Your Old Dreams No Longer Fit Who You're Becoming | Ep. 78 - The Prolific Hub Podcast

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Aliya Cheyanne (00:00):
Testing testing one, two, three.
Hi friend, Welcome back to theshow.
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Now, April is National MinorityHealth Month, so before we jump
into today's topic, I want toshare a quick wellness tip that
aligns with the episode.
Know your blood pressure.
Just like old dreams no longerserve you, neglecting health can
be dangerous.
High blood pressure is oftenunnoticed until it's too late.

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Hypertension is a silent killerin our community.
Monitor your blood pressureregularly and reduce salt intake
.
Monitor your blood pressureregularly and reduce sodium
intake.
Now let's jump into today'stopic why it's okay to outgrow
your old dreams.
What's funny is, around thetime that I'd kicked off the

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rebrand of this podcast, we'ddone an episode about living
your dream life, and althoughthe audio quality in that
episode was not great, themessage still persists.
The message was still important.
I think for many of us we'veimagined what our dream life
might look like if we're notalready living in it, and I

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think imagining your dream lifecertainly has to come from
within.
It's easy to create an image ofa dream life in our heads based
on what we might see online orwhat we might see another person
have, but it's so important toturn inward and really think
about what a dream life looksand feels like to you and, more

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than anything else feels like.
When I think about my dreamlife, I think about ease.
I think about spaciousness andrelaxness in my days.
I think about pouring intocreative projects or work that
lights me up.
I think about spending qualitytime with my family, with my dog

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, Storm, and someday, with thelove of my life.
I think where we get caught upis struggling to let go of
dreams that no longer fit.
Sometimes what we've thoughtabout or what we've imagined for
ourselves evolves or changes orno longer fits the bill.
Sometimes efforts or work orcreativity or ventures that we

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set out to do no longer fit theseason of our lives and it's
natural to fear letting go.
Our brains don't really likechange.
Our brains like what we're, Ourbrains like what we and they
are used to.
But it's important to recognizewhen a dream has expired and to

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give yourself permission topivot.
When I first set out to do thisshow.
I had a vision for it.
I had hopes and goals about howmuch it could grow and how it
could change the lives of myselfand my co-hosts.
At the time, and although therewere many indicators along the

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way that let me know that dreamwould likely not become a
reality, I didn't want to let goof it.
I thought it might still bepossible.
But I had to recognize what wasgoing on within me during that
time when I was fighting againstletting go.
I was feeling worn down andburned out by the project.

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I was feeling frustration andresentment for feeling like
effort across the board wasn'tequally matched.
I was annoyed that I was theonly one who was excited about
the vision and the goal.
I was annoyed that it felt likeI was the only one who saw the
vision and the only one who wasultimately excited about the

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goal.
And when I gave myselfpermission to pivot, and when I
gave myself permission to pivot,and when I gave myself
permission to pivot, to stopbeing hung up on what was and
what changed, when I allowedmyself to pour into my authentic
creative desires, I gave way tobirth a new vision.
I gave way to birth a new dream.

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It became okay to put the olddream down because it no longer
fit and it had expired.
I think that can be true in alot of things.
This has even come up in myconsulting work as well.
I recently made the change fromsolely focusing on
communication strategy.
This has come up a lot in mycommunications work recently.

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This has come up a lot in mycommunications work recently.
This has come up a lot in myconsulting work recently.
It's become very clear and veryevident to me that what I'm
most passionate about isbuilding systems, creating
structure, project managingvarious efforts and, less so,
communications, which is an areaI've worked in for a very long

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time.
I've had to allow myself thespace to outgrow the old dream
for this work and embrace a newone.
And sure, it hasn't all beensmooth sailing.
In fact it's been a littlebumpy.
But I'm trusting the processand I'm trusting that, although

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I'm going through the growingpains of change, that what I
stand to gain on the dream thatyou may have outgrown what's
changed for you, what new visionare you embracing and what are
you finally ready to let go ofand put down?

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I've even had to outgrow olddreams about previous
relationships and partners.
For a long time, I might havebeen stuck on a certain script,
unable to deviate from the page,but doing me was causing but
doing so was causing more stressand more anxiety and more

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damage to my self-worth than Iwas willing to let it.
So even those dreams haveevolved and I've granted myself
permission to pivot.
Whether it's your creative life,your love life, or your
professional life, yourspiritual life and so much more,
it's important to recognizewhen a dream no longer fits and

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when a dream has expired, and toembrace a new vision and a new
reality for yourself, whateverit might be.
I encourage you to reflect on adream you may have outgrown.
What was it, why did yououtgrow it and what are you
embracing now?
Be sure to let me know in areview or in a text to the show,
and check out this week'swellness tip and let me know how

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it impacts you.
All right, friend.
Thanks for tuning in to anothershort but sweet episode.
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Thank you for lending me yourtime, your energy and your ears.

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I appreciate you for lending meyour time, your energy and your
ears.
I appreciate you for being here.
Have a great rest of your dayor night and I'll catch you on
the next episode.
Bye.

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