Turn Dreams into Goals

I’m so happy to be WorkingWomen.com’s guest blogger this month because I get to share the very unique experience of starting a new life journey with you. During the coming month, I’ll share the details of how I created a new life and show you how you can do the same.

I went from a successful, prosperous business woman to being a welfare recipient living with friends - from being married with a loving family to practically alone in the world.

What happened? Well, some call it the Three D’s: Death, Divorce and the Downturn. But, whatever you call it, it turned my life inside out. It’s been about nine years now and I’ve created a new beginning.

Now, I’m a life coach, helping women find their joy, love themselves more and be happier so they can reignite their dreams and create the lives they desire.

Everything has changed and I have a new life now…the one I’ve always dreamed about. I hope my story will inspire, encourage and inform you, as I know many of you are on the same journey. You’ve got to be patient. It may take awhile, but you can turn your life around too.

So, whether your life is in transition, you want a different career, your own business or you’re just trying to make some changes, the “how-to” is the same.

You start with dreaming. As children we could imagine anything. That’s why young people have so much energy and ambition. As we age and life happens, we become practical, realistic, and our dream engine slows or shuts down.

I’ve had clients tell me, “I’ve given up on my dreams” or, “I don’t know how to dream anymore.” That makes me sad. But you can learn to dream again. Everything begins with an idea, which can become a dream and, ultimately, a goal.

In the next posting, I’ll give you five easy steps to re-fire your dream engine and reactivate your imagination so it can do what it was designed to do: help you create the life of your dreams.