Hello, alchemist! 🦋

Today we’re talking all about tapping into the energy of future you. This is a skill that has been a guiding force for my students and me, and I know it will guide you to places you couldn’t have even dreamed of, too.

A new level of life begins to unlock when you start using your excitement, joy, and desires as your north star. Not something to pretend that you don’t have or try to “figure out” to make sure they’re realistic. Little by little, over time, even just by you being here reading these words, the nudges your body sends you of freedom and inspiration will become impossible to ignore. That’s because they’re not supposed to be ignored.

To the new folks here: welcome! Emma’s Alchemy Club is a weekly newsletter for those on the journey of releasing fear and old beliefs so they can shamelessly follow their soul’s path. If you’re new (or even if you’re not new!), reply and tell me your story and what you’re currently working on. I read every response and love hearing from you. 💌

Last night, I remembered a journal entry I wrote in December of 2025, where I was scripting exactly how I wanted my life to look in December of this year.

We’re not quite there yet (… almost!!), but these past 10.5 months have surprised me beyond my wildest dreams. I grew from 300 to 620k followers, moved to my dream city of sunny Los Angeles with the love of my life, and have been able to travel and create soul-aligned work on my own terms.

Just a few years ago, I was so lost and depressed, working three jobs that completely drained me. I used to bawl my eyes out every day in my bathroom (which, by the way, I shared with four other people in an old house), whether because I was ruminating over a toxic ex or because I had no idea what my purpose was. I would have regular spells of panic.

I share this with you because I’m so grateful for that moment of life, too, however uncomfortable it was. I have so much love and compassion for that girl. It absolutely contributed to my journey and everything I get to experience now. Your confusion and darkest moments can be catalysts for the life of your dreams. That’s just how the seasons of life work. Think of the shedding snake or the butterfly: what can feel like destruction is always becoming something new on the other side.

Please feel this in every cell in your body as you read these words: your life can do a completely beautiful, synchronistic, magical 180. And that’s what today’s letter is all about.

💖 BEFORE WE BEGIN: I have a message specifically for the content creators, artists, spiritual business owners, or people who have a message they want to share online but are holding themselves back… There are only a few spots open in my Conscious Creators Cohort mentorship group, and this group will only run once. This is for soul-aligned creators who are READY to be seen and work through subconscious blocks closely with me and a tight-knit group of people who know what you’re going through. If you’re feeling the pull, the cohort starts soon, and I’d love to have you.

 The first step of tracking your North Star: ✨ Dream big without urgency.✨ 

At some point in this journey, you realize, as if waking from a dream and stepping into an alert, beautiful wakefulness: you have already arrived. All you have is the now. 

Of course, there are always new things to desire and create, as your journey is infinite, but who you practice being in the journey is who you will be when you arrive. Because there is no arrival. There is only the now, this current present moment, over and over.

This is the formula of beautiful, balanced reality creation:

Allow yourself to dream into infinite potentials, without limiting yourself based on past hurts, fears, and urgency + intentionally stay grateful and surrender to this wide-open, present moment.

There isn’t some future version of you, outside of current you, who never feels discomfort or negative emotions. Life is being in the now, and so many people allow themselves to be distracted by compulsive thinking that takes them out of the present moment. The sensation of having arrived, of knowing all is well, of being in the now, is an internal shift. It’s not something that can happen and be sustained as a result of external circumstances.

When life makes no sense is when this stillness matters most. If someone is still operating from the same perspective of scarcity and urgency, the external change will never be enough. That’s because they are mistaking their analytical mind’s projections into the future or rumination on the past for reality. The reality is what is right here, right now. You have arrived.

In this arrival, you can allow yourself to dream BIG. Here are some prompts for you to explore this on your own:

• One year from now, if everything were to work out better than you ever thought was possible, what would your daily life look like?

• What would shift in my energy and approach to life if I no longer projected past hurts onto my future? If all we have is the now, the past only exists in memory. We practice this rewiring in part 1 of the quantum leap breakdown.

 The second step of tracking your North Star: ✨ Do not ignore the pull of inspired action. ✨

The thing that you feel the most resistance towards doing (that you know you should do) is usually one of the things that will change your life the most.

None of this is an accident: your nervous system perceives that next identity as unpredictable and unsafe, so of course it will give you resistance when you try to stretch it. But by taking that resistance at face value and living in it, you are living in an old, false sense of self.

I had so much resistance to deciding to share my voice and story online. My fear (just like many others) was fear of hate and how people would perceive me. I remember jumping through all these loops, signing up for TikTok and Instagram with my email rather than my phone number so friends and acquaintances wouldn’t see my profiles (it didn’t help). I didn’t tell anyone. I remember feeling horrified at the thought of anyone I knew finding it, which, of course, showed in my posts.

Well, pretty much everyone I knew found it. My “fear” came true. I heard that people were gossiping and confused and thought it was cringy. But this fear coming true was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

Because on the other side of this thing that felt so terrifying was a new identity of someone who had to surrender her comfort and certainty. It wasn’t a forceful process, either; it was very natural. If you are on your soul’s path, you are signing up for uncertainty and surrender. That’s just part of the process. This new version of me wasn’t going to let this stop her. It was this moment of, “Oh…? That wasn’t the end of the world?” … I realized I could either let this stop me and bother me, or I could just … keep doing what I was doing? And why would I decide to silence my dreams to make others (who already made up their minds) more comfortable?

Now, I’d love to ask you…

• Where is your resistance? Be honest with yourself here! 😉

• Where may you be playing small, or not showing up, because you feel that desire to stay in the familiar?

• How would you act differently if you knew you had this calling for a reason?

That next version of you lies right beyond mastering that mental barrier. That version of you is MORE unapologetic, MORE aligned. As you begin moving through your mental barriers, remember to regulate your nervous system and remind yourself that you and you are on the same team here.

 The third step of tracking your North Star: ✨ Ask for support.✨ 

You are not alone in this journey. Something beautiful begins to happen to the students I’ve worked with once they really embody this. I’ve seen it in myself and my loved ones, too. When you start following your soul’s path, sometimes things will materialize out of nowhere to support you.

That doesn’t mean don’t take action (which is why step 2 of this letter is what it is); it means stay open and surrender to signs, synchronicity, and guidance.

The analytical mind is always trying to create certainty and needs things to be in a particular way. By following your soul’s path, you are signing up for uncertainty. Because you are now in intentional co-creation with the universe. You must trust that your desires are seen and heard and felt, and are being delivered to you. All you need to focus on is this present moment, and listening to your inspired action.

Yes, to the skeptics of this letter, I used to be in neuroscience and psychology research labs and quit the PhD track because I fell in love with expressing my creativity outside of the lab. I do believe in God, the universe, and synchronicity, and the relationship I have with it has never failed to completely amaze me. I’m not here to convince anyone; I think you either feel the pull or you don’t. If you do, lean into it. Ask for signs. After you ask, do not seek. Just trust. Seeking comes from the lens of separation, and the reality is that you are not separate.

Build a relationship with the universe the way you would with anyone else you loved: with trust, communication, and intentional time and appreciation.

Prompts to help build your connection:

• Where in your life are you being asked to lean into trust and surrender, just 10% more?

• What moments in your day made you feel supported or loved? Start with the simple pleasures: sunshine, your cup of coffee in the morning, how good it feels to smile at nothing.

• How can you create more intentional time to connect with the universe? Maybe it's through journaling, prayer, spending time in nature, sitting in silence… What feels good to you? Start there.

I am so grateful to be on this journey with you.

Never forget the light you are in this world.

With so, so much love,

Emma