Get Delulu With Me
An eight-week workshop for clarifying your vision and building tools for the journey there
September 18th to November 6th
on Zoom ❦ Fridays at 9-10am PT / 12-1pm ET / 17-18 BSTYou’ve tried to make the change, to take the action, develop the habit —
but it won’t stick.
Worse yet, the thoughts are so punishing: “Why am I like this?” “It’s so hard for me to do this.” “I’m going to ruin my life!” You try to do the thing (or stop doing the thing), you fail (or, if you’re like me, you avoid it), and the shame spiral begins.
It can be different — you can be different. Your old stories can quiet and fade. You can access your inner power and build confidence. You can love yourself and make your dreams come true. I know because I’m doing it.
The strategies I teach in this eight-week workshop are hard-won, and I use them constantly for myself and my clients. Get delusional with me, and literally open your brain to possibility.
Delulu too “woo”? It’s all backed by science.
Beyond mainstream phenomena like the placebo effect and self-fulfilling prophecies, not to mention a wealth of studies on positive psychology, now even neuroscience shows that the brain is quite malleable based on its inputs. In fact, it has trouble differentiating between vivid imagination and reality (!).
When you practice imagining your dream life, your brain gets a new blueprint as its guide — and it starts to see and make connections it hadn’t previously. Serendipitous events seem to occur more frequently because your brain is open to them, looking for them.
The work: Make your blueprint, build your toolkit
In this workshop, use delulu journaling, an imagination practice, to create a new blueprint that crosses different areas of your life:
Inner self
Work and projects
Wellbeing
Money and abundance
Relationships
Community
Creativity
Power OR Eros (doing a trial run of these areas in August)
We’ll also build a mindset toolkit. You’ll develop new self-talk phrases and skills and learn mindfulness and somatic practices that are essential for resilience. And, by working to delulu journal for 30 days, you’ll road-test habit formation, the foundation for effective change.
You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of not only what you want to accomplish in the coming years (and decades!), but the kind of person you want to become and what it will take to get there. You’ll practice slowing down and noticing your thought patterns to develop a refined ability to focus on what really matters to you.
Schedule
The workshop will run for eight weeks in one-hour sessions, starting Friday, September 18th and ending Friday, November 6th. We will begin and end promptly so that you can flip to your next virtual meeting, or back into your life.
Fridays: 9-10am PT / 12-1pm ET / 17-18 BST
September 18, September 25, October 2, October 9, October 16, October 23, October 30, and November 6
What they’re saying
“This workshop is a holistic approach that has helped me to shift my thinking and improve my confidence and clarity when it comes to my creative (and life!) goals.” — S.D., Los Angeles
“The perfect balance between woo woo/spiritual and factual and grounded. Disarmed my inner critic and got through to me. … When I started this, I was a bit skeptical, even without fully realizing it. I was experiencing so much resistance to positive vibes that I could feel it throughout my whole body. The workshop, and especially being in a group, helped me make sense of so much and truly unblocked me. Today, I delulu journaled with a smile instead of tears. Thank you!” — Lyu, Sofia, Bulgaria
“We need our imagination to build a new world and we need each other and I’ve found access to both here!” Sara S., Cairo, Egypt
“I really liked the body of the workshops, the classes and the curation — the way Mercedes presented the information and sprinkled different activities throughout.” — K.R., New York
“Delulu science and journaling has been very useful and easy to integrate into my life. Establishing a habit was and is the most difficult aspect of this for me and opened my eyes to all the ways I need to establish boundaries and facilitate self-care.” — Jessica G., Boulder, Colorado
“I’m working actively to think bigger and more ambitiously while giving myself breaks; it’s an interesting new syncopation.” — K.S., Los Angeles
“Mercedes is an amazing connector. She brings wisdom and insight to the table in both a personal and collective manner. She has an abundance of resources. She is humble and light hearted while still being an excellent leader, directing the group with grace and keeping the workshop sessions focused but fun. She has a special gift of evoking transformation in others. She is like a lighted guide on a dark path!” — Devon, east coast
What’s included
Eight, one-hour workshops with instruction and discussion
Eight weeks of group chat with likeminded creative people
Mindset tools that you can use til you leave the planet
One 30-minute session of coaching office hours with Mercedes
Prompts for 31 days of delulu journaling to shape your vision
NEW: Specific weekly assignments to keep you gassed up and focused
BONUS: Invitation to a series of virtual social hangs — only for delulu participants, alumni, and clients — for getting to know new cool people and to practice sharing our visions and our work.
By popular demand, Get Delulu is extended to an eight-week workshop. Join a small group of likeminded creative people to clarify your holistic vision of success and the path to getting there. With delulu journaling as our core practice, we’ll build mindset tools for various aspects of our lives, and in between, we’ll chat and swap inspo. You’ll gain new perspectives, new community, and new ways to see yourself and work with your thoughts. ❧ Learn more ❧
September 18th to November 6th ❦ on Zoom
Fridays at 9-10am PT / 12-1pm ET / 17-18 BST
Who is this for?
You’ve tried to change, to become your truest self, but you feel stuck. This is the year of the fire horse after all — and you wanna get moving!
You have a vision, or kinda, and want to breathe life into it.
Your inner voice includes a lot of negativity and old stories. You know you’ve got limiting beliefs, and you’re ready to move on.
You’re inspired by others and want to connect to some cool new people.
You crave emotional regulation and know you need a toolkit for :waves arms: these times.
You’re ready to commit to a daily journaling practice, share vulnerably with others, and integrate your insights into your life.
Who am I?
I’m Mercedes, a creative coach and a former design editor, strategist, and manager. As a coach, I regularly lead people through vision exercises, mindfulness practices, and habit formation — all the ingredients we need to get this delulu practice in motion.
I’m energized by helping people change their minds about themselves and actualize the person inside — that one you’ve always known is there — through creative resilience, interconnectedness, and vulnerability.
My coaching methodology relies on knowledge from across many different worlds — art, science, philosophy, spirituality, literature, psychology, mythology and more — plus my own life experiences with motherhood, relationships, friendships, trauma, grief, stress, separation, awe, joy, truth, and beauty.