What meeting Oprah is teaching me about nervous system recalibration, identity traps, and daring to live inside your vision now.
This week I felt my dream move closer.
The kind of dream that makes you smile when you say it out loud - partly from excitement, partly because you know it sounds outrageous.
I want to write a book so valuable in its insights that it becomes a New York Times best-seller. And then, the part my inner child can hardly contain, I want to be interviewed by Oprah for her book club.
I know how big, scary and ridiculous that may sound. I can even imagine some of you thinking, That will never happen. I get it. Impossible goals usually have that effect. And yet, there’s a part of me - the part that hasn’t been trained to limit her imagination - that refuses to shrink it down to something more “reasonable.”
Because I’ve realised the real magic of an impossible dream isn’t just in achieving it - it’s in who you become along the way.
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
And this week, something happened that made that “impossible” dream feel a little more possible.
On 4 December, my birthday I’ll be meeting Oprah in Sydney.
When I first read she was coming to Australia, I felt a spark shoot through my body. I didn’t think. I didn’t weigh up the pros and cons. I just knew I had to be there. Within minutes of the tickets being released, I’d secured an inner-circle ticket - the kind where you meet her, shake her hand, and get a photo.
When the confirmation email arrived, I sat there staring at the screen. My heart was pounding. I could barely process that I’ll soon be in the same room, breathing the same air, as the woman whose voice has soothed my soul, whose questions have cracked open some of the deepest truths in others, whose presence has felt untouchable for most of my life.
Not as a starstruck bystander.
But as a woman who belongs there.
I’m not scrambling to finish my book so I can shove it into her hands. That’s not the point. This is about helping my body get used to the idea that my “impossible” dream could be possible. That being in her orbit isn’t some fantasy - it’s part of my reality.
Because here’s what I’ve learned: big dreams don’t just stretch your mind - they stretch your nervous system.
I used to think nervous system work was all about staying calm under stress. Now I see it’s just as essential for holding joy, magnitude, and possibility.
If my body can’t hold the reality of meeting Oprah without going into disbelief or panic, how will it hold the reality of her holding my book one day?
Somewhere in the universe’s field, I’ve sent a signal. And I feel like this is my sign back - a whisper saying, You’re on the right path. Keep trusting. Keep believing. Keep stepping forward.
This is something we all need to remember.
There’s a child in each of us who once dreamed without limits, who believed the impossible could be possible. But somewhere along the road, we stopped. We got serious. We stopped playing. We lost our connection to ourselves, to our dreams, and to our imagination.
Through my own deep inner transformation - and by embodying my Human Design more fully - I’ve been reconnecting to the light within me. The light that says, Why not you?
And as I’ve been stepping towards this dream, I’ve realised something else. To bring it to life, I have to break free from the very patterns I’m writing about in my next book, The Identity Trap.
The book isn’t a distant idea on my to-do list - it’s the work I’m in every single day. I’m living its message, testing its truth, and unhooking from the identity traps that have quietly shaped how I see myself, what I say yes to, and what I believe is possible.
These are the five I’m consciously working through right now:
1. The Achievement Persona Trap
Defining my worth by output, results, and external validation. Slowing down or creating “just because” feels risky - like I’m losing value. My shift from The Value Negotiator to SimplyGlin is my way of choosing creative truth over constant proving.
2. The Proving Trap
Believing I must “earn” my dream by over-preparing or building a stronger case for myself first. It’s the voice that says, Wait until you have the publishing contract instead of trusting the worthiness of my vision now.
3. The Should Self Trap
Making choices from obligation or expectation instead of desire. Saying no to consulting and board work - even when it triggered fears about money and reputation - was essential to protect my creative days.
4. The Identity Attachment Trap
Clinging to past roles because they’re familiar and credible. Embracing SimplyGlin after building The Value Negotiator brand felt like a risk, but it’s created space for the writer and creator I’m becoming - and has attracted clients, seeking to develop their negotiation capability, who value me combining the inner identity recalibration and negotiation skills work.
5. The Destination Delusion Trap
Believing I’ll embrace my creativity “later” when everything’s perfect. I’m learning to live inside my vision now, embodying the future best-selling author before the book is finished.
These aren’t just ideas I’m researching - they’re the exact hurdles I have to navigate to write this book and to live the life it points toward. Every time I loosen my grip on one of these traps, I get a little closer to my dream, and the message of The Identity Trap becomes more alive on the page.
Life isn’t getting any longer. You can put off what you dream about today until tomorrow - but at what cost?
A life worth living, I’m discovering, is imperfect, messy action, but deeply honest in the pursuit of your heart’s desire.
The greatest negotiation you’ll ever have isn’t with others. It’s with yourself. And when you know how to negotiate with yourself and win, anything outside of you becomes possible.
Keep going and keep growing.
Love Glin x
P.S. Three things I'm grateful for this week:
1. Securing an Inner Circle Ticket
The tickets were selling out so fast, and even though I experienced the system glitching several times losing Inner Circle tickets that were in my basket more than once - I’m grateful I finally got one. In my excitement (and, let’s be honest, fear of missing out) I also bought four “Behind the Curtains” tickets for Oprah. These are the second-highest tier, and I’ll be offering them for purchase at cost price. Friends will have first priority, but anyone is welcome to express interest. I can’t guarantee tickets for everyone who replies, as there are only four, but I’d love to know who feels called to be there to see Oprah and celebrate my birthday with me.
2. A girls weekend in Brisbane
Spending time with friends, staying up late, and enjoying conversations that went deep into the night. The kind of connection that fills your heart and leaves you feeling both energised and grounded.
3. John’s help and a shared milestone
A big thank you to my partner John, who not only helped me navigate the ticket chaos but was right there with me in the moment I secured them. It might seem like a small thing, but for me it was a milestone - one of those moments where you realise you’re stepping closer to something you’ve dreamed about for years.
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