Ten Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams: Visioning

VisioningIntroduction: Life as Art, Art as LifePart 1. The ProcessFollowing the Pathways of the Heart1. The Designer WithinThinking with your Heart. What Is Design? Thinking in Pictures. Visual Imagery: How It Works. Visualization: The Mind's EyeDreaming the Impossible Dream. Block Busters. Thoughts Becoming Things. Visualization: Picture ThisWe're All Designers. Visualization: Reflecting on Past SuccessThe Fear of Art. Art-Making, Your Natural Birthright. Visualization: Dreams That Came TrueVisioning: How It Works. Ten Principles of Design. The Ten Steps of Visioning. Techniques Used in Visioning. Two Brains, Two Hands. Journal: Warming Up—Dancing on PaperWhy Visioning Works. Pictures and Words2. The Field of DreamsPreparing the Inner and Outer Space. Gather the Tools. Supplies. Setting Up Your "Creativity Gym." Prepare the Space. Talismans, Totems, and Good Luck Charms. Peparation: Setting the Stage, Creating a StudioPrepare Your Inner Space. Focus : Creating the Container. Imagery: Symbol for Your Creative SelfUnfolding from the Creative SelfMoving from the Creative Self. Movement Meditation: Inner ListeningThe Silent Partner. Journal: Meet Your Creative Conscience3. Get a Dream, Get a LifeFirst Design Principle: Get an Idea. Visioning Step 1: Make a Wish. The Courage to Dream. Journal: Permission to ActFinding a Focus. Crafting a Focus Phrase. Focus Phrases: A Menu of Possible Themes. Journal: Finding My Focus Phrase. Journal: What's the Problem?Reinforcing Your Focus Phrase. Focus: Flash Cards4. Sorting and SiftingSecond Design Principle: Feed Your Idea with Research. Visioning Step 2: Search for Images and Words. Explore the Treasures in Your Research Bank: The Art of Gathering. Image-Finding as Meditation. Research: Grab What Grabs You.Ad Art as Poetry in the Market Place. Poem-making: WordplayThird Design Principle: Connect the Research to Your Own Idea. Visioning Step 3: Focus on the Vision. The Balance Between Freedom and Structure. Following Your Heart. Focus: What's Hot and What's Not?What's in a Word? Magazines as Chinese Fortune Cookies. Poem-making: More Wordplay5. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand WordsFourth Design Principle: Assemble the Design Elements. Visioning Step 4: Compose the Design. Design by Intuition. Lay Out the Elements. Focus and Contemplation: Your Symbol HereRandom Acts of Beauty: Seeing Relationships, Making Connections. Finding Your Own Style. Focus: Playing in the Land of Make-BelieveMatching Words and Pictures. Word Jazz: Ransom Notes from the Soul6. Order Out of ChaosFifth Design Principle: Mix and Match in Rough Mock-up Stage. Chaos and Creativity. Visioning Step 5: Explore and Find Order in Creative Chaos. Recognizing the Inner Critic. Journal: The Inner CriticThe Mistakes Myth. Journal: Guidance from the Creative Self7. The Design of Your LifeSixth Design Principle: Develop the Design. The Pieces Coming Together. Visioning Step 6: Create the Collage. Collage: Putting the Puzzle Pieces TogetherTurning Words on Their Heads. Zen and the Art of Cut and Paste. Collage: Word WeavingGod Is in the Details. Mixed Media: Connect the DotsOther Formats for VisioningPart 2: Seeing ResultsLetting Your Mind See What Your Heart Already Knows8. Talking PicturesSeventh Design Principle: Refine and Finalize the Design. Visioning Step 7: Articulate the Vision. Journal: Image WritingIf Pictures Could Talk. Journal: Writing by HeartThe Story Inside the Collage. Journal: Telling My StoryEighth Design Principle: Start the Production Process. Visioning Step 8: Reinforce the Dream. Visual Affirmation and Visualization: What You See Is What You GetDealing with Resistance. Protect Your Dream. Journal: Keeping the FaithA Wish Your Heart Makes9. Seeing is BelievingNinth Design Principle: Get Help. Visioning Step 9: Embrace the Reality. Don't Just Do Something, Sit There. What's Behind the Dream. It's About Time. Journal: At the Write TimeTaking Care of Business. Journal: Thinking with Both Sides of Your BrainAs Luck Would Have It. Journal: In the Write PlaceReach Out for Help. Journal: My Personal Dream Team10. Let's Have a PartyTenth Design Principle: Complete and Celebrate the Final Product. Visioning Step 10: Celebrate the Dream Come True. Journal: Give Yourself a HandLessons Learned, Qualities Earned. Journal: You've Got What It TakesSaying Thanks. Journal: Thanks to the Creative Self. Letter Writing: Reach Out and Thank SomeoneCelebrating the Dream. Journal: Throwing a Celebrate-the-Dream PartyPart 3: Visioning In ActionPhoto Album of Success Stories; Ideas and Suggestions11. Visioning in Work and CareerProblems on the Job: Dealing with Difficult People. Case Study: Marissa and the Manager from HellJob Change and Career Transition. Case Study: Hold Fast to DreamsAffirming What You Want. Collage and Journal Applications. Illness and Work. You and Your Career. Visioning in a Support Group. Organizing a Visioning Group. Structuring a Group Session. Group Dynamics. The Power of Group Support. Collaborative Visioning for Teams, Companies, and Organizations. Visioning at Work. Visioning and Organizational Development. Activities for Organizational Visioning. Team Building and Project Development12. Visioning and RelationshipsFinding Love in All the Right Places. Case Study: Lisa's Story and CollagesWedding Bells and Honeymoons. Case Study: Aleta's CollagesBaby Makes Three. Case Study: Christine's Story, Collage, and Baby AnnouncementSuggestions and Applications. Creating a New Relationship. Improving an Ongoing Relationship. Collaborative Visioning for Families. Media for Family Collages. Case Study: Beverly and Tom Vision Together A Collage for the Whole Family13. Visioning for Health and Well-BeingRegaining the Self. Case Study: Gayle's Story of Inner HealingThe Creative Self Diet. Case Study: Susan's Story of Healing, Change, and Weight LossMoney, Self-Worth, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Case Study: Mark's StoryFinding Abundance Within. Case Study: Greg's Story of Discovering True WealthSuggestions and Applications. Body Image, Self-Image. Illness and Pain. Abundance.14. Visioning to Find Your PlaceA Home for the Heart. Case Study: Lucia's Story of Her Dream HouseDreams for Rent. Mara Moves to Santa Fe. Case Study: Relocating to a New AreaAnna's Ranch. Case Study: Anna Finds Her Dream RanchIn Closing.Resource GuideBooksAudiotapesArt and Journal Supplies