How to Use Your Dreams to Access Your Intuition and Make Better Decisions

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This episode is about how to use your dreams as a tool for intuition, clarity, and personal growth.

You're having five to seven dreams every single night. Most of us aren't remembering them, and some of us have subconsciously shut off our dream recall because at some point we received a message we weren't ready to integrate. That's not a limitation, it's a choice your subconscious made, and you can reverse it.

In this conversation we get into why dream analysis is not the same as dream interpretation and why that distinction matters, how your emotions during and after a dream hold more clues than the imagery itself, what prophetic dreams actually are when you look at them through a quantum lens, why so many people think they don't dream and what's really happening, how Megan channeled an entire book trilogy from a dream about a talking cat and built a publishing company from it, and how authenticity, alignment, and abundance are all connected to the inner work your dreams are trying to get you to do.

If you've been feeling like there's something trying to come through you that you haven't been able to understand yet, this is where you start listening.

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Megan Mary is an award-winning international bestselling metaphysical author, dreamworker, host of Women's Dream Enlightenment podcast, and founder of Inner Realms Publishing. She holds an MA in English Literature, a BMsc in Metaphysical Sciences, and is pursuing her PhD. She is a member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, the Author’s Guild and the Independent Book Publishers Association.  Her metaphysical fiction trilogy, Witches of Maple Hollow, blends the genres of mystery, fantasy, and women’s fiction. She lives in Idaho with her husband and two cats.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:00

What if your dreams aren't random, but one of the most powerful tools you have for clarity, healing, and intuitive guidance? And I don't know about you, but when I was a kid, I was obsessed with dream journals and understanding my dreams. And today we are diving into a conversation that will change the way you see your inner world, especially the world that happens while you're sleeping. You're gonna learn how to actually use your dreams to understand yourself, to access and develop your intuition, and to step into a more aligned, empowered version of your life. So if you've been feeling like there is something more trying to come through you and there's messages you haven't been able to understand yet, this is where you start listening. Let's get into it. One of the things you focus on is dream analysis. So tell us what dream analysis is and what are the benefits of dream analysis.

SPEAKER_00 0:45

So dream analysis is really first the appreciation of dreams. It's coming to a recognition that this is an important part of our lives, that it's not something to ignore, discard, or be embarrassed about, that it is actually something that is very powerful and there for us and that we should all be embracing. And so the analysis of it is really taking the time to have the practice to look at what the dream messages are that you're receiving and what is it that they could be helping you with in terms of a larger understanding of yourself, your purpose here on the planet, your goals and ambitions, things that may be blocking you to achieving those things. So by looking at the dream experiences and tying them to your own experience. So the difference is it's not necessarily interpretation, it's a walking through of the dream and saying, how is this relevant specifically to you, not from a dream dictionary understanding?

SPEAKER_02 1:53

Mm-hmm. Yeah, because so many of us, especially us witchy women, like in high school, we bought a dream dictionary and we're looking up. I used to have this repeated dream when I was in high school about my teeth falling out. Like I would be anywhere and all of a sudden I wouldn't have any teeth, or they would just be falling out like glass in my mouth.

SPEAKER_01 2:12

Right.

SPEAKER_02 2:12

And uh all the dream dictionaries were like, that's stress. I'm like, but what does that mean to me? Like, that's really vague.

SPEAKER_00 2:20

Yeah, I've seen interpretations that said that meant you're gonna receive money. So I mean, it really varies, right? I mean, that's a big difference. And so that's why it not only matters to you your life experience, but it matters the emotions that you're experiencing. So sometimes that's a terrifying experience, and other times that's a an experience where you're feeling relieved of something you no longer need. So your reaction to that action in the dream tells us a lot.

SPEAKER_02 2:55

So that's good for people to know when they wake up and you have that feeling about it, then there's clues there. Can you tell us more about that?

SPEAKER_00 3:04

So that's really part of my method, the dream mirror method, is to look at the emotions. So the first part is just remember your dreams, start understanding that they're important and to start keeping a dream journal. But the second step is mood, where we really want to pay attention to our emotions because the way our brain operates, we experience emotions in the dream as if we are experiencing them in waking life. So emotions are very visceral, they're very powerful, and we may only remember the dreams that are maybe scary because those emotions are strong enough to get our attention. But there can be a whole range of emotions that we can experience both during and after the dream. So in the dream state, we may be feeling a certain way, and when we wake up, we we may be feeling another way. So keeping track of those emotions is a key part of that of my process.

SPEAKER_02 4:06

Why do we dream?

SPEAKER_00 4:09

Oh, that's a huge question. And I think I know it's a big one. I think that the word dream is loaded and it's minimizing. So I really think that the dream state is where we return to our spiritual essence, right? Where we are existing as spirits. And everybody knows if you start losing sleep, if you have suffer from insomnia, if you don't sleep for a couple days, you start to not be able to function. Your can't your brain doesn't operate, you can't be a functioning member of society, and you start to lose your grip on reality as we know it. So it is integral and so important because we are spirits having human experience. So we need to return to that spirit space daily. And within that space, so many things can happen. It's not just story dreams, it's not just lucid dreams, it's also visitations from loved ones, it's spirit guide interactions, it's information downloads. There's so many different things that go under that umbrella.

unknown 5:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 5:24

Yeah, that's fair. And a lot of people have prophetic dreams, psychic dreams. One of my best friends called me recently and she told me she had had this dream about this boat, and there was a hole in the boat, and the boat was sinking, and you might think, oh, well, let's start interpreting it. What's going on in your life? It was a literal dream. A few weeks later, a couple of her friends had taken the boat out and the boat started sinking, and there was a hole in it. And she was like, What? And and she had shared with that friend about her dream, and it was kind of like over brunch, they forgot about it. And then as the boat started sinking, they were able, it was, they were able to, they were fine. But she was like, Oh my gosh, her dream, right? And she called her, she's like, You're a witch. She's like, I guess a little bit, but yeah, we have these psychic dreams. So are they uh that's like a heads up, right? But we don't we're not always given the information. Here's the people involved, here's the date, here's the location. So it's like, let's talk about psychic dreams a little bit. And what do we do with that information if we don't have all the pieces?

SPEAKER_00 6:27

I think that the reason one of the ways we can understand prophetic dreams is if we talk about the quantum. So in the quantum, everything is happening all at once. So there isn't a future or past, and there are parallel realities and there are parallel existences. So consciousness takes on a different flavor when we look at it through the quantum lens. This allows us, though, to understand prophetic dreams a little bit better because is it really a prophecy, meaning that we foresaw it happening in the future if there is no future, if everything is now? That means that we're just gaining that information on an alternate lane. So, yes, those things can happen. Those things can also happen while we're waking. We can get visions, we can hear voices that say, don't turn that way, leave 10 minutes later, don't um, you know, call your friend. And those are those are hits, those are information. Though that is our clair senses coming online. And those things don't necessarily, they're not confined to this time-space continuum.

SPEAKER_02 7:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:36

So we have to look at the bigger picture when we start talking about quote unquote prophecy.

SPEAKER_02 7:42

Well, and then based on that, how can dream work awaken our intuition, our clairvoyance, our clear cognizance, all our so all of those senses are available to everyone, but they're usually dulled as we get older.

SPEAKER_00 7:58

As children, we're much closer to them and they come natural to us. But then as we start to talk publicly about them, whether our parents or friends, we're discouraged from speaking about them or from believing in them. But as we get older, we can remember, which doesn't mean necessarily that we're that we're gaining those skills. We always had them. We're just remembering that we had them. And dream space is one of those wonderful spaces that allows us to connect with them because it the waking, busy mind is quieted, and we're able to listen and observe and feel and sense and connect with those clear abilities. And intuition is one of the key benefits of dream work because the more we're able to decipher the messages that we're receiving, the more clearer we're going to understand the world around us when we're waking. They really do start to synergistically benefit each other. The more we start looking at our subconscious, the more we are aware of our choices and motivations and triggers in our conscious life.

SPEAKER_02 9:17

So for people who say, I don't remember my dreams, I have had experiences, and I bet you have too, where the more they adopt mindfulness into their life, being present, taking better care of themselves, finding ways to reduce stress in their life, they actually start to remember their dreams again. Their dreams come back. I've had people say to me, I don't dream. And then they start dreaming. Well, I'm gonna kick it off with a card. And normally these cards are not just for you, my beautiful sweet guest, but for everyone who is listening and watching who need oh, this one is like this one, this one. Interesting. Saint Cecilia, play music. Wow. So you have the Witches of Maple Hollow trilogy. I have all the chills. What does this mean to you?

SPEAKER_00 10:07

Well, the first book, The Dream Haunters, strongly features healing sound frequencies. And she is a pianist. So there's definitely it starts out the whole journey, is her discovery of what sound can do.

SPEAKER_02 10:24

Wow. And what cool timing. I my office is a little crazy right now. I'll cut to a wide shot of my room. And this is a sound healing table that I have recently been gifted by a friend to help with the lymphedema in my right arm and anything else that I might be going through. And I have been learning more and more and embracing the idea of sound healing and frequency healing. So, wow, what a perfect card for us today. So, this, so for everyone listening, this is about healing. This is about receiving healing. This is about using music as healing, sound frequency as healing. And if you know who the publisher is, you can go on YouTube and you could look up sound frequencies for healing. And I say know who they are because you don't want to just download one from anyone or listen to one from anyone. You want to be referred to one. But yeah, there's just something really interesting there. I'll give you a little psychic prediction. You can do with what you want, or we can edit it out. I feel like if you don't already have this, there's going to be something connected with you and music that you're going to put out, some sort of sound healing frequencies that can be like a download with the book or a free gift or something connected to that character. On behalf of this character from this character, here's a sound healing meditation or frequency that you can listen to.

SPEAKER_00 11:44

Yes. And I already have planned Maple Hollow meditations. So there it is. Yes. Yeah. Already, already in the works.

SPEAKER_02 11:53

Oh my gosh, how cool. Well, is that connected to the dream empowerment program? Because I want to hear a little bit about what you do with your client.

SPEAKER_00 12:00

It is, yes. So everybody is dreaming. They're having five to seven dreams a night, they're just not remembering them. And it could be a combination of that you're not paying attention, that you're not allotting the time in the morning to reflect upon them, or also that you have subconsciously turned off your dream recall because at one point you received a message that you weren't ready to integrate. And so that's very common. And you decided, no, I don't need this. I don't need the little voice. Just go away. I'm not listening to you anymore. Like if you had nightmares or why would we okay? Yeah, you received any kind of message that you didn't know what to do with. And so dream integration is really that process of saying, what do I do with this now that I remember it? Now that I wrote it down. Now what do I do with it? And dream empowerment is really me saying, look, I want to empower you to have this be a practice in your life. I don't want you to be dependent on me to understand your inner thoughts. I want to empower you with a method that you can use moving forward for the rest of your life to better your life and to understand how you can embrace your dreams. And so my dream empowerment program and sessions, the program is really a longer version of the sessions. It's a 90-day program where we work together and we continually look at multiple dreams. That allows us to track synchronicities, differences, common themes across those dreams, and do that integration work, which is much like shadow work or meditation or any other modality that you might use for healing, we do that with the dreams. So I create guided visualization meditations for you based on your dreams. And I overlay, here it is, sound frequencies. So based on what it is you're trying to achieve in your dream, if you had a scary dream and you're trying to remove fear, if you had a sad dream and you're trying to, you know, soften your heart, whatever, whatever it might be, those frequencies help you attain that as you're listening to that guided visualization that walks you back into that scenario of the dream. But like a choose your own adventure, you get to say what then happens instead of how it ended. So it's almost like a waking lucid dream. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 14:21

That's cool. So in this process, then that's how you also help people overcome nightmares.

SPEAKER_00 14:27

Yes. And that can happen even with without that, but it's very powerful way to help, including just attaining the state of lucidity, can very much help with nightmares. Because if you can recognize the scenario you find yourself in and realize that you are in the dream state, you can influence the course of that experience. And that is so empowering that when you wake up and realize you did it, you feel like you can do anything.

SPEAKER_02 15:04

Yeah, that's amazing. You really feel like a superhero once you like, right? It's like, wow, I now have this superpower. Yes. That is awesome. Well, while I have you here, may I ask you two personal questions about dreams I've had? Sure. So it's okay to say no. So I found this fascinating. So I grew up in South Florida and I lived in the same house from when I was five to when I was about 11. And then after my mother passed away, we moved back into that house when I was 12, going on 13. And then I left that house when I was 19 and never lived in that house again. So since I left that house, all of my 20s and all of my 30s, 99% of the dreams that I have take place in that house. Now I've moved to Nashville and I've been here five years, and I'm in what I would consider my dream home, give or take, a few things. And I'm having less and less dreams that take place in my house. So I've thought maybe now that I'm in a place that I feel safe, I'm no longer there. But I'm but my dreams don't take place in this house. So I'm like, well, and once in a while, even recently, I had a dream in my old house. So why do I so that's question one, why do I keep having these dreams that take place in my old house? And when I wake up, they're all different. Sometimes they're scary, sometimes they're comforting.

SPEAKER_00 16:35

Yeah. That was gonna be my next question was is there a continuity with the emotional theme, or is it just all over the place?

SPEAKER_02 16:44

I would say more so than not, they're disturbing dreams. Okay, well, stressful dreams, yeah. Like trying to save animals or floods, or you know, why are all these people here? Party's over.

SPEAKER_00 16:58

Yeah, I think it's important to look at to tie the look at the landscape, look at the setting, but tie it to other pieces. So is there, if if you could track in your dream journal, is there a continuity between old house dreams and those those old fears or stressors? Um, because many times, you know, when we're forming our subconscious, it's from birth to about seven or eight. And so that's where our all of our subconscious beliefs derive from is that early stage. And so our brain is forming. So it makes sense that we return back to that place where that formation was happening.

unknown 17:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:45

Um, but the question uh usually is much more specific. What are what is happening in these dreams? Who is there? What are the actions? What are you doing? What is the emotional response? What's the, if you were to call it a story, what's the plot of these different dreams? And I think if you were to track those or start making a note in your journal, you know, house or whatever, turning the corner of the page or something, just to track how many times that shows up and if there is a commonality in that theme, then it could be that we're talking about fears that originated from your youth. So there could be a basis there.

SPEAKER_02 18:31

Yeah, I'm gonna start tracking that. I want to start tracking the scenarios. That's really interesting. So I woke up today, I had a dream last night that there was a family wedding, which just occurred two weeks ago, and my makeup wasn't right. And so I my makeup just looked terrible. And so I took the foundation off, and then I didn't have any of my own makeup, and I borrowed my cousin's makeup, and it's like kind of the same as the one I have, and she had so much makeup, and she has so much makeup. And then I'm finally ready to go meet everybody, even though it's not my wedding, and I'm greeting some friends who have all gathered in this space, and someone who is recently no longer my friend was there, and I was like, How'd she get invited? Why is she here? And I felt annoyed that she was there. I didn't sit near her, and then uh, and she was pretty quiet, but she I was I was kind of sitting at the head of the table and it was like a T-shaped, and then she's kind of at the other end, and so she could still see me, and she wasn't sending daggers my way. She was just there, she wanted to be there. And when I and she's the one who ended the friendship recently. And so when I woke up today, I had some compassion for her. Like, oh, she misses me and she still wants to be my friend, but she's she was just so cruel in how she behaved and ended things. Like at this point in our lives, you know, it's like, how much effort do we like? You shouldn't have friends you have to go to therapy for with at this point in life, right? So, in my in my opinion, and God bless anyone who who is and does that. Yeah, I I just woke up today like, huh. That's weird. Okay. Felt a little sad, like, okay. Yeah. Like sad for her almost.

SPEAKER_00 20:18

I mean, there's so many aspects to that that it would take a half hour to go through them, but really quick. Um when we start off, we're talking about makeup. Now, this could have been about a dress, this could have been about a purse, it could have been about shoes, it could have been about uh any of the number of things that go into getting ready for a wedding. But we're talking about makeup and what is what is the you know the metaphor of makeup, right?

SPEAKER_02 20:41

Beauty. So yeah.

SPEAKER_00 20:42

And and you're talking about foundation.

SPEAKER_02 20:46

Literally. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 20:48

Sometimes sometimes when we say the words out loud, it really starts us to understand maybe what's happening. So the word foundation, there there's a a strong metaphor there in terms of the foundation not being right, is what you said.

SPEAKER_02 21:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:08

And that you had to borrow, you know, you borrowed it from someone else. Um, what is that, you know, what does that other person represent in your life, you know, the person that you borrowed it from? And also, you know, just skipping ahead to the friend, what are the things that she represents in terms of personality-wise? I I understand that you had a falling out with her, but before that happened, if you were to describe her as a person, how would you describe her? And so think of those words and then think about her presence in the dream. And even if it's not literal about her, what does she represent possibly in the setting? And and then also this the setting of a wedding. I mean, you were just there, but you realize it's not yours. I mean, there's so there's so many slight nuances in It's not yours. The foundation, your foundation isn't right. You borrow the you know the makeup from someone else. And so the way I normally go through it takes a lot more time where I ask you to to provide a lot of this information about the makeup, about what wedding means to you, about your friend, you know, all of these things, so that I'm not necessarily speculating at all. And I'm really getting deriving all that. I'm getting you to say it because when you say it, you're gonna use your own words, and they're words I'm not gonna choose. And sometimes when you say it, you're like, oh, even about the foundation.

SPEAKER_02 22:36

Yeah. I mean, even that, you just this mini process. I'm not answering all those questions just out of respect and to save for time, also. But I'm like, oh yeah, I want to think about all of those things. Right. Because I would imagine so often we wake up from a dream, whether it's positive or negative or neutral, and we have a feeling about it, and we either shake it off or we use that feeling throughout the day. And perhaps now I'm learning we might not be interpreting it correctly. And then we're carrying that feeling throughout the day when that's not what it was, what it really means, or it's like a surface level meaning. Like when I woke up today, I was just like, no, I release you from my energy, you know, like why is she still there? And I'm like, no, actually, there's it's deeper than that. And I loved your question of what about the person who lent you the makeup? And I'm like, oh my gosh, she's like generosity and she is love, and you know, all those things. I'm like, oh, that's the foundation that I want to have in my relationships. There you go. Very good. Oh my God, you're so good. That was really fun. Okay, well, that was a mini, a micro mini session. Yes. Thank you for letting me play. Absolutely. What if the most powerful thing your team could do wasn't another training, another framework, another goal setting session? What if it was learning to actually slow down, get present, and trust themselves? Through the success of my clients, I have proven that when people trust themselves, they stop second-guessing every decision. They stop shrinking in rooms they belong in, they communicate more clearly, more effectively, they lead more confidently, and they stop waiting for permission to take up space. They take creative risks, they inspire the people around them without even trying. And that's not soft work. That's a competitive advantage. I lead immersive mindfulness and meditation experiences for companies to go deeper, not surface level stress tips. These are real tools for presence, self-trust, and showing up with intention. I've brought this into teams at Paramount Global, Gap Inc. and their brands, Humanity HR, and many more. The room always shifts every time. Happier employees are healthier employees, and healthier employees do better work. So if you're ready to explore that, head to elesiasky.com. Let's help your team thrive, not just survive. In addition to all of this magic that you do, you've also created this book series. And when I was on your show, I believe your third book was just coming out, right? And then now you've created this incredible thing for women. So I want to hear about your books and what you're doing and how that incorporates with this work.

SPEAKER_00 25:09

Yeah. So so I call the Witches of Maple Hollow trilogy a quantum encoded ascension tools for the spiritual seeker. Because they really are fictional self-help. They're like the Celestine prophecy, mixed with Harry Potter, mixed with Charmed. They they tell you a story, you follow the main character through their own discovery, but in doing so, you also have your own discoveries as she is discovering. And I also have a themed dream journal that goes with the trilogy, of course, so that you can keep track of your dreams while you're reading them. But they really were a uh channeled, uh, you know, massively uh important thing that happened about 10 years ago. I had a dream about a talking cat, and I didn't know what to do with it. But it was so cute that I thought, oh, I need to do something with this. And I started writing a little story. Well, I put it down. I taught, I thought about it for many years, but it wasn't until I had this major other spiritual event that happened that I started going back to the book, started working on my dreams, started being led to write these stories, and they came so fast after that, super rapidly. I released all three within a year's time. And they are so powerful in terms of my personal experience, but I hope that they are also a beacon for other women who are going through that. That it walks you through so many different metaphysical topics because I was studying for my metaphysical degree while I was writing them. So it runs the gamut. And it's it's something that I think story is a very powerful way to learn about the topics that you might not normally approach. That's a good point in nonfiction.

SPEAKER_02 27:14

Yeah. I love the idea of fictional self-help. And I I would imagine so many authors are like in uh indirectly doing that anyway. You know, we write to create and help and heal and express our creativity. So you being so intentional about it, what a gift. And it sounds like you channeled it.

SPEAKER_00 27:40

Yeah, I really think looking back now that I did, because I'm thinking, how did I write all that? Yeah, um, it was it came fast and furious, but I do think that it writers do put themselves in in their writing, right? But not all writers write something visionary or something that's uplifting. And I'm not knocking the other genres, but for me, I really wanted to have it be uplifting to other people with a happy ending, with a positive feeling, with an empowering feeling, versus it leaving you devastated. Sometimes people say, I want a book suggestion that'll just crush me. It's like, no, I I don't really want to be No Thanks. Life's hard enough. Right. So, you know, that was what I felt I needed to do.

SPEAKER_02 28:30

Yeah. Wow. And then you started your own publishing company.

SPEAKER_00 28:34

Yes. So Inner Realms Publishing was how I self-published them. But then right after that, shortly thereafter, I had a new calling. And the new calling was to share everything that I had learned in my self-publishing journey with other women writers. And I didn't see that coming, but it came also fast and furious. So all of a sudden, I created this organization called Literary Ladies. And within a month, a hundred women came in and joined and all said, Yes, I want to be part of this and let's all support each other. And it became an amazing place where we can all help each other get the word out about our books and share what we've learned without, you know, all this spam and uh unsolicited stuff that all of us authors are getting now from just not even real people. It's really hard to find help and support when you're, you know, when you're out there doing the author thing.

SPEAKER_02 29:33

It is. And how beautiful. And I I've said this so many times on this show, but I believe that when you do what you feel motivated and inspired to do, the universe will conspire in your favor and bring you who needs you and show up with the tools that you're ready to receive, learn, and share. And wow, a hundred women immediately drawn to this. Like, hello, it's right there, right? So please, if whoever is listening or watching this right now, if you have a dream in your heart, just do it. Just try, just put it out there. It's not like Megan Mary didn't have 5,000 other things she's doing and working on at all times, but sometimes we just get interrupted and we go, this is the thing. Pause, pivot, share. We'll create space, we'll figure it out. And that's part of the power of being a woman. And uh, and we we love all our men, listeners, and audience as well. And but I just want to shine a light that women can can we can do more than one thing pretty well, you know? And that's one of the things where men are so friggin' good at just focus on the one thing and just go. I am not so good at that. I do quite, I mean, I focus one thing at a time, but there's many things that are in that one thing at a time that I think women are just naturally born to do, wouldn't you agree? Multitasking. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 30:54

Mindful multitasking and just the community too. I, you know, the with this new new earth consciousness of cooperation, it's really coming into that feminine energy where it's not the I want to beat you to it and I want to sell more than you, and I want to badmouth you and all this kind of stuff. That that competitive nature, it's becoming more cooperative, where it's like, if if you know the rising tide lifts all ships and lets all help each other and share what we know, crowdsource what we know instead of gatekeeping that information.

SPEAKER_02 31:30

Oh, so beautiful. Like what that right there is the pillar of community, generosity, just connection. That's how we thrive. We are not here to hoard. You know, we're gonna end up alone, buried underneath our pile of treasure that's just rotting. Yes. I like that.

SPEAKER_00 31:51

I mean, I don't like that, but it's a great analogy, yes.

SPEAKER_02 31:53

Yeah, for sure. Oh my gosh. So, you know, I love the magic that you do. And I would like to peek a little bit into the before journey. Um, tell me a little bit about like who were you as a kid and did you ever go on a corporate trajectory or not? And then how did you wind up here? Because I want everyone to walk away with if they have a dream, they can go for it, even if it is untraditional, unconventional, scary. Because a lot of people feel, especially in a mystical profession or a spiritual profession, they're gonna get judged. They're a family who might be conservative or religious, or even just like none of the above, right? Like very just straightforward. Like, what are you doing? Like, uh we're risk takers, but it's it's it's calculated magic. It's like not even risky when you know it's gonna work. You just know.

SPEAKER_00 32:47

That's right. Yes. So, I mean, yes, as a child, I was always what I talked about earlier, felt very close to all of those unseen things, knew they were there, knew there was more than people were telling me, really was a a researcher, a mystery, you know, seeker. I was always looking for the unwritten text of what people weren't being taught in school or what my family wasn't telling me about things. And so I naturally sought it out myself, naturally felt inclined to all of those new age type topics growing up, even when I was a teenager. And then I have a natural inclination for things highly technical. So I ended up working in websites and digital marketing and doing, you know, programming basically. And that came very naturally to me, although I also am very ethereal and very spiritual. And so the two things don't didn't make sense to me. I thought, well, these things can never meet because neither side will accept them. And I don't, I can't, I have to choose. I can't be one or the other. And when I had that major spiritual experience that was brought on by like some major medical event, I was like, I can't do this anymore. I have to merge these. And it and it was incredibly scary and painful because I didn't want to expose either side to the other side. And I couldn't see how they would work together. And eventually, you know, uh some very kind people started surrounding me that said, you can do this. You you are made to do this. In fact, this is exactly what you're supposed to be doing. And those people really helped me overcome all of my self-doubt and fear and step into a spotlight that I was not prepared to take as an introvert. I wasn't on social media. I was, and I felt I felt called by spirit to do a podcast, but I was terrified to do it. I was really afraid to be on video, to be recorded, to put myself out there. And when I did that, the reward was that all of these people resonated with it.

SPEAKER_01 35:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 35:14

And it was so shocking. And that and and that taught me that by following my heart and following the call, that I had to step away from my own fears. I had to stop worrying about how I looked, how I sounded, um, messing up, being not ready, because the authenticity of my delivery was what was going to resonate with other people. Even if I said things wrong, if I messed up, if I stuttered, if I corrected myself, it was the vibe, it was the vibration, it was the frequency, it was the intent and the pureness of what I wanted to share that I was putting out there that people were picking up. And I had to trust in that. And when I did, I I learned that that's how this works.

SPEAKER_02 36:06

Wow. Thank you for sharing that. That's amazing. And I I would love to get into your mind a little bit more around the authenticity piece and how it's connected to abundance. Yes. It is, right?

SPEAKER_00 36:19

Yeah, 100%. So that those three things are things I talk about a lot. Um, authenticity, alignment, and abundance, because I feel when we really tap into our true nature, the one that holds our gifts, that makes us unique, that's the authentic piece. Not when we're trying to imitate someone else because it's popular or look like someone else because that's the common way, you know, the thing that we see in magazines or on TV, or when we're trying to pursue even a business that we think is going to be profitable because other people are doing it. That's not the authentic path. It's the path that brings you joy, that makes you unique, that lights you up. When you do that, you start to get closer to alignment. And when you're in alignment, then you're not in resistance anymore. Then that abundance, which whether it's monetary or supportive or just feeling fulfilled in your life, comes from not resisting and following that calling. So that's what I, the three pillars, the three A's is really what I talk about as the benefit of dream work, because you're gonna start listening to your inner voice, maybe the one that you've silenced for a long time, and that's gonna bring you closer to your authentic self, as well as your higher self, your universal self, the one that knows way more than you're allowing, so that you can hold more of that within this waking consciousness. And when you start to do that, your path changes. The world starts to rearrange to meet you, as you said, in the new frequency, the new vibration that you're putting out, the one where you're holding your own space, where you're believing in yourself, where you're believing in your ability to do things. And it's not a pompousness and it's not uh fake it till you make it. It's just uh an inner knowing and valuing that. Which for many people is very hard. For all of us, it's hard.

SPEAKER_02 38:34

For sure. I wish that for everyone, and it's crucial to have friends who support you, like the people who you said this some kind people showed up and opened doors for you or showed you the way or helped you believe in yourself. And folks like you and I can hold space for people to do that and the work that you've created, not just with the publishing company, literary ladies, the books you've written, what you do in dream work, like you're you're doing that. It's like you're you're doing it, babe. Trying. Keep on keeping on. So cool. Well, bonus question before we wrap up. Yes. Earlier when we were talking about psychic stuff or intuitive stuff, you had mentioned we started talking about the quantum realms, and that's I'm just gonna paraphrase, but about I don't even know if you said this, but I think we both agree like time is not linear, right? So if time isn't linear, and then we are either quote unquote manifesting or or stepping into alignment with who we truly are, then wouldn't it be true that that already happened, right? We've already stepped so right. So then what are we doing? Are we just like shifting timelines into that reality? Or yeah. Okay, let's talk about that.

SPEAKER_00 39:49

Yes. So it's a it's a remembering, yes. So yes, there are many who say, and I I believe this too, that everything is already, everything you all want is already there. Yep. You just have to be vibrating at the right frequency that that is to shift to that. You can't be living in a state of lack and think that you're gonna shift into your timeline that is very abundant because you can't hold it because you don't believe that you can. So you have to match the vibration of those other possibilities. And there's endless possibilities. So my books talk a lot about this. They talk a lot about time travel and quantum, the quantum concepts of time and space. And there's there's the Nefarius force in the book that wants to keep you within the cage of time and space. Is it our Yeah? Well, it's it's you know, it's it's like the powers that be, right? It's yeah, it's it's it's our limiting beliefs, it's what um everything that's put on us as humans, uh, in our upbringing and all those types of things. That's kind of the cage. And we are happily living within it, and we happily also believe that is the rule, that we know how the world works, and it doesn't work that way. That's what you tell yourself, but that's just the cage. And so the whole concept of this awakening is to remember that there is no cage and that we can create and shift different to that to those different timelines because they they are existing in tandem. And it's just a matter of getting in tune and in alignment with the vibration that we are maintaining, that we are putting out, that we are living in, which has to do with our thoughts. And so that's why listening to the inner voice, paying attention to the subconscious thoughts is so important because you can't fix something from subconsciously from the conscious realm. You have to go into the shadow and bring it back and understand what you're the loop that you're on. And is that loop benefiting you?

SPEAKER_02 42:15

And if it's not, why do you want to stay there?

SPEAKER_00 42:22

Right. And and a lot of people just um you know, excuse it away and say, Well, I'm not choosing to stay here. The world is making me stay here, it's not my doing. And so that's a very disempowering uh viewpoint. So we have to become empowered to believe that we can make choices and affirmations and do things in a different direction that can change our lives. We have to feel empowered that we can do that.

SPEAKER_02 42:59

Yeah, and to not shrink to fit into anyone else's box or bubble, whether it's parents or or whatnot. And it just reminds me of like all the shitty relationships I was in in my twenties. And being with someone who is my equal now, and the work we've done together to stay equal. That because there's so many people that they're doing this work, but their partner isn't. And then years and years go by and they've outgrown their partner, and that's hard. It's because sometimes we don't want to step into that other timeline because we don't want to leave somebody behind. Or we don't want right.

SPEAKER_00 43:44

And so people Yeah, but we have to Yeah, we have to believe that what's meant for us won't miss us. So we have to believe that whatever happens when we do step into that is what is meant for us. And maybe it We'll be surprised. Maybe it's not what we think.

SPEAKER_02 44:03

Yeah, true. And when we give people grace and space to evolve, to do their inner work, to have their tantrum and to have their meltdown, and then to go into the cave and come out and go, okay, I'm ready to do the work. And I see that so often in close friendships and marriages. And I think that's a critical part of being in relationship is giving each person space for whichever version of Dark Knight of the Soul they're on right now. Yes. And like peeling the layers back. And so many times I've thought, wow, if my husband and I just get through this next piece personally, right? Then we're gonna, we're gonna make it. And we always make it. We keep making there was never a time I doubted we wouldn't make it, but I just like to remind myself whether I'm going through something hard or he's going through something hard. All right, we're just gonna, we're just gonna keep going, you know? And it's like it's so difficult in the moment, but then it's so rewarding when you're willing to do the work.

SPEAKER_00 45:02

Yeah. And it's it's giving yourself compassion and the people around you. And like you said, when you woke up from your dream and you felt compassion for your friend, that's a high vibration. Resentment is a very low vibration. So we, you know, we have to understand that not everyone is gonna see what we see. They're not all gonna um go through it at the same time. They're not all gonna be ready for those truths at the same time. And so we have to provide compassion that they're everyone's on a different path. And what you are I said this in one of my dream journals that one of my hardest lessons wasn't overcoming my fears, it was recognizing that once I did speak my truth, not everybody was gonna resonate with it. Yeah. Because I thought, oh man, if I could just overcome this, everyone's gonna accept me. No, no, that's so fair. So you have to recognize that not everybody's gonna get it and that what took you so long to figure this out isn't meant for everybody.

SPEAKER_01 46:07

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 46:08

Yeah. And that they'll come to it when they're ready, that they'll figure, you know, be ready to receive it. Like, you know, when the student is ready, the teacher appears. Not everybody's ready. So not everybody's ready for my book. And I and that was hard for me to get in the beginning. But now I understand that that's not uh that doesn't mean it's not important or in this not a good book. It just means that they're not ready to receive that yet. And that's okay.

SPEAKER_02 46:33

Mm-hmm. I mean, that's some of the best entrepreneurial advice you could give.

SPEAKER_00 46:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 46:39

Truly. And I wish you all the success in your book, and I wish that you get to receive it and be adored for it in this lifetime. And because it will live on past our physical expiration date. So it'll be fun to see you just receive all that praise and love and adoration. Thank you so much. Continue to, as you continue to. You're welcome, love. You had mentioned that you have the Dream Mirror Journal template. Uh, so you're gonna give that to us for free today. So thank you so much. And we'll put that in the show notes. Is there anything else that you want to share or leave us with before we go?

SPEAKER_00 47:18

Um, well, I would just say you can find me at megamary.com, and that's where you can find the whole trilogy, my podcast that you are a guest on, as well as my courses and sessions and all of the things that we've discussed today.

SPEAKER_02 47:36

So wonderful. Thank you. And all of that will also be in the show notes. It's been so wonderful to spend this time with you and to get to be in your energy again. And I have a feeling we will do another pod swap and collaborate on some fun things. And I'm excited to take a peek at the collective you've put together for all these amazing women who are publishing. I've got some books that are emerging soon. So you're inspiring me. Thank you. Thank you so much. You're welcome, my love. Be sure to connect with me at patreon.com forward slash the brilliance method. The only way I'll know if you're loving the show is if you leave a comment, five stars, and subscribe.