Close your eyes now,
My beautiful dreamer.
And take a lovely,
Long,
Delicious breath.
Because today you're going on an adventure.
And I have a sneaking suspicion that something rather extraordinary is going to happen.
Something that might change the way you look at your existence forever.
Now,
Before we begin.
.
.
I want you to forget everything you've ever been told.
About what's possible.
Forget what's realistic.
Forget what's sensible,
Forget what's.
.
.
Normal,
Conventional.
What's somebody with your background?
Your circumstances.
Your bank balance.
Your age.
Your trauma.
Is supposed to be capable of.
Forget all of it.
Just for this little inner adventure,
You're going to throw the entire rule book out the window.
Because I want to take you somewhere that exists beyond.
Everything you've ever believed you were allowed to experience.
And in order for you to reach this place,
You're going to have to break something.
Something you've been living underneath for a very,
Very long time.
Something so perfectly transparent.
That you may have never realized it was there.
Your glass ceiling.
But first,
My darling.
Before you begin this extraordinary adventure.
I want you to feel yourself exactly where you are.
Feel your body.
Feel the beautiful,
Extraordinary miracle of being here.
In this moment.
Fully alive.
Come into yourself.
Let yourself fully be here now with you.
With your peculiar collection of memories and dreams.
With your wrong turns,
Aches,
Pains and misfortunes.
With your wonderfully ridiculous imagination.
Your exquisitely beautiful heart and this extraordinary life that's still unfolding.
Always unfolding.
Take some long,
Slow,
Deep breaths.
Inhale yourself back into you.
And on your exhales,
Let the outer world fade further away.
Just you.
Just long,
Slow,
Deep breaths.
Delicious.
Breaths.
Breathing yourself back into yourself.
And as you continue to breathe slowly and deeply.
I offer you some questions to ponder on.
When did you decide how extraordinary life was allowed to become?
When did you decide how much happiness is acceptable.
How much love is realistic.
How much freedom is possible,
How much magic you can pragmatically expect.
When did you put this glass ceiling?
Above your own existence.
And I offer you one more question even more important.
Who exactly gave you permission?
To put a limit on the abundance,
Beauty and magnificence of your own human existence.
Don't get lost in your thoughts.
Stay with me.
Stay with yourself from the neck down and find your truth there.
Take a long,
Slow,
Deep breath because you're going on an adventure now to meet those answers.
Now using your beautiful and powerful imagination,
Please find yourself standing in a room.
A rather beautiful room.
It's a room that you've been decorating for years.
Please look around.
There are photographs here of everything you've experienced.
There are shelves full of things you've learned.
There are cupboards leading to all the adventures you've already lived.
And there are windows.
Through which you can see the entire world.
Everywhere in this room.
Are wonderful little reminders,
Ornaments.
Trinkets.
Of how far you've come.
It's like this room is your celebration of everything you've lived.
Loved,
Learned and become as a consequence.
Everything here is you.
Everything is in celebration and testament of you.
This is your room.
Feel it.
Feel the deliciousness of its familiarity.
You've spent an enormous amount of your time trying to make yourself comfortable here.
So now I'd like you to choose the comfiest chair.
I'd like you to sink into its comfort and then I would like you to look up.
Look up right above your head and notice.
That the ceiling is a perfectly transparent ceiling made entirely of glass.
It's so clear that you can see everything through it perfectly.
You can see an impossible sunset sky covered in stars.
You can see extraordinary colours that kiss your nervous system from head to toe.
You can see entire worlds of possibility stretching into distances.
That your imagination can barely comprehend.
There is the most magical realm of possibility above your head.
And yet.
.
.
There's something.
.
.
Separating you from all of that magic.
A boundary you placed above your own existence.
Look at the glass.
Look closer.
At the glass now and notice there are words written all over this glass ceiling.
There are words etched all over it.
Some are enormous.
Some are tiny.
Some are so faded you can barely make them out.
I'm going to read some of them to you.
They might feel rather familiar.
Be realistic.
Grow up.
You've got to be responsible.
You're too old,
It's too late.
I'm not ready.
I'm not brave enough.
I'll never be brave enough.
Stuff like that doesn't happen to people like me.
I'll always be broken.
I can't afford it.
I'll never make that much money.
It won't work.
Can't do it alone.
What will everyone think?
Who do I even think I am to dream that?
It's better not to get my hopes up.
Let's be sensible.
I don't know about you,
My beautiful dreamer.
But I am so fed up of this world that has become so bloody sensible.
Sensibility has drained the life out of us.
Haven't you been sensible enough for one lifetime?
Please now let go of being sensible.
Allow yourself to suddenly realize something very powerful in this moment.
Something that could completely change your life in the most delicious ways.
Every single one of those sentences that I just read from your glass ceiling.
They've become part of the architecture of your existence.
They became your limits,
Your confines.
Every time you believed one of those sentences.
That glass ceiling above you grew wider.
Every time you stopped yourself from dreaming bigger,
That glass ceiling became a little stronger.
Every time you decided that something wonderful was too wonderful to be possible for you,
Another invisible boundary was installed above your existence.
And not only that,
Every time you got disappointed by something or someone,
Every time you got your hopes up.
And then did up.
Flat on the ground.
All the stuff I never said,
The memories of you You started to dream a little bit smaller.
And a little bit more smaller until you lost sight of your dreams altogether.
But those dreams are just above that glass ceiling.
Maybe something once upon a time didn't go according to your plan.
But that was once upon a time in a life that you're no longer living and it got you here.
I know there's a whisper inside you every time you dare to desire your dreams to come true.
A voice inside you that whispers.
Be careful.
That's as far as we can go.
We have to stay safe.
Trust me,
I know that voice all too well.
But I have a question for you,
My beautiful dreamer.
What if that whisper has no idea of what you're capable of now?
That old whisper from long ago,
Whispering an old story that's no longer true for who you are now.
Those words written above your head are no longer your truth.
You've grown so much since all the memories and experiences that surround you in this little room of you that you're sitting in now.
This room can no longer contain the magnitude of who you're becoming.
So now I invite you.
.
.
To stand up and walk towards the centre of your room.
And as you do,
The glass above your head starts to shimmer.
A thousand tiny reflections begin dancing across the walls.
And suddenly in every reflection you see a different version of yourself.
There's you laughing so hard you can barely breathe.
There's you standing somewhere you've always dreamed of visiting.
There's you being loved in ways you've never experienced before.
There's you creating something magnificent.
There's you living a life so deliciously,
Outrageously,
Wonderfully.
That the version of you standing here today can hardly believe what you're seeing.
And there are thousands more.
All the possible versions of you if you could only dare to dream again.
So feel it now,
Feel something inside you begin to stir.
A little excitement.
A little electricity.
A delicious sense that perhaps this existence is a lot more interesting than you've been allowing yourself to believe.
Now please notice how all these versions of you are looking back at you and they are smiling.
They're so pleased that you're here.
That doesn't have to be a glass ceiling between you and your dreams.
There doesn't have to be a glass ceiling between you and your dreams.
Look up again.
See that glass.
See the extraordinary amount of open sky and possibility waiting above it.
And now,
Feel your hands begin to tingle.
Fill your arms filling with divine delicious energy.
Feel your heart beating with excitement.
Feel deep inside of you a decision beginning to form.
The decision to free yourself from any limits.
This is the moment.
I want you to imagine every single limitation you've ever placed upon your own existence.
It's all written in that glass above you.
Every doubt.
Every fear.
Fear of disappointment,
Fear of success,
Fear of the unknown.
Fear of discomfort.
Every inherited belief you've had about what you can have.
Every time you made yourself smaller.
Because the possibility of something extraordinary felt way too big and unsafe to trust.
It's all there,
Right above your head.
And in a moment,
You're going to smash it.
Completely,
Utterly and magnificently.
Now you can do this in either of two ways.
If you're comfortable moving your body,
Then I want you to get ready to physically punch one of your arms towards the sky.
And if you'd rather remain,
Keeping still.
Then just make the movement entirely inside your imagination.
Both ways are as powerful as each other.
Now imagine your entire being filling with the most brilliant,
Unstoppable,
Invincible energy.
The energy of everything you are.
Feel it rising from the soles of your feet.
Travelling through your legs,
Through your belly.
Through your chest into your shoulders.
Down your arms.
Into your hands.
Every part of you is becoming so gloriously awake.
And as the energy inside you builds,
The glass begins to glimmer even more.
A million colours racing across its surface.
So here we go.
Take the deepest breath you can comfortably take.
Gather every bit of courage.
Every adventure you are still to live.
Gather it all up inside you now.
Feel your own power inside you now.
And on the count of three,
You're going to send one almighty punch straight up through that glass.
Either inside your imagination or with one great upward movement into the open air.
Are you ready?
One.
Feel your power.
2.
Feel the freedom and possibility beyond.
Three,
Smash that glass ceiling down.
The glass shatters into light.
An almighty explosion of beautiful colour erupts above you now.
But instead of fooling.
Millions upon millions of glittering fragments burst upward like fireworks.
The glass shatters upward like fireworks igniting all of your dreams.
Great rivers of color pouring across the sky.
Stars tumbling and dancing through the air.
Entire galaxies start to appear from nowhere and everywhere all at the same time.
And the beautiful little room of you.
Begins to completely and utterly dissolve now.
The walls dissolve.
The windows vanish,
The floor beneath you becomes an endless,
Shimmering landscape.
You are confined by nothing.
Nothing is containing you.
Nothing decides how far you're allowed to go.
Just pure,
Delicious existence.
Wide,
Open and infinite.
Infinite possibility.
Infinite magnificence,
Infinitely more extraordinary than anything you've lived so far.
Feel what it's like to stand here with absolutely no ceiling above your life.
You have not destroyed your safety.
You've destroyed the belief that it isn't safe to fly.
It's time to fly.
To fly into the life of your dreams.
To believe anything and everything is possible.
That miracles can be an everyday normality.
A miraculous life can become your normal life.
Now please notice something appearing in the not too far distance.
It starts as a shimmer.
And then all this incredible beautiful light which begins to dance together.
And create an exquisite-looking elevator.
It's quite possibly the most extraordinary elevator ever imagined.
Made entirely of shimmering light.
Its surface is unlike any glass you've ever seen before.
It shimmers with colours that seem to constantly change.
At one moment the elevator looks completely transparent and the next it glitters like a thousand tiny diamonds.
It floats right towards you.
Perfectly silent.
Until it stops right there in front of you and the doors open.
Please go inside and notice there is only one magnificent golden button.
And written across this button is one single word.
Infinite.
This is an elevator with no floors.
No numbers,
No arrows telling you which way you're supposed to go.
Just one invitation.
Infinite.
So please step inside the elevator.
And as the doors gently close behind you.
.
.
Take a moment to look around and see everything through the elevator.
The extraordinary sky above you.
The endless landscape around you,
The infinite possibilities stretching in every direction.
And when you're ready,
Please reach out and press that magnificent golden button that says infinite.
And when you do.
.
.
Absolutely nothing happens.
The elevator doesn't move.
However.
.
.
Something outside its surface begins to change.
The stars start dissolving into beautiful ribbons of colour.
The landscape becomes soft and fluid and your dreams begin appearing.
Worlds begin forming all around you.
The life you long to create is being created all around you now.
And you understand.
This elevator travels through possibility.
This elevator travels through the extraordinary landscapes of your imagination.
This elevator travels through all the different ways your existence might unfold if you just allow it to.
You don't need to know how.
You don't need to know when,
You just need to believe in infinite possibility.
And then follow the crumbs that life gives you.
Because life knows.
Life responds to your desires.
Life responds to your curiosity.
Life responds to the beautiful things you dare to believe.
So imagine now.
See yourself living where you'd absolutely love to live.
Forget about whether you can afford it or not.
Forget whether you've ever been there before.
Forget what's realistic and just imagine yourself there.
If you could live anywhere,
Where would you choose?
As that beautiful possibility begins to form inside your imagination,
Look outside the elevator and watch this life emerge.
See how the landscape starts forming around you.
Perhaps there are mountains.
An ocean.
A beautiful garden.
Perhaps you're surrounded by extraordinary architecture.
Or somewhere entirely unexpected.
Just let it appear.
Notice how wonderful it feels to see this place.
Somewhere you'd absolutely love to call home.
Now see all the beautiful little details.
The people that surround you.
The things you do that nourish your soul.
See the life of your dreams now.
Let yourself create the life of your dreams now.
Imagine yourself there.
Living There.
Waking up in the morning.
Opening your eyes.
Beginning another ordinary,
Extraordinary day.
Hear the sounds of the world around you and notice how it feels in your body.
That's the most important part I want you to enjoy.
The feeling it gives you in your body.
Perhaps there's a deep sense of freedom.
Perhaps there's the purest peace.
Perhaps there's bubbly excitement.
An enormous sense of satisfaction.
A wonderful feeling of belonging.
Let yourself feel all of it because you are worthy of all of it.
You are worthy of the possibilities you didn't dare to believe.
You're worthy of the adventures you never thought of having.
You're worthy of extraordinary moments that never crossed your mind.
Everything you live is a crumb,
Guiding you exactly where you long to go.
But it can only do so if there are no limits.
And now there are no more limits.
You fully set yourself free.
Opened yourself to the full deliciousness of life.
So from now on,
My beautiful darling.
Dream as big as you can.
Dream big,
Bold and loudly.
And trust the journey.
Love the journey.
Learn from the journey.
Grow from the journey.
Because that way you very naturally become who you've always wanted to be.
And live the life you've always wanted to live.
Just like me.
There's so much living available to you between where you are and where you want to be.
So enjoy the journey now.
And as we slowly and gently come to the end of this very powerful inner adventure I'd like you to see in the distance the most beautiful golden horizon.
A horizon that represents everything you're dreaming of.
That is now coming alive.
And just notice the pathway that leads you to that horizon.
Notice how scattered along that pathway are tiny golden crumbs of light.
Everything and anything in your life could be one of those golden crumbs that lead you to your dreams.
You don't have to see the entire pathway or know the route exactly.
You only need to be curious about the next crumb.
Sometimes they'll lead you exactly where you expect.
And sometimes they'll lead you somewhere completely different.
That's the beauty of this adventure.
And that's what your life is,
A big,
Beautiful adventure.
So from now on,
Enjoy every surprise.
Every twist,
Every wonderful,
Uncomfortable discovery.
Every unexpected encounter.
Stop trying to know the end of your fairy tale.
While you're right here in the middle of it,
Living it now.
Learn to enjoy.
The not knowing what happens next.
And now begin to slowly and gently Return to your body.
To the sensations and your connection to the world outside you.
Feel the surface beneath you,
Feel the air against your skin.
And remember.
That you don't have to wait until you've reached your dreams.
To start loving the life you're living.
You can love yourself here.
You can enjoy yourself here.
You can discover wonderful things here.
And you can allow the dreams you're moving towards.
To make the adventure even more delicious further down the way.
But for now,
Let your whole existence be extraordinary.
The dreaming,
The discovering,
The learning,
The growing.
The journey there.
Take one last beautiful,
Long,
Slow,
Deep breath with me.
And when you're ready,
My beautiful dreamer.
Open your eyes.
And go have a big,
Fat,
Juicy,
Delicious adventure for the rest of your life.
