F*ck being realistic

Mediocrity is contagious. But so is being exceptional. You decide.

Were you raised to pursue your dreams?

I find it interesting that when you're young you're asked what you want to be when you grow up, and when it's time to decide (traditionally around high school) you're told to be realistic. You're told it needs to be practical.

You need to be a doctor, an accountant, or a lawyer.

The people who invite you to dream then tell you your dreams aren’t achievable.

We're trained in schools to become cogs in wheels, not our own wheels.

We're trained to parentify authority and "trust the experts," but a lot of these experts are raised and trained in a system to reinforce it.

People come to me time and time again because they're anxious and/or depressed because they are living a life they were taught to want, and they don't want it.

They want more from life.

And they feel shame and guilt for even feeling the way they feel... sound familiar?

Their authentic self is emerging through their suffering saying, "we can't pretend anymore..."

The weight of unconscious assimilation and going-along-to-get-along is an existential anvil. It will cause inflammation in your body, mind, and spirit.

It will show up as symptoms that have “no root cause" in traditional medicine.

You'll be told it's in your head. It's an "inherited" issue.

What if you inherited playing small? What if you inherited abandoning your dreams? What if you inherited the belief that you can’t be a glorious, fully realized, fully expressed, and exceptional human who is all of themselves?!

But first, what if you oriented to the issues you may be facing from a different place?

A place that sees and honours you as wise. A place that sees you as the intelligent and brilliant being that you are... that you're the expert on YOU and your circumstances?

Most of us think, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME THAT I FEEL THIS WAY?"

And I'm saying... "WHAT'S RIGHT WITH YOU THAT YOU FEEL THAT WAY?"

What is your pain trying to tell you?

What is your anxiety informing you about your future?

What is your depression telling you about where you feel hopeless? Where do you believe you do not have access to choice?

I say allllllll of this to come back to the start:

Allow yourself to dream again. Eradicate the beliefs that told you to be realistic or that you couldn't make a living doing what you love. Let go of the guilt of desiring more...

You're allowed to want more from life — it's how nature works – it's always trying to become a better version of itself... and it's through the tensions and stresses of the environment that all things expand.

You are one of those things. An exceptional one at that.

Guilt is normal. Playing small is normal.

Be not normal. Be exceptional… in every way.