Dream Big: How to Reignite Those Lost Dreams

10/03/21 • 23 min

Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre

Do you feel stuck and can't remember the last time you dreamed of something exciting in your life? Often our dream ability, or dream muscle as I call it, isn't allowed to be practiced as many of life's responsibilities and expectations crowd out these life dreams. We as women feel the obligation to be the mother, raise our kids, be the wife, friend, sister, good employee or caregiver, yet forget our true selves in the process.
What did you want to be when you grew up? What were you like at approximately age 7?
Try to remember yourself as that child. She is still inside each of us. What did you enjoy doing? What made you happy?
Dream outrageous dreams and brainstorm EVERYTHING you have ever wanted or desire to do and write it down on paper. Take at least 10 minutes to fill up a page or 2.
Then look at your list and categorize into areas such as: SKILLS, TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, COMMUNITY, MISC
Once everything from your big list has been re-written onto a separate page within a designated category, pick ONE in each category you can do NOW. Or at least plan to do VERY SOON.
Life is too short for would've, could've and should've. A life worth living is one without regrets.
Don't be like those on their deathbed having regrets.
Read: "The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying" by Bonnie Ware
RESOURCES:
"The Artist Way" by Julia Cameron
"Designing Your Life" by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
"The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want and Change the World" by Chris Guillebeau

Previous Episode

How To Thrive As An Introverted Woman In A Relationship

How To Thrive As An Introverted Woman In A Relationship
Guest: Nene Ekufu
Nene is a Relationship and Mindset Coach who works with introverted women who are frustrated in their relationship. She supports them to communicate better to find the love they once had leading to a fulfilled life.
Nene has been married for almost 17 years, and they have four boys under 15 years old. She has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years and has helped 1000s. She is a certified Neuroencoding Specialist, Law of Attraction Coach and a registered British Sign Language Interpreter. She talks with her hands even when she is not signing and has rubbed shoulders with the Majestic Queen of England when Nene interpreted for her when she opened the new hospital in London.
She coaches her women on how to show up more authentically and express their needs with their partners to grow together and live a happy intentional relationship.

EPISODE TAKEAWAYS:
1) Communicated to your partner/spouse your needs as an introvert and how you best operate.
2) Commit to have regular times to reconnect and communicate with your partner/spouse, asking deep questions so both parties feel heard and understood.
3) Do not feel bad for being you. Show up authentically.

You can connect with Nene on Instagram- follow her and message her through this platform
@neneekufu

Next Episode

The Oily Truth: Interview with Jenn Lamb

Guest: Jenn Lamb is a natural wellness enthusiast who specializes in essential oils. She became an advocate of essential oils when her family experienced dramatic, positive health benefits when using them. Jenn is a military wife and a mother of 3 active boys in which she homeschools.
Disclaimer: We are not medical doctors and are not providing medical advice but only sharing our personal experience on the benefits of essential oils. This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
Did you know that you can use essential oils to improve your health?
Essential oils can be diffused, applied topically and even ingested.
1) Jenn Lamb shares her story on how she was once a skeptic and eventually became an advocate of essential oils.
2) Essential oils are a beneficial replacement to all those toxic cleaners you have in your home. One universal oil that is great for cleaning every surface and good during cold and flu season is Thieves special blend.
3) For women in their 40's and 50's, a helpful oil to help balance hormones is Progessence Plus which both Jenn and I use regularly.
Reach out to Jenn or myself if you have further questions about essential oils.
To connect with Jenn, you can follow her on Instagram @portraitsoul
Jenn's email: [email protected]
https://www.youngliving.com/us/en/referral/30142267
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Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre - Dream Big: How to Reignite Those Lost Dreams

Transcript

Cheryl Beck Esc...: Hello, my friends. Welcome back to season two of Thriving In Midlife: Living Beyond Mediocre. Well, I hope you enjoyed that last episode that kicked off season two, but today, I'm going to talk about a topic that has been kind of front and center for at least a year and a half, maybe two or slightly more for myself, but I think in the last 18 months, 19 months now maybe, that many people have been experiencing a time to reflect, a time to maybe rethink their priorities. I k