5 Ways Feng Shui Vision Boards Help You Reach Your Dreams

by @elioverbey

There are people waiting for you to tell your story and share the gifts only you have. Telling your breakthrough story inspires others to believe they can transform too.

Don’t make them wait too long.

A Feng Shui Vision Board helps you align your dreams and intentions with your surroundings, to magnify your ability to reach your dreams.

Do you have a dream? Are you living your ideal life?

Is there something that seems to drive you? It could be answering the questions,

  • Who am I?
  • Why am I here?
  • How can I make a difference in my family or the world?
  • How to create a space that supports inner peace?

Do you set goals for yourself, either in your personal life or for your business?

When was the last time you allowed yourself to daydream about your ideal life or business? I mean turn off the computer, the phone, the television kind of time to be quiet and dream.

Most importantly, what do you really want for your life and/or business?

Do you know your WHY?

What is the reason behind all that you do?

It might be to:

  • Live in financial freedom
  • Create fulfilling relationships or community
  • Find inner peace
  • Live in vibrant health
  • Make a difference in the lives of your family and/or clients
  • Show up as your best self

It is important to know what drives you.

Knowing your WHY helps you stay focused.

A Feng Shui Vision Board is a creative tool to help you access both sides of your brain.

It is as if there is a dance going on between the right(creative) side and the left(analytical) side of your brain.

The images on a vision board open your mind to the possibilities because you see images of what you desire.

Placing the vision board in the correct position in your space creates better flow and makes it easier for you to take the actions necessary to make your dream happen.

Let’s explore 5 ways Feng Shui Vision Boards Help You Reach Your Dreams:

# 1 – A Feng Shui Vision board makes you focus on what’s important to you.

As you explore the 9 Feng Shui areas of life you prioritize which area you want to focus on first.

The 9 Feng Shui areas of life are wealth, fame, relationships, career, family, health, inner magnificence, helpful people, and children. I suggest you choose 1 or 2 areas to focus on first.

Whether you combine a personal vision board with a professional one or keep them both separate, thinking about what you want in life or in business forces you to prioritize what’s important.

Do you want a fulfilling relationship or better health? Putting a photo of a couple having fun or an active healthy person will inspire you to stay focused on your dream and not give up when taking action gets hard.

#2 – Visualization stimulates the creative side of your brain.

Creating a Feng Shui Vision Board is relaxing and gives you access to the right, feeling, dreaming, creative side of your brain. When you spend time having fun and allowing your right brain to be free you open the gates to more creativity flowing.

Now your creativity is flowing, keep a notebook handy to jot down any ideas you have for a new exercise plan, meditation routine, or relationship boosters you may want to create.

Placing your Feng Shui Vision Board where you can see it often, serves as a daily reminder of what you want to achieve.

Tip: Take a good look at your Feng Shui Vision Board before you go to bed. Some believe it helps stimulate your subconscious mind. Imagine everything you want coming to you. It will also help you be motivated to take the necessary actions in the morning.

#3 – Focusing on your dream helps you see new resources and opportunities.

Visualizing yourself living with prosperity (or whatever your primary goal is) will motivate you to work towards that goal but you’ll also notice new opportunities and resources which can lead you to reach your dream.

The resources may have always been around you, but you did not see them until you created a dream and focused on your dream. You will see the resources in a new light now, as a way to help you reach your intended dream.

#4 – Say Good-bye to your comfort zone by visualizing a big, scary dream.

Are you playing small because you’re afraid to break out of your comfort zone? Do you feel stuck with no idea how to get unstuck?

Let yourself have a big dream, even if it seems too big to accomplish.

Acknowledging big dreams as scary and outrageous as they may be –will help you step out and take on new challenges, learn new skills, all in the name of reaching that big dream.

If your dream is to share your message and speak in front of an audience of 1,000 at your favorite conference. When you put an image of that on your Feng Shui Vision Board you’ll start to see more opportunities for smaller speaking engagements.

These smaller gatherings will give you lots of practice and build name recognition so when the organizers of your favorite conference announce they’re looking for speakers, you’ll be well prepared to submit your name.

#5 – Seeing a big dream, forces you out of fear and into action. 

Nothing happens without some action on your part.

Vision boards are not magic tricks; they are instead a tool that inspires you into action because you know what we want and you use images, create it, believe it, and take the actions you need to make it happen.

Visualize your ideal life then approach each day with action steps which will lead you toward that ideal life.

Your big dream is inside you, waiting for you to say yes to it. People need what only you have to offer. Isn’t it time to take the next step to make it happen.

I created a Feng Shui Vision Board product to help you create your ideal life and business by living your dream. You can get started here

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Create A Life & Business To Sync Up With Your Soul During The Earth Pig Year

by @elioverbey

All she needed was a ticket and she could climb aboard and claim her seat for the ride of a lifetime. Once inside she noticed the gigantic windows on all 4 sides, it was a panoramic view of the crowd below. She could see the future from her seat above it all.

She was ready to step into the future and enjoy the adventure.

It was 1959 and she was a passenger gliding along on the first monorail, to operate daily in the Western hemisphere. She was in Disneyland in Anaheim, California riding the monorail.

The last time the world experienced an Earth Pig year was in 1959.

Look how far we have come. From the monorail to rapid transit and now self-driving cars.

The energy of the Earth Pig in 2019 will be similar to the energy of 1959, just an updated version.

The Earth Pig year officially began on February 5, 2019.

What does that mean for you?

Imagine you just found out you have a guest coming to live with you for a year. The Earth Pig is moving in, suitcases and all.

Want to know something about the Earth Pig? After all, he going to be influencing your inner peace, abundance, relationships, health and career all year long.

What energy does the Earth Pig bring to you this year? Here are a few clues. The story of the great race.

“The Jade Emperor decided to have a great race among the animals to determine which animals would be honored and included in the Chinese Zodiac. The animals were excited with the idea of being chosen among the top twelve. The rat and the cat made a deal to ride on the back of the ox and leap off when they got close to the finish line to be first to cross the finish line and win a spot in the Chinese zodiac. During the race, the rat startled the cat and the cat fell into the river and was washed away. That is why there is no cat in the Chinese Zodiac. Some say that is also why the cat does not like the rat to this day.

The animals came across the finish line in various ways. The rat jumped off the back of the ox and ran across the finish line first. Then came the ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, and dog. The Jade Emperor was standing at the finish line congratulating each animal as they crossed and claimed their position in the Chinese zodiac. The Jade Emperor looked around, there were only eleven animals. He wondered who would be number twelve. Along came the pig, he was the last to cross the line. The Jade Emperor was surprised he was last considering the pig’s speed in running. The Emperor asked the pig why he came in last.

Listen to his answer. You will get insights into the kind of energy the pig brings you this year.

The pig replies, “I would have been here sooner, but I was hungry along the way and decided to stop for snacks. After eating I was tired and took a nap.” The Jade Emperor knows this is the nature of the pig, no sense in scolding him, and welcomes him into the zodiac with the others.”

The pig has no trouble taking care of him or herself without guilt. It is his nature to make sure his needs are met. The pig does not care what others think about his self-care habits. He has no desire to be first, even though he is a fast runner. His snack and nap could have caused him to lose the race and that did not matter.  He told the truth to the Jade Emperor, honesty is a strong characteristic of the pig.

What energy does the pig bring? The quality of these characteristics is readily available to you this year when you listen to your Soul messages and intend to incorporate them into your life. These are the characteristics of the pig:

  • Honest to self, first and then others
  • Kindness to self and others. It is easier to be kind than mean
  • Self-indulgence, life is short and there is no time to waste without enjoyment
  • Generous and happy to share what they have with others
  • Loves to have fun. Put this in big red letters. Life must be fun
  • Positive outlook, they look from the perspective that life is great, and everything will work out
  • Creative in all aspects of life. Art, travel, problem-solving, innovation, and love
  • Strong sense of responsibility especially for family

Which pig characteristics describe how you operate with yourself and the world?

Do you have pig characteristics you want to incorporate or improve this year?

This is the year to become more aware of yourself, your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

The energies of this year are a combination of the earth element and the pig characteristics.

What energy does the earth bring? These are the characteristics of the earth this year:

  • Movable, flexibility to stay centered with all that is happening around you
  • Practical, keep it simple and nothing too extravagant
  • Reliable, do what you say you are going to do
  • Satisfied with the choices you make, otherwise, make new choices until you are satisfied
  • Nourishing to self and others. (The nourishing sounds a bit like the pig).

Taking care of yourself appears in characteristics of the earth element and the pig, which means this is a major area to pay attention to this year.

This is the year to create a life and business to sync up with your soul by listening to your Soul messages.

“Life is a dance between heaven and earth, the ebb and flow of life”

How do you create flow in your life and business this year?

Flow is about energy, what you see and what you feel.

Everything you want is in the flow: inner peace, abundance, fulfilling relationships, a meaningful career, vibrant health, and happiness.

I have been a Feng Shui practitioner for 24 years and discovered there is an inner flow and an outer flow. It is not enough to get your outer surroundings in order if your inner landscape is cluttered with limited thoughts and beliefs.

Inner Flow

Inner flow is that place where your soul, inner magnificence, and intuition connect. The Soul is mysterious because it seems to be hidden from you. Yet it is available for you when you learn to listen to its messages.

As an intuitive transmitter, it is always giving you feedback, even when you are not listening.

Your desire to live a life that matters, to mean something to some, and make a difference are calls from your Soul.

Outer Flow

Outer flow is about energy and your surroundings. It is visible energy in your space, your furniture is visible energy. It is also about invisible energy present in your space, your emotions are invisible energy

Have you been in a room with someone and you could feel their emotions of love or anger without them saying a word? Emotions create an energy vibration in your spaces and can be uplifting or draining to your flow.

Flow happens when the inner flow of your soul, inner magnificence and intuition is aligned with the outer flow of your physical and energetic surroundings.

When you sync up your life and business with your Soul you enter a state of flow. The Pig is here to help you do just that this year.

Benefits of Flow

  • Inner peace
  • More freedom, fun, and flexibility
  • Confidence to take the right actions
  • More of what you want
  • Live a life that matters, has meaning and is fulfilling physically, emotionally and spiritually

Why Chinese Astrology?

The energy of the Earth Pig is upon you, whether you believe it or not. The characteristics of the earth element and the pig are easy to access this year. When aligned with them and your flow it is easier to create a life and business to sync up with your Soul.

You have a unique energy signature based on these four times of your birth: year, month, day and hour, also known as your 4 pillars. Each pillar has an animal and element associated with it which reveal your destiny blueprint.

When you know the characteristics of your 4 pillars you have a better understanding of yourself, your strengths and challenges, and your needs in relationships, careers, health, abundance, and family.

When your inner flow, outer flow, earth pig energy flow is aligned it is simple to create a life and business to sync up with your Soul.

See the Create A Life & Business to Sync Up with Your Soul in The Earth Pig Year Webinar here 

Nancy Dadami is a Feng Shui Practitioner, Soul Flow Mentor, and Intuitive. She teaches creatives, empaths, and small business owners to live in “the flow”, so they can create their Life & Business to sync up with their Soul.

What Is The Meaning Of Life?

by @elioverbey

I am a normal teenager. I love music, socializing at school and I want my classmates to like me.

 

It is May 10th, this day is going to change my life forever, I don’t know it yet.

I am 16 years old, sitting in math class, watching the clock. Tick, tick, tick. The second-hand makes a jerking motion as it jumps ahead.

I don’t like math.

I am not sure how it relates to my life. I guess you can say I am bored.

The classroom phone rings, startling the teacher. He glances at the phone and rushes over to it. He is eager to get back to that lesson.

“Yes, she is here. Okay, I will send her up” he said. I secretly hoped it was a request for me.

“Nancy, go to the office, your counselor wants to see you.”

I happily gather my books, all the while thrilled to escape the math prison.

On the way to the office I feel like skipping, I am so happy. My chance to talk to my counselor about college.

I walk into the office and my mother is standing there. She looks awful., I am confused, this is not making sense. Why is she standing here? Where is my counselor? She takes my arm and guides me into the principal’s office.

I see two men in navy blue suits. Who are these guys? They look like FBI agents standing there. Blank faces with no expression. I look around, the principal is not here. Why am I in his office? What the heck is going on here?

My mother looks at me and tries to speak “Nancy, your father had a heart attack and died”. Whoa, I could take in the heart attack part but not the died part. “I just had breakfast with him this morning, this can’t be true?” I scream.

My eyes dart from the navy-blue suit guys to my mom. Her shoulders are falling forward as if she is collapsing in on herself.  She is talking to me, but I can’t hear anything she says.

I think “what am I supposed to do? my mom does not look like she is going to make it. She is shrinking. How can I help her, oh my God, what is going to happen to us? My body is numb, I am in shock.

At that moment I decided to “soldier up”. I guess it is time for me to take care of my family now.  I am the oldest and they need me to be strong. It is time for me to be tough and responsible.

We drove up in front of my brother’s middle school. My mom looks at me “I can’t do this, you have to go into the office, get him and tell him.” My mom is falling apart fast. I do not question her request. I get out of the car and don’t look back.  I just do it. Go in, get him and tell him. His eyes fill with tears. I put my arm around him, and we walk back to the car.

Later, we are home. I can’t believe it is true. I keep looking out the front window expecting to see my dad on the porch.

The Italian relatives arrive with casseroles and tears.

A wailing fest begins. My grandmother keeps calling out my father’s name. My mom is sobbing. My aunts try to console everyone. There is no consoling of my mother or my grandmother. The wailing and sobbing continue.

I just want to hide in my room. I do not want to see anyone. Everything is out of control and I am scared. I do not know what to do to help my mom. I have never seen her like this.

A few weeks later I am in church, by myself, looking for answers. “What is the meaning of life?  What really happens to us when we die?  And the big one, why am I here?”

Have you ever asked yourself questions about the meaning of your life or why you are here? The journey is rich with experiences and expansion.

This led me on a life long quest to create a life with meaning, to explore many religions, metaphysics, and consciousness. I see everything is connected and I know the loss of my father motivated me to live a life with purpose and intention.

 

Mindset Secret #2 – Develop A Growth Mindset

by @elioverbey

Michelle was in her forties when she felt like she was missing something and realized she was unhappy with her life. She was living the life she dreamed of when she was twenty, and she was disappointed. Michelle had:

  • beautiful home on a lot surrounded by nature with a gourmet kitchen and a view of the valley below
  • a fulfilling marriage to a man that was her best friend and lover
  • two busy teenage children active in sports and school activities. She adored them
  • a dog named Barney that ran to greet her every time she came through the front door

But what Michelle didn’t know was that she was stuck in a rut.

Each day was the routine that never varied, she drove the same route to work, ate the same quick meals, and went home to have the same evening schedules and conversations with her family.

She was going through the motions of what she thought was a happy life.

When she overheard someone at work talking about a “growth mindset”, she did a Google search and realized that’s what she’d been missing.

“I was being so careful to do everything right, to color inside the lines. But when I heard about growth mindset, I knew that’s what my life was lacking—growth.

I had stopped trying new things and experimenting.” “My life had become predictable nothing new, no challenges, no expansion, and no passion.

What Is a Growth Mindset?

A growth mindset is the belief that even though you may not have certain qualities, you can develop them through learning and practice. It is seeing your possibilities from a positive perspective.

If you have a growth mindset, you might think things like, “If I practice my painting skills, I can get better at creating art.” Or you might say, “I can learn to meditate if I take a class about it.” Or you sign up for the belly dancing class you always thought about taking.

The beauty of a growth mindset is that it gives you freedom.

You’re free to try new things, experiment, and study the results.

With a growth mindset, the outcome of a situation doesn’t become your identity.

How Can You Lean into a Growth Mindset?

Developing a growth mindset doesn’t mean that you must do something radical like sell all your possessions and move halfway across the world.

A growth mindset is more about staying open to new experiences and new people.

It can be as simple as a willingness to try a hip-hop dance class at your local gym, change your comfortable routines, and seek out new relationships with people who are different from you.

 

What If You Surprised Yourself?

Michelle surprised herself by signing up for acting classes. She’d always loved musicals and she liked the idea of performing in front of a crowd. So, she gave it a try and found it uplifting.

The classes had a benefit she hadn’t counted on either—increased confidence. She felt bold and empowered again.

This helped her lead more effective presentations at work and within a few months, her boss promoted her.

Of course, not every surprise has been wonderful. Michelle also signed up for a knitting group. “I loved the people there, but I quickly discovered that knitting wasn’t my thing. Still, I’m glad I was willing to give the experience a try.”

How open are you to new experiences and people? Here is something I do each month. Give it a try.:

  • get a blank 8 1/2 x 11-inch piece of paper
  • place it in front of you in the horizontal position
  • make 3 equal columns
  • at the top of the first column write What I am Doing
  • in the middle column write What I should be Doing
  • in the last column write What I want to be Doing

Give yourself some quiet time to write in each column. You will be surprised as you find clarity and awareness about your growth mindset.

A growth mindset is a wonderful way to go through life. It means embracing the unknown and being willing to take risks, even when it feels a little bit scary (and fun!).

You can read Mindset Secret #1 Here

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Nancy Dadami is a Flow Specialist, Creatively Fit Coach, and Intuitive, teaching you how to get Better Flow Faster so you can live a life you love.