Your Dreams Matter! Build the Life You Were Meant to Live

What is your Buried Dream?

What's that dream that's buried deep in your heart? You know, the one that you used to be so excited about when you were younger. Is it still there? Tune into your Inner She right now, and see if that desire still pulls at your heartstrings.

It's still there, isn't it? Maybe it's barely an ember, but there's still a pulse to it. Oh, how delightful!

Did you feel that flutter and longing for just a brief second? And then WHOOSH! Your mind came in and told you ALL THE WAYS that dream is stupid, impossible, foolish, or lame.

Those thoughts, my beautiful Sister, are the killers of your Soul's Truest Expression.

Because here's the truth: You wouldn't have that dream or desire unless YOU were capable of bringing it into reality.

A Dream Never Dies... Not Really

One of Kori's Dreams: Finish a Tough Mudder

Over a decade ago, I had the dream of completing a Tough Mudder, one of the hardest obstacle course races in the United States. I had trained for months with other Sailors to get ready for the race. Then, race weekend came, the course got flooded out, and it was cancelled. They rescheduled the race for the following season, and by that time, I was pregnant and couldn't participate.

When I left the military, I thought that dream had died. I had even forgotten about it for many years. Until last year, I saw an ad for Tough Mudder on Facebook, and that little spark of a dream tugged at my heart. Because I had been on a path to reclaim my health and build my Vibrant Life, I realized that I could go after that dream again. I made a DECISION that day that I was going to sign up for the 2025 run in August.

Even though I was still 195 pounds at the time.

Even though I had just started working out again.

I decided THIS dream was important to me and that I was going to dedicate myself to pursuing it. I made a choice that was anchored in my heart and then took action to make it happen.

Over the last year, I've kept this dream alive in me, and it's helped to fuel my workouts and nutrition plan. It even gave me the courage to start my coaching business so I could help others feel more connected to their bodies & souls and get into better health while creating their most Vibrant Life.

My first Tough Mudder T-30 Post Workout pic!

This week marks the beginning of my 60-day prep work before the race with Tough Mudder T-30, and it feels like a dream come true. And ya know what I realized? It's not about actually accomplishing this race.

It's about me going after something that matters to me, and working really hard to get there. It's about showing myself that I can do hard things, my dreams are worth going after, no matter how small or frivolous they seem to others.

In the broad scheme of things, does it matter if I do this run? No, not really. But, it matters to me and my Soul. And that's more than enough of a reason to do something. My Soul is inviting me to walk down this path because She knows there's something for me to see, learn, and experience... or else I wouldn't have had the desire to do it.

And I'm at the part of my life where I'm trusting Her Voice to guide me to my most Vibrant, Joy-Full, Connected Life.

Your Desires Matter

Your Soul's Desires are unique to you: no one else has the same combination as you. And before you came here, you were imbued with this unique light that only you can bring out into this earth.

Your dreams are worth birthing into this earth, Babe. Because it's not just about the achievement of that dream, it's about who you become along the way.

You REALIZE (make Real in your eyes!) the woman you were always meant to become by pursuing your desires. THAT is what success is all about.

I love what Earl Nightingale says about Success: "Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal."

And your dreams and ideals, they are SO worthy to you. They matter to your Soul, to your Lifeforce. And YOU are so worthy of having them, no matter how foolish or silly they seem to someone else!

Don't Let the Naysayers Design Your Life

Those voices in your head that say, "That dream is stupid. You can never have that. You'll never get there. It's not even worth trying...." Those voices are the Ego/Monkey Brain part of you that wants to protect you and keep you in the safe, familiar place of what you know.

Because going after a dream is going to require you to become someone different than you are now. And to your mind, that sounds real fucking scary.

Here's the deal: Dreams have a price. And the price is you letting go of the safety and comfort of your current identity and becoming a different version of you. Just like Inanna had to shed all her royal regalia as she passed through the gates of the underworld before she could have an audience with her sister, you, too, are going to have to let go of Who You've Been in order to become Who You Were Meant To Be.

Those voices may have been put there by well-meaning (or not so well-meaning) adults when you were a child. Maybe someone laughed at your dream, and so you hid it away. Maybe, these voices were installed into your programming by other kids, or television, or an experience that you had that told you it's unsafe to speak up and go after something you desire.

But those thoughts? They are just STORIES! And they are stories that are keeping you from living a truly connected and deeply fulfilling life.

Maybe your saying right now, "But Kori, what if I never get to the dream? What if I put all this effort in and it never comes true? Won't that make me a failure? Won't I be disappointed?"

Again, those questions are another sneaky way that your brain wants to keep you safe. It tells you that it won't happen, and that all your work will be pointless or a waste of time. And it's a load of hogwash.

Earl Nightingale hits it out of the park again today, "Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." MIC DROP. You're going to keep getting older, time is going to keep marching by. You might as well start living the life you want to live.

Sis, if you have a dream of being a rock singer on big stages, and you start taking steps to become a rock singer... and maybe the biggest stage you get on is 400 people. Maybe it's only 40 people!

Desires take you to a life you never thought possible!

Do you honestly think in that moment, while you're standing there with your bandmates on stage in a killer outfit that would make KISS green with envy, you're going to be like: "Oh man, I guess I'm a failure. I'm not on a stage in front of 1000's of people."

Fuck no! You're going to be like, "OMG I'm actually a rock singer and this is the most amazing thing in the world and I wonder what's next for me! I can totally keep going!"

See, when you're progressively realizing (making Real with your Eyes!) a dream, you aren't thinking about you being a failure, because you're having way too much fun doing the damn thing. You are a success because you keep going.

Parting Reflections

Your dreams matter, Babe. They lead you down the path of realizing Who You Really Are. We were not put on this earth just to sleep, work, eat, veg in front of a tv, and sleep again.

Wake up, Sister. This life is so heartbreakingly short. You have magic to bring into this world, and your desires help you to unlock it. This is why I say this every damn day: You are SO WORTHY of living your Vibrant Life. It's your birthright, your Soul Calling, your very reason for being here.

Reconnect with your Dreams. Make a decision that you are worthy of having that dream, and decide that your going to go after it. Then DO the damn thing. No matter how long it takes, no matter how much work or effort it will take. It is worth it.

YOU are worth it.

Love You,

<3 Kori

Write in the comments: What dream do you want to wake back up in you? Make a decision and start taking steps TODAY!