717: Rich with the Jewels of Gratitude

Gratitude. Why is it such a potent feeling and a powerful force? Well, gratitude lifts you. It raises your energy and your inner set point. Let me scoop you into the gorgeous feeling of gratitude right now. Let's spend some time together. Gratitude is my newest, oldest obsession. And maybe you've noticed I've been speaking more about it lately. Well, let's plunge in like, let's go deep. No more skirting the edges. Now I can't promise that going into gratitude will fix everything, but it sure can pump up your manifesting and help you release a little bit of the junky stuff in the process. Flow Dreaming still kinda Woo Woo is just what it sounds like. An escape into the world of woo. Also a ride into you and how to feel happier, wiser and more self aware in every way. It's your ultimate journey into personal growth and inner power. We'll explore ideas like how your energy self influences the kinds of opportunities you encounter, or how your personal growth can drive your business growth. Or even how that feeling of being stuck is really always coming from something else. We just have to figure out what. That's right. We're a dash of woo Woo. A sprinkle of self care, a heap of problem solving and pattern busting, and a giant cup of encouragement. We're going to relight so much passion, purpose, self love and confidence in you that you practically stagger. I'm Summer McStravik, your host and welcome to Flo Flow Dreaming still kinda woo woo. Welcome to episode 717, rich with the jewels of gratitude. Now before we plunge in. Oh my God, there is so much happening in the flowy verse right now. I mean, of course we just had all of our Black Friday stuff going on and I have a brand new program, the Flow Dreaming mastermind. Yes, it is coming out like in three days. It is a real pivot for me, a new direction. I'll tell you a little bit more about it as we go forward, but for now I. But for now I want to focus on gratitude and why I think it's the bomb. It is just. It's just what we all need right now. Especially going into the season. We all go into all the family, all the presents, all the hoopla, all the, all the storms and the wind and the rain and the snow. Oh, gratitude is our cozy little bed. It's our tucked in under the covers feeling that life is beautiful, life is good, life can throw you all kinds of, you know, the curve balls, as the old cliche says. But ultimately, gratitude is what pulls the sled. It's what takes us forward and out of especially what many of you know, I call lack thinking. Now today, you know, it's pretty much, yes, all about gratitude. I'll tell you a little. Oh wait, it's a. Indeed. That's the Personal Life Update music. I haven't played that one in a while, but I was going to say before my music interrupted me like that, I was working with a podcast coach over the last year to really kind of get the show back on its feet because I took a lot of time off, like nine months a year ago and I wanted to pivot and, you know, kind of regrow, grow in a new direction. And the feedback I was constantly getting was your show titles are just too vague and interesting. I'm like, what, you don't think anybody knows what the minimum viable product means? Or what about 3am thoughts? And he's like, yes, my point exactly. Well, here we are and I have to say I did not do what I should have done. I am still teasing with creativity and I really hope you enjoy that. Yes, every show could be how to do this or that or blah blah blah, 10 ways to, you know, really just strike it out there. But I don't think that's ever been my personality. And I wonder if those of us who are here like listening. You guys, us, me, we kind of like not knowing what's coming next. We know it's gonna be centered around growth and personal development and mindset and energy and manifesting and intuition and woo. But where are we going each week? I don't know. We're exploring. I like to explore. And I don't like to just sit there and shake my finger at you each week and say here's how you do this, here's how you do that. If you guys want to learn things like that, go to my website, flowdreaming.com I have 36 courses there. Just full on courses with flow dreams and worksheets teaching you all of this stuff. And I have the Flow Dreaming mastermind. I'm going to tell you about that again. I keep hinting at it in a little bit, but I want to get into some of the meatiness of today. Anyway, that was the personal update. My failure to be properly coached in podcasting. I know you're like, what? That doesn't mean anything to me, Summer. I understand. I guess I'm just explaining to you that we're going to continue on with our weird because I like it that way and I'm hoping you do too. So Rich with The jewels of gratitude. Another one of those. Like, what is she exactly gonna do in this episode? Well, as I said in the beginning, gratitude is my new old obsession. I have always appreciated it. I've always used the energy and the emotion when I do my flow dreaming. By the way, you guys don't know what flow dreaming is if you're brand new. It's a gorgeous practice. An energy practice, an emotional practice. It helps you manifest, co create. Go to my website again. I know it's just like this. Seriously. I'll stop saying this soon, but I have free flow dreams for you now. I completely revamped it a month or two ago. And now you can download free stuff. There's free teachings, there's tons. And you will learn how to create and manifest with the best of us. Well, gratitude has long been an emotion that I have used in my manifesting. Because gratitude is essentially the diametrically opposite emotion of lack. And yeah, I obsess on lack. Look through my archives, you'll see lots of episodes about lack thinking really good stuff. But what gratitude does is it says, I don't have lack. I have so much abundance that all I can do is think about how grateful I am for it. Cause sometimes when people say feel abundant, feel prosperous, you try to put your finger on that feeling and it's kind of slippery. It's like, well, abundance. Does that mean I have a lot of stuff? There's some stuff I don't want a lot of. You know, there's some stuff is yucky stuff. Don't give me a lot of that. So you have to be very particular. Your abundance, your prosperity has to do with certain things. Wealth or time. Freedom, an abundance of love and connectivity with others. You have to get more specific. What do you want to be abundant? But if you go into gratitude, it's such an easy starting point. A gratitude practice on its own is as simple as writing down 10 things in the morning that you are grateful for. Five things even. All I really want is you to shift momentarily into that feeling, right? Just switch gears, get there. I don't care how long you stay there, just get in that gear, right? Activate that energy in your life and your day. Now that's the the easiest way to go into gratitude right there on the surface. Just write them down. And as you write them down, you are going to change. You're going to feel like, oh yeah, you know what? My body is healthy today. Ah, I do have food in the refrigerator today. Today I have the potential to, you know, go see my Kids or my grandkids or go hang out with my best friend or. Right. I've got people I care about that love me back, and I can tell them that I can be me today. I'm grateful that the people I care about love me and I can just be completely who I am in front of them. I am so grateful for that. I'm grateful that I have my best friend who's a kitty or dog. I'm grateful. You see, it's so easy, because these things that we have, that we've created, that we love, they are literally all around us. Just everywhere. Everywhere around us. Far more things that we're grateful for than things that we're unhappy about. They outnumber the unhappy things ten to one. Almost without exception. Almost without exception. So getting into that place of gratitude, just like that, boom. Immediately takes you into a place of wonderful. Now, from a manifestational point of view, when I go into gratitude, what I'm really saying is I have things already. I appreciate them already. I'm not waiting for them. They're not, quote, on their way. I'm not, quote, manifesting them, meaning they're not here yet because I'm still trying to make them. Gratitude is end game. Gratitude is, oh, that's done and delivered. That package is on my doorstep, in my house, ripped open. It's like, I got it. I mean, it's there. There is no more powerful opposite emotion to lack thinking. Lack is I don't have it. It's not working. I can't get. Won't come to me. I'm not right for it. Oh, gosh, I could just go down a long list. But gratitude says, I've already. I've already received it. I already have it. I'm already appreciating it. I'm already drinking the rich and beautiful juices from this sweet peach of a gift in my life. That's gratitude. So it goes beyond wanting and wishing, right? It just jumps right over that. It just. That hurdle is just. You don't even notice it's there because sometimes when we're trying to create things for ourselves and manifest, we get caught in the I want it, I wish it, I'm thinking about it. And if you get really hung up in that loop, you're saying to yourself, I'm thinking about it because I don't have it. And in a way, the manifesting of it ends up magnifying your lack of it. It backfires spectacularly. But gratitude, gratitude says, oh, yeah, yeah, delish. That was the best meal I Already had. Now, maybe you can't be grateful for things that really still aren't here in your life presently, but I beg to differ. You can be grateful for things that do not yet exist. I'm grateful for that warm, loving partnership with my best friend and romantic interest. I'm grateful for the good and gorgeous health that will follow me till the end of my days. I am grateful that my children are doing so well, have really figured out their paths, are just making me so joyful and proud. I'm so grateful that the work I do, the what I plunge my hands into every day is so meaningful. It makes a difference. I get to make a difference. I am so blessed and grateful for that. Now maybe the things I just said, you're like, well, I've only got three out of five of those. I got one out of five of those summer. I know. But until you start telling the universe what it is you're grateful for, it will not be able to align to that energy. Remember, Flow Dreaming is all about putting the cart before the horse. We call it preaction. Right. Or emotional reconditioning. There's a lot of words that we use in the land of Flow dreaming. And if you want to learn more, come into my space. I will teach you all of this lingo and all this fun stuff, the way that we see the world and kind of move through it. But until you're showing the universe through your feelings exactly how you feel, it can't line the things up to make sure it matches you. So, yes, you are feeling gratitude for things you do not yet have. Perfect. Do it. Do it every day. Do it more. Take that list of the five or 10 things that are working for you and add five or 10 things on that you don't really have, but you're so grateful for as if they're there now, you've heard this before, right? It's a core tenet with a lot of teachings, law of attraction, etc. But gratitude is the energy you bring to it. Gratitude is. I've got it already. I'm already deserving of it, right? That's so many levels. I'm already deserving of it. Wow, that is a level. And we're gonna unpack that one soon as we get back from this quick break. Maybe you remember one brilliant thing. My summertime manifesting challenge. Well, I wanted a way to keep that energy going all year round. That's how I ended up creating the Flow Dreaming mastermind. This is different than any other program I've offered for One thing, it is packed with teachings. Not only do you get immediate access to 36 courses and all the accompanying Flow Dreams and worksheets, but you and I will get to Flow Dream together each month. Live Each month I plan a special event. A Flow Dreaming session coinciding with the full moon or other potent day and we gather to create huge manifesting energy. Think of it like a series of special events and you're invited to every single one as a Flow Dream Mastermind member. Flowy if you will. And best of all, it's affordable. Costs as much as taking a family of four to Applebee's each month. No kidding. You'll get to connect with like minded souls around the world for Flow Dreaming parties. Joyful Energy Cleansing Flow Dreaming. Some woo woo rituals that show a little of my witchy side and just a heck of a good time. Because the lighter and brighter you are, the lighter and brighter your life is. Check out the Flow dreaming mastermind@flowdreaming.com because our next special event and party is just around the corner. I told you that I was gonna sneak in a little commentary about the new Flow Dreaming Mastermind. I am so excited about this. It is a chance for me to be a little more free floaty about things. I am not kidding when I say we're going to be celebrating the seasons and the cycles and the flows of life and energy. I will be planning special events coming up here in the new year. It'll be sketching your life. A workshop on helping you plan out your next 12 months where you're going. We will have a beautiful Spring Equinox workshop together where we bring in the energy of life and newness in between. We'll be flow dreaming on potent and magical days together. And above all, it's a lot like a party. It's a lot like saying I have a date coming up on the 21st. I'm getting together with my friends all over the world. We're going to be manifesting together, getting into that great groovy gorgeous space and just feeling spectacular. And I'll be creating it with a group of people, tons of them will be feeling great collectively together. So I. I can't wait to to do this with you. And that's how you and I can share a year together or as many months as you want. I'm. I'm not kidding when I say it's very well priced. And if you haven't received an email about it already, you can go to my website Flo dreaming.com but in the coming weeks. I know it's over, the holiday season, but I. I'm starting it now. The end of the year. January was too long to wait. I wanted us to button up this year, get into this new, happy, joyful space together so that when the new year comes, we are already running. So, please, please, please join me. So let's get back. What's this bit about already being deserving? Gratitude. As a way of letting the universe know that you don't have to do any more to get it. You don't have to be anymore. You don't have to figure out anymore you're already good enough. You're already good enough because if you have it, if you're grateful for it, then you already passed whatever invisible barrier or test there was. And the reason you want to share that feeling with the universe is many of us can kind of again get caught in that trap of feeling like, well, if I just. As soon as I do this. Well, I need to do that. I need to figure this out. Well, I need to get that settled. Well, I'm. I don't know if I've earned that yet. I don't know if I'm. Nobody will hire, nobody will want, nobody will right? There's always more steps to be done. But gratitude says, oh, they're done. All those steps are done. You are already judged and passed. I mean, God, think about something in your life right now. You've already been judged and you passed. And yet maybe in your head you're thinking, I haven't yet. Just switch that. Is there something. Pretend the universe, God, source, higher power, life judged you and said, oh, yeah, you've easily earned that. You've easily cleared that. Oh, yeah. And you go, oh, I can stop trying so hard. I can stop grinding. I can stop. Right? And that's the feeling that we want to start charging up our lives with. I've already earned it. I've already got it. Now, believe me, you guys are not going to become lazy. Sit on your toughs, purse, tuffets. Tuffets. Little Miss Muffet. Right. Tuffet, tuffets. You're not going to be sitting on your tuffets, not doing anything now that you feel deserving. I very rarely meet people like that. Exceptional. The vast exception to the rule. Most of us are overdoing things, overworking things over, compensating for things over trying to be ready and worthy of things. We actually have to practice the opposite. I'm already worthy. I've already been awarded. I've already been Green lighted. I'm grateful because I already have it. So this, for me, is what this whole season is about, right? The end months of our western year. I'm grateful. I am connected. I am loved. I am part of something, part of people who care. You guys, you know, if you don't have a family, a conventional family, so what? That's hard to say, hard to hear, but it means you have a found family. You have actually gotten to pick and choose the kind of people, the kind of groups that you flow with me here. You're in my podcast, listening. We're family at this point. Found family. It's up to you how close or how far you want these found families to be around you, these people. But you have that beautiful choice. We all do. Family comes in, you know, 15 million shapes and sizes. We all know that, theoretically. But sometimes we can feel sorry and sad and we realize, hey, we are disconnected. Tell you what, let's work on connection. I am so grateful that I have such beautiful connections. I'm so grateful I found this. I'm so grateful this came into my life. I am so grateful. I am so grateful. I am so grateful. Grateful. Now, remember, this stuff may not be here, and we don't know necessarily when things will arrive. Everything to their own pace, to their own divine timing, but the minute you start broadcasting, the minute you start being radiant, you are this. You are worthy, you are deserving, you are loved, you are cared for and cared about. You are. That's what life is now aligning to. That is the spirit of this season. I am grateful. Genuinely, deeply grateful. You know what that feeling really provokes in us? A lack of stinginess, a lack of mine, mine, mine. Right? When we feel that way, it's because we feel we don't have enough, right? Mine, mine, mine. Me first. Let me have it. But when we're overflowing, we're like, here, have some. I've got too many. Like zucchinis in the garden in the summer. Please take some from me, please. I have too many, Please. Right? That's the spirit of generosity, and that's the other side of this whole season. I have enough to overflow. And because of that, have some. Have some of my gratitude. Have some of my joy. Have some of my delight with life. Doesn't that feel good? I mean, just thinking this way, it feels fantastic. And that's what I want to really gift you with most in this episode. Today, a reminder. Gratitude is today. Tomorrow, it's every day. Gratitude for things here present. Gratitude for things past. And gratitude for things future. Right? The Ghost of Christmas Past, present and future. That is gratitude. And when you feel it in each of those circumstances, you are generating it at full capacity, full power. You are that dam making electricity crushed and crushing with gorgeous water. It's churning away, emitting it, creating it, becoming it. And then you get to do the fun stuff. Well, what is it that I'm making? Ooh, I want to figure that out. I want to decide. And maybe it's as simple as I just want to feel kind of alive again and focus and have a direction. Maybe you're there, maybe you're like, I already know what my direction is. I want to just like woo. I want to go to the top. I want to take it as far as I can. I want to get paid. I want to be seen. You could be anywhere. It's the same energy that fuels both. So start with where you are, close your eyes and just go into deep gratitude. I have a flow dream. By the way. I'd highly recommend Super Juicy Gratitude. It is fabulous. You can find it in my shop@flowdreaming.com. i believe it has a picture of a big juicy fat apple on the front of the image of that particular flow dream, but I think you'll love that one to get you right into the space. And for those of you who are in the Flow Dreaming Mastermind, or thinking about it, as I mentioned, I have 36 courses with tons of flow dreams. You will never be able to get through all of them in a month, maybe, maybe not even a year. But there is a course that is unlocked for you the minute you become a member. And it's called Fruitful, Abundant and Rich. Learn to be a great receiver. This is your gratitude course. This is the course that shares with you what it feels like to say, yeah, I deserve this. Yes, I can receive this. I am so grateful for this. It is a fabulous course. Especially at this time of the year when we can really, you know, get drawn off of feeling good and we start to feel put upon or like we don't have the resources that we need. Grateful, beautiful, abundant, receiving energy. Such as in this course, which I highly recommend, Fruitful, Abundant and Rich will get you right back in that spot. Now, if you're not planning on joining the Flow Dreaming Mastermind, you can also purchase the course. And that's the difference. In the Mastermind, you're basically kind of opening the whole library for as long as you're in it, but when you stop being in it, the library closes down again. That's how I am able to offer you everything while you're a member. And so people don't come in just one month and take everything and leave. Right. Not that any of you would dare do that. I know you wouldn't. But some of you will fall in love with some courses and flow dreams and say, I, I want this forever. I want to have this three years, five years, ten years from now. I'm going to buy it outright. And you can. Right. It's the difference between buying a cool album or CD or whatever they're called today. Digital, you know. Yeah, album, I guess, versus streaming it on like a music streaming, you know, as soon as you stop the streaming subscription, you, you can't listen anymore. But if you love the album, you want it in your collection anyway. So that's, that's going to be the one that I recommend for you guys as we go forward in the month. Also reminding you, Flow Dreaming Mastermind members, we do have a gorge, gorgeous solstice event coming up on December 21st. It is going to be our holiday party together. We're going to Flow Dream. We're going to get into gratitude. We're going to do some fun and gorgeous rituals of release and cleansing at the end of the year. Again, very different. Never done anything like this, but I thought I would welcome you a little deeper into my world and my practices. So I'll see you there. I hope, I hope you guys have questions. You can always reach out to me. Summerlowdreaming.com I am stupidly easy to get a hold of. I know I should not be this available, but I am. I am because I love talking with you and helping and shepherding and teaching you all the things that I have learned throughout this lifetime and well, frankly, all the others. So I'll see you all next time. Until then, lots and lots of love to you. Stay well, go into your gratitude and just, you know, feel good. I love to work with you. One on one. I get to see the most exponential growth. And those of you who work with me privately every month I'm part coach, part mentor, part energy worker and intuitive. What I do is beyond traditional coaching in many ways since I add in all kinds of information you wouldn't normally have access to and the results speak for themselves. I have hundreds of glowing testimonials you can read for yourself at my website or just reach out and ask me. We begin working together with an assessment of your life, what you want and where you've been, where you're going. We focus deeply on patterns, blocks, and what you plan to achieve or become next within yourself and within your life. Last, we're going to carry your desires right into the heart of the universe. By far Flow Dreaming Together As I lead you in every session with a personalized, customized Flow Dream, you're going to end up with dozens of these, plus a plan. Now you've got two options. You can either take me for a test run with an introductory private session, or we can just jump in and explore what a longer relationship working together would do for your Life. Just visit flowdreaming.com search for private sessions and I really look forward to meeting you.