Vision Boards and Dream boards are a collection of pictures,
words, expressions and quotes collected and pasted or tacked to a board. This
board represents the desires of the board builder. For some there might be
everything from a positive quote to a brand new house.
Law of Attraction practitioners believe we attract into our
lives what we think about the most. For others it’s a way to visualize goals
and set a target or a destination for what they strive for. The main point of
the board is Visualization; this tool is helpful to stay inspired in the
pursuit of goals and dreams. I look at mine several times a day. I like to
visualize and feel what I imagine it would be like to have achieved all of the
goals on my board. The importance of linking the feeling to the visualization
is so the brain associates “Pleasure” with your dreams and goals. If we are of
the mindset that our goals are going to be “too exhausting” or “unachievable”
then why the heck would we ever commit physically or emotionally to something that
makes us feel bad or overwhelmed?
Just like with any habit we build we want to build a habit
of feeling our dreams and goals in present tense. There is that word again
“Present”. Yes we want feel as though we already have achieved the goal. This
is called outcome visualization where we visualize and feel the final outcome.
In addition process visualization is helpful also because we
visualize the steps of path to get to the outcome, we also feel what it feels
like to achieve and work through the process of our goals.
From a scientific standpoint our brains are like powerful
computers that are programmed to get a job done. When we visualize it has been
proven that we are in a sense programming our computers.
“Research has shown
with brain imagery that visualization works because neurons in our brains
interpret imagery the same as real-life action. When we visualize an act, the
brain generates an impulse that tells our neurons to "perform" the
movement. This creates a new neural pathway -- clusters of cells in our brain
that work together to create memories or learned behaviors -- that primes our
body to act in a way consistent to what we imagined. All of this occurs without
actually performing the physical activity, yet it achieves a similar result.” –
Huffington Post
Your dream board doesn’t have to be anything fancy at all.
Mine (you can see mine in the back ground in my video blogs) is a bulletin board with pictures and quotes thumb tacked to it. Mine
includes a photo of my dream home in the mountains, My smiling kids, a new
truck, happy clients, a 350” bull elk, a 30” Brown trout etc. I spend a few
minutes several times a day visualizing both the process and the outcome.
This is one strategy to take the focus off of what we don’t have
and focus on what we want in life. This practice helps up define on many levels
where we are going. Have fun with this tool, dream big and shift focus away
from the road blocks to the possibilities.
As always I encourage you to put your goals and dreams into
action, shift your focus. As a Life Coach my job is to help you articulate your
ideas and facilitate the most intense creativity you have ever had. Albert Einstein
said it best “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over
again and expecting different results". Stepping out of the boxes that we
spend our lives building is key to moving past limiting belief systems.
My name is Ernie Garcia, I am a Professional Divorce Recovery and
Transition Coach. I strategize with people to find a firm footing and
discover a new path after divorce or a life changing event by shifting focus to
the present and the future.
