How Visualization Can Help You Live Your Best Life

I've had a visualization practice for years. I've visualized everything from cars, homes, vacations, and jobs that I've wanted. It's a powerful practice, especially when you are living on and with purpose.

Visualization is a powerful tool for helping you to realize your best life. Many people may not know that this process actually uses your subconscious to bring into reality what it is you see in your mind's eye. You see, the brain cannot tell the difference between reality and imagination. Therefore, when you take the time to visualize your goals and how they may play out, your brain sees that as real. It uses your visualizations as practice for what's to come.

If you strongly desire and believe in a goal, you can increase your chances of achieving it through visualization. Just relax, close your eyes, and picture an event occurring exactly as you wish it to. Visualize every aspect, from what you're wearing, to how you feel, and even down to the look and feel of your surroundings. Do this exercise as often as you can in order to rewire the neural pathways in your brain. After repeated visualization, you will likely notice your visions start to come closer to reality.

There are several benefits to visualization. It truly can help you to live your best life.

Focus on What You Want

We get so busy in our day to day lives that we may inadvertently find ourselves focusing on our problems and deficits. Visualization forces you to concentrate only on what it is that you do want and in very specific details. This shifts your perspective to a more positive mindset.

Improve Performance

While what you visualize may not play out exactly in real life, visualization can help you to prepare for handling obstacles or issues that are likely to arise as you pursue your dreams. When you see something happening in detail in your mind's eye, you will remember how you handled it should it occur in your day to day life.

Reduce Stress

Seeing something through visualization that you hope to experience in real life can make it seem more attainable. That experience moves to the forefront of your mind. As you start to see it occur again and again through visualization, the idea of actually attaining it becomes more likely. You'll likely be less stressed about chasing your dreams when you've seen how they could play out. In addition, the process of visualization itself can be soothing and meditative.

Visualization will also help you to maintain a view of your purpose. It can definitely help to keep you on track with your goals and toward living your best life.

Give it a try and see how it might work for you.

Until next time...

Cheers!

Lisa