"If longing feels painful, it doesn’t mean your dream is impossible – it means it’s brushing up against a place inside you that still needs care."
Why wanting can feel so loaded
If your body flinches when you reach toward your dream, this episode will help you understand why – and how you can shift the pattern.
If you’re a writer, or someone with a quiet dream you long to pursue, but find yourself procrastinating, comparing, striving, or quietly giving up, then this video will help you understand the deeper layers behind these struggles.
I explore how early experiences shape our relationship with desire, and why creative dreams often trigger shame, stress, or hopelessness.
Through stories, reflection, and journaling prompts, we uncover how to stop striving and start listening – so you can want without wounding, and let your longings lead you back to your true nature.
Your Dream, Your Voice, Your Way
If what I’ve shared in this episode has resonated, and you sense that the resistance, striving, comparison – or the voice saying, ‘this isn’t possible for me’ – isn’t your truth, I’d love to invite you into Dreaming with Wild Muse, my new one-to-one and self guided journey.
This is a space where we untangle the early imprints that have shaped your relationship with desire, and begin to rewire your creative ecosystem from the inside out.
Over three months, you’ll explore how to root safely into your longings, embody the truth of your dreams, and express them without falling into old patterns of pressure, fear, or perfectionism. You can walk this path with me one-to-one, or take it as a self-guided offering – your dream, your voice, your way.
This isn’t about pushing harder – it’s about dreaming in a way that feels nourishing, aligned, and real.
One of the most powerful realisations we can have is that the fear or shame we feel around our dreams may not actually belong to our adult self. It may be echoing from a time in early life when desire was punished, or ignored, when we learned what we wanted wasn’t allowed.
It’s why healing the nervous system – bringing awareness and compassion to those inner echoes – isn’t just helpful, it’s essential. It frees you to dream as the adult you are now, not the child you once had to be.
If you're ready to explore this more deeply, my three- month journey on dreaming is where we begin.
If you associate desire with futility, comparison, or pain and feel like your dreams are asking something more of you right now – this might be your next step.
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