The Brave Dreamer Journey!

Dear Brave Dreamer,

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of listening to the story of an Aussie Olympian… the behind the scenes of her journey and how it has evolved to be her present reality… and myyyy goodness did I have goosebumps the whole time! It was SO refreshing to sit and listen to someone who is living a life that looks like all the worlds versions of ‘success’… her hard work, training, breaking, persevering, competing, representing her country a number of times around the globe… but then… the transition of philosophy that has taken place…! The unraveling of what success and celebration once looked like to the purity of what it is now… the heartbeat, the REASON for the ‘why’ in her every breath. The beauty in it all… is that it was in the meeting of another beautiful human, from a completely different part of the world, a completely different culture that had and was living a completely different reality to what she had ever known… and yet… that was the changing point!
This Aussie Olympian is a runner…and the man she met.. was also a competitive runner…from Uganda, Africa! He has known a life of hard work to survive, a childhood stolen by the rebel army, a miraculous escape that saw him be one of the few to ‘survive and tell the story’… and yet… he continued to run. He ran for sponsorship for schooling. He ran to fund food for himself and his community… he kept running…! What a difference in these stories!
My heart was so so deeply impacted by their journeys and now their joining of paths to raise money to support communities in Uganda to bring them food, health care and clean water…! Humans Loving Humans! NOTHING captivates my heart more! Nothing…

Recently I have had another significant shift in life… I know… ANOTHER one! But really… basically, I felt the shift, quit my job… and am now in full swing of emails, ABN’s, buying insurances, creating content… and locking in my clients for BRAVE DREAMERS Mentoring… starting December 2022!!!! *Insert ALLLL the Happiest of Happy Tears!!!* It all fell into my lap without a single knock at any door… making its way into my days like I knew it always would when it was the perfect timing..! And it is! 2022 has gifted me one last surprise twist to see the year out and roll the new one in.
But! Here’s the thing!!!
I have to find and then activate my ‘business brain’ in order to get the show rolling… which… looks like making decisions on what needs prioritizing… and pricing things! ARGH! Anyone who knows me knowssss this is a struggle for my heart and brain!!! Not because I don’t believe in the worth of what I do… but because I juuuust want every single human to be given the gift of a friend… what a dilemma!

I have been surrounded by such a beautifully vast group of friends in recent times, some I have know for a long while… some in whom I have just recently met… all of whom I love! But wow… does everyone take on the different angles of approaching life and business…! I had a recent conversation with a lovely friend who is also a powerful, independent woman building up her own business… we were talking about finance and the journey of letting go of ‘poverty mindsets’ in order to take on the fullness of what business can look like… in allllllll it can succeed to be! The thing is… I didn’t walk away from that conversation feeling challenged… just a little perplexed on whyyyyy does it not sit with me to take on the ‘success’ mindset and make the calls to go accordingly so..? There is such a movement in this culture of ‘make the calls, do the things, take the leaps, succeed succeed succeed!!!’… and yes! There is absolute truth in all of this… however… it has spun my heart back into the contemplation of my own ‘Who and Why’…?!
WHO: WHO are my people I feel called to aim my full hearted attention to… even though I ‘am very much global hearted kinda gal and long to love every human on the planet… who are my Ones… Right! Now?! In reach and beyond… The ones I can love, nurture, nourish, journey alongside and see succeed…
Brave Dreamers was born from such journeys. Dear friends I had known and loved from deep hearted journeying with each other… that are no longer here for different reasons in which called out the need to create an intentional place and space in my life to bring attention to certain topics that matter deeply in the world we live in… in ALL cultures… for ALL people.
THERE IT IS… Global hearted. By reaching… Each… One… at a time!
And evidently tied into my WHO… is my WHY…!
WHY..? Because… Each. ONE. Matters.
No exclusive… no ‘us and them’… just…. ALL of us. In it Together.
*Can you see where making money decisions gets tricky with this…*

Loving and journeying alongside humans is my absolute heartbeat! And SURE!!! There is soooo much color and creativity that surrounds that and a millionnn opportunities to what it will look like… but in these recent moments of decision making at a time that my hearts legacy is being birthed in business form, I have HAD to bring myself back, first and foremost… to my WHO AND WHY! From there, decision making around pricing, self advertising, success mapping allll finds its place. Yes. Success ‘looks like something’… especially in the culture we live in in the Western World… we all know that to be true… but… is it really what MATTERS..?!
Only in defining and coming home to my own, unique, ‘only me being me can accomplish this’ destiny for my heart… Wow, did the peace come rushing in and the confidence rise up to meet me.

No amount of training, no depth of practice or perseverance or ritual, no matter the title of significant others… No matter the ‘who you know or what you know’… if the deep conviction of Who you ARE and WHY you exist is not etched into your very DNA… then the journey of confidently standing on your own, uniquely designed, one of a kind mark to make on this world is still in discovery.

Oh the feeling when coming to the truth of not being in need of anything or anyone… but just in the Knowing that its in the BEING YOU that writes the story… THAT! My friends… Matters!!!

All that to say… wherever you are and whatever you are doing with your beautiful life… check in with your heartbeat! Does it feel in step? Is it feeling ‘true to you’? Is it leaving behind ripples of love and joy in your footsteps..?
The journey is just that… A Journey! And you can keep rediscovering and coming back to the depth of the things that matter mostly to you at any time within the journey..!

This is what has been ringing so deeply true for me at this time in my own journey! Letting go of the things that are distracting, opinions, pressures, the ‘normal way of doing things in business’… and leaning deeper into Trust! I know Me. My Color. The reason I love what I love and do what I do… and when doubt comes in, I stop, acknowledge, reevaluate where and why Iam feeling that doubt… and OFFFFF I go again!

My mind is spinning at the beauty of the journey… always… but right now.. WOW!!! Dreaming with eyes wide open… Oh how blessed and grateful!!!
The days ahead are filled with purpose, color, journeys to embark on, people to meet, songs to sing, dances to dance, books to read and write, masterpieces to create, love to give and receive, Joy to spread, Hope to be… and so much more..! But I’m just oh so deeply grateful for the reminder… that its in the ‘being the Me I was created to be’ that alllllll the Wonder happens!!!

There is a reason why I always sign off “Be You. Stay You. Love You..”
Its my hearts prayer & deep desire for us all. That we would find and Be our own self. That we would know our worth deeply, the impact that we can have in our daily lives just by being Us.. so to STAY us is important!!! And that we would LOVE the person we are, the color we bring and the song that we sing… and would deeply Love on everything that makes us… Us!!! And in return,,, loving each other in the same joy filled way!

Some of the world greatest heroes are never seen as heroes… Some of my favs… Nurses, Food trolly people in hospitals, stall owners in markets, anyyy elderly person willing to share stories and gems of wisdom, KIDS… all the time, every day…
When you know your worth… you don’t need to prove you are someone to anyone… you just become the gift to the world you were always intended to be..!

When I heard the story of the Aussie Olympian and the Ugandan man I was deeply moved… not just because of the testimony of all they had overcome and now were doing… but because my heart saw the similarity of other hearts that knew what it was to love humans with all they had despite the odds of all they had endured to still be alive! Their message is nations wide and changing not just communities, but generations, countries… the world!

My favorite quote from him was:
“I use to run to save myself… now, I run to help save others!”

When you know… You Know!

Be Encouraged Brave Dreamers… To change the world you don’t have to chase what is ‘bigger, better, more successful looking, more popular by demand or expected’… It starts… with finding and knowing YOU… and being You where you are… right… now..! One human at a time!

Biggest love to you Brave Dreamers.
Till next time.

Be YOU! Stay YOU! LOVE YOU!!!
xxx