Create Your Dreams
Cathy Shuter is a wellbeing-focused writer and coach with a background in special education. She has published over thirty books and founded Cathy’s Wellbeing Club, a community-driven initiative promoting connection, creativity, and compassion. Her vision is to open an inclusive seaside wellbeing center offering workshops, arts, coaching, and a vegetarian café. Learn more at www.cathyswellbeingclub.co.uk and www.trustylifecoaching.co.uk.
Do you have a dream, something you would love to experience?
For some people, there is a state or feeling that they would like to create in their lives.
How would you like to feel now?
For others, there might be a specific skill they wish to develop or a role that they would love to play.
How about you? What would you love to be, do, learn, or achieve in this next exciting chapter of your life?
What do you desire for yourself?
If you could wave a magic wand and step into your dream life, what would that look like?
Close your eyes and vividly imagine how everything looks. Use all your senses. What can you see, hear, touch, taste, and smell in this dream life of yours?
Think of achieving your dream as embarking on an adventure. There is no map, but you know the direction that you wish to head in. With each step you take, you will develop a sense of whether your action is taking you closer to achieving your dream.
Use your amazing creativity to help inspire you.
Paint and draw the things you would like to bring into your life.
Write about your dreams, find music that uplifts you, and be willing to dance and sing whenever the mood grabs you.
Journal about your journey. This will help you to realise that you are making progress every day.
Let people you trust encourage and support you.
Look out for those little signs that the universe sends to keep up your spirits. For me, seeing green or pink cars, butterflies, and rainbows helps me to remember to keep following my dreams.
What sights and sounds inspire you?
There is a simple but effective recipe that you can follow to help you create your dreams. I would love to share it with you now.
Dream Recipe: Ingredients
Love
Gratitude
Forgiveness
Kindness
Method:
Step One: Spend time every day focusing on the love you have for yourself, your loved ones, your community, our planet, and your dreams. Be willing to express this love out loud.
Step Two: Focus daily on Gratitude for everything you have now.
Step Three: Forgive yourself and others for mistakes made. Do this every day.
Step Four: Be kind to yourself and others whenever possible.
Follow this recipe, and it will help you create your dream life.
Dream building is truly a magical, creative experience that we all deserve. Be prepared to be inspired in all kinds of ways.
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"Journal about your journey. This will help you to realise that you are making progress every day."
Cathy Shuter is a wellbeing-focused writer and coach with a background in special education. She has published over thirty books and founded Cathy’s Wellbeing Club, a community-driven initiative promoting connection, creativity, and compassion. Her vision is to open an inclusive seaside wellbeing center offering workshops, arts, coaching, and a vegetarian café.
Read more from Cathy Shuter or connect with her on Substack, Facebook (Trusty Life Coaching, Cathy Shuter, and Cathy Shuter), Instagram, or her websites (www.cathyswellbeingclub.co.uk and www.trustylifecoaching.co.uk).
