It’s time to explore the dance between gratitude and desire! And to play with your own inner “gratitude-desire toggle switch” I’m bringing in characters from one of my all time favorite movies: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (because you know I love a good metaphor for growthiness!)

Charlie Bucket has very little, works hard, suffers quietly and composts his experience through gratitude (and suppression of desire) in order to protect himself from the painful or disappointing parts of his reality. Veruca Salt, on the other hand, has unbridled, self-obsessed desire running her life, which creates chronic disappointment and insatiability. And the central character, Willy Wonka, shows up somewhere in the middle, blending gratitude AND desire, fueled by BIG, out of the box vision that supports him in creating truly mind-blowing possibilities.

In this episode you’ll be able to reflect on which character you’re most like and which character points to your growth edge . . . because we’re ALL fine-tuning our magical “gratitude-desire tuning dials” daily to find that sweet spot that allows us to make magical alchemy the present moment (whatever that looks like) AND cast our desires forward to create wondrous possibilities and dreams realized in the future.