About
Thank you for visiting The Dreaming Café. It is my honor to have you here as a guest.
You may be wondering just who, and what is The Dreaming Café?
Well, first let me introduce myself. My name is Sandy Dempsey. 
I live in Southern New Jersey. I was born and raised here. I am the oldest of three children. I am happily married. I have no children, but I do have three nephews and two nieces whom I adore.
Throughout my life I’ve held numerous jobs ranging from farm labor to factory worker to retail clerk. One year I had thirteen different jobs, all in different fields.
I have had two distinct careers, the first in dietetics and the second in logistics, distribution and transportation.
I learn quickly and get bored easily. I changed my college major at least six times and never finished any of them.
But, the two subjects I have never grown bored with, and can never learn enough about, are life and self.
I’ve always felt like there was more to life than just eating, sleeping, working, and shopping. I remember being ten-years-old, gazing out of my bedroom window, looking at the stars in the night sky wondering, “Why I was here?”, “Why was I born?”
Those questions have never left me.
As I grew older and took on more and more of the expected adult roles in society, I continued to feel like there was something missing. I just I didn’t know what.
I wanted more out of life than just a job, a house, a husband and a family. I wanted to know who I was, and why I was here. I wanted to really live life, and I wanted to make a difference.
This discontent and these questions started me out on an adventure, a creative journey of self discovery. It has been one of the hardest things I have ever done but, is also one of the greatest gifts I have ever given myself. That adventure, that journey continues today.
Along the way I came to realize that I had a deep desire to share what I had learned and to help others begin and travel the creative journey to self discovery.
Reaching this point wasn’t easy. Deciding what came next was even harder.
Years ago I had defined my life’s mission simply as: “to learn, to grow and to share”. I felt called to help others and to make a difference.
But, for a long time I doubted myself and what I was called to do. For a long time I was confused about how I could help others. I had the dream, but no clear way to make it happen. So, I sat with the doubt and confusion until I began to see a way that I could make this dream come true. It didn’t happen overnight. It didn’t happen in a few months. It took years of staying true to my life’s mission and dreaming.
Then one day while journaling all the pieces fell together and the dream was born. That dream has taken the form of The Dreaming Café – A Destination Oasis on Your Creative Journey to Self Discovery.
The Dreaming Cafe is my way of fulfilling what I believe is my life’s mission and my life’s calling.
It is still a work in progress, and like life, I imagine it always will be.
What is the Creative Journey to Self Discovery?
- The Creative Journey to Self Discovery is a quest to answer the questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What do I want? Where am I going? How can I best use my innate skills, talents, abilities and passions to contribute and make a difference?
The answers aren’t discovered in a day, in a week, in a month or even a year. It often takes a lifetime. Yes, you will discovery answers along the way, but once you start down this path you realize, as you grow, the answers evolve and grow deeper in meaning. The Creative Journey to Self Discovery is a life time journey, not a fixed destination.
But, like any journey you have to start. You have to begin moving, you have to take your first steps. It helps to have at least some idea where you want to go. The destination, the dream or goal you have in mind may change, but to move you have to at least choose a direction.
And, you need to take along some supplies to help you along the way.
How does The Dreaming Café play a role in your Creative Journey to Self Discovery?
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The Dreaming Café is designed to be both a destination oasis, a stopover to rest and recuperate from your journey and a place to replenish your supplies.
You will meet others at The Dreaming Café who are on their own creative journey to self discovery. You will be comforted by and inspired by their tales of adventure.
The Dreaming Café offers all the supplies you need to continue on your own journey- information, resources, maps, guides and food for thought. And, if we happen to not have what you need, we will help you find it.
No matter where you are on your creative journey to self discovery The Dreaming Café is committed to helping you along the way.
If you have questions, comments or want to share your story, email me, I’d loved to hear from you. Sandy@TheDreamingCafe.com
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Twitter ID: SandyDFromNJ
Twitter Bio: “Writer, artist and entrepreneur using the written word to communicate, teach, share, and help heal the world, one word, one idea, one person at a time.”
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