Hello Wonderful Reader:

I hope you have been enjoying your summer!  To get you set up for fall, I have two offers that you’ll want to check out.  I’m doing one last intake for coaching and the early registration date for my Way of the Happy Woman retreat is fast approaching.  Keep scrolling after the message to take advantage!

Permission to Dream

“Okay Deb…what’s your big dream?!”

Her question was met with silence.

“Hello?  Are you there?” she asked, concern creeping into her voice. 

Sigh.

“Yes, I’m here, Sandra…. I just REALLY hate that question,” I replied.

“Why is that?”

“BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE A FRICKEN’ DREAM,” I barked into the phone.

I imagined her on the other end of the line, her hair blown back from her head at the force of my words.  I immediately apologized.

“I’m sorry,” I said.  “I have always hated this question because it makes me feel like there is something wrong with me – like I’m less of a human being because I don’t have some big, impressive dream to strive for.  Even worse, what kind of personal growth coach doesn’t have a dream or a vision or some big goal??”

She listened patiently.  “That’s okay.  For the purpose of this course, we just need something that you want to do so we can practice this coaching method.  So, tell me, what would you love to spend your time doing if you didn’t have to work or look after anyone else?” 

It came pouring out of me, my heart suddenly opening and sharing my secret joys with this woman I had only just met in class.  When I finished, her statement blew me away. 

“That sounds like a dream to me.”

Do you have a dream?  A wish, a desire, an inner pull to something?  Are you taking actions towards that “something” or are you stuck in the same cycle of doubt, resistance or fear that I have been in?

I always thought dreams had to be about some world changing event like saving the forest or creating a charity or feeding the hungry or designing underwear that doesn’t bunch up.  I shut down my dreams because they didn’t seem big enough or they didn’t prove my worthiness as a human.

My classmate gave me permission to follow what was in my heart and for the last three months, I have been discovering a part of me that I thought I had lost.  Now I know that I do have dreams and these dreams are worthy and I am creating the freedom to follow them.  I can show you how to do it too, because the more you are creating your dreams, following your heart and tapping into your joy, the more joy there will be in your family, workplace, community and life! 

Are you ready to start dreaming again?

Love,