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Mind Awareness – Catch Thoughts that Hold You Back from Your Dreams

September 11, 2024 by Nicola Walker

lightbulb above outstretched palm of handCultivating the practice of mind awareness, catching what we are thinking and feeling and mindfully shifting gears into a fresh perspective, is a crucial factor in realizing our dreams and goals.

We all do it from time to time. Worry, overthink, expect something to be hard. We approach situations with unquestioned stories that we tell ourselves, that make life harder than it needs to be. I call this negative visioning.

One of the stories I have to catch myself telling is expecting things to be hard. This way of thinking can sneak in, influencing how I feel when I decide to create a new workshop or event. Initially, I am fired up with inspired passion, which soon fades when I think about promoting and filling it. I all too easily remember what has been hard in the past, rather than reflect on my successes. Once I catch myself, I remember that, fortunately, I can choose a perspective that helps me to feel inspired and excited about promoting my event.

Practicing mind awareness is also about catching different self images that we can slip into, such as seeing ourselves as a victim, powerless, not good enough, burdened, alone or different. Equally, we might be compensating for feelings of inadequacy by trying too hard, being pushy or controlling.

Awareness is key to bursting the bubble of illusion. We are all powerful, creative beings. We can use our power to focus on opening to greater possibilities. 

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Filed Under: Inner Freedom Tagged With: fears, living your dreams, mind awareness, mindfulness

How to Start Living Your Dream Life Now

June 12, 2024 by Nicola Walker

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It’s very common to have a dream life that remains a dream life, while you get on with your same old life. At the end of the day, you wonder what ever happened and why you didn’t do it or get there.

Don’t let that happen to you!
No matter what your age or your circumstances, you can live your dream life, or at least a new version of it if some dreams have fallen away or become outdated.

We all have the capacity to dream, to imagine, to feel inspired by something that excites us.

There is a wonderful way to prevent your dream life from drifting off to an ever receding horizon.

The turnaround is to live into your dream life. You can start to live into your dream life right away.

In fact, discovering how to live your dream life now is the only way to live your dream life. Living into your dream life enlivens your mind and your life, as you dwell in the land of passion, purpose and possibility. [Read more…] about How to Start Living Your Dream Life Now

Filed Under: Creating What You Want Tagged With: inner guidance, live your dream life, passion, purpose

Why self compassion helps us to live our dream life

April 17, 2024 by Nicola Walker

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Recently, I had an interaction with another person that rattled me and left my nervous system feeling shaken. I calmed and centered myself afterwards but a shakiness and depressive feelings kept returning. I noticed that I had added another piece – feeling disappointed in myself for not recovering quicker. It seemed that my mind was gathering more reasons to feel sad. It was time for some self compassion.

There are parts of ourselves that don’t care so much about being powerful and managing our energy to achieve great things in the world.

These parts of us just want to feel safe and loved. Especially when our nervous system is jangled.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Uncategorized Tagged With: acceptance, kindness, live your dream life, self compassion

Facing the unknown and the hazards of overthinking

March 7, 2024 by Nicola Walker

Person hiking in foggy hills alone facing the unknownFacing the unknown is like standing before a yawning, misty chasm. Your mind races to figure out how to navigate waves of air and nothingness, riddled with potential hazards. In a desperate effort to keep control, you think of all the worst case scenarios and overthink the ways you might avoid them. 

If overthinking wears you out, or disillusions you, you might not even step forward, but cling to the edge of your dreams, choosing comfort and safety over incalculable risk.

When creating your dream career, or entrepreneurial adventure, you have to find a way to get comfortable with the inevitable, unfathomable unknown.

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Filed Under: Inner Freedom Tagged With: being an entrepreneur, creating a dream career, facing the unknnown, Inner knowing, intuition, overthinking, trust

Create Your Dream Career – Grow Yourself to Match Your Dream

February 8, 2024 by Nicola Walker

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Life is too short and precious to spend it in soul-sucking jobs, or a business that drags you down, or splutters in fits and starts, like the engine of an old car on a bitterly cold, snowy morning. Even the words job, business or work can sound dry. I prefer to focus on creating a dream career, that encompasses passion, purpose and a way of life that is filled with ease and joy.

Such a grand vision sounds pie in the sky, but if we don’t expand our minds to imagine what we would love to experience, we will never get close to the rich, fulfilling life we could actually enjoy.

A dream career is a creative process. Let your dream be as big as it wants to be. Then grow yourself to match your dream.

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Filed Under: Inner Calling Tagged With: believe in yourself, conscious creation, create your dream career, dream career, purpose

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