Here is a guided visualization to help you connect with your dreams. Sometimes coaching clients have a hard time even letting themselves dream about what they really want so hopefully this can help.

Remember:

• Trust yourself
• Trust your Life
• Trust your dreams

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"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

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⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

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Change Cycle Square 4 - THE PROMISED LAND

Mantra "Change is happening and that's okay."

• Things are working well
• Kids are sleeping through the night
• You've had surgery and are healed and stronger
• You're "back" but "different."
• Trust your "wings" and enjoy the fruits of your labour.
• Make small adjustments
• Live in continuous creative response to everything

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Two things to do in this Square:

1. Rest until you feel like playing

2. Play until you feel like resting

Question: How good are you willing to let it get?

Question: What do you REALLY want?

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

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Martha Beck Change Cycle Image www.ashleadwalter.com/life-cycle-image

The Change Cycle Square 3 - The Hero's Journey

"This is much harder than I expected and that's okay."

*** I talk about the poor audio in the intro to this episode but it's fitting because this was a mistake and the whole episode is about taking action and making mistakes so I left the poor audio in!***

Square 3 is about:

- Taking Action

- Making mistakes, learning from them

- The more you struggle, the stronger you become like the butterfly

- BIG effort

- External Changes

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

Martha Beck Change Cycle Image www.ashleadwalter.com/life-cycle-image

Square 2 DREAMING & SCHEMING Key Points:

Mantra: "There are no rules and that's okay."

- You'll get thoughts or ideas about something you want to do and maybe never done before.

- You'll have day dreams and night dreams.

- What does your future look like?

- Who do you want to be? What does this FEEL like?

- ACTION: Make a dream or vision board

- ACTION: Wear different clothes or jewelry or hair styles

- ACTION: Change your home decor or "upgrade" a few items that are older or that you would like to improve.

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

Martha Beck Change Cycle Image www.ashleadwalter.com/life-cycle-image

Square 1: Death and Rebirth

Mantra: "I don't know what the heck is going on and that is okay"

- Meltdown of our previous selves to give way to our metamorphosis

- Pain: from actual events and painful thoughts and beliefs we are hooked on. Coaching can help hold space.

- Let yourself grieve: you may feel lots of emotions (including denial, anger, sadness, acceptance) and that's okay.

- Focus on right now, one day at a time.

- Caring for yourself with: coaching, therapy, trusted friends or family, resting, journaling, anything creative, walking, doing nothing, reading or whatever you find nurturing.

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

Martha Beck Change Cycle Image www.ashleadwalter.com/life-cycle-image

CVP Week 12 - LAUNCH

Key Take Aways:

1. Scaling art requires scaling your tools and especially your thinking.
2. The risk to get a bigger studio is often rewarded by an improvement in your art.
3. The value of a series is compounded by doing another one.
4. Often, the biggest learning in a series occurs after it is completed
5. Your art is love firstly given to yourself and then, the world

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"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

⁠CVP:⁠ https://www.art2life.com/about-cvp/

CVP Week 11 - BALANCE

Key Take Aways:

1. Value and Design have the most visual weight.

2. Design, Value, Colour and Texture all can be used to balance your art.

3. Your process is designed by you for you.

4. Art is finished when you feel alive up close and far away - when you really LOVE it close and far away.

5. Later stage changes are smaller but require more sensitivity.

"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

⁠CVP:⁠ https://www.art2life.com/about-cvp/

CVP Week 10: MOMENTUM Key Take Aways:

1. Stay Open, Present and Curious in your process to maintain momentum

2. Most of the time adjusting design and value will get you unstuck.

3. PLAYing longer, especially in the early stages, will enhance the outcome. Playing is an investment in the painting (yourself? your kids?)

4. It's easier to be risky in the first few passes (layers). Rehearse risk taking in the early stages when the stakes are lower.

5. When in doubt GET IN MOTION! This is really advice for LIFE.

"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

⁠CVP:⁠ https://www.art2life.com/about-cvp/