Can a Vision Board improve my mental health? Yes, if you use it correctly, a Vision Board can do wonders for your mental well-being.

So what exactly is a Vision Board? I hear you asking! Well, a Vision Board is a visual representation of your goals, hopes and aspirations and acts as a compass for your life. It helps give you direction and consistent focus. By visualising your dreams and goals and repeating this daily, it allows your brain to focus and ultimately take action.

Often when we are struggling with our mental health, we lose motivation and can lose sight of what is important for us. We can lack the energy to commit to our goals and can lose a sense of direction in our lives. I know this because that’s exactly what happened to me. My Vision Board I feel helped heal me from my trauma. Let me explain how…

I made my Vision Board when I was going through a very difficult time mentally and I can honesty hand on heart, say that my Vision Board helped heal me and helped me become better, mentally. Many people think a Vision Board is just images on a board, which technically would just be a mood board. A Vision Board is a little more sophisticated in that sense, where it is more than just cutting out images from a magazine and pinning them onto a board. It entails holding emotion behind those images, and before we get onto the images, it requires you to sit down and evaluate your life and dig deep into what it is you want your life to look like. 

Sitting down to make your Vision Board, really makes you think about all the different areas of your life; how happy you are and whether you feel you need to improve the scale of happiness, in any specific areas of your life. Although it is important to figure out on whole where you see yourself in your ideal future, it is integral that you break down your life into areas and focus on your most important needs first. By breaking down your long term vision into smaller goals, it can help you to manage your tasks easier and manage your thoughts about the process, as well as staying present in the moment.

When you meet your short term goals, it is important to celebrate each win; this then releases feel good chemicals in your brain, which ultimately improves your mood. More so, because you felt good about completing that small task, your brain will want to do this again to gain this feeling, thus increasing motivation! It is so important to also write these goals down, as then you can see them and once completed you can physically tick them off, which holds great power, in again improving mood and motivation. 

Writing down and pinning on positive affirmations onto your Vision Board also helps you replace any negative thoughts with positive thoughts. A positive affirmation is essentially a positive statement in the present tense, that you repeat and believe. They contain the words ‘I am’ or ‘I have’ such as “Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.” This is the positive affirmation that I looked at, repeated and believed every day and night. Even on those days where I would feel very depressed, I would repeat it even whilst I found myself in tears. I almost forced myself to believe I was getting better, mentally. Eventually, a few months down the line I did feel better and honestly, I owe a lot of it to my positive affirmations on my Vision Board! Positive affirmations help you retrain your subconscious mind, allowing you to gain a positive mindset! Can positive affirmations on a Vision Board improve mental health? Yes, try it!

When you sit down to make your Vision Board it is important to ask yourself what your purpose is. What is your why? What is it you feel that you were put on this earth for? Purpose helps you gain meaning and gives you a sense of belonging to the world. Which is so integral to helping your mental health. Reminding yourself of your purpose or for some even finding their purpose, can be such an uplifting and profound moment. To then use this purpose to set your life goals is so powerful. You then enable your goals to come from somewhere – a place of meaning. When we attach emotions and meaning to our goals we are much more likely to manifest and action these into reality. It is a good idea to also write down your purpose on your Vision Board, reminding you why you are here, giving your life purpose and on those days where you just feel like getting back into bed because your mental health is not so good; seeing your purpose is the perfect reminder to keep going and gain strength. 

Making a vision board and then just looking at it now and again isn’t enough. The clue is in the name and your vision and goals will need to be visualised in order to tap into your subconscious mind. Seeing and believing you’re already in possession of the items on your Vision Board will train your subconscious mind, which is crucial to creating a positive mental attitude. This will clear out any negativity, by focusing on the best aspects, over and over again. Visualisation is a very powerful tool. Our brain trains the body to prepare for any action we are about to take and so when we then imagine ourselves preparing for action, our brain sends signals to the rest of the body to complete these actions. Many studies have shown that visualising through training our brains has been just as successful in achieving results, as for instance when people train physically. The brain trains the body for the reality and so the power is all within our minds.

Persisting at something is key if you want to achieve something and having the discipline to keep focus, will determine if you see it through. Our brain responds to repetition and every time we repeat an action, we become stronger.

You should place your Vision Board somewhere where you will see it every day. You should take in everything deeply, every morning when you wake up and every night before you sleep. This creates persistence and by really visualising your goals on your Vision Board and having the discipline to do this on a regular basis, it will create a positive breeding ground in your subconscious. So instead of the negative thoughts and fear, when your mind begins to wonder, soon all of your positive goals and ambitions will become second nature. By training your mind in this way through visualisation, you are on your way to manifesting your greatest dreams and achieving happiness. 

And that’s what mental health can be defined as- achieving our own version of happiness and peace. To conclude, you ask “can a Vision Board improve mental health?” Yes! Don’t just take my word for it, try it!

Take a look at our step by step guide using our Vision Board Kit for further guidance on creating and utilising a Vision Board that is perfect for you.

Practice the Law of Attraction together and manifest the life that you and your partner envision, together. Double that energy, double those positive vibrations going out into the Universe! Use the love and passion between you, to imagine and visualise the life that you both desire. What you think, you attract, multiply that by two and watch the magic happen!

This Valentine’s, it’s time to make a Vision Board! This would be the most meaningful Valentine’s date night that you could ever imagine! Just think about it, imagine aligning your and your partners vision, setting goals as a couple, as well as discussing and outlining your personal goals and aspirations. And Imagine the energy that you will both put in together, to delve into what each other’s purpose in life is. The deep and meaningful connection that you will gain will be just the best thing for your relationship.

Don’t let distance stop you! You can still celebrate Valentines Day together in Lockdown and here are some ideas… Get yourself and your partner a Vision Board Kit, light some candles, have some dinner over zoom (or any other form of online communication) and then talk about your deepest desires, wants and dreams. Get those pens and scissors out, those creative juices flowing and make your individual Vision Boards together. You will be able to gain a deeper insight and understanding of what each of you imagine your future to be like. If this doesn’t enhance your relationship then we don’t know what will!

P.S. If you find out that actually your partner has a completely different vision that just doesn’t align with yours and you can’t compromise, then maybe this is the perfect test, to see if you are meant to be for one another! Everything happens for a reason. Above all, never forget your own dreams – you are your own person, make them come true!

Why not use a Vision Board to write down your relationship goals? You could make one together and think about what it is you both can do to make a better connection or to help make the relationship last. Similarly, you could make an individual board sat together. Outline the different areas that you both want to improve on, that you feel will make you both develop and therefore enhance the relationship as a whole. Because  communication is key! What better way to do it than to open up your heart, mind and soul and bare all! (We mean emotions, but you can take it how you please!)