Daysdream

I believe animals come into our life for a reason, that they were meant to be in our life, and this handsome boy, always had a path destined to be in ours. Meet Dexter. He has a story, as all do. He was born into PADS, and his lineage goes back generations as service dogs. He was originally named Hex (I would love the story on why that name). He trained to work with humans who were blind and in wheelchairs, for the first 2 years of his life, started training as a puppy. At the age of 2 he was given out for adoption because he didn’t qualify as a service dog because he was “diagnosed” with extreme attachment disorder.

Good friends of my parents adopted him and he went to a loving home with them, and was renamed Dexter, Dex for short. He worked along side his master, who was a landscaper, every day until suddenly his master passed away, with Dexter at his side. He was to then re-homed to us.

Some may think this is too woo woo but before he came to live with us, he came to me in a meditation when I was in my Shamanic development training with Keyla. I asked Keyla about it and she said to me “yes he is your spirit dog”.

So for a year now Dexter greets everyone who visits Daysdream with so much kindness and support and he always knows where to place himself in the room and when to touch you.

When he is not working with me, he spends his time with Grandpa, attached to his side.

Dexter fills my heart with joy, reminding me to play, breathe, and see the wonder around me. He got me through a dark winter alone and he tries every day to get Buddy (my cat) to play. He loves it when Finn is here, my daughter’s dog, because he gets to run and play with Finn.

Animals love us without conditions and can show us to see the world through a clear lens 💕💕

Ah sweet peas, that smell fills hearts with joy, for me it always has, when I was in my early 20s I even named my cat Sweet Pea. I discovered last week that they can also fill another’s heart with joy just by having them in my treatment room.

Sometimes it’s the small little things that can make a difference 💕
What is your favourite flower?

CHAPTER 2: Seeing the Patterns
Portal of Self-Honesty

Have you ever caught yourself reacting in a way you didn’t understand?

Maybe you overthink.
Maybe you stay busy.
Maybe you find it hard to rest.
Maybe you put everyone else’s needs before your own.

For years, I believed these were simply parts of my personality.

But what if they’re not?

What if they’re patterns…

Patterns that once helped us feel safe.

One of the most profound shifts in my own journey has been learning to stop asking, “How do I fix this?” and instead become curious.

I’ve discovered that freedom doesn’t begin when we force ourselves to change.

It begins when we slow down.

When we allow ourselves to feel.

When we become present with what is here.

No stories.
No judgment.
Just curiosity.

This is the invitation of Chapter 2: Seeing the Patterns.

Because we cannot change what we cannot see.

And when we begin to see ourselves with compassion instead of criticism, something beautiful begins to unfold.

As you move through your day, I invite you to sit with these two questions:

💕Can I allow myself to feel safe in this moment?

💕What is my body showing me?

With love,

Dalyn

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The past few weeks have humbled me.

A digestive flare stopped me in my tracks.

It forced me onto my white couch for a couple of days and invited me to slow down in a way I haven’t allowed myself to in a very long time.

As I lay there, something fascinating began to emerge.

I realized that my body may have been feeling overwhelmed long before my mind knew it.

A busy day.
A luncheon with a room full of people.
A client afterward.
Co-leading She Speaks that evening.
Wanting to show up for everyone.

Consciously, I didn’t think I was stressed.

But my body may have been saying, “This is too much.”

As I prepare to launch the first founding group of The Sovereign Woman this fall, I am receiving one of the deepest teachings of my own life.

The very things I will be guiding women through:
✨ awareness
✨ listening to ourselves
✨ honoring our bodies
✨ noticing our patterns
✨ learning to trust our inner knowing

My own body is asking me to practice first.

For much of my life, I have lived in overdrive, responsibility, grief, survival, and trying to hold everything together.

What I am learning is that our bodies often know long before our minds do.

What if our bodies have been speaking to us all along?

What if awareness isn’t something we teach?

What if it’s something we live?

The Sovereign Woman isn’t about becoming perfect.

It isn’t about having everything figured out.

It is about returning to ourselves.

Today I am asking myself:

✨ What is my body trying to tell me?

✨ How much capacity do I have right now?

✨ Does my body feel spacious or pressured?

✨ Am I moving from choice or from obligation?

Perhaps these questions belong to more than just me. ❤️

Why is it so difficult to move forward with something that means so much to me?”

This is another real moment from my life.

As I struggle to sit in stillness this morning, I am reflecting on why it doesn’t feel good that I haven’t posted about The Sovereign Woman for over a week.

I had every intention of following my social media plan.

Post every other day.
Share the chapters.
Build interest.
Keep the momentum going.

But life happened.

I was unwell.
I spent a few days recovering.
I traveled to Calgary.
The garden needed my attention.

And now, sitting here this morning, I find myself asking a deeper question:

Why does it feel so difficult to move forward with something that means so much to me?

Part of me deeply desires this program to succeed.

And another part of me seems to pull back.

Procrastinate.

Question.

Delay.

I know I am not alone on this, I see other women in this similar situation.

I am reminded to not judge myself for my patterns.

But become curious about them. Ask:

What part of me feels afraid?

What part of me doesn’t trust?

What part of me still believes that my voice, my work, or my dreams may not be enough?

The Sovereign Woman isn’t about having it all figured out.

It’s about becoming willing to sit with ourselves honestly.

To notice our patterns.

To feel what is underneath them.

And to meet ourselves there with compassion.

This morning, that is the work I am doing.

What pattern have you been noticing within yourself lately?

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Yesterday my body asked me to stop.

I didn’t listen right away.

Old patterns told me to keep pushing. To get through the day. To keep going.

So my body got louder.

Everything had to be cancelled.

The frustration is real. The disappointment is real. The doubt is real.

But so is the lesson.

For years I’ve lived in overdrive, disconnected from what my body was trying to tell me.

Today I’m practicing something different.

Resting.

Listening.

Trusting that my worth is not measured by how much I accomplish in a day.

A human can only carry so much for so long.

I share this because many women quietly live this, and rarely talk about. We crave truth, vulnerability and doing things differently than what we are told we should do.