Visualize Balance

This is my image of balance. When I asked others their image, I heard the scales of justice, a sandy beach, floating, a yoga pose, walking on a balance beam. Have an image in your head so when you feel like "OUTOFCONTROL!!" you can use your image to ground you.

Here is another quick visualization tip: When you visualize something, whether it be a brand new car, a quiet beach, or strong abs, your brain lights up. The areas of your brain that are used for pleasure and reward light up whether you are actually receiving the reward or if you are visualizing it. Read that again. What an amazing tool.

You get the benefit from imagining what you want as if you have already gotten it. That's why we feel good when we think of the things we want to do once we win the lottery. Try it with other parts of your life.

The first part to having the things you want in life is to actually know what they are first! Visualizing narrows down your desires so that you brain can focus and start to find the positive things you want and need in your life.

More on this tomorrow when we talk about how once you buy a new car, you see about 100 a day on the road when you never saw them before.