my Un-Sticking Station work.

And since I was doing that, I decided to turn on my video camera and talk about what was on my mind while I stitched. I enjoyed doing this, it felt kind of energizing, and I felt good about putting it out there. I knew it wouldn't get a lot of views, but I just wanted to put it out there.

But I will come bak to the "low views" thing right away...

The thing that is really staying with me from our Co-Dreaming call on Friday is the idea of taking the LITTLEST step in and how that puts you into the process and then once you are in the process so much becomes possible!

So I don’t need to figure out how to get myself ALL THE WAY TO WHERE I WANT TO BE.

I just need to find the smallest thing I can to do get into the process.

Which is exactly what I saw about how Creative Dream Alchemy works, but there are times when it is hard to trust that. When we want to figure out the whole freaking path before we step into the process because it’s too vulnerable otherwise.

So - lots of vulnerability this week. Also, irritability. And ALL OF THE RESISTANCE.

Coming back to the "low views on my stitch + bitch video this week".... I followed through on my creative inspiration and that MATTERS.

IT! MATTERS! MORE! THAN! VIEWS!

We have to value the inner work and the creative process and the growth and transformation and healing along the way MORE than we value the outer outcomes.

If you only do a thing focused on the outer outcomes you MISS OUT ON THE MAGIC. You keep yourself OUT of that alchemical process... which always brings you exactly the healing + magic you need in the moment.

Because I did it, and trusted my inner feelings and experience about it, I put myself IN PROCESS. There is lots I could do with this idea, there are lots of different outcomes I can turn into goals and work towards achieving. There are lots of possibilities there that wouldn't be there if I had just shut down the idea because it "wouldn't get views".

At the same time: of course you don't have to put every idea out there in a public way. I tend to do more of that because I am a mentor! I want people to see me fail as much as succeed because that's the reality of how you get to a place where your dreams can HOLD you.

It ALWAYS brings you the healing + magic you need in the moment.

The vulnerability hangover and irritability and HUGE MOUNTAINS of resistance I felt this week actually were the healing + magic I needed.

I needed to sit with some hard stuff. To let some feelings have space.

Some parts of the process are hard. I'm still in that part.

Last week's update was about how I felt like "I have my life together"

It makes sense. I felt on top of things - that's when we tend to feel ready for a challenge.

So I want into new terrain both in the Outer Work and the Inner Work and it felt like a mess.

I'll get back to that place of feeling like I have it together.

Then I will leap into the next mess.

Before I go - how are you doing with the Spring Cleaning plan making?

We are taking June to come up with a plan for how we want to HOLD ONTO OUR DREAMS for the rest of the year. We want to make space in our lives for the things that matter and bring us joy!

If anything feels stuck - send me an email or post on the forum! Let's figure this out.

And we'll explore more on the  Make Space In Your LIFE For Your Dream call this week!

This is a 90 minute healing + alchemy circle. We'll look at everything from scheduling and practicalities to alchemy healing and magic for the shifts that need to happen for you to really believe in your next dreams.

And this one is available for free for anyone!

If you're in the membership - get the details here.

If you're not in the membership - register for free here.

 

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