Day 253: Bambi Corso

June 10, 2010 at 12:01 am, Category: Inspiration

“… just learning how to live a little tiny bit of your passion changes the dynamic of your life.  You know, you’ve added in a piece of something that then starts to grow and expand within you.”

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Toni Reece: Thank you so much, Bambi, for agreeing to be part of this Project toda,y and before we begin, can you please introduce yourself?

Bambi Corso: Absolutely, Toni.  My name is Bambi Corso, and I am a Law of Attraction Life Coach and a Dream Tender.

Toni: Tell us what a dream tender is.

Bambi: Well, it’s a … dream tending actually is a method of working with dreams that was developed by a man named Dr. Stephen Aizenstat up at Pacifica University in Santa Barbara.  I’ve gone through his certification course up there; so it’s another way of saying that I’m a dream worker.

Toni: A dream worker.

Bambi: It’s a specific methodology, yes.

Toni: Okay.  Well thank you so much for being here.  Bambi, when you think of the word inspiration, who do you think you inspire, and how does that happen?

Bambi: Well, you know I hope to inspire many of the people that I encounter.  One of the things that I do, Toni, is I start with smiling at people I don’t know, and I make this kind of part of my daily practice, because I see how many people I can inspire to smile back at me by starting with a smile of my own.  And I know it’s really simple, but it’s so beautiful to see when somebody responds to a smile, because it’s still a form of inspiration, you know?  So in that moment there’s an acknowledgement.  That’s just a little practice that I do on my own.

Outside of that, I inspire my clients, my coworkers, my family, my friends.  I really try to make a difference in the life of everybody that I meet.  And I think just by being a living example about who I am and who I’ve become over time, that that’s inspiring to many, only because I think coming from a very corporate background and always having a dream and a goal of working in a more spiritual realm, which I consider here with the dream work and the life coaching, it shows what’s possible, and it shows that anybody can do something.

Toni: How do you think that by being this way and setting that example, and then as you said those really small gestures of inspiration, but they certainly could set in motion a greater sense of inspiration on the receiving end of that – which is fantastic, those smiles that you give – how do you think that helps people to explore their own potential, by watching you and learning from you?

Bambi: I think that part of inspiration is when you encounter somebody who’s being true to themselves and they’re living who they are.  I think just by nature that that inspires people, because people get that on a subtle level, and I don’t know … yes, there is something to going out and purposely inspiring, but I think there’s also something to just really being an authentic human being that is inspiring to people, because it’s hard for some people to be authentic and to live an authentic life.

Toni: How would you define that?

Bambi: Being authentic?  I would define that as connecting to that which is inside of you that feels true for you.  I think there’s a line between authenticity and approval, and in life so many of us live our life based on approval instead of living what we really would have rather said, or what we really would have rather done.  So authenticity to me is really following your heart, and following a love and a passion in your life to be true to whoever it is that you are.

Toni: I think that may be the biggest challenge for some people is that they’re really not sure who they are meant to be, who they are.

Bambi: Absolutely.

Toni: Is that part of the work that you do then, Bambi?

Bambi: Oh yes.  Yeah.  One of the main things that I work on is connecting people with their deepest passions.  And to me, a passion really is also another word for a calling or a purpose in life — anything that really evokes that kind of an emotional response in us where we say “Oh my gosh, that is something I love and that is something that I want to do or I want to be.”

Helping people to connect to that place within them is inspiring, because it allows people to connect with something they love.  In turn, that creates a whole other series of things to start happening.  When you open a door to connect with something about yourself that maybe you’ve left dormant for years … I mean, I work with men and women who, you know, maybe have stopped and raised a family or they’re in a career, and they’re so busy they don’t take the time to connect with what’s so important in their own spirit.

So I work to bring that out in people because in even just learning how to live a little tiny bit of your passion changes the dynamic of your life.  You know, you’ve added in a piece of something that then starts to grow and expand within you.

Toni: Fantastic.  Now Bambi, what inspires you?

Bambi: Oh, gosh.  Quite a few things.  Being in nature inspires me tremendously.  There’s just something about being outside and connecting with … I think it’s a place to connect with source energy too, but that definitely inspires me.  Surrounding myself with people who are also really living with a passion and a purpose inspires me, because there’s so many people who have such great love.  I’m very blessed to know so many people like that in my circle.  Those kind of people to me are inspiring, and people who have stories to share of something that they’ve done that’s courageous.  This could be as simple as, you know, a housewife who always wanted to write a book, or just any act of courage by any person to me is just incredibly inspiring.  People like that really, really inspire me.

I’m also very inspired by synchronicity, Toni, because synchronicity shows me if I’m on track with my life.  And so if I’m in the flow and synchronicities are showing up, I feel like they’re guideposts that I’m on the right track, and that is something that’s inspiring to me.

Toni: Now, for … I have my definition of synchronicity, and I want to make sure that people that are listening know what you mean by your synchronicity.  What do you mean by that?

Bambi: When things happen in alignment that support what it is that you’re doing – and I suppose, Toni, you know, people are always going to see something supporting something they’re doing because with the Law of Attraction, like attracts like.  But when something shows up … you know, maybe you’re asking to meet the right kind of people and you get contacted to do something that feels completely in alignment with that part of yourself, that’s kind of what I mean by synchronicity.  So you either meet the right people or, you know, you find the right thing that you needed for a presentation, or you met the right person to help build a website.  It could be anything, but that’s what I mean.

Toni: When you find yourself looking for tools or resources to fill you up, to inspire you, do you reach for the same tools consistently?

Bambi: I probably do, but there’s quite a few of them.  I love books, and I love tapes.  I love listening to other people who are also inspiring to me, so because I’m always learning and it’s just something that I love, I think that, you know, books, CDs, tapes, that’s one set of tools.  Reaching out.  Sometimes just being silent is a great tool.  But I would say I probably do kind of tend towards doing the same things, because I know which ones work for me.

Toni: How did you find the courage to step into your passion?  You stated that you were in Corporate America and whatever that journey was that you were on led you to this.  So there’s a sense, I would imagine – maybe not – but I would imagine there’s a sense of courage that has to go along with that.  What was it for you?  How did it happen?

Bambi: That is such a good question, Toni, because it was a huge step of courage for me to do that, and I would say that developing the courage started a long, long time ago.  I had no idea how I would get from there to here, and that courage really happened one step at a time.  I just kept doing things in the direction of my dream, and they were little tiny things, but I felt led enough to know that there were certain steps that I had to take, and I’ll give you one example.

I  knew I wanted to work with dreams, and I knew I wanted to speak publicly about them, and I was very shy.  I had a dream that when I woke up I knew that the dream meant I needed to join Toastmasters, and I spent two years learning public speaking.  At this point in time, I wasn’t where I am today.  I wasn’t even ready to begin speaking.  I was nowhere near it at that point, but I knew that that was something I was going to have to do, and that was a very courageous act for me, being shy at that point, you know.

But it all happened a step at a time.  I just kind of followed those inner promptings that led me just one piece on top of the next.  And the other part of that is developing self-confidence, I believe is only built through taking small, courageous steps.  Because you know, believing in myself is so … it was so and is so critical to making that kind of a leap.

Toni: Now how do you then continue to explore your own potential so that you can keep moving forward with this passion and purpose?

Bambi: Well, I use life as a mirror, because life is always reflecting back to me whatever it is that I’m putting out energetically.  So staying very conscious and very aware to everything that’s happening around me is extremely important in exploring my own potential.  Using my own dreams to explore my potential has been something that has been very transformative, because dreams are constantly commenting on our life and on our choices, and how we really feel about something.  So paying attention to my dreams – I journal them.  I’ve been working on them for 30 years now – it’s a conscious act of listening to my inner wisdom to learn much more about who I am and who I’m becoming.

Even if I don’t know what my potential is in my waking, conscious state, there are glimpses into who I am becoming in the dream, and you only get to that when you start paying attention and writing them down, so that’s been a huge piece in exploring my own potential.

Then I think, you know, as I mentioned before, I’m always learning, and so I’m always reading and I’m always exposing myself to other kinds of things, because staying very open to all kinds of other things invites questioning, and then questioning or curiosity, in turn, invites exploration.

So, you know, let’s say I read a fantastic book and I feel the tug and the desire to also write a book, but maybe I feel some fear about it or wonder if that’s something that I can actually do.  Then I know, however, that I have the potential because I feel the desire, and then it just becomes more about how to get there.

Toni: So really for you it all starts in the desire.

Bambi: I think, yes … I think in the desire, but also staying very open to the mystery, because I think there’s so many parts of ourselves that we don’t know, and they start revealing themselves the more inner work that you do.  So a lot of it is really paying attention, but when you do find something that you do feel that inspiration, you do feel that desire, then you know that that is an area that you can move forward in.

Toni: This has really been an interesting interview, Bambi.  There is so much going on here, and I would love to explore this a little bit more with you, and that’s why it’s a shame that we’ve got the 15 minutes, but in a way it’s fantastic because you’ve given such a great view on not only who you inspire and how that happens, but you know, what you need and what you do so you can continue to explore the work you’re doing and do the work you’re doing.  So for showing up on the Get Inspired! Project, thank you so very much.

Bambi: Thank you so much for having me.  I’m honored to be in your Project.

Toni: Well thank you, Bambi, and hopefully we will connect in the future.

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For more information about Bambi Corso:  www.BambiCorso.com

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