Latest / The MysticWithin Podcast / Ep. 1: What Does Your Dream Life Cost? (A Sacred Sacrifice for Your Desires)
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- Vanessa: Raise your hand if you've ever felt personally victimized by the universe. I'm here to tell you that you are not on the universe's shit list, But these are all clear signs that the universe is practically begging you to take a risk. Every empty feeling that you have is an opening to follow your power. Every test is a chance to prove something to yourself. Every disappointment is a big red flashing light saying, Hello, this is important. None of these experiences are random. That whisper is beginning to scream because it is purposeful. They're intended to wake you up to something much higher and much deeper in your path. The life you dream about, desire, and want is on the other side of risk. We often wait for a crystal clear sign in order to take a next step, but that isn't how anyone has ever got their dreams, Playing it safe is the true risk for your life. Today we're talking about the moment you stop waiting for permission and start making moves based on what your intuition is communicating to you. How trusting yourself before seeing proof will actually get you the greatest reward of all. Somewhere out there, your dream life exists. It is a reality. It's just waiting for you to be courageous enough to finally reach back. I am so excited to announce the Mystic Within podcast to you guys. If this is the first time you're hearing this voice, seeing this face, my name is Vanessa. I am the owner of Mystic Within, a spirit coaching business that helps women like you reconnect with the power already within them. Throughout the past decade, I would say, I was called into my spiritual journey, I'll say. And girl, life was transformed for me. Spirit really knocked at my door and gave me no choice but to open it. Okay. It began with a fascination with tarot reading and the story of tarot. Then it led into me being a Reiki master and an energy healer. But for so long, the spiritual community was very confusing to I didn't relate to a lot of what I was seeing. I was searching for a community that wasn't there and it was isolating. I needed someone who understood the darkness and forged themselves into their own light, which I just felt like I could not find. As I grew in my journey, I realized I didn't have to fit in a box. It was not a one-size-fit-all. So I burnt that expectation to the ground and I crafted an energy that I identified with. My dark times and feelings became fuel for me. I was able to alchemize and transform that energy into alignment with my own power that was present the whole time, unbeknownst to me. On top of that, I feel a deep, deep protection and love for women. And I believe we are powerful, more powerful than. We even realize. I see women suffer throughout this world every day. I see women I love disempowered. A woman in touch with her intuition is a dangerous woman to society. And we have been told to run from our intuition our entire lives. Every facet of Mystic Within is a love letter to my purpose here. With all of my spiritual knowledge, Life experiences, passion for helping women, I am making it a personal journey and mission to create a space where women can feel seen, they can feel heard, and they are empowered back into their intuition. I want to help support and guide women back into themselves, back into their intuition so they can make a life that aligns with their own power. Do not get me wrong. As spiritual as I am, I will always give it to you straight. For your greater good. That is part of my practice. I'm here to provide honest guidance for you through my experiences and my connection to the universe. If you have connected with anything that I am saying, follow along with the Mystic Within Journey, especially this podcast. I will be releasing new episodes every Wednesday where we're diving into real ass topics. Mixed with my spiritual opinion and advice. if you're interested in working with me directly for my returning within program, a 12 week journey to reconnect you back into your inner power and back to your intuition, please reach out to me on Instagram, on TikTok at Iam Mystic Within. Before we begin, I want to communicate my language regarding referring to a higher power. I may say universe, I may say source, higher power, God. I am fluid with that language, and they are interchangeable to me. If you believe in a higher power of any form, then that is what or who or whatever I am referring to using those definitions. all are welcome here. I just want to put that out there. Today we are talking about how the only evidence you need to live your life is already inside of you. How the universe is begging you to take a risk towards the life that you actually want. We're going to dive into how we don't need physical evidence to give us permission to live our lives, how fear loves to hide in the dark, and how to shift into the person you are meant to be one decision at a time. The universe wants to move mountains for you. All it's asking is for you to take the first step. And I cannot wait to get into this topic with y'all. We are kicking off launch week with an energy that's been on my neck for months. For the first time in my life, I had a fuck it moment. And ever since, there has been a very following my destiny type of energy supporting me. And I'm looking at myself in the mirror, like, why did you not do this sooner? Your fuck it moment was actually your realignment. I feel like I've been having so many conversations about this topic with friends. So I felt like maybe the good people of the Mystic Within podcast and community need to hear this combo too. let's get into it. We're gonna dive right in. one: the universe is not trying to punish you, queen. It's creating opportunities for you to choose your dream life. The universe is sitting at the edge of its seat wanting to help us. Our intuition and the universe are in an infinite conversation. Spoiler alert: the universe is within each of us, but that's a conversation for another day. The universe knows who we truly are. The universe knows our desires, our hopes, our wishes. The gifts that we have. When we are living so far outside of that intended path, we begin to feel unbearable resistance. What is resistance, you might say? Thanks for asking. Resistance feels like struggle. It feels like someone has an invisible string connected to your spine and keeps pulling you back every time you try to move forward. Nothing is working out. You are completely miserable. Everything feels bad. Our intuition knows something is not in alignment, or when we are in resistance. It's that feeling when you know you shouldn't be doing something and you continue to do it over and over. The extreme hardships are warning signs that we need to come back into ourselves, reconnect, listen to what is actually being communicated to us. I want you to begin seeing the obstacles in your life as opportunities straight from the universe. The universe is trying to make space for all of the wonderful things that are meant for us. It's asking us to pause and think about what is working and what is not. So you can shed what is actually holding you back to transform into the person you need to be. Very simple math there. Life shouldn't feel hard. We are here to live. The most fulfilling experience. We are meant to have fun, people. We are Sims. We get to choose what we want to do or what we don't want to do. Source wants us to be present in our daily lives. But how are we supposed to be present and have fun if we're in a constant state of resistance? When we ask the universe for something, whether you manifest it, whether you pray about it, whether you wish upon a freaking star, I don't care what you do. If you desire something and communicate it out loud, mountains are already being moved. So you get that thing or that person or that whatever. It's already yours. There's no problem with that. You can have anything in this world. I believe that. The universe begins to now strip down anything that's not in alignment with that desire, with what you want. That doesn't mean it's convenient for you. It doesn't work in a reality scope. The universe is trying to get you what you want in the fastest way possible with the least amount of resistance. We often prolong this process by staying in that comfort zone, staying in the resistance. I'm gonna give you an example. If you have a burning desire to be an artist, you go to bed every night dreaming about. painting and selling the art or becoming a content creator or being a pop star or whatever. Making art that moves people. you know deep down you're meant to do that. Yet you work as a secretary in a nine to five, you're probably experiencing unbearable resistance. You're miserable probably every day. You're dreading going to sleep because that means you have to wake up and go. It goes against the very essence of who you are meant to be, what you know deep down is for you. There's only so many times we can ignore the intuition, that little whisper, until it begins to scream at us. That is when the resistance becomes the peak, Your intuition is telling you to realign with a creative path. But because the reality of quitting and devoting yourself to getting your dream life is scary, you end up staying put. But when the test comes asking if you truly want it, we back into our comfort zones because it feels safe. What feels like an empty hole in your life or massive challenge to overcome is often the universe trying to create space for you to get what you truly want. You just need to trust in the whisper inside of you saying, Go for it, or this is what I want. That voice is never, ever, ever going to steer you wrong. Brings me into point two. What is your dream life worth to you? Cause I can guarantee you one thing, the shit's not gonna be free. Anything worth having takes a little bit of work. And sometimes that work is just trusting yourself. When you pursue your dream life, you've just given the universe the green flag and a signal saying I'm going to become that person. The universe, your intuition, your higher self, whatever, it's about to forge you into the person who has that life, who has that desire. So now You need to start aligning with the person who makes those decisions that has that life, the person who will do anything to have that. So my question is, are you willing to devote yourself to a dream reality? And how much does that cost you? To me, it was worth everything. I have such a strong passion for speaking to people, passion for protecting and loving women, a passion for my spirituality and sharing that with others. I couldn't see a life where the core of it did not revolve around those things. I asked for a big life and the universe told me, Okay. Then start making big moves. Start doing big things. You're not meant for a small life. I've never felt comfortable in a small life. Not small in value, but I knew I wanted to create. I knew I had something to say. So in exchange for me being able to do that, I've had to forge myself into a person who will do that. If you knew in five years you were gonna get everything on your vision board and beyond, if you just had to put your head down right now and trust yourself, w is that not a no-brainer? Would you not do it? I'm scratching my head. If you're saying in your head right now that sounds hard, then my question to you is doesn't it sound harder to live a life that you hate? Isn't it a lot of work to get up every day and hate your life? Hate what you're seeing, not connect with it at all. that sounds like really a hard existence. And you don't deserve that, When you ask for something more in the universe, that means you are ready to sacrifice your old self that wasn't showing up for that life or aligned with your dreams. That is the sacrifice you make, the worthy sacrifice. And I understand that can come with major fears. Point three. Fear is allowed to exist, but she can't be in the driver's seat. Fear is allowed to be present, but we need to start treating fear like a toddler at the park who's having a tantrum because they don't want to leave. We can address the big feelings, but we don't need to play into it. Fear wants our attention. that's in her job description, and we can't take that away from her. But we can act accordingly around that. Fear is natural. It's biological. It's meant to alert us that we are not safe. But when our bodies start responding to situations where fear is not needed, it becomes debilitating. Irrational fear. I'm gonna call it irrational fear. Irrational fear loves to live in the dark. It thrives when it's hidden. As soon as we address that, we are able to shine a light on it and expose it. I want you to have a healthier relationship with fear. So we're gonna have to gentle parent that shit. When we think about our dream life, we often think small because we believe we can't do something or it is impossible. But those are predetermined limits we've already placed on ourselves without even checking them. We just allow them to exist. That's conditioning. We have been conditioned to believe we can't do something without ever even shining the light on it and saying, why the fuck can't I? Gentle parent the shit out of that. Gentle parenting your fear looks silly, but it creates neutrality with your fears. What does that look like? When you're scared, you bring consciousness to the fear. You bring awareness that you are scared. Sometimes these things are hard to detect. But if the thought says I can't, if it begins with it's impossible, if it begins with anything that reflects that, then I need you to find your awareness, you can do it, and check it. Why not? Why is it impossible for me? Why couldn't I do that? Hmm. That is how you check it. And then the gentle parenting aspect goes, it's okay if I'm scared. I'm still gonna do it. I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try. Worst case, I'm gonna learn something. We're okay. It's a lot of that. Fear has the ability to keep us stuck. And we're in a flow zone, people. We're not stuck anymore. We're moving through that because fear has a quality of illusion. It creates this illusion that we can't do something. And it's bullshit. No more driver's seat for fear. She can sit in the back, even perhaps the trunk. But she cannot be super glued to the steering wheel, It's not gonna work in your dream life. Fear doesn't really know where your dream life is without the GPS of you communicating that. Fear can't drive to your dream location, your dream life. You need to do that. Fear is allowed to be in the backseat. Challenging fear is like turning on the big light. It's about to expose some shit. Every single thought that is in blind support of you not living your dream life has a solution and they are most likely fear based. Fear is very powerful, but very small. That is something I've learned heavily. There's always going to be a reason not to do something. The risk comes when you trust yourself inside, beyond the fear, and say, I'm scared and I'm going for it. You're gonna have to do it scared. I am right now. All right, my final point, point four. Dreaming bigger means we need to accept our lives thus far and begin choosing something new, something more, something different. The universe is wanting you to ask for more. It's foaming at the mouth for you to have more audacity. It wants you to have a big life. It wants you to have everything you want, whatever that looks like. It's going to match your audacity also. I'm going to be the bearer of that news. I truly believe you can get anything you want in this world. You just need to be willing to consistently show up for yourself in a new way that aligns with what you want. Our daily decisions tell the universe we are serious about our goals. Or we're not serious. I'm gonna say this example. You have decided this is the year you're getting your dream body. In this scenario, your dream body is muscular and built and toned. That means that person who has that toned body hits the gym every day at 6 a.m. That's what that person does. the version of you actually that has that dream body wakes up at 6 a.m. gets in their car, and lifts some weights. You've decided that. Next morning, your eyes are peeled open to the lovely sound of a blaring alarm at 6 a.m. sharp. You open your eyes and you automatically think, hell no, I'm not going. In that moment, you've just decided you are staying the exact same. You're not going to get that body that way, That's a decision that you're making in alignment with your old self. Then there's another version of you who The alarm wakes you up at six AM. You peel open your eyes and you say, Fuck, I don't want to do this and I'm going. And then you get your ass up and you go to the gym. Ooh, this is powerful, You've just made a decision that is in direct opposition to the person who did not go to the gym. You made a decision that was in alignment with the version of you that has what the fuck they want. They have that dream body. They are the person that gets up at 6 a.m. And I promise you if you can do it once, you can do it twice. If you can do it twice, you can do it three times. All you have to do every day is get up at 6 a.m. and go to the gym. And you will be that person in a month that is at the gym every day, 6 a.m. Doesn't matter. And then in a year, you look at yourself in the mirror and your biceps pop in. You got a shelf on the booty. Your back, ooh, it's giving angles. One decision feels like nothing until a hundred decisions create your dream life. Dreaming bigger often means that we need to show up in bigger ways. And sometimes that does feel hard. One decision at a time, we prove to ourselves that you are the person you say you are. When I'm building this business and showing up for myself, every day I didn't want to do it. I kept saying, Are you the person who you say you are, or not? Because the person who you think and say you are. Is doing XYZ. Ooh. My higher self called my my past self. I felt exposed. I felt like a fraud. And I was until I started making damn decisions that aligned with what I wanted and my purpose and what my intuition was begging me to do. I don't want you to stop making those aligned decisions until you look around surrounded by everything you've ever wanted. Surrounded by the dreams you didn't give up on. That's important to me. take your dreams serious. Your dreams are serious. You are serious. If you have a burning desire to live a life that you know deep down you're meant to live, I don't care what the excuses are, you make that shit happen. You find the power inside of you because it's there. I truly believe that. It's my brand ethos. You don't stop until you become that person. You find it in yourself to make those decisions, those hard decisions that get you what you want. Damn. You have the power to be whoever the hell you want to be. I don't care how far you are in the hole you dug yourself. I don't care how in despair you are. The power to change or get anything you want is already inside of you. There is a version of you that has everything, is everything, is everything that you want. That's not outside of yourself. That's you, one decision away. Knowing you have autonomy transforms everything. It is direct accountability for the life that you want. Listen, I don't care what's happened thus far. I don't care the decisions you've made thus far. there is no limit to what you can do, the power that you have to transform your life. It's the willingness to do it. Duh. You just have to believe that your dream is worth it. The life that you envision is worth it. Having the courage to choose the more risky path or the challenging one, or the one where you're gonna have to make the decisions that contradict everything you're seeing in your life right now. And it scares the absolute shit out of you, but also kind of excites you. That's worth it. if you're saying to yourself right now, maybe it's not, then you need to realign or think about what you truly do want. Because whatever that is, is worth it. It is worth it because it's important to you. It's worth it because it's on your mind every day. It's worth it because you have a duty to this world, this universe, to show up like that person. We need you living truthfully, authentically, in alignment with that power. We need people like you who have that courage to reach back to what they want, to have the awareness and the understanding that what is being called of you is important. We need the art, we need the communication, we need the content. We need a lot of things that everyone has a hand in making this universe whole. We need that love here. The unknown path is never going to be easy to follow. There's never gonna be a day where that's the simplest path. But it becomes illuminated when we begin to choose what feels right to us no matter what. What we know deep down we are drawn to. I don't care if your life right now looks like the complete opposite of your dream. You take one aligned step a day. You make one aligned decision a day. Get super clear about what you want your life to look like. And I promise you, if you believe deep down you are meant for that, you are drawn to it. There is something calling you that's bigger. You don't stop until you see it in reality. You don't stop. You are worth your dream life. You are worth aligning with your correct path. Correct path being your intuitive path. You deserve that. You are worth that. And if you're still figuring out what that looks like, start within. Get serious about figuring out what the hell you're here for. I believe in you. Your dream life is worth everything. If that means at the end of the day, you know you are living authentically, you are living in alignment, you are living in a world where you are existing in your purpose. If you have made it to the end, I am so proud of you for listening. And I hope you carry even one thing you've heard throughout your week. Thank you so much for supporting me as I'm beginning my journey. I'm walking my path. I'm living my dreams. I'm so excited to see where Mystic Within goes. So please stay tuned. Follow the podcast. Follow me on Insta. Follow me on TikTok. DM me. I want to hear from you. If you're interested in me helping you and guiding you along your journey back into yourself, back into your power, back into your intuition, I'm here for you. DM me and we can chat about it 100%. I believe in everybody's ability to reconnect with their inner power and their ability to create. Their dream life and step into that. I love you. I am so excited to be here for you to be listening to me. I will see you back next Wednesday. I love you. Have a great evening, day, morning, wherever you are. Bye.