I Have Dreams Dammit!

Let's look back and pick up the jewels of hard-earned wisdom from the previous year and maybe, just maybe, identify a fatal flaw in us that stops us from either manifesting our dream or enjoying what we manifest.  Is your fatal flaw the reason you haven't manifested your dream? "A 'fatal flaw' is a flaw which causes an otherwise noble or exceptional character to bring about their own downfall and, often, their eventual death."

At the end of the year, it's natural to look back at how the year went for us, check in with how we feel about the year, and look ahead to the next year. Do you feel depressed because you just realized you didn't accomplish anything on your 2019 goal list? And then you started to feel even worse when you realized your 2019 goals were the same as your 2018, 2017 & 2016 goals!  Podcast website: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com

As an artist, an entrepreneur, and as a person, we need to know our truth. The world will try to project their truths onto us... we can't let that confuse us. Say it with me, "I know my truth!" Podcast website: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com

This week, I want to check in with YOU! Let's meet at a cafe and catch up, talk about our dreams, and basically, just check in with each other. :-) Don't forget to check out the episode page on the podcast website for your chance to win a $5 Starbucks gift card! Listen to this episode for details. Podcast Website: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com 

We all go through slumps, down days, dark days, blah days! Here are ten things that I do when I don't know what to do! 

This 10 minute closed-eye meditation is to be either an extension of the I Have Dreams Dammit! Podcast, "What Inspires You?" episode 12, or as a stand-alone meditation. Guided Meditation: Lisa Murray Guitar: Dapo Torimiro

What inspires you to keep going? Knowing what inspires us can keep us on the right track. But knowing isn't enough. We need to make sure we DO the things that inspire us! I am sharing with you the things that have inspired me and that continue to inspire me. I asked listeners to submit to me what inspires them and I am including their messages as well. Visit the Show Notes page for Episode 012 on the podcast website for a full list of links talked about in this show and for listener-contributed links.    I HAVE DREAMS DAMMIT! Links: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com  http://instagram.com/ihavedreamsdammit http://facebook.com/ihavedreamsdammit     SHOW SPONSORS   AG & ART FILM FESTIVAL Links: http://agandartfilmfestival.com https://filmfreeway.com/AgandArtFilmFestival    SKYGIRL PRODUCTIONS: http://skygirlproductions.com    LISA MURRAY'S Links: http://instagram.com/skygirlpics http://facebook.com/lisamurray  http://twitter.com/lisamurray  http://youtube.com/lisamurray     The exclusive, I Have Dreams Dammit! p

If you do not change, you will not achieve your goal. The traits in you that got you to where you are right now will not be the same traits that will help you get to the next level. You MUST change. Are you holding on to the past? Are you sabotaging your dream and not even realizing it? What do you NOT want to do? Go TOWARDS the fear and discomfort. Your dream lives in the center of that fear. 

The reality of living your dream will be very different than the dream that was in your mind. But that's not a bad thing. The reality of the dream can be BETTER than the dreamed dream! Instead of getting discouraged when reality kicks your butt, go back to the "dream blueprint" and see what you can tweak so that your dream is more in alignment with what makes you come alive as it lives outside of your head.   I HAVE DREAMS DAMMIT! Links: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com  http://instagram.com/ihavedreamsdammit http://facebook.com/ihavedreamsdammit   SHOW SPONSORS   AG & ART FILM FESTIVAL Links: http://agandartfilmfestival.com https://filmfreeway.com/AgandArtFilmFestival    SKYGIRL PRODUCTIONS: http://skygirlproductions.com    LISA MURRAY'S Links: http://instagram.com/skygirlpics http://facebook.com/lisamurray  http://twitter.com/lisamurray  http://youtube.com/lisamurray     The exclusive, I Have Dreams Dammit! podcast music is created by Dapo Torimiro. DAPO TORIMIRO'S Links: http://instagram.com/dapotorimiro h

The realization of your dream won't make you happy.  Well, it will, for a day, week, or month.  But it won't last forever.  So you must prepare your mind for how you will feel when you reach your goals. Get ready for the "creative crash".  Expect the drop off.  And then get back out there.  Formulate new dreams.  Or let the original dream evolve.  Continue to follow that feeling that is inside of you that makes you come alive!   I HAVE DREAMS DAMMIT! Links: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com  http://instagram.com/ihavedreamsdammit http://facebook.com/ihavedreamsdammit   SHOW SPONSORS   AG & ART FILM FESTIVAL Links: http://agandartfilmfestival.com https://filmfreeway.com/AgandArtFilmFestival    SKYGIRL PRODUCTIONS: http://skygirlproductions.com    LISA MURRAY'S Links: http://instagram.com/skygirlpics http://facebook.com/lisamurray  http://twitter.com/lisamurray  http://youtube.com/lisamurray     The exclusive, I Have Dreams Dammit! podcast music is created by Dapo Torimiro. DAPO TORIMIRO'S Links: http://instagra

As people on the journey of Life, we can all gain useful insights and life wisdom from Joseph Campbell's, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces".  Chris Vogler's "The Writer's Journey" - inspired by Campbell's work - is told from a screenwriter's point of view and uses popular movies to explain the journey. In this episode, Lisa explains how studying the Hero's Journey can serve as a guide as we go on our own "dreamer journey".   I HAVE DREAMS DAMMIT! Links: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com  http://instagram.com/ihavedreamsdammit http://facebook.com/ihavedreamsdammit   SHOW SPONSORS   AG & ART FILM FESTIVAL Links: http://agandartfilmfestival.com https://filmfreeway.com/AgandArtFilmFestival    SKYGIRL PRODUCTIONS: http://skygirlproductions.com      LISA MURRAY'S Links: http://instagram.com/skygirlpics http://facebook.com/lisamurray  http://twitter.com/lisamurray  http://youtube.com/lisamurray     The exclusive, I Have Dreams Dammit! podcast music is created by Dapo Torimiro. DAPO TORIMIRO'S Links: http://instagram.c

Friends & Family who support our dreams are like healthy soil.  They encourage us, they support us, they are happy for us. They ask us how it's going. They support our posts on social media. They are genuinely happy for us because we are happy and that's what friendship should be all about. But what if they don't support us? What if we always have this weird feeling when we spend time with them? What if they NEVER ask us about our dream? What if they NEVER like any of our posts on social media about our dream but like our other posts? (Passive-aggressive much?) In today's show, I talk about all of the ways the people in our lives either show us support or how they let us know that they don't support us. We need supportive people on this journey. Or at the very least, we need not to have people who outright don't support us to be in our inner circle. This is very important.   I HAVE DREAMS DAMMIT! Links: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com  http://instagram.com/ihavedreamsdammit http://facebook.com/ihavedreamsdam

When is the first time you remember knowing you wanted to do the thing you want to do? Let's talk about the "Call To Adventure" Waking up from a dream that rocked your world, and changed the course of your life's path... The death of someone close to you... A medical diagnosis... A nagging feeling... Getting fired from a job.... These are all things that can service as a CALL for us to go deeper in life, to get onto a path of Meaning.  Joseph Campbell called this stage in the journey, Call To Adventure. Let's talk about what your call was, if you listed to it, or if you pushed it away and ignored the call.

If you don't listen to yourself all along the path for when you need a break, you will be headed for a burnout. I know because it happened to me.  I now listen to myself when I need a break.  It usually manifests as fatigue, body aches, and mental confusion/cloudiness.  I'm in the middle of one of these phases right now but I didn't want to not talk to you this week so I just talked to you about what I'm experiencing!  I hope you get something from today's show.  Thanks for listening.   I HAVE DREAMS DAMMIT! Links: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com  http://instagram.com/ihavedreamsdammit http://facebook.com/ihavedreamsdammit   SHOW SPONSORS   AG & ART FILM FESTIVAL Links: http://agandartfilmfestival.com https://filmfreeway.com/AgandArtFilmFestival    SKYGIRL PRODUCTIONS: http://skygirlproductions.com      LISA MURRAY'S Links: http://instagram.com/skygirlpics http://facebook.com/lisamurray  http://twitter.com/lisamurray  http://youtube.com/lisamurray     The exclusive, I Have Dreams Dammit! podcast music is cre

No matter what it looks like or feels like, nothing is the same as long as we are alive.  It may feel like Groundhog Day but we can change our circumstances at any moment, even if it's just a thought, actually, it all has to start with the thought. When we break out of just reacting to things and instead become aware of ourselves in THIS MOMENT, that is when we will embrace our true power.   I HAVE DREAMS DAMMIT! Links: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com  http://instagram.com/ihavedreamsdammit http://facebook.com/ihavedreamsdammit   SHOW SPONSORS   AG & ART FILM FESTIVAL Links: http://agandartfilmfestival.com https://filmfreeway.com/AgandArtFilmFestival    SKYGIRL PRODUCTIONS: http://skygirlproductions.com      LISA MURRAY'S Links: http://instagram.com/skygirlpics http://facebook.com/lisamurray  http://twitter.com/lisamurray  http://youtube.com/lisamurray     The exclusive, I Have Dreams Dammit! podcast music is created by Dapo Torimiro. DAPO TORIMIRO'S Links: http://instagram.com/dapotorimiro http://dapomirowo

In today's show, I interview Tracey Adlai of The Valley Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA.  Tracey is the Founder and the Executive Director of the festival.  She's down-to-earth and kind AND a huge source of knowledge about the world of indie film in the Valley.  The Valley Film Festival is going on it's 19th year!!  If you haven't been to a film festival before - or a smaller, community film festival - I HIGHLY recommend you attend this festival.  It's so intimate.  You can really rub elbows with the filmmakers and other festival goers.  And if you're a filmmaker, I also highly recommend you enter your film into this festival.  It's a safe, artist-focused festival in the heart of the filmmaking industry, North Hollywood.  You never know who may attend your film screening or who you may bump into at a mixer.  Go for it!  Tracey will help you get through it and in the end, it will be a totally positive experience.  THE VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL Links:  http://valleyfilmfest.com https://www.facebook.com/ValleyFilmFe

We can view the obstacles we come up against on our Hero's Journey towards the manifestation of our dreams just like a seed that is banged around on rocks in the river.  The banging around is necessary for the seed to lose its tough outer shell in order to germinate. This process with seeds is called "scarification".  Another method of seed scarification is fire. The Sequoia tree requires fire to release the seeds from its cones and the opening of the canopy that the fire creates also helps the seedlings grow. For some of us, the bad things that happen to us in life are the things that had to happen to break us open to our deeper purpose.   "Scarification in botany involves weakening, opening, or otherwise altering the coat of a seed to encourage germination.  Scarification is often done mechanically, thermally, and chemically. The seeds of many plant species are often impervious to water and gases, thus preventing or delaying germination." - Wikipedia Martin Heavy Head on Twitter @mheavyhead   I HAVE DREAMS

Welcome to the very first episode of I Have Dreams Dammit! - a podcast about the realities of going for your dreams.  Your host, Lisa Murray, has a background working in the film and music industries, and she also had a blogging channel on YouTube when YouTube first started. Tragic personal loss took her offline for a while but she's back to share with you what she has learned, and she's bringing her professional artist & creative entrepreneur friends with her to help motivate, educate, and inspired YOU!   New shows will be uploaded every week! Books mentioned in this podcast: The Alcheimst, by Paulo Coehlo The Writer's Journey, by Chris Vogler The exclusive, I Have Dreams Dammit! podcast music is created by Dapo Torimiro. Dapo's links: http://instagram.com/dapotorimiro http://dapomiroworks.com http://facebook.com/dapotorimiro   Show links: http://ihavedreamsdammit.com  http://instagram.com/ihavedreamsdammit http://facebook.com/ihavedreamsdammit