A Phoenix Collective Guide to Shifting from Overwhelm to Alignment
Let’s get brutally honest for a sec.
Most people don’t actually know what they want.
They think they want peace, money, balance, freedom—but if they are not making daily decisions that serve a clear, powerful vision…
They're not building a life.
They're just reacting to one.
Overwhelm isn’t always a matter of too much to do.
Often, it’s a lack of clarity. A fog that settles in when everything feels equally urgent.
But here’s the shift:
When you know your vision, your real vision—the one rooted in truth, deep desire, and agency—you can cut through the noise.
The Phoenix Collective is about rising from that fog with purpose.
Here’s how we do it.
🔥 Step 1: Write the Big Vision
Who are you becoming?
What kind of life are you building in the next 1–5 years?
Don’t water it down. Don’t make it pretty for Instagram. This is for you. Write it like your future depends on it—because it does.
💡 Your Big Vision Should Be:
- Vivid & Emotional: Use language that stirs something inside you.
- Holistic: Include work, health, relationships, home, creativity, and rest.
- Grounded in Desire: Ask: What do I crave? What would feel like freedom?
🎯 Prompt: Where am I in 2–5 years? What am I doing, feeling, building, and loving?
Need more encouragement? This IG post breaks it down pretty well!
🔥 Step 2: Identify Short-Term Goals & Desires
Big visions need boots-on-the-ground goals. Otherwise, they stay dreamy and distant.
Ask:
- What’s keeping me awake at night?
- What changes would shift my daily life closer to that vision?
- What habits or projects need to begin now?
🧩 Break your goals down into:
- Specific actions (“Start selling jewelry online”)
- Mindset shifts (“Stop over-apologizing”)
- Lifestyle anchors (“Walk daily,” “Create morning quiet”)
✨ Pro Tip: Only prioritize 2–3 goals at a time. You’re not failing—you’re focusing.
🔥 Step 3: Use ChatGPT as Your Assistant
This part is powerful.
You’ve got your raw material: your vision and your short-term priorities. Now it’s time to turn that into a plan—with a little help.
🧠 What to do:
- Write a prompt for ChatGPT that includes your long-term goals and the short-term shifts you want to make.
- Ask for step-by-step support: weekly actions, habit suggestions, ways to stay accountable.
📌 Example Prompt:
“Hi ChatGPT, I’m trying to build a slower, creative life between two homes, and I want to fix my credit and get better at communicating with friends. Can you help me make a 12-week plan for those things?”
🔥 Step 4: Make Your Vision Tangible
Dreams get lost if you don’t anchor them.
Once you know your vision and have a plan, make it visible. Powerful. Real.
🪞Ask Chat GPT to Create These:
- 🌟 Vision Statement – a clear paragraph summing up your desired life.
- ⚔ Manifesto – a declaration of who you’re becoming and what you stand for.
- 🔥 Battle Cries – short, fierce reminders to use when overwhelm hits.
Examples:
“I do not chase every spark—I follow the fire of my becoming.”
“This isn’t loss. This is liberation.”
“The list is long, but I am longer-lived.”
Write them. Print them. Repeat them until your nervous system believes them.
🔥 Step 5: Make a Plan for Each Goal
Take your top goals and give them structure. Don’t just wish—build.
For each one:
- Define what success looks like.
- Ask Chat GPT to break it into micro-steps (weekly actions, habits, reminders).
- Add emotional support: mantras, scripts, rituals, or reminders that keep you grounded.
🌱 Example: Consistent Communication Plan
Week 1: Make a short contact list. Write 1 gentle message.
Week 2: Choose one person a day. Use a simple template.
Week 3–4: Add 15-minute check-in blocks to your calendar. Reward yourself.
The goal isn’t perfection.
It’s movement.
Even slow motion is still motion.
🔥 Step 6: Review & Refine Regularly
You’re not stuck with a plan that doesn’t work.
Every 2–4 weeks, ask:
- What’s working?
- What’s feeling forced?
- What’s missing?
- What does my vision need now?
Refine your prompt. Adjust your steps. Reaffirm your battle cries. You’re building a living plan, not a rigid system.
🔥 Final Thought: Clarity is Power
If you’re tired of the overwhelm—of drowning in noise, of juggling too much—it’s time to stop managing the chaos and start following your fire.
You do know what you want.
You just haven’t been using it to guide you.
But now you can.
Write the vision.
Choose the steps.
Burn the rest.
If you want to do this with other women who are making changes too, join the private Facebook group "Phoenix Collective"-- we meet weekly for a 15 min mindfulness check in, and weekly for an hour for this Dream Big workshop work. I've seen this method work again and again over 35 years-- people starting successful businesses, buying houses they never thought they'd be able to, graduating from college programs. It works--Join us!
Keep rising, Phoenixes.