Natalie Jill shares how she used vision boards to overcome adversity and transform her life. She walks through the process of making one and explains why aligning your mindset with your physical health matters for actually reaching your goals.
If you talk with most successful people, they have done the same exercises I'm about to share with you. This was a time where I had just had a baby. I had one, gained a ton of weight. I was also going through a divorce. I was in the worst possible financial shape I could have ever imagined being in. I was somebody who had always been responsible, had a good job. I had never been in debt before and I got in way over my head. I had a house that I could no longer afford. I was going through a divorce. Everything was spiraling down at one time and I was consumed with knowing I was going to be a single mom and worrying about how I was going to take care of my daughter and how am I going to afford childcare. And I had every stressor in the world weighing on me is what I felt like. Well, a crazy thing happened. I made this vision board. I looked at it every day and I gradually started taking action. One day at a time, one moment at a time, moving towards my vision. And, and it was amazing because my life started transitioning towards that board. This is what's crazy. This is eight years later, I found my vision board. And what is so wild about this board is every single thing on this board has come to fruition eight years later. Every single thing. My job is fitness and nutrition. I'm happy, I'm remarried. The crazy thing, the little girl in this picture looks about my daughter's age, which is eight. And it's interesting, I found this eight years later. The golf course view on the very top. This was just eerie to me when I saw that. I didn't even remember I had put that there. And here I am in a house with a golf course view. A view almost identical to where I got married this summer. The exact car that me and my husband just bought, the exact car. I mean, how eerie is that? Everything on this board came to fruition. So. So when someone says a vision board is hokey or it doesn't work, you can't tell me that. I mean, this was just absolutely crazy. This worked. So how does what I could apply to you? Well, when you can fine tune your vision and look at it and work towards it every day, your goals start to become a reality. Are you ready to do this? I'm gonna walk you through exactly how to create your vision, your goals, and how to not just make them a possibility, but how to make them a reality. I'm also going to show you why just having goals without creating a vision falls short in the context of the mind, body, Connection. I know what you might be thinking. Of course I'm going to address. Also, while some consider what I'm about to share about vision boards and goals to be hokey and why they never create one, I'm going to show you why we can't listen to them and we've got to do this. So if you're ready to make your goals a reality, here's the five step process that I want you to implement right now. The first thing you need to do is grab a stack of magazines. I want you to grab things that are really appealing to you, whether that's car magazines, vacation ones, fitness ones, anything that is visually appealing to you. Okay? The next thing you're gonna want to do is you're gonna want to grab a piece of poster board. The final thing I need you to grab with that is a pair of scissors and some glue or tape and you're ready to get started. Now, I don't want you editing out anything. I just want you cutting, ripping, tearing shapes that you like, adding color if you want, making it very visually appealing, gluing it or taping it to your board. Okay? So now you've had the fun, creative craft part, but now you've got to take that finished product and put it someplace you will see it every day. So here's the deal. This vision board process can be used for anyone, including you. No matter where you are in life now, it doesn't mean you sit back and do nothing. Once you create it, you still have to think about these images and take action. Actions that move you forward. For instance, once you have your vision, do you choose to sit there watching mindless TV for 10 hours once you do, and once you've set your goals? Or do you read books on the topic and listen to podcasts on the topic and meet with and study other people who have reached that goal to gain more knowledge, which one would best help you move towards your goal? Nothing against binge watching tv. We've all done that at some point. But if you aren't where you want to be yet, taking action, once you have that vision and having that look, that image to look at, and that vision daily is what reminds you to take that action. Because you've got to take that action. Successful people know that to achieve goals and make them a reality, you have to first get your mind right and decide it's possible. Now, equally as important, the body needs to follow you. See, without the right nutrition, hydration levels, fitness and health, it is really not possible to reach your full potential of clarity, stamina, confidence, drive and focus. Everybody's heard the saying, where the mind goes, the body will always follow. But I like to add, where your mind goes, your body will follow. And with that, your goals become a reality. When your mindset is in a good place, it is a lot easier to get your body into peak shape. And when the mind and body are in alignment, well, transformation and goal achievement is not only possible, but it absolutely happens. You're unstoppable. Are you ready?
