I’m building a dream board. Some people call it a vision board. Others say it's the footprint for their life. The title isn’t important. Where it leads you is.

My dream board reminds me of who I want to be. Where I want to be. And what I want to have when I get there. It’s my dream board. Not my husband’s, not my children’s, not my friend’s. Mine. Do my dreams include those people? You betcha. Because I want them there.

There are different explanations about how it works. I've heard it referred to as a visual map of your goals. A way to stay focused on what you hope to achieve. My favorite - and the one I feel is most accurate – has to do with activating energy that attracts teachers, products, services or actions necessary to realize my “dream” lifestyle. I don't believe in coincidence.

Dream boards work best if you use words as well as pictures. Words evoke emotions, a powerful motivator. My favorites are “inner peace”, “health”, “abundance”, “love”. When I search for photographs, I try to make them as close to my visualization as possible. I’m not interested in a Rolls Royce and a big mansion. When I imagine those things, I feel nothing so I know they have no place on my dream board. I prefer the great outdoors. Hiking. A modest home with a swimming pool, good friends and family. A permeating warmth fills my heart just thinking about such a life so I know I’m on the right track. Those are things I really want. MY dreams. Not someone else’s idea of what I should want.

I’ve included a few examples from my own dream board. The book cover is one I designed a year ago. Notice it reads “NY Times Best Selling Author”. The red rocks and mountains are from Sedona, Arizona. I gravitate back there whenever life allows me the opportunity.

Click HERE for a great article on Vision Boards by Martha Beck at Oprah.com.

And then . . . DREAM!