Dream With Me

Dream with me. Open your heart, your mind, your soul, to you deepest desire. Pull aside the curtains of your illusions and peer through the window of possibility. Breath deep into your potential. Your dream is on fire for your belief.

What do you dream? Maybe you want to build a life with a soulmate. Perhaps you want a fulfilling job. The list of possible dreams is endless but one thing is certain: your dream issues forth from the depth of your being beating a drumroll louder and louder until it cannot, will not, be denied.

Dream big. Dream long. Birth your dream with your heart and soul. Now is not the time to deny or edit. In the beginning, allow your vision to expand beyond your current reality into unlimited potential. Within this limitless, you resonates with who you are, with your soul purpose. 

Next, create the path to manifesting the dream in your reality. Your dream is your goal; how you get there is the plan. Remember, every good plan has strategies that help you accomplish short term goals that flow into the long term one — your goal realized. Each strategy offers opportunity to revisit your dream and tweak it into clarity.

Begin your strategic plan by asking: 

• What one small step can I take into my dream today?
• How will this step combine with others to bring me closer to my dream in 6 months? 
• What will living my dream look like in a year? 

This way of realizing a dream may sound daunting or even boring. It is neither. Realizing your dream is manifesting who you truly are at the core of your being. Your dream is as alive, dynamic, and evolving as you are. The seed of your dream may remain the same while the blossom may look very different — just as we do with time.

Dream with me. Create a vision that is a mirror of your heart, and soul’s, desire. 

Vanessa F. Hurst, ms, is an Intuitive, Coach, Catalyst, who uses mindfulness practices and intuition tools to create strategies for personal and relationship transformation. She is a professional speaker & author who weaves inner wisdom into all she touches. Her books are available @ www.wildefyrpress.com. Contact Vanessa  (vanessa@intentandaction.com) for life coaching, intuitive consultations, keynotes, and programs.

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From Discouragement to Hope

I am discouraged. Maybe you are, too. You might be  thinking I cannot read another depressing word. Before you stop reading this, give those words a change to echo in the cavern of your being. Locate where are you feeling despair. Listen to what arises out of discouraged. Befriend those feelings. For me, when I stop running and face my discouragement, something incredible happens. And, that is what this blog is about.

The echo of self discovery shakes loose all the gunk that keeps me stuck in a place of loss and hopelessness. In the stark reality, I am surrounded by truth and illusion with no where to run. So, I ask myself, “What is true? What is illusion?” Listening for the answer, I discern how each keeps me trapped in a place of despair. This is the beginning of the trek from being discouraged to finding hope.

I’ve studied the law of attraction; read about the prosperity gospel. I find myself stuck — if those are true, why isn’t there enough for everyone? And, if we do not help one another, aren’t we negating beliefs of prosperity and abundance? I’ve come to realize that the world is a whole lot wider and deeper than either philosophy. It is our right and privilege to live in that deep, wide world. 

The root of my present despair stems from why we make life so hard when it could be so simple? The quote, “Living simply so that others can live” (Gandhi) resonates within. I discover within those words less about a paradigm shift and more of a statement of long held beliefs. As I sit with my feelings, I recognize that my despair is a reaction to external events. I may not be able to change the externals, but I can shift from reaction to response. This shift opens the door to profound change. 

So, here I go. I cannot stop anyone from living their life philosophy. They cannot stop me from living mine. Both of us at sometime or another will surely try. Stepping away from desiring a world that is like us, we live our truth. In doing so, we are shining lights in an uncertain world. We might not be able to eradicate suffering, but we can be compassion’s grace and presence in a suffering world.

Maybe that is the lesson in the discouragement. It is not that I can save the world or even change the world or even shift the predicament I find myself in. No, the challenge is, despite the discouragement, to be compassion however, wherever, and whenever I am called. In doing so, my compassion triggers a shift from despair to hope in myself and others.   

Vanessa F. Hurst, ms, is an Intuitive, Coach, Catalyst, who uses mindfulness practices and intuition tools to create strategies for personal and relationship transformation. She is a professional speaker & author who weaves inner wisdom into all she touches. Her books are available @ www.wildefyrpress.com. Contact Vanessa  (vanessa@intentandaction.com) for life coaching, intuitive consultations, keynotes, and programs.

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Peeking Over The Fence At Life As It Is

Freedom: To soar to the  height of wonder and to dive deep in the darkness mining the lessons of life lived. Acknowledging freedom while recognizing the ways we get stuck. To have the courage to explore the crevices and climb over boulders that bar us from being our true self. 

Freedom flows from our responses and is halted by our reactions. In letting go of shoulds and woulds, we twine courage, curiosity, and daring. This braid glitters with joy. Living from this triad brings liberation. No longer fearing life as it is, we more clearly see our choices and have the strength to choose wisely.

Taking life as it is doesn’t mean giving up and living within the narrow path of what life throws at us. No, taking life as it is requires the courage, curiosity, and daring to push out the boundaries, peek over the fence of our illusions, and dig into the ground of our being. We actively seek potential in the moment and live through the possibility making it reality. 

Taking life as it is invites us into the curious adventure of being who we are without constraints. We challenge perceived limits and ask what they are teaching us. Even during moments of despair, and we will have them, we do not give up. We submerge our self in these feelings to gain awareness of the roots of reaction and response while not getting mired in despair. We submerge to understand; we feel to let go. In letting go, opportunity to live freely occurs. 

So how de we live freely as we take life as it is? 

• Don’t run, don’t hide, from what is unfolding in your life.
• Acknowledge what may be stopping you from living with daring.
• Ask for the best way forward and the courage to step into the new.
• Take a step, even a tiny curious one.
• Plant seeds of who you are in each thought, word, and action.

But, mostly, never give up. Search for the little and big freedoms. When you find them, respond to them with courage, curiosity, and daring. Be your best self and life as it is will become a joy-filled if challenging experience. 

Vanessa F. Hurst, ms, is an Intuitive, Coach, Catalyst, who uses mindfulness practices and intuition tools to create strategies for personal and relationship transformation. She is a professional speaker & author who weaves inner wisdom into all she touches. Her books are available @ www.wildefyrpress.com. Contact Vanessa  (vanessa@intentandaction.com) for life coaching, intuitive consultations, keynotes, and programs.

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Gratitude: An Outward Expression of a Happy Heart

Gratitude: an outward expression of a happy heart.  Who doesn’t like a thank you? I know that I do. There is an art and science to being thoughtful. It involves both tangible and intangible components. Both are necessary as we ride the line between too little and too much gratitude. 

Even if the thank you might cause a tinge of embarrassment, we feel a warmth in our heart that radiates throughout our lives. As a result of gratitude, our thoughts are lighter, our words more gracious, and our actions move lively. We try a little harder, do a bit extra work, have a can-do attitude.

The opposite is true as well. If we do not feel appreciated, our approach to a person or a situation shifts. Our investment lessens. We may find our self responding less and reacting more. This change might not even be a conscious one. Unaddressed feelings of non-appreciation are strong depleting motivators. 

How do we identify when we are hooked by under appreciation? I am a big fan of full body listening. Periodically throughout the day I check in with what my body is telling me. Whatever I feel, I correlate to my current thoughts and emotions. Then, I reflect upon what is at their roots — this might be an interaction, a relationship, an ongoing situation.

What do we do with our realization? The answer is rooted in our power of choice. Once we acknowledge how we are feeling, we choose how to relate to a given situation. We choose how we prevent any feelings from negatively impacting our relationships. Then we act from our heart and not from our hurt. For me, this awareness often provides a wake up call to stop being so hyper-responsible. I am mindful about what is mine and what is another’s. Sometimes what I do is not needed nor wanted. 

Probably the most important thing that I do is to ask myself how I am appreciating myself. Naming the ways that I show gratitude to me is necessary to keep a strong connection from my heart to my actions. 

Through all of this we may recognize that while people are not grateful in ways we want, we can model and attitude of gratitude in ways that we need. This changes how we relate to our imperfections, and in doing so, make the world a little less uncertain.  

Vanessa F. Hurst, ms, is an Intuitive, Coach, Catalyst, who uses mindfulness practices and intuition tools to create strategies for personal and relationship transformation. She is a professional speaker & author who weaves inner wisdom into all she touches. Her books are available @ www.wildefyrpress.com. Contact Vanessa  (vanessa@intentandaction.com) for life coaching, intuitive consultations, keynotes, and programs.

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