Winters are a bit tough for me here in Finland even if it's little easier here in the North where we have lived for about five years now compared to the Capital in the South where I was born. Here in the North we have snow to bring us light and delight, in addition to the magic of unobstructed sunsets and Northern Lights.
Anyway, to brighten up the darkest, driest and coldest time of the year, I bought myself the Mindvalley membership after I had finished my own coaching process. I decided that the end of the year I would feed myself full of inspiring content so that I'd start the 2025 fully charged.
My intensive self-growth end of the year consisted of these following courses (and more are still to come):
1. The 3 Most Important Questions
2. The Silva Ultramind System
3. A Yogi's Guide to Joy
4. Money EQ
5. The Art of Manifesting
6. The Queen Effect
7. Magnetic Charisma
8. Creative Visualization
9. Unshakeable: from self-doubt to self-determination
10. Be Extraordinary. Level Up Your Consciousness. Level Up Your Life.
1. The 3 Most Important Questions
2. The Silva Ultramind System
3. A Yogi's Guide to Joy
4. Money EQ
5. The Art of Manifesting
6. The Queen Effect
7. Magnetic Charisma
8. Creative Visualization
9. Unshakeable: from self-doubt to self-determination
10. Be Extraordinary. Level Up Your Consciousness. Level Up Your Life.
Often times people who are considering coaching tell me that they don't know what they want. They don’t have dreams anymore. I was able to relate to it recently. I had just enjoyed a beautiful family Christmas with my closest ones and felt like I don't have any drive to strive for improvements in my life anymore.
I felt like I had truly gotten everything I could ever want from the Universe. What more I could dream of? World peace of course, but to be honest, I've lost my faith in it happening anytime soon.
What could I create now? What would make me excited to get out of bed every day?
First, I came up with a plan with my mind that became my compass. I would wake up grateful for being alive and determined to truly be alive in my life. Then the Christmas holiday started, we celebrated a really present, heart-warming Christmas and I felt fully relaxed afterwards.
Then suddenly, a couple of days after Christmas Eve while escorting our daughter in a mall using the gift cards she had received from Santa, a new dream was born. Something I would have never come up with my previous mindset and being but now felt like the most natural and logical next step.
This is how the best things happen in my life: I devote time to taking care of myself holistically including self-growth through coaching, books and quests, then I let go of all plans and immerse myself in the present moment grateful for my life as it is. Then a new dream emerges coupled with an unparalled energy to fulfil it.
I believe people grow old when they stop dreaming. At least for me dreaming gives the life force that makes me feel alive. Being unrealistic is what makes life exciting and brings me energy even during the darkest time of the year.
Dreams don't need to be big, just something that seems to open up a new world. A world of possibilities to awe and wonder.
Dreaming is different from fulfilling plans. Plans are needed to fulfil needs but dreams are pure luxury that ignite our passion. Dreams are the spices that give life its taste with the topping of magic and miracles. What's your dream? Are you fully alive?
I'm so grateful for this community of like-minded people - this is the kind of world I want to live in.
Happy New Year (whatever time it is for you when you read this)! 🤩