...there is creativity!

Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed. The created item may be intangible or a physical object. (Wikipedia)

Hi, my name's Terri, and I've always had an interest in the way the mind works, how we use it, how we connect with each other.

I've made vision boards in the past with my friends - sitting on the lounge floor, stacks of our favourite mags, scissors and glue, a glass of wine - and had some success from our boards. A close friend found her board from a few years ago and looking at it realised that 99% of what was on it had come into her life!

A Vision Board (also sometimes called a Treasure Map or an Image Bank or Creativity Collage) is a poster board.

On this poster board, you paste or collage images that you’ve torn out from various magazines. The images can be very specific - or they can be images that evoke a feeling – like a picture of a woman meditating that makes you feel deeply peaceful. It’s simple.

The truth behind this technique is this:
When you surround yourself with images of who you want to become, what you want to have, where you want to live or holiday, your life changes to match those images and those desires. Your attention is that powerful.

When you think about it, most people never pause long enough to ask themselves what they want. They just let life happen to them. I think this is because most people don’t believe they can really create their own happiness, or their own wealth, or their own anything! They’ve succumbed to what I call “The Oh-Well Conspiracy.”
“Oh well. What did you expect?”
“Oh well. That’s the way it goes.”
“Oh well. It wasn’t mean to happen.”
A Vision Board moves you out of “Oh-well” and into “Well well!” (as in, “Well well! Look what I created!”) very quickly!

There's a power in ritual and writing before you begin a vision board.

Before a single magazine is ripped up, everyone in the room gets clear.
The participants get clear about what they want in their lives.
They get clear about their connection to spirit.
They get clear on what they want to be, do and have.

In other words, they go below the surface to discover what they really want to align with. This is powerful work.
That’s because your deepest wisest self needs time and space to speak to you.
For instance, you might think you want a Porsche, a new watch, and a hottie boyfriend...

But maybe, what your deeper wiser self wants is more sleep, some drawing classes, and less stuff to do on the weekends.
When you take time to align with this deeper self, then you are far more able to manifest your authentic desires with total effortlessness.

This isn’t to say that your Vision Board won’t work if you don’t connect with your deep self! It’s just to say that the manifesting will probably be easier and more exciting when you align with the deeper part of you.

Some people get confused about how they should feel as they’re making their Vision Board. They get upset if they don’t feel “spiritual.” Or they want to give up because doubt creeps in.
This is normal stuff. You’ll hear many thoughts running through your head as you make your Vision Board. Just let them go, and keep on working!
That’s just the nature of our hearts and souls. Sometimes you’ll start out doing one kind of Vision Board, and then your intuition takes over and shifts into a whole different mode.
That’s called Creativity.
Just roll with it!

Oh, and another thing:
Your desires might change as you’re making your Vision Board.
A friend of mine had been making a Vision Board for the New Year. The theme was all about the big goals she wanted in the coming year. Then, as she pulled pictures and began to lay them out, she realized that the theme changed into a simpler one.

It became all about her everyday life and the moments of joy in each day. It surprised and delighted her to experience that evolution.
She realized that the Big Goals didn’t matter as much to her as creating a daily life of happiness and present-moment awareness.
She let go and had one of the most powerfully peaceful years of her life.

You’ll probably experience similar epiphanies as you make your Vision Board. This is the best part about making them!
There’s one reason this process is so important: As your spirit gets quieter and looks at all these wonderful images, your ego tends to drift away and loosen its grip.
When that happens, your most authentic self is allowed to take the wheel. Your authentic self is your Creative Self. Your Creative Self doesn’t give a hoot about control or “making things happen.”
Your Creative Self just knows that if you get to have the exact life you want – then you better get crystal clear about exactly what you want! She is not afraid of clarity!

Pay attention to your Vision Board.
Pay attention to your opportunities. And take a few chances. And be willing to make a few mistakes.
These things don’t have to be BIG.
Start at home.
If you pasted up pictures of beautiful living environments, then begin to make your current home beautiful. Get rid of the clutter. Bring order to your closets. Let go of any items you don’t absolutely cherish.
If you pasted up pictures of healthy food, then notice what books or information comes your way about eating. Try some new kinds of healthy cuisines.
If you cut out a picture that reminds you of starting a business, then hire a coach to help you fulfill your dreams.
Remember if you take one step towards your dreams, your dreams always take multiple steps towards you.

When we allow ourselves to dream, sometimes it can be quite painful.
That’s because we may realise that we have been living inauthentically. Or that we never gave ourselves a chance to take a chance or to fail.
In those moments, it can seem as if it’s all been a waste of time and that we should just start over or something.
Not true at all. You are in your perfect and right place learning the perfect and right lessons you need to learn right now.
Honor that. And celebrate this new opening and awareness.
You do not have to leave your current life behind.
You do not have to fly to India and meditate for a year.
You do not have to walk away from everyone and everything and start all over again.

Instead, you can start with one of my favorite lessons: “Change the HOW, not the WHAT.”
You know what that means?
It means you start exactly where you are. Yes, right where you are – exactly how your life is NOW.

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Testimonials:

I absolutely loved the day! I have my board on my wall in my room it reminds me of my visions my hopes and my dreams love it!! Thank you Terri for an awesome day! If you haven't done this workshop please do you never know what dreams will be unleashed!
 

Thank you Terri, great day to spend working on the future instead of fire fighting the present. Would recommend to all.
 

This was a fantastic day - Terri thanks again for holding these workshops. They're fabulous. I continue to look at my Vision Board daily where different words and images jump out at me. It's such an inspiration :)