How to Live a Dream Lifestyle™: Dream

Deneen L. Garrett: Hello, and welcome to another episode of Women of Color in Intimate Conversation. I am your host, Deneen L. Garrett. I am also a women's empowerment speaker and a dream lifestyle coach. which this episode is all about dreaming. So last Monday, I kicked off my How to Live a Dream Lifestyle series with an overview. And during that overview, I introduced my three plus D's of how to live a dream lifestyle. And so one is dream, two is design, And three is drive towards living your dream life. So again, last week was the overview. And this episode, we're going to get into what a dream is a little bit about how to dream and to be able to reach your your dream life. And so these this series is a high level overview. We can get into a deeper through my one on one coaching, as well as my dream lifestyle. So I actually created a program around my 3D plus framework. And again, the series is to introduce you to that. So dream. How do we dream? Well, we dream by thinking about what we want. We remove our obstacles. we remove any harnesses, any limiting thoughts or beliefs, throw them out the window. They don't apply here. This dreaming phase is really about you just thinking about what you want, what's possible, what you can imagine you can have. And that's what this phase is all about, taking that time to just think, reflect, journal it, Look at people that you admire, things about their life that you admire. look through magazines, go on social media. Pinterest is good. But this phase is just go for it. Dream big. The bigger, the better. Right. Again, you're just what would that look like? You know, thinking about what your dream lifestyle would look like. And if you have to take it bit by bit, you know, and just start with, OK, this is a dream car I want. Right. And really think about that dream car. the make, the model, the color. See yourself driving that car, right? A dream house. What does that house look like? Is it a bungalow? Is it a Tudor ranch? What color is that house? How many bedrooms? Where is that house? Is it off of, you know, the beach? Is it in the mountains? Is it in a city? You know, getting Just thinking about those things, just really thinking about what it is you want and what it looks like. And again, build off of that. So just dream big. Think about the things that you want. Think about the things that you see that you've admired about other people and that you've wanted for yourself. So again, last week was about kicking off this this series and it was the Overview. So make sure if you haven't that you check it out. Episode 141. And I want to just call out three episodes to check out of women who are living their dream lives and how they describe that. So we have Moving with Purpose, which is episode 127, Cultivating Inner Peace, which is episode 126, and Harnessing Power and Finding Purpose, which is episode 124. So you will hear from women who are living their dream lives, and they will define what living a dream life is to them, because it is something different for each person. It's a personal thing, right? And so they will talk about how they define living a dream lifestyle, and then they'll share how they are living their dream lives. And that's what this podcast is about, women of color and intimate conversation. It's about elevating the voices of women of color, as well as empowering women of color to live a dream lifestyle and to live that dream lifestyle now. So I have conversations with women who are doing that, right, as they define it, because it is truly up to you to define what a dream lifestyle is for you, what your dream life looks like, what you want it to be. and to design it for yourself. So to decide and design is actually what we get into next week. That is the next session. Part three of this four part series is the decide and design. But right now we're really talking about dreaming and dreaming big and just what could it look like, right? And that's really what you're doing in this particular phase. And again, I can definitely work with you to help you with creating your dream life, getting started with that, having support and guidance, so just reach out to me. Go to my website, deneenlgarrett.com, or feel free to shoot me an email at deneen@deneenlgarrett.com, and I'm happy to work with you. and help you through this process because it is that, it's a journey, right? And sometimes we need someone to help us, to guide us, to bounce things off of, and I definitely am here for you for that. So for me, my dream, right? And another thing to keep in mind, what you dream today, it's not set in stone, it can change, right? But this phase is really just about you taking that time to dream, to think, to explore, to look at other people and admire it, right, what you admire about other people. And sometimes some things that bother you about other people might be something that you want for yourself. So think about that as well, like look out for those kind of triggers as well. Triggers has a negative connotation and is usually associated with something negative, it doesn't necessarily have to be that way. It doesn't always have to be that way. It could really just be that's an awareness. It's an alarm that's like, you know what? Why does that bother me? Or what about that bothers me? And look closer at that. And again, it could be because that's what you want, right? You want that lifestyle. You want to be able to travel like that person. You want to have your own business. You want to be seen speaking on stages and empowering other people. And that's really what it is. So just pay attention to those things. And again, that's what happens in this dream stage, right? Those are just things that could be clues to let you know, like what it is that you want for your life. So again, that's all we're doing. We're just dreaming in this particular phase. We're not taking any other steps or action. Just sit in this dreaming, this dreaming phase. So let me just make sure I've covered everything that I want to cover. So remove all obstacles, hindrances, lack of a fixed mindset. So a fixed mindset is pretty much, you know what, this is it. This is all there is. Can't get beyond that. You know, this is what I was given. So this is just what I'm going to hold on to now. No, we're getting beyond that. This is all about a growth mindset. I can have it, whatever, you know, I dream it, I see it, I can have it for myself. Think about those things that you or other people thought was attainable for you, right? You may have at some point in your life, said that you wanted this thing you wanted to live a certain way you wanted to travel, whatever it is, and some people might have said oh you know no you'll never do that that's too big, you know we don't do that, or whatever it is. Yeah, you can have it. So revisit that and see it in your mind, right? That's part of the dreaming to see it, to visualize it, to envision it. So again, we're not doing anything, you know, any other steps. We're just seeing it and thinking about it. It's really all we're doing at this point. We'll get into a little bit more action in the next session, the series part three. So some resources again that I've mentioned I just some that I haven't yet magazines TV social media. Thinking about people and things that you admire in pinterest that's that's good as well, so this is that phase, where we just look in and thinking and dreaming. And observing all of those things is what we're doing in a dream phase. So I hope you've enjoyed this. I hope it has inspired you and motivated you to start thinking about your dream lifestyle. And again, I'm here to help you through this, to coach you through it. And look, we also have merch. So this is a fairly new design. I'm excited about this design because this pretty much encaptures what my dream lifestyle is. So you see travel. So if you looked at this and you thought travel, going places, yeah, that's me. That's number one for me of my dream lifestyle. And so I hope that you've been encouraged. Again, subscribe if you haven't done so. share the episode. We want to reach millions of women of color and empower them to live dream lifestyles as well as to elevate their voices and like, comment, all the things I want to hear from you. I want to hear what you think about this series, what you hear, think about this particular segment on dreams and any input that you have, any experience that you have with this, definitely feel free to share and come back next week for part three, where we're going to get into deciding and designing. That's where we're going to start work. So I appreciate you. And again, I am the host, Deneen L. Garrett, and enjoy the rest of your day. Thank you so much for being here.