The Power Of Vision Boards with Lucinda Cross, Entrepreneur and Author

Hey, it's episode number 275 with my friend Lucinda Cross. And if you guys like vision boards and planning your future, this is the episode for you. Let's talk about your business strategy and the juicy details of what actually works, from mainstream fashion to fashion on Main street and the entire ecosystem behind it. How do we scale your company and do it with the balance and the happiness that we all seek? Let's hear from those insiders, experts and strategists that actually make it happen. I'm your host, Ashley Alderson from the Boutique Hub, and I can't wait to chat. All right, for all my hubbies out there who have been a part of Retail Boot Camp and inside of the Boutique Hub for some time now, you have heard me talk about the power of vision boards. In fact, I've shared my own personal story with you about what happened the very first year I created a vision board and began to really focus in on the power of planning out your ideal future. Not just what you want, but who you want to be and then being intentional every day about living into that life. In fact, the vision board I created in May of that year had all come true by September with the power of positive visualization. So today I'm so excited because my friend Lucinda Cross is going to join us and she's going to break down mindset, manifestation, creating vision boards, and how to live into the ideal life that you love. Guys, this is an episode you are not going to want to miss. It is full of juicy, juicy details. So get a notebook and get ready to be inspired. Meet my friend, Lucinda Cross. All right, you guys, usually I tell you to come to the podcast with a pen and paper, but this week come with some markers and some glue and some glitter because we're going down a different path. But I think you're really, really going to love what we have going on this week. I am joined by my friend Lucinda Cross, who is a speake author and the vision board queen. Lucinda, I'm so happy that you're here today.

Yes, I'm here too. I'm ready. I have my scissors, glue and mark.

Quite the way to kick it off, right? So, Lucinda, we were kind of chatting a little bit before the podcast today and I think if anyone's listening, that has been a part of the Boutique Hub's higher level programs, especially Retail Bootcamp. You know, that one thing we are really adamant about before we dig into any area of business, whether it's your financials or inventory or Facebook ads or anything Else none of that matters unless you have got the foundations in place and you've got your mindset right, and you actually have a clear path for where you're going. And so we always start that process on our end. And vision boards, honestly, is one of the key pieces of that. And we can get into this later. But I've seen such a dramatic effect in my own life, having gone through the vision board process. And now it's something I will forever have, and I've seen how it radically shifted my life. So I think it's something that is so important, everyone that we come in contact with at the Hub. So today, I can't wait to hear all about it, all the expertise that you have to share with us. How did you get started? Like, where did vision boards first enter your life? Where you started to understand the power of using your mindset in life and business.

Oh, my goodness. Short, quick, funny story, my mother is. She was. God rest her. So she's. She was a double psychology major. And so I would say from even like, 8, 9 years old, we started meditating. And she's showing me and my brothers. I'm the oldest of four, the only girl to start meditating and dreaming beyond where we were at and thinking about, you know, how colors affect us and energy. And so it kind of stemmed from there. And then, I mean, as she started going more into school, I was the one that was typing up her psychology papers. And one of them that really got me, I would say this now I'm, like, around 12, was about creative visualization. And she always had us, like, melting crayons and creating collages. And. And that is, I would say, started with my mother. And as I got older, it's something that I always leaned on because it helped me gain clarity and find hope in hopeless situations where I'm like, oh, my gosh, what do I do? What's going on? Well, create a vision board. So, yeah. Yeah. So it started at. At a young age.

What an absolute blessing. I. My husband and I have had this conversation so many times about our own kids. Our kids are ages 6 now to 10. And we've started that conversation with them as well. And we've often thought, like, what would our lives be like if our parents knew what any of this stuff even was and started to teach us at an early age? So what a blessing your mother was to your life to start so young.

Yes, yes, yes. I mean, no, don't get me wrong. You know, some mornings I'm waking up and I'm like, she's like, how do you feel? And I'm like, mom, please, not right now. I don't see any colors I'm not feeling. But, you know, I see as I got older, you know, just dealing with certain things in school and womanhood alone, you know, it. It really. All of those lessons is. Is the reason why I'm here today.

I love it. Well, let's. Let's kind of break it down. If anyone's new to this conversation, let's walk back a couple steps and say if there was a good place to jump in. Maybe it's just kind of defining, how do you see and use the energy that's in the world around you? Maybe let's start there with kind of some definitions, and then we'll move into how to use these different pieces together.

Absolutely. And when we talk about energy, it's all about what we see for ourselves. You know, I remember there was a quote that said, I is or was a question, is this the life that you ordered? Right. And when we look at our life, you know, and what's going on? Is this the life that you ordered? So basically, we're attracting what we believe we. We deserve. And so shifting more of that energy into abundance and as positive vibes as you possibly can is key. And it's important because we shift that it starts in our. And it starts in our brain. It starts in our mental state, and we're able to attract exactly what we want and what we feel we deserve. You know, people. Well, I feel like I deserve, you know, this multimillion dollar life and this. But then we may not be attracting that kind of abundance with the language we use, with the connections we have, with our daily routines, with the things that. Not that we really say out of our mouth, but the things that we are even saying to ourselves. You know, there's people who are like, you know, no, I feel good about myself. Life is great, but really behind closed doors, they're really tearing themselves down, you know, and so a lot of that goes into play on how your energy shows up and how it begins to even attract things, people, and even places in your life.

You know, I was thinking the other day, actually, our family was having an argument. If I'm being totally transparent with you. We were driving down the road and everyone was loud, and I think we were yelling at our kids to be quiet. And as we were doing that, I was feeling my husband. I was feeling his energy because he was yelling at the kids. And I was, like, feeling it hit my arm. It was the weirdest thing. And I was like, that does not feel good. Like you could literally feel it. And I just had never really thought about it like that before until I was in that moment and I was reminded that someone had once talked about a study that they had done on like plants. Maybe you're familiar with what I'm talking about, where they had plants in like different containers and some like they would just yell at these plants, which sounds absurd, every single day, versus like sharing good energy when they were around these plants. And the plants literally grew differently based on like the human interaction that was around them, which blew my mind. So as you take that, like if someone's wanting to really be honest about what is the energy that I am giving or receiving in my life? Like, what are some good practices to get started understanding? Like where am I at now? What's the baseline so that I can start to shift how I use energy in my life?

Absolutely. And to, to go to your story, it even happens with water. They did a study with water, believe it or not. How water, I think water started to change. It was something weird. Water started to change colors or it was some, something really weird. And I was like, wow, you know when how you shift energy and it was just, it's, it's interesting. So imagine if it's. You can do that to a flower, what you are doing to yourselves. And so a lot of this stuff is deep rooted, right? A lot of this stems from Maybe us being 5 years old, 10, 15, 20, 25. And it goes on. And we never really release some of these things that don't serve us anymore. Bad habits, bad thoughts, confrontations, belief systems that no longer serve us. And.