What Works: What do you really want? Find out through visioning

When you strip away the expectations of your family and the “shoulds” of life, what do you really want? What do you long for at your core, when no one is watching? When meeting the expectations of yourself or others isn’t a factor, what do you really want to do with your life?

When we are born, we are a happy little ball of joy. Save for birth trauma, we are relatively unscathed. Then life begins. We conform to culture. We listen to our families. We may be hurt. As a result, layers build up around that happy little ball of joy, layers of protection. These wounds build our egos. This ego starts to dictate what we want.

The ego is the part of ourselves that tells us we are better than or worse than others. It tells us what we should want in life versus what we do. When we are acting to be seen a certain way or to prevent ourselves from feeling a certain way, it’s likely ego is doing its work.

It’s why I struggled with vision boards for a while. When I first started in 2011, I followed the formula. I came to the visioning process with an intention to express. I brought out photos of myself, friends, family, and stuff (yes, stuff) I wanted. I was misguided. I was hard on myself about getting what I wanted. It didn’t work.

It didn’t work because the part of the process, the part many classes leave out, is that little ball of joy. Let’s just call it essence. It’s still in there, even through everything life has thrown at you. And the only way to access it is to drop judgement. This is hard. But the process I use in my Visions and Intentions class makes it easier.

Every year, I help my class participants tap into their psyche. It’s the part of them that can access that essence. Every year, people will come into my class ready with expectations and things they didn’t even know were “shoulds.” This is where my process is different. I help you open up to what you really want, deep down in that joyous place.

Go to other vision board classes if you want. Then come to mine and you will see the difference. It’s taking place January 19, 2018 at The Studio at Adams Hub for Innovation. The event is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Seats are $20 and are limited. So, register online in advance. Register one email address per attendee at http://bit.ly/carsonnowvision

In this three-hour workshop, you will learn:

— Why “shoulds,” pre-judgement, and ego block abundance in your life.
— How denial, numbing, and shame stop us from getting what we really want.
— How to breathe, get quiet, and use your intuition to guide you to what you really want.
— Understanding to process of pairing images with an affirmation and focus word to create a powerful tool for motivation in 2018.
— Creating your own process for how you will use your vision board all year to manifest good in your life.

This workshop only happens once a year and this is my third year teaching it. I am grateful to Adams Hub for being this year’s host. Join us and learn a new way to discover what you really want. This class may just surprise you! Register ONE ATTENDEE PER EMAIL ADDRESS at http://bit.ly/carsonnowvision.

What Works Coaching
Diane Dye Hansen is the Chief Inspiration Officer of What Works Coaching, an individual and organizational coaching and consulting firm based in Carson City, Nevada. She has 20 years of experience working with top corporations, growing businesses, motivated entrepreneurs, and individuals hungry for a fresh start. She is also the creator of DOCS Theory, also known as The Theory of CrappertunityTM, a mindset and change theory which defines the moment crisis creates more opportunity than would have existed without the crisis.

Diane holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Marketing from Cal State San Bernardino and a Masters in Communication Management from the University of Southern California. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of What Works Recruitment, a company which specializes in filling hard-to-fill positions and fitting talent with culture. Her column appears every Monday, and sometimes Tuesday, in Carson Now.