This was the challenge I heard from Nicole Vignola, a neuroscientist, who explained that the brain has trouble differentiating between vivid imagination and reality. Many thoughts on that (!), but I realized this was science and a framework I could work with. I’ve started doing it, through a practice I call “delulu journaling,” and I think it’s working. Proof? Well, I made, edited, and survived the anxiety of posting a video of myself to promote the idea of a group workshop (my first!), and now I’m making it happen.
Wanna try it with me, with others?
As a coach, I regularly lead people through vision exercises, mindfulness practices, and habit formation — all the ingredients we need to get this delulu practice in motion. Also, doing things in a group is hella powerful: Not only do you get accountability and the gift of meeting new, cool people, but I know personally how transformative it is to hear other people talk about their own transformation.
The science, btw,
comes from a study at UCL and supports years of “power of positive thinking” theory and testimony. Vignola aligns the two: When you are imagining the successful life you really want, your brain creates a blueprint for that life. And your brain, that old pattern-recognition organ, starts to see and make connections it hadn’t previously. Serendipitous events seem to occur more frequently — because our brains are open to them, looking for them.
So let’s make the blueprint.
I’ve designed a six-week virtual workshop to help you both clarify your holistic vision of success and get your brain in gear — through a combination of journaling, positive self-talk, habit formation practice, peer accountability, and more.
You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of not only what you want to accomplish, but the kind of person you want to become and what it will take to get there. You’ll practice slowing down and noticing your thought patterns to develop a refined ability to focus on what really matters to you.
Schedule
Workshops will run in two, one-hour cohorts, starting Monday, September 29th and ending Friday, November 7th at the following times:
Mondays: 3-4pm PT / 6-7pm ET / 23-00 BST
Fridays: 9-10am PT / 12-1pm ET / 17-18 BST
We will begin and end promptly so that you can flip to your next virtual meeting, or back into your life.
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Cost
Because it’s my first go at running a group workshop, and this whole idea is a hypothesis I want to test — if we do this 30 days of 10 minutes of delulu visioning, will we see results? — I’m pricing this course at a low rate. It will never be this cheap again.
Because of the low price, I’ll ask for your feedback during the course.
🚨 Discount alert: Workshop participants can add an hour (or hours, limit one per two weeks) of coaching at half my usual rate. You can select a time once you’ve registered for the course.
🤝 If you’re really jonesing to do this, but the cost is an issue, please get in touch and propose the rate you think you can pay.
Choose your fighter (limit 8 per cohort):
For either cohort, you’ll need
Something to write with and on, ideally a journal or notebook
A Zoom account
An hour a week, plus 10 minutes a day, minimum
Commitment, vulnerability, and self-compassion (start practicing that)
Optional: A supply of images for a vision board, can be print or digital
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