The Magic Of Vis How you can create a powerful tool to spark a light in you and your life Lara Doherty, Founder of the Motivation Clinic
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or a lot of women, with or without experiencing peri/ menopause symptoms, our confidence, motivation and spark for life wanes during midlife and in certain major life situations. If we are not careful, this loss can then lead to feelings of low selfworth and mental health issues.
Following a traumatic relationship breakdown a few years ago, I vowed to change my life and happened upon Vision Boards and went on to create my first board. Just 4 months later, I was facilitating group workshops and overcoming my greatest fear, which was public speaking.
The things we once wanted are no longer what we want in our lives. We are no longer satisfied. Perhaps in a job you don’t like, a boss you can’t stand, a relationship that needs to end, the need for a new home, putting everybody first.
Since then, I have helped to transform the lives of 100s of individuals using Vision Boards, write a book “The Mighty Book Of Motivation Magic”, featured on the radio, launched a podcast, and manifested a space to use for workshops and run a successful coaching business. I have ticked off most things on all the Vision Boards I have created over the past 4 years, including saying yes to many adventures (a few less during COVID) and living a fulfilled and happy life - a huge change from the life I used to have.
We can end up feeling stuck and lacking purpose, direction and most of all, haven’t a clue how to change the way we feel or what to do about it….leading to feelings of overwhelm and frustration. We want to change but don’t know where to even begin or whether it is possible. But fear not, there is a solution: a very powerful tool and process which is relatively simple (and also fun) that you can use to get you unstuck, feeling more confident, motivated and able to get that spark back in your life again. I have been been using Vision Boards for the last 4 years personally and professionally with clients.
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What exactly is a Vision Board? A vision board can be described as a powerful tool that brings your goals and aspirations to life. It can be a board, a piece of paper, a piece of card, a pinboard, foamboard of any shape or size, or you can create your very own scrapbook. The process I use to create a vision board plays with our right brain to invoke creativity and imagination through various exercises,
extracting aspirations, goals and perhaps long-forgotten dreams from our subconscious. The board ends up being a physical representation of a goal or goals that you’re aiming to achieve over the next year, pushing you towards all the pictures, words and phrases that end up on your board. The brain remembers images 65% better than words, so looking at a vision board daily keeps you on track and heading towards your goals way quicker than just writing a list. Your brain is sorting through thousands of bits of information every second of every day, similar to how Google works. The brain then decides, based on thoughts and emotions, what it gives its attention to and what it lets go of. A vision board is an extremely clever tool because when you look at all the pictures, words and phrases on your board, this directs your brain to what it needs to remember and focus on. The neuroscientific term
