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NEW YEAR CREATION - Below are four related processes for a clarifying your 2004 vision.  Since each of us is wired differently, it's useful to find the most effective visioning strategy for you.  Some people LOVE to write goals, others avoid the process. Some love details, while others are bottom-line. Some people LOVE visualizations, and yet others do best in verbalizing their dreams to others.  Which style or styles resonate with you?     The most important element in crystallizing your vision is finding a medium that allows you to connect "emotionally" to your vision.  We often identify goals intellectually, yet find ourselves disassociated and not compelled to achieve them.  The juice, inspiration and magic unfolds when we are "emotionally engaged" with our visions.  If you've set goals in the past with disappointing results, this may be the missing link. Being able to see, hear, feel and fully associate with what you DESIRE most, is the KEY to magnetizing it to you. If you desire an amazing relationship, how would you FEEL if that partner was already in your life?  How would you treat them?  What activities would you enjoy together?   If you desire a thriving business, what activities would fill up your day?  Who would you spend time with?  How confident and decisive would you be?  If you desire a fit and trim body, can you imagine yourself eating healthy foods and looking forward to visiting the gym?  What would it feel like to be 15 pounds lighter?   ENGAGING the SENSES in your VISION 1.  Treasure Mapping - Creating a collage is an excellent way to engage the senses.  This process involves finding pictures and words that capture your vision or visions.  Magazines are great resources since advertising is designed to engage us emotionally.  A picture says a thousand words...and at least a dozen emotions.  A picture of a man and woman holding hands at the beach may embody feelings of romance, magic, love, connection and fulfillment.  What body-type are you striving for?  Where would you like to travel?  What kind of home would you like to live in?  Find the pictures that resonate with you.  Look for words to embody that will support you in achieving your goals - in business or personal - such as "integrity", "confidence", "creativity", "value" or one of my favorites "joy".  Create your own visuals when necessary with personal photos or Photoshop.  This year I intend on publishing a book, so I created a mock book cover.  Admittedly, something distinctly shifted in me when I saw "by Mary Allen, CPCC, PCC".  Use "treasure mapping" as a fun, creative way to expand your vision of what's possible.  Doing this with a group is also inspiring.  The visual creates an emotional connection that creates magic.  2.  The Written Word - From listing out 10 to 100 Goals in bullet format, to describing your vision in a paragraph with lots of juicy details...the written word is highly effective at engaging the senses.  Write it down.  Don't underestimate the power of taking a passing thought and giving it life on paper.  The more you describe your vision in detail the more REAL and associated it becomes in our nervous systems.  The secret here is finding the language to elicit the emotions in YOU.  I like to challenge my clients to write a "vision paragraph" articulating their most important goals.  You may include descriptors of the end result, including how you and others feel.  It's also helpful to describe the process in which you achieved the goal.  What resources did you access?  What steps did you take? Was it easy or difficult?  Again, what feelings & emotions are present? Examples from various clients... WRITING VISION To organize and express my thoughts, feelings and experiences in a way that touches, inspires and empowers others to make new shifts, gain a better understanding of themselves & others, so they ultimately experience more abundance, love, energy, peace, joy and freedom inside themselves. To awaken lives to a higher possibility of themselves through books, articles and courses. To creatively pursue new avenues of expression, such as media, to get the message out to more individuals in an enjoyable, and effective format that touches their hearts. RELATIONSHIP VISION To deepen my soul connection with my life partner by enjoying, respecting, empowering and loving one another unconditionally. To share in open and honest communication, "seeing" and "being seen", listening intently, while expressing and receiving love. To experience the joys, adventures and challenges in life with ease and resonance. To inspire other couples of what's possible in an intimate partnership. To experience a passionate, sensual, spiritual intimate relationship that exudes ecstasy, love and nourishment at the soul level. To learn, grow and evolve together in a safe, nurturing, forgiving and loving environment, ultimately bringing out the best of each individual. To create a family together that exemplifies our love and provides a nurturing home to our amazing children. HEALTH VISION To create and live a lifestyle which consistently causes me to be at my physical and emotional best, exemplifying and inspiring high standards of vitality, energy and physical beauty. To create a lean body with beautiful definition. No longer doing things with willpower, doing them with energy and power to burn. Every day in every way fulfilling the ideal of health. 3.  VISUALIZATIONS - Using the power of your mind to cultivate and embody your vision is another powerful resource.  Again, the more detail and emotion you can FEEL and bring to life in your body, the more effective it is in eliciting the inspiration, creativity and action necessary to fulfill your goal or dream.  Clarifying and identifying the end result and associated feelings and emotions through any of these exercises is useful preparation, and well worth the initial time investment.  Spending even a few minutes each day to expand and FEEL your vision being realized is potent. 4.  FINDING A THEME -  What is your theme for the New Year 2004?  This is not about your resolutions or specific goals with "do by" dates. This is your vision or dream for the upcoming year. What do you feel energy and excitement around?  What engages your imagination and feels compelling?  The beauty in adopting a theme is it naturally engages the senses unlike traditional "in the head" goal-setting.   This does not have to be a linear process.  You may use one or more of the ideas that become stimulated from the questions below.  Select a theme for 2004.  You may want to create an inspiring atmosphere to do this exercise in - i.e. candles, music, nature, by a fire, etc. Have FUN with this process! If your vision were a piece of music, what piece would it be?   If your vision was from nature what would it be? (Tree, ocean, brook..)   What does it taste like?   What does it smell like?   What other senses can you use to develop your vision?   What if your vision was a thousand times bigger? Describe what it would be.   Use a metaphor to describe your vision.   Are you forcing anything? Where can you ease off?   What can you take less seriously?   Are there any old rules you are holding on to? What can you eliminate?   How would a six-year-old describe your vision?   Ask yourself some "what if" questions. What if I ______?   Add one outrageous or wacky element to your vision. Which of processes above resonates with you?  You may gravitate toward one them, or try them all.  Each process engages the senses in a unique way.  The first step is taking the time to CLARIFY and REFINE your vision - and FULLY ASSOCIATING EMOTIONALLY with that vision.  That alone can be effective at creating unbelievable momentum throughout the year.    Secondly, super-charge your visions by revisiting your treasure maps, written goals and visions, themes or spend time visualizing - CONSISTENTLY.  While you may utilize one of more of these processes in creating your vision, I recommend selecting ONE process to revisit on a regular basis.  Monthly, weekly or daily.  The more often you connect to your vision emotionally, engaging your senses, the more quickly you are likely to experience it reality. Try it.  Make 2004 spectacular!  For additional support, consider enrollment in the Living in Choice Program, as visioning is an essential component of the program.

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5 Minutes of Doing Nothing
Making Peace Your #1 Goal
Power vs. Force
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Acceptance
Happy Flying
The Power of CHOICE
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Accepting YOU or EGO
Loving What Is
Selfless Contribution
Spirit vs. Ego
Balance
10 Keys to Accessing Peace

Adopt-an-Emotion
Joy
Peace
Compassion
Curiosity
Humility
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FULLY Connected
Acknowledgment
Smiling at Strangers
101 Night of Grrrrreat Romance
The 6 Key HAI Principles
What I appreciate about you...
The 5 Love Languages
Making Stuff Up
Keeping Balance in Family
Are you coming from love?
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Truth Telling Game
Special Days

Healthy Inside and Out
Water, Water, Water
Body for Life
The Importance of Body Work
12 Tips for Body for Life
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Abundance Abounds
Bijan's Formula for Manifesting

Empowering Environments
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Lighting a Red Candle
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Soulful Spotlight
Emotional Muscles
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