Vision Board – Creative Alchemy with Melissa Conkling

Why do I rely on hypnosis for manifestation more than traditional techniques like affirmations, vision boards, or the 3-6-9 method?

I’ll be honest. These techniques can be very effective, and I use some of them daily. However, on their own, these practices barely scratch the surface of what is possible for manifestation because they are only truly effective when they are paired with subconscious mind work, like hypnosis.

Now, let me share why each of these techniques falls short, and how to bring your subconscious mind into them to increase their power.

#1 – Affirmations

Affirmations are great for shifting your mindset, reminding you of your goals, and refocusing your train of thought. Too often, however, affirmations trigger red flags in your mind and actually when you know what you are saying is not true. They can actually backfire in the long run.

Now, when you use affirmations within self-hypnosis, you are sneaking past the gatekeeper that’s calling “bullshit” so you can reprogram your subconscious mind to belief what you are saying. When used consciously, affirmations rely on repetition to retrain the subconscious, which is a much slower way to do this than hypnosis.

#2 – Vision Boards

Vision boards are actually one of my favorite things and my accomplishment record with desires placed on my vision board is incredibly high. But if you’re simply pasting photos onto a board because they seem nice and you’d like to have that, and that’s it, you mostly likely won’t have the success I’ve had.

Instead, really tune into what you desire, why, and how you’ll feel when you receive it. Choose a photo, create an image in Canva, or find a particular phrase that fully embodies, and as you create your vision board, imagine these feelings filling your body. These feelings and your ability to evoke them come from your subconscious mind, so pairing this with hypnosis is even more powerful.

Then, revisit this several times a week. You may not have time to go through every image but tune into the items calling you on any particular day and recall those feelings you brought to mind when you created it.

#3 – The 3-6-9 Method

Now let’s talk about the very popular 3-6-9 method. This method, like affirmations alone, focus on retraining the subconscious mind through repeatedly writing out your desires several times a day, and also recalling the feelings these desires bring up. Yes, it can be effective. But again, however, this method may not get through the gatekeeper of your mind if you are doing this exercise consciously. Instead, practice this while in a state of light hypnosis and watch your manifesting powers skyrocket!

The Missing Piece

There is one really important aspect to consider. None of these techniques can help you with the #1 thing that blocks manifestation:

Fear.

Fear that you’re not good enough.
Fear that you’re not worthy.
Fear of standing out and being seen.
Fear of leaving others behind.
Fear of the path less traveled.
Fear of the unknown.
Fear of failure.
Fear of success.
Fear, fear, fear, fear, fear!!

Seriously, I wrote at least 5 more down but had to draw the line somewhere.

Here’s the amazing news:

Hypnosis can help you let go of these fears, limiting beliefs, and subconscious block by finally getting to the cause of the fear, releasing it, and then replacing it with more beneficial thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, like confidence, empowerment, and self-trust.

Manifesting with hypnosis isn’t just another ritual to do each day. Rather, it’s a highly effective way to clear your path to manifestation of subconscious obstacles so you can create the success you deserve.

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Every year for the past decade, maybe longer, I’ve created a vision board. Some years this happened on New Years. Some it didn’t happen until spring started to arrive. Both are great times for creating a vision board because they are times of new beginnings and new life.

Each year, almost everything on my vision board came into my life. In Bermuda, while walking along a tiny road, I came over a hill to see a beautiful bay with turquoise water and pink sand and immediately noticed how similar it was to a photo on my vision board. When I rescued my cat, I looked back and realized how much she resembled a kitten on that year’s board. And when I found myself single again, I got very intentional about what I wanted to feel and experience in my next relationship…and that is exactly how my relationship with my boyfriend is now.

But year after year, there was one goal on my vision board that never seemed to come any closer to manifesting: Writing a Book.

Last, when I made my yearly vision board, I switched it up a bit. In previous years, I had maybe a photo or two indicating my desire to “Write a Book.” This time, however, I took it a step further. I incorporated how I wanted my life as a writer to look and feel. I focused on the finished version – a Spiritual Best-Seller – rather than than the process of writing.

When I began work on my book, The Creative Alchemist’s Manifestation Method, I wrote out my goals for the book – what I wanted it to look like, how I wanted readers to react and use the book, when and how I wanted to publish it.

Not too surprisingly, I completed and published the book before the end of the year and it instantly became the #1 New Release in several categories!

If you have a desire to write a book, you owe it to yourself, your audience, and your story to create a vision board specifically for that book.

Here are 3 Reasons Why Your Book Deserves Its Own Vision Board:

Number 1: Your real goal is so much more than to write a book and a vision board for your book allows you to explore this deeper.

So many of us have the dream to write a book some day. But in reality, it isn’t that we want to write a book. What we really want is to publish a book. To share our story. To make an impact on our readers by sharing the lessons we’ve learned in our lives.

When we set our intention to “write a book,” the universe is listening. What it hears, is that you want to write. This can lead to a long, drawn out writing process that seems never-ending…because writing was the goal.

Instead, when you shift the focus to the end goal – publishing your first book, becoming a best-selling author, getting a multi-book deal, you set the intention to not only write your book, but to complete it and share it with the world.

Number 2: A vision board for your book supports your long-term vision as an author

When you commit to becoming a published author, your life can change in many ways. As an entrepreneur, publishing your book gives you more authority in your niche, which can expand your business in a big way.

You may go on to write several books and build a career around your writing.

You may go on to help other writers publish their books as well.

Incorporating these next-level goals into your vision board support your desire because it gets you thinking about not only writing the book, but how your life will be when the book is completed.

And Number 3: A vision board keeps you focused and inspired when you feel unmotivated.

Let’s face it. Motivation comes and goes with anything, writing included. Even if you absolutely love writing and your book flows out of you with ease, eventually, you move on to the next steps. Editing, formatting, proofreading. What I call “the boring part.” And because it isn’t as fun for me as writing, it was the part of publishing my book that slowed me down the most.

Knowing my vision for my book beyond the writing itself kept me focused and brought back my motivation when it began to wane.

A vision board helps you send this message to the universe and is a constant reminder of your intentions.

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