What My Dreams Taught Me About Healing and Conscious Leadership

For the past few months, I’ve been taking a class at the School of Metaphysics called The Mastery of Consciousness. One of the practices we’ve been exploring since the very beginning is dream work, specifically learning how to decode the symbols in our dreams to uncover what our subconscious is trying to bring into our conscious awareness.

In this way, dreams are not random. They are communication. Another way to know myself more deeply. And I find that very exciting and incredibly powerful.

They show us what wants to be seen, understood, healed, or integrated. They reveal beliefs we may have been living from unconsciously and patterns that may no longer serve us. The work is not about judging what we find. It is about awareness. Once something is brought into awareness, we get to decide what we want to do with that information.

Last night, I had a dream that felt different from anything I can remember. When I spent time decoding it and sitting with what it was asking me to see, it became deeply emotional, and incredibly eye opening. It revealed something very real about myself that I did not fully realize I was still carrying.

Our dreams often process the previous day, and yesterday held some big nervous system shifts for me.

I shared the new Comet Collective website (yes, this one) with two people for the first time and received incredibly supportive feedback from both. I also walked my best friend through the entire site, and when we finished, there was a clear feeling of, “Okay, this is ready.” That may sound simple, but energetically it marked a big shift, from quietly building something inwardly over months to stepping into it publicly and claiming it.

Alongside that, I am preparing to lead the Comet Collective launch event. The experience will include sound, meditation, and a creative practice. These elements feel deeply aligned for me, but I have not formally led them in this way before. While exciting, this also stretches me into new territory (practicing what I preach: feeling the fears and doing it anyways…knowing it is a soul desire and it will be worth it).

When I decoded my dream, it became clear that my subconscious was processing all of this.

The dream held many layers, but at its core, it showed me that I am standing at a threshold. I am moving forward with new beliefs about who I am and how I lead, while being asked to release older beliefs that once kept me safe but no longer fit. When I looked honestly at what the dream was bringing up, it led me back to something rooted in childhood.

A belief that I was not smart enough.
A belief that learning only counted if it looked a certain way.
A belief that my worth was tied to performance and approval.

Growing up, academic learning never came easily for me. Memorization and traditional structures did not match how my brain worked, and over time, I internalized the idea that I was not as capable or intelligent as others. Looking back now, I can see that this belief was not rooted in truth. It was rooted in how intelligence was defined around me and how I learned to survive within that system.

What this dream helped me see is that I do not lead from memorized knowledge or intellectual authority. I lead from embodiment, intuition, presence, and lived experience. That way of leading has always been natural to me, but fully claiming it has required me to let go of outdated ideas of what it means to be qualified or enough.

This reflection brought me back to the true heart of why Comet Collective exists.

It was not created from a place of having everything figured out or holding all the answers. It was created from a desire to turn inward honestly and to do that work in connection with others.

The inner work journey is deeply individual, but it does not mean we have to do it alone. There is something powerful about being witnessed by others who understand what it means to question old beliefs, step outside of comfort, and move toward a more aligned version of yourself.

Comet Collective exists to nurture that space.

It is a place to gently step beyond beliefs that once kept you safe but now feel limiting. A place to explore new experiences, try new ways of being, and even lead in ways that stretch you toward alignment with your truest self. It is a space that values honesty over perfection, presence over performance, and growth that feels expansive rather than forced.

This community is not about pretending to know everything.
It is about being willing to listen, to ourselves, to each other, and to the subtle inner language that is always guiding us when we slow down enough to hear it.

If you find yourself on a path of turning inward, questioning old beliefs, and listening more deeply to your inner world, you are not alone. Comet Collective was created for those moments of becoming, when growth feels both expansive and tender.

This community is an invitation to explore, heal, and evolve alongside others who value presence, authenticity, and conscious growth. We gather in person in Columbia, Missouri, creating space for connection, awareness, and alignment. If that speaks to you, I’d love to welcome you into the collective.