What's Your 1%? Give Yourself Permission to Dream

Newsletter #5

Living your dream life starts with having a clear vision of what you want for your future. You need to begin by defining your goals and values and understanding exactly what makes you feel happy and fulfilled. The main barrier I tend to see is that people don’t actually have a clear sense of what they want, often because they haven’t given themselves permission to dream.

I have this wondrous activity that I do with people to help them find clarity around their long-term goals. I do this in Week 1 of my Mastering Mental Health Course and sometimes 1:1 with clients during sessions too. Clients have described it as... “powerful”, “profound” and “amazing”.

The impact of gaining clarity about your future goals can be magical

I’ve had clients bounce out the room with renewed excitement and inspiration and I’ve also had people break down in tears, realising where they have gone off track. Generally, it’s a mix of both. Whilst the clarity is amazing, the tears are incredibly valuable too. The tears come from a place of deep knowing and ultimately, they provide information about what’s missing.

I would strongly encourage you to take some time to pause and reflect about what your dream life would look like in 5 or 10 years from now, if it was perfect for you. Think about your personal life, relationships, friendship, work, hobbies, health, the whole lot.

Once you start to get some clarity about what you want, you can start to take meaningful action towards meeting your goals. Don’t worry if it feels too big, too overwhelming or unachievable. Just let yourself dream and believe.

Now start by setting even a couple of goals that would get you closer to that dream life. Spend some time thinking about the type of person you would need to be to have that dream life as well. Would you need to be determined? Tenacious? More courageous? More committed?

Now how would you show up every day if you were that more determined / tenacious / courageous / committed version of yourself?

What’s one little change that you could make, starting tomorrow?

How could you get 1% closer to your dream?

Have a wonderful week!

Bec x