Robyn Geiger completed her first Vision Board in her 50s and says she’s since achieved nine out of ten of the goals she put on her board.
“It made me realise the power of the mind is amazing,” she said.
“You put these things up on your wall when you get home and visualise them constantly.
“I just think it’s a great way for people to do goal setting and personal development.”
Robyn runs Vision Board workshops with Phoenix Counselling, giving participants the opportunity to think about what their plans are for the future and set new goals for themselves.
Workshops are done in small groups where Robyn says bouncing off others can be a great way to get ideas and motivation flowing.
“We sit on the floor with scissors, glue, a board and about 1000 magazines and they just cut out the pictures or the words to put on the board – it might be exercise, it might be walking, it might be travelling,” she said.
“For young mums that feel that everything’s all about raising children and they don’t see where they’ll be in 2-5 years, doing a Vision Board workshop gives them an opportunity to stop and think about the direction that they’d like to take.”
And that goes for anyone, Robyn says.
“It can be anybody, really, it doesn’t matter what age you are.”
While Vision Board workshops are great for personal development, Robyn says there are also many benefits to running the exercises in businesses and schools.
“It’s good for staff development when they get out of the office and do something like that, so that they can be encouraged to work towards something – they’re not just going to work to pay off the car, pay off the house and put the kids through school – they can still have some personal goals,” she said.
“They’re also very good for year 11 and 12 students who are trying to think about what they’d like to do and set some goals for the future.”
Robyn hopes to run Vision Board workshops monthly in the future.
“It’s one of the things that helped me develop as a person and as a professional and I’d like to pass that on to others,” she said.
“It’s just a great way of envisaging where you can go in life.”
To find out more about Vision Board workshops and other services offered by Phoenix Counselling, call Robyn on 0497 912 009 or find Phoenix Counselling on Facebook.
Caobyn Geiger of Phoenix Counselling
Vision boards involve manifesting through cutting and pasting images and words. Photos supplied: Robyn Geiger
