Birthing a Dream

At an age when my peers are retiring, I’m birthing a dream I’ve had for a long time.

I’ve just completed a novel I started decades ago, but set aside to pursue my journalism and communication careers. The story has always stayed with me, begging to be told, and the manuscript now is at the publisher’s!

I recently used the first quarter of the novel to complete a University of Toronto (U of T) creative writing certificate that I began years ago, but also set aside as I dealt with numerous life transitions. Most recently that included companioning my mom and younger brother on their Alzheimer’s journeys.

The journey has been worth it. Not only have I matured as a fiction writer, but the U of T adjudication panel lauded my work and pointed me to a path for publication.

This exercise made me very aware of the importance of birthing our dreams. I like to think of it as connecting with our sacred pulse. For me, that’s our intuition and joy when we’re truly living ‘on purpose’. I believe that’s key since you don’t want, as spiritual teacher Dr. Wayne Dyer once said, to “die with your music still in you”.

We may have a faint niggling about what else we’re called into, but feel stymied - by our sense of obligation or life’s vagaries and obstacles such as self-doubt. Or we may fall prey to others’ expectations or criticisms and block that niggling to protect ourselves. If you think there’s something more you’d like to try, it’s important to remove the blocks and connect with your heart joy and find your sacred pulse so you can live.’on purpose’.

That’s why I love to lead workshops. I love sharing skills I’ve learned to overcome the hurdles that prevented me from living by my sacred pulse, so I’d love to help you feel the satisfaction of living by your sacred pulse, too.